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946790

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to the Tribunal Procedure Committee consultation on Tribunal Procedure (First-Tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008, published on 22 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	167250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Tribunal Procedure Committee’s consultation closed on 14 June. The Committee will publish a response to its consultation in due course, which the Ministry of Justice will then consider. The Committee is independent of Government and will set its own timetable.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/09/2018 15:20:28 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

946791

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Residential Women's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the opening of the five new residential women’s centres announced on 27 June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	167251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We are working with local and national partners to develop a pilot for ‘residential women’s centres’ in at least five sites across England and Wales.</p><p>We want to ensure that the models we test are appropriate for their local context. This may require multiple local partners, including those from statutory and voluntary sectors, working together. Therefore, at this stage the timetable is not yet finalised.</p><p>However, we are undertaking an initial engagement process with stakeholders and potential providers and partners to refine the design and delivery model for the pilot. This is taking place over the next few months and will support our co-design approach for taking forward the pilot.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/09/2018 14:57:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

946792

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average number of cases each probation officer has worked on in (a) the National Probation Service and (b) private Community Rehabilitation Companies in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	167252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Figures on the average caseload of probation officers are not collected centrally. A probation worker’s workload is not based solely on the number of cases they are managing, but the level of supervision each case requires.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics showing the total caseload of the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies. Figures for total probation caseload are published quarterly in the Offender Management Statistics Bulletin, England and Wales: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/09/2018 15:49:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

946794

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners supervised by private Community Rehabilitation Companies were classified as (a) high-risk, (b) medium-risk and (c) low-risk offenders in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	167253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>This information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 167254 question first answered 04/09/2018 15:54:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

946795

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners supervised by the National Probation Service were classified as (a) high-risk, (b) medium-risk and (c) low-risk offenders in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	167254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>This information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 167253 question first answered 04/09/2018 15:54:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

946803

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 12 July 2018, on Justice update, HCWS853, whether the reinstatement of legal aid will apply to children located outside of the UK whose cases may fall under (a) the Dublin regulation and (b) section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	167336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Children located outside of the UK who wish to challenge a decision by the UK government not to accept a request by another EU Member State to transfer their asylum claim to the UK under the Dublin Regulation can do so by means of judicial review, for which legal aid is already available.</p><p> </p><p>Under section 67, participating States refer eligible children to the UK to be relocated. There is no individual application process or right to relocation if a person meets the eligibility criteria. Therefore, there is no process for which the individual could require legal aid.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting with stakeholders about the reinstatement of legal aid announced in the Written Statement of 12 July 2018, HCWS853, and more information about the policy will be laid out in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:12:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

946889

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of time that families of child claimants of disability living allowance have to wait between appealing a decision and their tribunal hearing date.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	167151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is in the process of recruiting extra fee-paid judicial office holders. In the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, which is the part of the tribunal system which deals with disability living allowance appeals, 226 new medical members have already been appointed and up to 125 disability-qualified members are currently being recruited. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we are developing a new digital system to enable speedier processing of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. These measures will increase capacity, helping to reduce waiting times for appellants.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:13:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946890

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time is that families of child claimants of disability living allowance in Garston and Halewood constituency have to wait for a tribunal hearing when appealing the outcome of a mandatory reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	167152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not categorise Disability Living Allowance appeals by the age of the appellant. This information is therefore not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2018 16:50:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946891

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department planned to allocate to the Community Prisons for Women; how much savings have been accrued as a result of the cancellation of those prisons; to which programmes those savings have been allocated; and how much of those savings have been allocated to the rehabilitation and support of female offenders.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	167334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>We had been developing a business case for the community prisons for women before moving to a community based approach and had not finalised a cost for these prisons. The evidence base on reoffending has continued to evolve and change. We continue to work with the model set out in Baroness Corston’s report, <em>A review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System</em> (2007). We believe that the steps we have outlined in the female offender strategy, including £5m of cross government funding over two years and the plan to work with local and national partners to pilot at least five residential women’s centres across England and Wales, is the right way to approach this but it remains only a first step on a journey.</p><p> </p><p>The publication of the female offender strategy on 27 June is the start of a new and significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders at all points of the justice system. It sets out our vision to see fewer women in custody, especially on short-term sentences, and a greater proportion of women managed in the community successfully. This will take some years to deliver and we will have the opportunity to revisit funding issues as we take work forward.</p><p>I remain committed to delivering these key reforms, which includes the female offender strategy, and ensuring there is sufficient funding for female offenders.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/09/2018 13:44:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

946893

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claimants of personal independence payment have (a) applied to a tribunal to appeal the decision in their case, (b) had their appeal heard at tribunal and (c) been successful on appeal at the Tribunal in Garston and Halewood constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	167154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>The information provided below is a further breakdown of these data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Liverpool <sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) <sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FYTD<sup> 3</sup></p></td><td><p>Receipts <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Total Cleared <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Number cleared at hearing <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>Number Decision in Favour <sup>7</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>1789</p></td><td><p>1375</p></td><td><p>1232</p></td><td><p>707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>3255</p></td><td><p>2464</p></td><td><p>2160</p></td><td><p>1366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018<sup>8</sup></p></td><td><p>3231</p></td><td><p>2622</p></td><td><p>2141</p></td><td><p>1435</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1. Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) data are normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellant’s actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue. Appeals within the Garston and Halewood Constituency are heard in the Liverpool venue.</p><p>2. PIP (New Claim Appeals and Reassessments) which is replacing Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013. As such appeal volumes received by HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service in 2013-2014 are low.</p><p>3. By financial year - from April to March.</p><p>4. Number of receipts for PIP registered to the Liverpool venue.</p><p>5. The total number of appeals disposed of, inclusive of both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.</p><p>6. Total number of cases cleared at a tribunal hearing.</p><p>7. Number found in favour of the appellant.</p><p>8. Data April 17 to March 18 are provisional data and subject to change</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, more than 3.1 million decisions have been made, and of these under 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:08:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle