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1248455

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victims: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether victims of assault are entitled to compensation in circumstances where the perpetrator did not complete their court-mandated rehabilitation programme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	110732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Where a person is convicted of an offence, criminal courts in England and Wales may make – and in some circumstances are required to consider making – a compensation order in cases involving personal injury, loss or damage.</p><p> </p><p>Community orders consist of one or more requirements decided by the court. These can include rehabilitation activity requirements, treatment requirements or programme requirements, which specifically address offender needs.</p><p> </p><p>Where an offender fails to comply with any requirement of a community order, the court has wide powers: it can amend the order to make the requirements more onerous, impose a fine, or revoke the order and resentence the offender to any sentence that would have been available for that offence.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for the independent courts taking into account the circumstances of the case.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/11/2020 13:55:28 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1241330

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he enable local registry offices to permit wedding ceremonies to be held outdoors in the grounds of approved premises if covid-19 social distancing regulations cannot be complied with inside the premises.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	100283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced in June 2019 that the Law Commission will conduct a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. This is an important and complex social policy reform and requires careful thought and consideration.</p><p>The Law Commission published its consultation paper on 3 September 2020 and the Government, following the final report, will decide on provision on the basis of the Law Commission’s recommendations.</p><p>In parallel, the Government made clear when it announced the Law Commission project that it would also, as an interim measure, undertake work to allow more civil weddings and civil partnerships to take place outdoors through secondary legislation. This work is ongoing.</p><p>The Government has published guidance on planning COVID-19 secure marriages and civil partnerships at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships</a>.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 16/10/2020 11:23:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1232251

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the average length of waiting time for applicants to receive a grant of probate (a) before and (b) after the introduction of HM Courts & Tribunals Service new case management system.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	86539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The introduction of a new digital case management system in March 2019 changed the business process for accounting for the receipt date of applications which need to be held due to errors or missing documentation. The change enabled more transparent and accurate reporting of waiting times and these timings are now included in published official statistics.</p><p>It also coincided with legislative change to the probate application process which removed the need for applicants to travel to town centre locations to swear an oath before a court officer or a commissioner for oaths. The receipt date was previously recorded from the date an application had been checked whereas it is now recorded from the date of first receipt by the probate service.</p><p>The figures since the introduction of the new digital case management system are therefore not directly comparable to the old system.</p><p>The current waiting times are published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly (Table 26).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/09/2020 17:01:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1232252

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the closure of the Birmingham probate registry office on the processing times for probate claims.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	86540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The closure of Birmingham probate registry office in August 2019 coincided with the opening of a Courts and Tribunals Service Centre (CTSC) in Birmingham. The result is a current net increase of 51 full time equivalent staff employed in probate offices and there has been no direct effect from the closure on waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/09/2020 17:01:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1232107

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Solicitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help improve communications between (a) probate registry offices and (b) solicitors.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	85935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>As part of the £1bn HMCTS reform programme a new online service has been introduced for use by probate professionals. The service is available 24 hours a day and enables professionals access to real time information about the progress of their digital case without the need to contact HMCTS.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the online system, as of March 2020, all calls are now answered by the Courts &amp; Tribunals Service Centres which are equipped with modern technology to monitor performance levels and make improvements to the service being offered.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS also regularly meets with a variety of probate legal professional representative bodies to consult and update on forthcoming changes whilst gathering and responding to feedback.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/09/2020 16:13:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1203009

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement on 15 May 2020 to introduce video calling in the absence of family visits to prisons, when his Department plans to roll out video calling to the remainder of prisons in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	58630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>We have introduced temporary emergency video calling in recognition of the<br> importance of maintaining family contact while social visits have been temporarily suspended in<br> prisons in England and Wales. We have published information regarding the provision of video<br> calls on GOV.UK and made clear we will continue to expand secure video calling to more establishments during this time. Details of which prisons are operating live services for families and friends can be accessed via the following link;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visit-a-prisoner-using-a-video-call" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visit-a-prisoner-using-a-video-call</a><br> <br> At the appropriate time, we will consider future options for video calling beyond<br> Covid-19 restrictions.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 15:15:48 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1193673

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will give registrars discretion to extend the period of validity for Superintendent Registrar Certificates when weddings have had to be postponed as a result of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	43830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government acknowledges the significant upheaval that Covid-19 is causing for couples who were looking to marry at this time. The requirement to solemnize a marriage within twelve months of giving notice to marry is set out in primary legislation and would require primary legislation to amend.</p><p> </p><p>We are exploring what changes might be possible in relation to marriages at this time, and in line with Public Health England guidance on social distancing.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 12/05/2020 14:58:18 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1181550

registered interest
date	28/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Agency: Correspondence
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 proportion of enquiries made by Members of Parliament to the Legal Aid Agency that receive a response within 20 working days.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	22352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>For the most recent completed financial year, 98% of enquiries made by Members of Parliament to the Legal Aid Agency received a response within 20 working days.</p><p> </p><p>Information for the remaining questions posed could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 22353 22354 22355 question first answered 04/03/2020 17:13:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1181551

registered interest
date	28/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Agency: Complaints
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 complaints made to the Legal Aid Agency that involve a statutory charge on an individuals property in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	22353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>For the most recent completed financial year, 98% of enquiries made by Members of Parliament to the Legal Aid Agency received a response within 20 working days.</p><p> </p><p>Information for the remaining questions posed could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 22352 22354 22355 question first answered 04/03/2020 17:13:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1181552

registered interest
date	28/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Agency: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time is for the Legal Aid Agency to resolve a complaint.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	22354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>For the most recent completed financial year, 98% of enquiries made by Members of Parliament to the Legal Aid Agency received a response within 20 working days.</p><p> </p><p>Information for the remaining questions posed could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 22352 22353 22355 question first answered 04/03/2020 17:13:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe