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519747

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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, when he plans to publish his Department's post-implementation review of tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	37594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>Following public consultation, the government introduced fees in Employment Tribunals as a way of reducing the burden on the taxpayer and to encourage parties to seek alternative ways of resolving their disputes.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 June 2015, we announced the start of the post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The review will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 24/05/2016 13:30:47 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

519748

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bill of Rights
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 carry out an (a) impact and (b) equality assessment of the Government's policy of replacing the Human Rights Act 1998 with a British Bill of Rights.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	37595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>We will set out our proposals for a Bill of Rights in due course. We will fully consult on our proposals.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 24/05/2016 13:46:44 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

519750

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
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 potential merits of stopping survivors of domestic abuse from being cross-examined by their abusers in family court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	37674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The family courts take the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously. The Child Arrangement Programme and Practice Direction 12J sets out a strong and clear framework for judges to apply to the management of difficult court room situations, to ensure they are handled sensitively for alleged victims of domestic violence and other vulnerable witnesses. All judges receive specific training on this framework and they can intervene to prevent inappropriate questions or have questions relayed. Practical protections, for example, protective screens, video links, separate waiting rooms and separate entrances are available where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 37675 37695 question first answered 24/05/2016 10:21:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

519756

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to end the cross-examination of self-representing survivors of domestic abuse by their abusers in family court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	37695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The family courts take the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously. The Child Arrangement Programme and Practice Direction 12J sets out a strong and clear framework for judges to apply to the management of difficult court room situations, to ensure they are handled sensitively for alleged victims of domestic violence and other vulnerable witnesses. All judges receive specific training on this framework and they can intervene to prevent inappropriate questions or have questions relayed. Practical protections, for example, protective screens, video links, separate waiting rooms and separate entrances are available where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 37674 37675 question first answered 24/05/2016 10:21:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

519757

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
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 cross-examination of survivors of domestic abuse by their abusers on the ability of such survivors to provide their best evidence in family court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	37675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The family courts take the issue of domestic violence extremely seriously. The Child Arrangement Programme and Practice Direction 12J sets out a strong and clear framework for judges to apply to the management of difficult court room situations, to ensure they are handled sensitively for alleged victims of domestic violence and other vulnerable witnesses. All judges receive specific training on this framework and they can intervene to prevent inappropriate questions or have questions relayed. Practical protections, for example, protective screens, video links, separate waiting rooms and separate entrances are available where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 37674 37695 question first answered 24/05/2016 10:21:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

518912

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been awarded to the UK from the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme for the period 2014 to 2020; what action grants have been so awarded; and to which Departments and under what headings any such funding has been awarded.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	37234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested which relates to projects which have secured funding can be found at <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants1/closed-calls/index_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants1/closed-calls/index_en.htm</a>. Funding is provided to projects themselves as opposed to countries or government departments; projects may list UK based bodies as an applicant or as a partner in the project.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/05/2016 14:59:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

519315

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 11 May 2016 to Question 36152, which religious festivals prisoners were released on temporary licence to attend in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	37515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>My officials are currently working to provide the information requested. I will write to you shortly.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/05/2016 15:04:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

519317

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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 plans to publish the report evaluating the pilots of section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	37400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text Pre-trial cross-examination under Section 28 of the YJCEA 1999 was piloted in three Crown Court centres. A report will be published in due course. answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/05/2016 11:57:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

519319

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
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 consultation on fee proposals for grants of probate, whether the proposed fees will reflect the (a) actual cost of administration of the Probate Registries and (b) amount of time expended by staff in the Probate Registries.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	37182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the consultation document, published at: <a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/fee-proposals-for-grants-of-probate/consult_view" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/fee-proposals-for-grants-of-probate/consult_view</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 24/05/2016 13:49:39 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

519320

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
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 consultation on fee proposals for grants of probate, what safeguards his Department plans to provide to enable applications to be filed for grants of probate in respect of estates which do not have sufficient liquid funds to enable payment of the fee before a grant has been issued.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	37183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the consultation document, published at: <a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/fee-proposals-for-grants-of-probate/consult_view" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/fee-proposals-for-grants-of-probate/consult_view</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 24/05/2016 13:52:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd