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1126088

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date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were rescheduled in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Greater London due to insufficient court space in the months of (i) February, (ii) March and (iii) April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	253550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Published data for criminal cases show the number of trials which were vacated or ineffective (and therefore do not go ahead) in the criminal courts and for ineffective trials, the reasons why the trial was ineffective. One of these is ‘court administrative issues including a lack of court time and court accommodation failures’, – however it is not possible to identify instances where this is specifically due to reasons of ‘insufficient court space’.</p><p> </p><p>Available data on vacated and ineffective trials is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics are currently published up to December 2018. Data for January – March 2019 are due to be published on 27 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to rescheduled cases and the reasons for them in the civil and family courts are not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/05/2019 11:19:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126189

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what circumstances in cases involving historical sexual abuse are victims entitled to legal representation.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	253582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s first ever cross-government Victims Strategy outlines our commitments to victims of crime.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for the prosecution of criminal cases. Victims of crime are not separately represented in criminal trials.</p><p> </p><p>Victims of historic sexual abuse have access to an independent sexual violence adviser (ISVA). The ISVA’s role is to ensure the victim receives the right support before, during and after legal proceedings. As part of proceedings, a victim may be called to give evidence as a witness for the prosecution. ISVAs will work alongside the Court-Based Witness Service to support the victim to give their best evidence and participate in the court process.</p><p> </p><p>In April this year, the Ministry of Justice awarded £8m in funding to rape support centres to provide emotional and practical support to victims of sexual violence and historic sexual abuse, including the provision of ISVA services. We also provided a grant of £11.2m to Citizens Advice for the delivery of the Court-Based Witness Service.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/05/2019 16:44:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1126190

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what circumstances in cases involving historical sexual abuse are victims entitled to have character references used in their defence.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	253583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Tackling historical sexual abuse and bringing perpetrators to justice is a government priority.</p><p> </p><p>Some victims of historical sexual abuse may be called to give evidence in criminal trials however a victim is not a party to a criminal case, as the Crown prosecutes. Victims and witnesses are not required to defend themselves or provide evidence to support their statements.</p><p>Rules of evidence do not permit the Crown to call evidence of the good character of a prosecution witness in order to bolster their credibility where it is not relevant to an issue in the case.</p><p>If the defendant attacks the character of a witness, evidence of the defendant’s bad character may be admissible as evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/05/2019 16:31:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1126192

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance and training barristers receive on the cross-examination of victims of historical sexual abuse.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	253585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) has developed specialist training for all advocates who question witnesses in cases of a serious sexual nature involving vulnerable adults and children. The training programme goes beyond victims of serious sexual offences. It aims to ensure all advocates understand the key principles of how to approach and question vulnerable people in the justice system</p><p>As set out in the Government’s Victims Strategy, the training programme delivers the manifesto commitment: “Publicly funded advocates will have specialist training in handling victims before taking on serious sexual offences” and goes beyond that commitment. Training is available to all advocates, not just those working on publicly funded cases.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/05/2019 16:41:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1126225

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: North West Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support (a) under the Litigants in Person Support Strategy and (b) through the additional grant funding announced in February 2019 will be offered to (i) victims of domestic abuse and (ii) other people from the North West Durham constituency participating in family court proceedings in (A) Durham and (B) Darlington.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	253724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Since 2014-15, MoJ has invested almost £6.5 million of funding to support litigants in person in the civil and family courts through the Litigants in Person Support Strategy. The strategy works with a range of partners across England and Wales in the advice, voluntary and pro bono sectors to provide practical support for litigants in person. This includes online and self-help resources, as well as access to free or affordable legal advice and representation, where possible. For example, the Support Strategy continues to work with with the North East Law Centre in Newcastle Upon-Tyne to extend its reach and receive referrals from across the region, including from non-specialist services such as GP surgeries, and increase awareness of the expert advice available to litigants in person in the area.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2019, we published the Legal Support Action Plan which included a commitment to enhancing support for litigants in person. This will be achieved by increasing the funding provided to the Litigants in Person Support Strategy to £3m a year, for the next two years. We are particularly interested in focusing this additional investment on broadening the evidence base on how the services we are delivering to litigants in person can be made even more effective.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/05/2019 16:15:13 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1125585

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
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 steps the Government is taking to reduce the waiting time for benefits appeals from the 40 week average cited by HM Courts and Tribunal Service.
tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Campbell
uin	252492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>It is important that appeals are heard as quickly as possible. The Ministry of Justice recognises that there are delays in the system and is in the process of recruiting more judicial office holders in order to increase capacity and help to reduce waiting times for appellants. In the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, 225 new medical members and 119 disability-qualified members have recently been appointed and are now hearing cases.</p><p>The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 fee-paid judges and 100 salaried judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals and providing a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/05/2019 10:58:52 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

1125652

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on applications for compensation were appealed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	252547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of first decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since 2010-11 which were subsequently appealed to the First-tier Tribunal (FTT).</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the year the decision was made and the year it was subsequently appealed may be different.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of first decisions subsequently appealed to the FTT</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,302</p></td><td><p>4.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,461</p></td><td><p>4.39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,998</p></td><td><p>3.87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td><td><p>3.92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,356</p></td><td><p>4.02%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td><td><p>4.14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,136</p></td><td><p>3.83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1,419</p></td><td><p>3.58%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2019 08:57:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1125653

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on applications for compensation were overturned on appeal in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	252548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of decisions made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since 2010-11 which were subsequently overturned on appeal.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of decisions made where the appeal outcome is yet to be determined.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of decisions overturned on appeal</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>876</p></td><td><p>1.59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>858</p></td><td><p>1.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>1.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>0.72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>0.51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>0.35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>0.31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2019 11:22:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1125655

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of successful applications made for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme took longer than 12 months to process in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	252549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of applications for compensation received in each year since 2010-11 in which a decision to award compensation was made (i.e. were successful) at first decision, review or appeal and took longer than 12 months to process.</p><p> </p><p>Where an application is appealed, the timeframes for listing and deciding the appeal are determined by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service and are out with the control of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of successful applications which took longer than 12 months to process</p></td><td><p>Proportion of all successful applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>8,765</p></td><td><p>26.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>9,633</p></td><td><p>29.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>10,357</p></td><td><p>39.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>6,902</p></td><td><p>47.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>7,408</p></td><td><p>51.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>8,322</p></td><td><p>62.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>5,321</p></td><td><p>41.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1,705</p></td><td><p>13.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2019 11:37:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1125656

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
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 cost of submitting an application for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	252550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>There is no cost to submit an application for compensation to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2019 11:39:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero