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1038938

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been granted legal aid in welfare cases in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	207160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Information about the volumes of people granted legal aid in welfare benefits cases is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a>. The latest figures (to September 2018) of Legal Help matter starts (from table 5.1) and Civil Representation granted certificates (from table 6.2) in welfare benefits cases are outlined in the below table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Legal Help Matter Starts</p></td><td><p>Civil Representation Granted Certificates</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>135,751</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>141,625</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>116,081</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>102,920</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>82,554</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has spent several months conducting a wide-ranging review of the reforms to legal aid and engaged with more than 100 organisations and individuals as part of the evidence-gathering phase.</p><p> </p><p>Having finalised this engagement at the end of November, the review is now near completion and will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2019 17:54:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1038439

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of sexual abuse have had their applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme rejected because they had an unspent criminal conviction in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	206870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme), which was approved by Parliament, sets out that awards will be withheld where the applicant has an unspent conviction of a kind specifically identified by the Scheme. This includes custodial sentences and community orders.</p><p> </p><p>In the calendar year 2018, the number of finalised applications refused because of unspent convictions where the application was made as a result of sexual assault or abuse was 179.</p><p> </p><p>The government recently announced a review of the Scheme which will include the consideration of the rule relating to unspent criminal convictions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/01/2019 17:32:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1038522

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to receive the high conflict practice pathway from Cafcass designed to provide guidance to practitioners on cases of parental alienation.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	206755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Cafcass launched its Child Impact Assessment Framework in October 2018. It is available at <a href="https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/grown-ups/professionals/ciaf/" target="_blank">https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/grown-ups/professionals/ciaf/</a>. The framework, which incorporates the award-winning Domestic Abuse Practice Pathway, brings together guides and tools which Cafcass officers can use to help them assess the impact on the child of different case factors in private law cases, including: domestic abuse; harmful conflict; child refusal or resistance to spend time with one of their parents, which includes parental alienation; and other forms of harmful parenting.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2019 18:12:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1038532

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of data available to his Department on the prevalence of parental alienation.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	206756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>In October last year the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) launched its Child Impact Assessment Framework (CIAF) which sets out how children may experience parental separation and how this can be understood and acted on by Cafcass.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass is planning to undertake a review of its case records featuring actual or alleged alienating behaviours so that it has a clearer evidence base on the prevalence of parental alienation and its relationships with other case factors. This study will commence once the CIAF has been fully embedded into practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2019 18:11:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1038556

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for careless and inconsiderate driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 were made by each police force in each year since 30 September 2008.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	206732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Data held by the Ministry of Justice relates to the number of prosecutions broken down by the police force area where the defendant was dealt with.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prosecutions for careless and inconsiderate driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 broken down by the police force area where the defendants were dealt with in court over the last decade is in the public domain. This information is in the Motoring data tool found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>For prosecutions, ensure ‘2: Magistrates’ Court’ is selected in the ‘Court Type’ filter.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Quarterly figures within individual calendar years can be examined by opening the field list and placing the ‘Quarter’ variable under columns.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Move the ‘Motoring offence group’ variable to Filters, and filter it to ‘24. Careless driving offences (excl. mobile phone offences)’. This offence group includes 'Driving without due care and attention', 'Failure to comply with an order to stop a moving vehicle' and 'Other careless driving offences and racing'.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>Drag ‘Police Force Area’ in to the rows section.</p><p> </p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/01/2019 16:29:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1037806

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the UK under the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	206463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against in Greater Manchester and in England and Wales under the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006, from 2008 to 2017, can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2018 is planned for publication in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 16:39:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Number of prosecutions under the Emergency Workers.docx title Table
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1037854

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2018 to Question 197618 on Legal Aid Scheme, when the Government plans to publish its review of the legal aid reforms brought in by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	206296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor has confirmed that we shall conduct an evidence-based review of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, assessing the changes to legal aid provision against their original objectives. As stated in the House on 18 December, this review is now near completion and will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p>This process of consideration and engagement with interested parties also represents an opportunity for the Government to consider what the future of legal support should look like.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 14:24:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1037935

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the average cost of administering probate for an estate valued at (a) £5,000 (b) £50,0000 and (c) £2 million; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	206229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Whilst current probate fees are determined based on an assessment of unit costing at a service level, the Ministry of Justice has not made any assessment specifically on the costs to HMCTS of administering an application for probate for estates of £5,000, £50,000 or £2 million.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 14:27:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1037958

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department is spending on a public information campaign to prepare people for the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	206214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a duty to inform citizens and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise on the steps they may need to take to prepare for EU Exit.</p><p>Cabinet Office has developed a cross-departmental public information campaign to help achieve this. Over the coming weeks, departments will be using a range of channels to direct UK citizens, businesses, EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU to a dedicated area on GOV.UK at Gov.uk/euexit</p><p><br>Information on the costs associated with this campaign will be released in due course as part of normal data transparency releases</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 10:11:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1037992

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Court Orders: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average value of Compensation Orders issues in the last five years by offence type in the (i) Magistrates' and (ii) Crown Courts.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of compensation orders issued and the amount ordered to pay, broken down by offence type and court type over the last decade is in the public domain. The information can be found in the Criminal Justice Statistics found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant data tools are: Magistrates Court data tool; and Crown Court data tool.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>In the relevant data tool (Magistrates’ or Crown), select the ‘offence group’ of interest and scroll down the table to the ‘Compensation – All’ row.</p></li><li><p>For the average compensation, again select the ‘offence group’ of interest and scroll down the table to the ‘Average Compensation (£)’ row.</p></li><li><p>Similarly, you can observe the number of lowest value compensation orders (£0-£25) and highest value orders (£1000 +) in the rows below in the table.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2019 17:39:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel