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945547

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Shoplifting: North West
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 for thefts relating to self-service checkouts in the (a) Lancashire Constabulary, (b) Greater Manchester Police and (c) Merseyside Police areas in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	166454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify from centrally held data the number of defendants prosecuted for theft relating to self-service checkouts as these particular offences cannot be disaggregated from the broader offence of ‘theft from shops’. The information requested could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/07/2018 11:29:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

945557

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the agreed service waiting time for HM Courts and Tribunals Service cases are in England; and what proportion of cases met that target in (a) England and (c) Gloucestershire in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	166483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) measures performance across all jurisdictions against its operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Pages 34-40 of the agency’s Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18, at the link below, sets out those KPIs.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/723069/HMCTS_Annual_Report___Accounts_2017-2018_Final_print_version_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/723069/HMCTS_Annual_Report___Accounts_2017-2018_Final_print_version_.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Page 40 of the Annual Report also provides discrete links to published, official statistics for the criminal, civil and family courts in England and Wales, and tribunals in England, Wales and retained tribunals in Scotland. In some jurisdictions sub-national data are published. Further detail and the links are provided below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Criminal Court Statistics (annual): January to March 2018</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-annual-january-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-annual-january-to-march-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Within the main tables figures are published for ‘Summary statistics on hearing times, waiting times, plea rates and juror utilisation in the Crown Court, by region’ (Table AC9).</p><p> </p><p>Timeliness data for Crown and magistrates’ courts (broken down nationally, regionally, and locally) also appear in the ‘Criminal courts timeliness’ document – the sixth document on the GOV.UK link. These data include Gloucestershire.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Civil Justice statistics quarterly: January to March 2018</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1.5 of the second document provides the average time to reach trial/hearing in England and Wales. These figures are not broken down by region although data for Gloucester and Cheltenham County Court are available within the timeliness csv file available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/714290/civil-justice-judical-review-data-jan-mar-2018.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/714290/civil-justice-judical-review-data-jan-mar-2018.zip</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Family Court Statistics Quarterly: January to March 2018</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>In the second document in the link, the following information is published:-</p><ul><li>Table 8: Summary statistics on the timeliness of care proceedings in the Family Court of England and Wales;</li><li>Table 9: Summary statistics on the timeliness of Private law cases from start to final order in the Family Court of England and Wales; and</li><li>Table 10: the number of disposals and average time to first definitive disposal in courts in England and Wales by legal representation of parties and case type.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Underlying data for tables 8 and 10 broken down by region are available within the published csv files:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720099/Family_Data_2018_Q1.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720099/Family_Data_2018_Q1.zip</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Tribunals and gender recognitions certificates statistics quarterly: January to March 2018</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for timeliness in the three largest tribunals appear in the third document in the link:-</p><p> </p><ul><li>Table T1: Cumulative percentage of clearances that took place in 2016/17 and 2017/18, by age of case at clearance;</li><li>Table T2: Percentage of clearances that took place in January to March 2018, by age of case at clearance</li><li>Table T3: Percentage of clearances that took place in January to March 2018, by age of case at clearance (with further breakdowns within each jurisdiction within each Tribunal).</li></ul><p> </p><p>The CSV files within the seventh document include the timeliness figures for Social Security &amp; Child Support cases for the period January-March 2018, broken down by venue and benefit type. These data include Gloucester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/07/2018 11:30:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

945620

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the removal of non-asylum immigration cases from the scope of legal aid on young migrants with limited leave to remain.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL9749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently undertaking a post-implementation review of the impact of the legal aid changes made under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. An assessment of the impact of recent changes to the provision of legal aid for non-asylum immigration cases will be made as part of the review process.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently announced our intention to amend the scope of legal aid for unaccompanied and separated migrant children. This scope change will be informed by evidence gathered as a result of the review and delivered with the help of a consultative group.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/07/2018 12:00:52 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

944701

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's announcement entitled Crackdown on rogue bailiffs, published on 2 April 2018 what the timeline is for the call for evidence to be launched.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	166250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government intends to launch its call for evidence to evaluate the enforcement agent reforms introduced by the Tribunals, Court and Enforcement Act 2007 shortly after the summer recess.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/07/2018 08:49:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

944703

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's announcement, Major new prison reform programme unveiled, published on 9 November 2015, what the timeframe is for each prison to open; and the number of prisons for which (a) work has begun (b) contracts been signed and (c) a decision on the finance mechanism has been made.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	166223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the 2016 Prison Safety &amp; Reform White Paper and 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places to replace old, expensive and unsuitable accommodation. We intend to build the first prison at Wellingborough through public capital, with construction work expected to begin late 2018 / early 2019 with completion projected for early 2021. We intend to build the second prison at Glen Parva using private finance.</p><p> </p><p>We will explore funding routes, including private finance, for the delivery of the remaining prison places. The financing models, timetable and costs for these will be dependent on the relevant value for money and affordability tests, planning permissions and commercial negotiations. The government remains committed to the delivery of these places, which will enable governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitative outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 166224 166225 166226 166227 question first answered 24/07/2018 15:02:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

944704

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the legal definitions for the offences of (a) careless and (b) dangerous driving.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	166208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 the government consulted on changes to driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury. In the response to the consultation, published in 2017, the government made clear that it does not propose to make any changes to the legal definitions of careless and dangerous driving. But it does propose to increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs from 14 years’ imprisonment to life, and to create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2018 15:01:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

944726

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts of 6 July 2018 to the non. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central, whether the £825,000 will be reinvested in Sunderland Magistrates’ Court as a result of the decision to relinquish land held on Farringdon Row.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	166155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>HMCTS has decided to relinquish the land at Farringdon Row which will provide £825,000 of income for reinvestment in the Sunderland Magistrates’ court.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/07/2018 08:51:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

944728

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2018 to Question 159025 on Child Support and Social Security Benefits, how many First-tier tribunal cases relating social security claims were for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment support allowance in the Inverclyde constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	166221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>FYTD<em><sup>2</sup></em></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Greenock</strong><em><sup>1</sup></em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) <em><sup>3.</sup></em></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)<sup>.4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Cleared<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Number cleared at hearing</p></td><td><p>Number cleared without a hearing</p></td><td><p>Total Cleared</p></td><td><p>Number cleared at hearing</p></td><td><p>Number cleared without a hearing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~ </em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p>1186</p></td><td><p>1075</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018<em><sup>6</sup></em></p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>476</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li><em> 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. Inverclyde appeals are attributed to the Greenock venue, except Child Support (attributed to Glasgow).</em></li></ol><p><em> </em></p><ol start="2"><li><em> By Financial Year - from April to March. </em></li></ol><p><em> </em></p><ol start="3"><li><em> PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013. As such, volumes received by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in 2013-2014 are low. Data include PIP Reassessment.</em></li></ol><p><em> </em></p><ol start="4"><li><em> Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments) </em></li></ol><p><em> </em></p><ol start="5"><li><em> The total number of Appeals disposed of, inclusive of both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing. </em></li></ol><p><em> </em></p><ol start="6"><li><em> Data April 17 to March 18 are provisional data and subject to change. </em></li></ol><p><em> </em></p><p><em>~ HMCTS has chosen not to provide an exact figure in cases where the true number falls between one and five. However, it should not be assumed that the actual figure represented falls at any particular point within this scale; 'five or fewer' is used as a replacement value from which it would be difficult to isolate or extract any individual data.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>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.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date. </em></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. For ESA, 8% of decisions made were appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/07/2018 11:29:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

944762

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to commence the provisions of the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	166048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government intends to bring the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 into force in July 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/09/2018 14:06:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

944768

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Glen Parva Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date his Department plans the construction of HMP Glen Parva to have been concluded.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	166224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the 2016 Prison Safety &amp; Reform White Paper and 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places to replace old, expensive and unsuitable accommodation. We intend to build the first prison at Wellingborough through public capital, with construction work expected to begin late 2018 / early 2019 with completion projected for early 2021. We intend to build the second prison at Glen Parva using private finance.</p><p> </p><p>We will explore funding routes, including private finance, for the delivery of the remaining prison places. The financing models, timetable and costs for these will be dependent on the relevant value for money and affordability tests, planning permissions and commercial negotiations. The government remains committed to the delivery of these places, which will enable governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitative outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 166223 166225 166226 166227 question first answered 24/07/2018 15:02:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon