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date	26/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what post-legislative scrutiny his Department has carried out on the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 as it relates to legal aid for refugee sponsors seeking family reunion.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	129855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Legal aid is not generally available for UK residents to re-unite with their family members from overseas. The Government policy on legal aid continues to be that limited legal aid resources are made available for the highest priority cases and to the most financially vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>Applying for family reunion does not require specialist legal advice. Guidance to support applications for family reunion is available from UK Visas and Immigration.</p><p> </p><p>Not every case will be straightforward and, as with all cases outside the scope of legal aid, exceptional funding may be available where required under ECHR or EU law.</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Chancellor announced the Post Legislative Memorandum (PLM) and Post Implementation Review (PIR) to the Justice Select Committee on 25 October 2017 and the PLM was then laid on 30 October alongside a written Ministerial statement by Dominic Raab MP announcing the commencement of the PIR.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2018 17:58:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

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registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will reintroduce legal aid for refugee family reunion cases; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	126163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government has announced the start of the review into the legal aid reforms made as a result of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). The review will include an assessment of the changes to the scope of legal aid for Immigration cases and will report later this year.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/02/2018 12:32:59 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

828316

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve support for prisoners with mental health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	903499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>All prisoners are assessed by clinical staff when they arrive in prison. If mental health needs are identified, prisoners are referred for treatment or follow up assessment.</p><p>Safety and security are crucial to supporting better mental health in prisons. We committed to an increase of 2,500 prison officers by the end of 2018, and have recruited 1,255 to date, putting us on track.</p><p>Additional staff will enable us to provide dedicated officers for offenders who will be better placed to recognise and react to changes in behaviour or mental well-being.</p><p>All staff in prisons will receive revised mental health awareness training and, so far, 11,000 have started this training.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 903502 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:23:42 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

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registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales: Oxfordshire
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 the relative cost of housing compared with wages in (a) Oxford and (b) Oxfordshire on the ability of the Probation Service to recruit and retain staff.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	7671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Because of local economic factors, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire is an area in which the National Probation Service has found it difficult to recruit staff. We have therefore developed specific measures to attract additional staff and are working to ensure that existing staff are not disadvantaged. We have taken account of labour market conditions in the area to identify a competitive rate of pay to meet recruitment and retention challenges.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/09/2017 13:41:45 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran