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1035360

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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, what estimate he has made of the additional staff required by his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	205327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The approximate total number of people working on EU exit across the MoJ is 110 MoJ EU exit programme includes work on both deal and no-deal scenarios in preparation for the UK exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Departments continually review workforce plans, reprioritise and assess changing needs, which includes identification and cessation of non-priority work where appropriate. We have accelerated our plans, and at the same time, the Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit</p><p>Implementation is carried out to high quality without impacting public service delivery across the whole of government.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 16:46:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029354

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	204552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>In MoJ, staff data is collected monthly at month-end, as such we have provided data at the nearest available snapshot dates below:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>70,227 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) - as at 30 November 2018</p></li><li><p>63,364 FTE – as at 30 June 2016</p><p> </p><p>The increase noted is almost exclusively in HMPPS (6,311 FTE) and predominantly in the operational line.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2019 17:54:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

991162

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Universal Credit
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 (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed by his Department in receipt of universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	181609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Members of staff apply for universal credit in a personal capacity and there are a number of different factors which determine whether or not an individual is eligible. The Department has no central record from which to determine the number and proportion of its staff in receipt of universal credit therefore it is not be possible for the Secretary of State for Justice to make an estimate of numbers, or a statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/10/2018 15:10:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

942873

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, what proportion of appeals to the Tribunals Service in (a) Glasgow South West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK for (i) personal independence payments, (ii) employment and support allowance, (iii) income support, (iv) jobseekers allowance and (v) tax credits were successful in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	165084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p>The information provided below is a further breakdown of this data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant in the latest period for which figures are available</strong> <strong>April 2017 – March 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Income Support (IS)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jobseeker Allowance (JSA)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain<sup>6 </sup></strong></p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> Proportion of decisions in favour, based on the number of appeals found in favour of the appellant as a % of the cases cleared at tribunal hearing.</p><p><strong><sup>2</sup></strong> Personal Independence Payments (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</p><p><strong><sup>3</sup></strong> Includes Employment and Support Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Reassessments)</p><p><strong><sup>4</sup></strong> Tax Credits includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.</p><p><strong><sup>5</sup></strong> First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals for Glasgow South West constituents are heard in the Glasgow venue but this venue also hears appeals from other Glasgow constituencies. It is not possible to provide constituency-specific data.</p><p><strong><sup>6</sup></strong>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service administers appeals for appellants living in England, Scotland and Wales. Data are therefore for those appellants only. The Northern Ireland Courts &amp; Tribunals Service administers appeals for appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>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.</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 the figure is only 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 24/07/2018 15:21:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

780593

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
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 effect of changes to the level of tribunal fees on the number of women pursuing a sex discrimination claim; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	110438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s post implementation review of fees, which included an assessment of the impact of fees in relation to discrimination claims, was published on 31 January 2017 and can be found at the following location:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587649/Review-of-introduction-of-fees-in-employment-tribunals.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587649/Review-of-introduction-of-fees-in-employment-tribunals.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Following the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor, which was handed down on 26 July 2017, we immediately stopped charging fees for Employment Tribunals proceedings. We are considering the wider implications of the ruling for courts and tribunals fees.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 07/11/2017 17:43:49 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

780594

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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 proportion of appeals to the Tribunal Service in (a) Glasgow South West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK for (i) personal independence payments, (ii) employment and support allowance, (iii) income support, (iv) jobseekers allowance and (v) tax credits were successful in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	110439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p>The information provided below is a further breakdown of these data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant in the latest period for which figures are available</strong> <strong>April – June 2017 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>PIP<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tax Credits<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glasgow<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>~<sup>7</sup></p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great Britain<sup>6 </sup></strong></p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> Proportion of decisions in favour, based on the number of appeals found in favour of the appellant as a % of the cases cleared at tribunal hearing.</p><p><strong><sup>2</sup></strong> Personal Independence Payments (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</p><p><strong><sup>3</sup></strong> Includes Employment and Support Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Reassessments)</p><p><strong><sup>4</sup></strong> Tax Credits includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.</p><p><strong><sup>5</sup></strong> First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals for Glasgow South West constituents are heard in the Glasgow venue but this venue also hears appeals from other Glasgow constituencies. It is not possible to provide constituency-specific data.</p><p><strong><sup>6</sup></strong>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service administers appeals for appellants living in England, Scotland and Wales. Data are therefore for those appellants only. The Northern Ireland Courts &amp; Tribunals Service administers appeals for appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong><sup>7</sup></strong>~ denotes fewer than five appeals.</p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 07/11/2017 17:43:08 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

780610

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts and Tribunal Service received in employment tribunal fees in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18; and what proportion of that sum was foregone in fee remission.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	110440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on HMCTS’s income and fee remissions, including for Employment Tribunals, is contained in the HMCTS Annual Report and Accounts. The accounts for 2016/17 can be found at the following location:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630426/HMCTS_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_201617_Web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630426/HMCTS_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_201617_Web.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2016/17, HMCTS received £8m in fee income, and fee remissions worth a further £4m were granted under the Help with Fees scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice stopped charging fees in the Employment Tribunals on 26 July 2017 following the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor. Information on the fee income and remissions for 2017-18 will be included in the 2017/18 Annual Report and Accounts which will be published in the summer of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 07/11/2017 17:39:52 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

750771

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Recognition: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to review policies regarding the retention of documents relating to applications made under the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	4369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The policy regarding the retention of documents relating to applications made under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 was last reviewed in 2015, and there are no immediate plans to review it at the time of this reply.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/07/2017 14:34:12 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

692023

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many equality impact assessments have been carried out in the last three years on public service reforms which impact on (a) departmental staff and (b) members of the public; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	64448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Over the last three years the Ministry of Justice has had and continues to have due regard, as necessary, to the public sector equality duty in exercising its functions. The Equality Act does not require this due regard to take the form of an equality impact assessment, nor does it define an equality impact assessment, and the department does not maintain a record of such assessments.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 28/02/2017 16:21:45 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

577601

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been received by HM Courts and Tribunal Service in payment of employment tribunal fees in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 to date; and what proportion of that sum was foregone in fee remission.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	45336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Information on income received by HMCTS is published on gov.uk. In 2015/16 fee remission accounted for 21%. In 2016/17 to the end of July 2016 the equivalent figure is 25%.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 12/09/2016 15:52:57 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens