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759557

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Newcastle upon Tyne
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether magistrates court proceedings will be heard in Newcastle following the proposed relocation of family proceedings to the Civic Centre; and if not heard in Newcastle, where.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL1527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service intends that magistrates’ court hearings will continue to be heard in Newcastle following the proposed relocation of civil and family work to the Civic Centre.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/09/2017 12:41:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

759558

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the results of their review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in relation to (1) the number of unrepresented litigants compared to the situation prior to the coming into force of the Act, and (2) the outcomes in cases where litigants are unrepresented in cases relating to housing and family law and the criminal courts; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL1528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor is currently considering the planned post-implementation review of recent legal aid reforms and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/09/2017 12:45:04 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

759611

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Elections: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of an electronic system for the delivery, receipt and return of the Writ at UK parliamentary elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>There are no immediate plans to do so. The process for serving election Writs is set out in the Representation of the People Act 1983. However, the Government continues to work with the Law Commissions, as well as other stakeholders such as the Electoral Commission, to streamline the electoral process.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 20/09/2017 15:47:27 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759638

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many local authorities currently have (a) no and (b) one legal aid advice provider.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	10129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency contracts with legal aid advice providers by ‘procurement area’ as opposed to by local authority; a procurement area may include multiple local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 09/10/2017 15:35:52 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

759797

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons there is an average waiting time of 34 weeks for a personal independence appeal date in North Wales; and what the longest time is for which a person has had to wait for such a date.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	10183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal date in North Wales is not 34 weeks. That is the average clearance time for such appeals in the latest period for which data are available (April to June 2017).</p><p> </p><p>The average clearance time is the time taken from appeal receipt to final outcome and may include cases which have more than one hearing. PIP appeals are complex and could be adjourned for further evidence, or case management. Appeals may also have been heard by the First-tier Tribunal (F-tT), appealed to the Upper Tribunal, and subsequently re-heard by the F-tT, time which would then be included in average waiting times for the F-tT. Data are not collected on the time that an appeal takes to get to first hearing. As such it is not possible to identify which case took the longest to get there.</p><p> </p><p>Over 350 judicial officer holders are being recruited to provide long term capacity in the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal including Wales.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 10184 question first answered 20/09/2017 15:21:08 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

759798

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to address the shortage of panel members needed for personal independence appeals in the North Wales area.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	10184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeal date in North Wales is not 34 weeks. That is the average clearance time for such appeals in the latest period for which data are available (April to June 2017).</p><p> </p><p>The average clearance time is the time taken from appeal receipt to final outcome and may include cases which have more than one hearing. PIP appeals are complex and could be adjourned for further evidence, or case management. Appeals may also have been heard by the First-tier Tribunal (F-tT), appealed to the Upper Tribunal, and subsequently re-heard by the F-tT, time which would then be included in average waiting times for the F-tT. Data are not collected on the time that an appeal takes to get to first hearing. As such it is not possible to identify which case took the longest to get there.</p><p> </p><p>Over 350 judicial officer holders are being recruited to provide long term capacity in the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal including Wales.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 10183 question first answered 20/09/2017 15:21:08 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

759799

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Discrimination
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 September 2017 to Question 7019, if he will make it his policy to record centrally reports of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism and homophobia in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	10253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>We will consider this alongside our consideration of the recommendations of the Lammy Review into Race in the Criminal Justice System.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/09/2017 14:08:11 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

759800

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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 been refused compensation by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority since 1996 because they (a) had a criminal conviction related to the coercion aspect of the grooming process and (b) lived in the same household as their abuser and the abuse was committed prior to 1979.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	10039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) does not hold information about how many victims of sexual abuse have been refused compensation since 1996 because they had a criminal conviction related to the coercion aspect of the grooming process.</p><p>It has only been mandatory for applicants to provide an indication of the type of incident for which they are claiming compensation since 1 January 2015. Since that date, 180 applications from victims of sexual abuse have been refused compensation by CICA as a result of the non-discretionary Scheme rule that excludes compensation in circumstances where the criminal injury was sustained before 1 October 1979 and, at the time of the incident, the applicant and assailant were living together as members of the same family.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 20/09/2017 15:25:34 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

759404

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what services his Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive<br>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 19/09/2017 14:14:53 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759406

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Video Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to complete the roll-out of the Section 28 pilots in Kingston upon Thames, Liverpool and Leeds Crown courts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	9902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Section.28 is one of the Special Measures introduced under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999. It was commenced for vulnerable witnesses under 16 year olds and those lacking mental or physical capacity in Kingston upon Thames, Liverpool and Leeds Crown Court Centres in December 2013. This was extended to under 18 year olds in January 2017, and will be rolled out nationally for all vulnerable witnesses in a phased approach from this autumn. We are also testing s.28 for certain eligible intimidated victims of sexual offences and modern slavery in Kingston upon Thames, Liverpool and Leeds Crown Court Centres this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 19/09/2017 14:15:09 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey