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847736

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Small Claims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provisions are made available for covering the costs of raising a claim at a British court where the person raising the claim is a UK citizen living on nil income and not in receipt of benefits.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	129412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Assistance with paying Courts and Tribunals fees is available through Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals’ Services Help with Fees scheme. Legal aid is provided for claimants in cases which fall within scope, subject to means and merits tests</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2018 17:31:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

847738

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Court Of Human Rights: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is provision for covering the costs of raising a claim at the European Court of Human Rights from the public purse for a person who is a British subject living on a nil income and not in receipt of benefits.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	129414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>There is no fee for applying to the ECtHR. In England and Wales, legal aid is not available for proceedings before the ECtHR. Legal help may be used to advise a client of their position under England and Wales law and of the options available but may not be used to make an application to ECtHR or for legal aid from that court.</p><p> </p><p>The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) administers its own legal aid scheme which may be granted where the Court is satisfied that it is necessary for the proper conduct of the case before the Court; and the applicant has insufficient means to meet all or part of the costs, as set out in rules 100-105 of the Court’s Rules.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 28/02/2018 17:31:05 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

847740

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for processing immigration appeals in 2016-2017.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	129416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The average time taken to clear <del class="ministerial">a case</del><ins class="ministerial">an immigration appeal</ins> in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in 2016-2017 was <del class="ministerial">46</del><ins class="ministerial">51</ins> weeks. The average time taken to clear a case in 2015-2016 was <del class="ministerial">46</del><ins class="ministerial">35</ins> weeks.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The average clearance time, which is measured from receipt of an appeal to its conclusion, went up between 2015-16 and 2016-17 because of the Tribunal significantly reducing its outstanding caseload and clearing older cases during that period. Outstanding caseload has now reduced from 64,800 in June 2016 to 35,100 at the end of December 2017.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Immigration includes Managed Migration, Entry Clearance Officer, Human Rights, EEA Free Movement Family Visit Visa, Deportation and Deprivation of Citizenship Appeals.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">Published average clearance times are not routinely broken down by appeal type and could not be provided in the time available.</del></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2018 17:30:03 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2018 17:06:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 43913 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

847741

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for processing immigration appeals during 2015-2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	129417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The average time taken to clear <del class="ministerial">a case</del><ins class="ministerial">an immigration appeal</ins> in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in 2016-2017 was <del class="ministerial">46</del><ins class="ministerial">51</ins> weeks. The average time taken to clear a case in 2015-2016 was <del class="ministerial">46</del><ins class="ministerial">35</ins> weeks.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The average clearance time, which is measured from receipt of an appeal to its conclusion, went up between 2015-16 and 2016-17 because of the Tribunal significantly reducing its outstanding caseload and clearing older cases during that period. Outstanding caseload has now reduced from 64,800 in June 2016 to 35,100 at the end of December 2017.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Immigration includes Managed Migration, Entry Clearance Officer, Human Rights, EEA Free Movement Family Visit Visa, Deportation and Deprivation of Citizenship Appeals.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">Published average clearance times are not routinely broken down by appeal type and could not be provided in the time available</del>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2018 17:30:03 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2018 17:06:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 43923 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

847795

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Voyeurism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to criminalise up-skirting under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	129471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>I am encouraged to see that up-skirting has been successfully prosecuted on a number of occasions under the offence of outraging public decency. My officials are reviewing the various laws in this area to check and ensure we have the appropriate remedies for these offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2018 10:36:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

846878

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service: Hepatitis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff contracted Hepatitis C from prisoners in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	129052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>We take the safety of those in our care and our staff extremely seriously. There have been no reported cases of Hepatitis C transmission from prisoner to staff since 2009 to date.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS staff receive education and training on safe systems of work which reduces the risk of staff contracting Hepatitis C. Use of blood spillage kits are used by trained individuals only.</p><p> </p><p>There is no preventative vaccine to protect against Hepatitis C therefore post exposure management such as immediate first aid followed by appropriate risk assessment is essential. There is a specialist team in HMPPS which can deal with such incidents.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 27/02/2018 16:41:23 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

847073

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average salary for a Victim Liason Officer has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	129247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 129249 129250 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:37:00 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

847074

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average caseload has been by region for a Victim Liaison Officer in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	129248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is carrying out a review of the Transparency of the Parole Board and victim support, which we expect will be concluded by Easter, when will set out our next steps.</p><p> </p><p>We have already made good progress in making victim contact more compassionate, clearer and more informative, the ongoing review will ensure we improve services and better support victims.</p><p>The staffing budget dedicated to the Victim Contact Scheme has increased from £8.0 million to £9.6 million since the creation of the NPS in 2014 and the number of VLOs has increased nationally from 169 to 189 staff over the same period.</p><p> </p><p>There has also been a significant increase in the number of administrative staff, from 47 to 76 posts, employed to support the work of VLOs, which has freed up VLOs so they can focus on better supporting victims.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested by the hon Member for Leeds East, Richard Burgon, is not available. The current national victim’s database was only introduced in April 2016 and data migration of active cases from previous databases was not fully completed until February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data currently held on the national victims’ database indicates that the average caseload by region for the last two years for a Victim Liaison Officer is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>NE</p></td><td><p>NW</p></td><td><p>SE</p></td><td><p>SW</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2016</p></td><td><p>278</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2017</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 27/02/2018 16:38:38 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

847075

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Victim Liaison Officers have been employed in each region in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	129249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 129247 129250 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:37:00 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

847076

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Victim Liaison Officers have been employed in each constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	129250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 129247 129249 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:37:00 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon