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893031

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total real terms change in his Department's expenditure on HM Prison and Probation Service was between (a) 2017-18 to 2018-19 and (b) 2010-11 to 1018-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Final expenditure figures for the period 2017-2018 and full expenditure figures for 2018-2019 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 139010 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

893033

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice Board: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real terms change in his Department's expenditure on the Youth Justice Board was between (a) 2017-18 and 2018-19 and (b) 2010-11 and 1018-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Final expenditure figures for the period 2017-2018 and full expenditure figures for 2018-2019 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 139008 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892187

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers that work at prisons rated as Overall performance is of concern were working on detached duty at another prison during January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest available prison performance ratings data cover the period 2016/17 and are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>40 prisons were rated as having overall performance of concern in 2016/17. There were 62 prison officers from these prisons working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>There were 16 prison officers from prisons in special measures working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Detached Duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 138499 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:42:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892188

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who work at prisons which are in special measures were working on detached duty at another prison during January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest available prison performance ratings data cover the period 2016/17 and are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>40 prisons were rated as having overall performance of concern in 2016/17. There were 62 prison officers from these prisons working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>There were 16 prison officers from prisons in special measures working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Detached Duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 138498 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:42:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892190

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for an employment tribunal appeal hearing at each employment tribunal hearing venue in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a claim in the employment tribunal to reach a hearing is shown in the table below, broken down by each hearing venue over the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Average waiting time (in weeks) from receipt to first hearing by month and by venue: All Claims </strong><strong>1,2</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="12"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="12"><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Venue</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><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><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jan-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Mar-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Apr-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jun-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Central</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>29</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="12"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="12"><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Venue</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><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><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jul-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sep-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Oct-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Dec-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jan 17 - Dec 17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Central</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</p><p>2 Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This table provides the average listing time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p><p>&quot; - &quot; denotes no claims listed for this period.</p><p>All data was taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is, provisional and subject to change.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and is the best data that is available at the time of publication. A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaint (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may importantly influence the listing of such claims.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/05/2018 16:41:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892198

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have had days off sick because of mental illness or stress in each of the last three years; and how many days off that amounted to in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	138432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of staff recorded on a leave of absence from work due to a Mental Health related illness or stress in each month of the last three years is tabled below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Sickness absence in MOJ staff due to mental and behavioural disorders<sup>1</sup>, 12 months to March 2015 to 12 months to 31 December 2017</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff who took sick leave due to mental &amp; behavioural disorders (FTE)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of staff who took sick leave due to mental &amp; behavioural disorders</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total working days lost due to mental &amp; behavioural disorders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>3,671</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td><td><p>171,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>4,254</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td><td><p>167,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2017<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>4,228</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>163,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2017<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>4,457</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>148,864</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1 Includes stress related absences.</p><p>2 Between January and March 2017, during migration of data to the Single Operating Platform, an under-recording of sickness absence records occurred. There is therefore likely to be an undercount of working days lost for the 12 months to 31 March 2017 and the 12 months to 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data includes staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Headquarters, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Prison and Probation Service, Legal Aid Agency, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and Office of the Public Guardian. Individuals are included if they were absent for any part of the month. Where an absence straddles more than one month it is included in each.</p><p> </p><p>MoJ has been working with Civil Service Employee Policy (CSEP) to benchmark our mental wellbeing interventions and mental health support against the recommendations of the Farmer/Stevenson independent mental health review ‘Thriving at Work’, published in October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>A key priority for Sir Jeremy Heywood and all Permanent Secretaries is the mental health and wellbeing of all civil servants, and in line with the ambition for the Civil Service to be a leading employer in relation to mental health, MoJ has a range of initiatives and policies in place to support our staff. These include a:</p><p> </p><p>a) Wellbeing Strategy</p><p>b) Employee Assistance Programme</p><p>c) Occupational Health provision</p><p>d) Mental Health Strategy &amp; Action Plan</p><p>e) Mental Health Allies Network – to offer support and signposting to staff on mental health issues</p><p>f) Board-level senior Health and Wellbeing Champion, supported by a network of wellbeing champions across the Department</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 01/05/2018 15:57:09 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

892220

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
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 the 24 April to Question 136754 on Immigrants: Detainees, whether the pay rates for immigration-related detainees are consistent throughout the prison service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	138366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The prison service runs one immigration removal centre in which detainee pay is as set out in the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s previous answer. Immigration Detainees detained in a prison have the same rights as a remand prisoner. Where a detainee undertakes work in a prison he or she will be paid the rate paid to other prisoners in that prison.</p><p> </p><p>This means the pay rate will vary nationally depending on the work being done by the detainee and the pay rates determined by the Governor. Governors have discretion to determine local pay rates that reflect their prisoner population needs, the type of prison, the regime in operation, and the jobs / educational / vocational training that are available.</p><p> </p><p>Governors must pay at least the national minimum rate of £4 per week (Prison Service Order (PSO) 4460 sets out the national policy for Prisoners’ Pay), though in many cases the rate will be considerably higher. Prisoners or immigration detainees who want to work but for whom no suitable employment is available, or who are unable to work, receive the minimum ‘unemployment’ pay of £2.50 per week.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the PSO can be found here: https://www.justice.gov.uk/offenders/psos</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/05/2018 16:42:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

891379

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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 the average waiting time was for a benefit appeal tribunal hearing for benefit claimants from Kettering constituency in the last twelve months for which data are available; what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times in areas which are beyond the national average for such times; and what the reasons are for the length of wait for claimants in Kettering constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	138006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time<sup>1,2</sup> for Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) appeals in the Kettering<sup>3</sup> constituency between January 2016 and December 2017 (the latest period for which figures are available) is 33<sup>4</sup> weeks.</p><p> </p><p>In order to respond to a general increase in appeal receipts, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has been working with the Tribunal’s judiciary both to appoint additional judges and panel members and take forward initiatives with potential to increase the capacity and performance of the Tribunal, including reviewing current listing practices to increase the number of cases being listed on a Tribunal session, and introducing case management “triage” sessions, with the aim of reducing the time taken for appeals to reach final determination. All these measures will increase the capacity of the Tribunal with the aim of reducing waiting times for appellants in all areas, not just those which are beyond the current national average.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, in the Kettering constituency area we have introduced a new venue with increased capacity to reduce waiting times. Additionally, appellants are also offered Northampton as an alternative venue which is able to offer shorter hearing dates.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Waiting time is interpreted as average Clearance Time – time taken for appeal receipt to outcome.</li><li>Includes only appeals cleared at tribunal hearing and excludes those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.</li><li>SSCS data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the Tribunal hearing, normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellants home address. We cannot retrieve data based on constituencies, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue. For the Kettering constituency this is the Wellingborough venue. Data include all cases attributed to that venue. Prior to the Wellingborough venue being used cases were heard in Kettering. In 15_16 only two cases were head in Wellingborough and as such the data maybe skewed.</li><li>HMCTS data April to December 17 is provisional.</li></ol><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> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:51:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

891418

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when Bedford Magistrate’s Court was closed; and to where the services of that court were relocated.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>In June 2014 the majority of magistrates’ court work at Bedford Magistrates’ Court (at the Shire Hall building) was centralised into Luton Magistrates’ Court. This was following a judicially-led consultation on revised listing arrangements, which was conducted in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Magistrates’ family cases, along with civil and tribunal cases, continue to be heard at the court. The Shire Hall building will only close subject to a public consultation, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:50:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891419

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard at Bedford Magistrate’s Court in each year from 2009 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of magistrates’ court cases heard at Bedford Magistrates’ Court between 2010 and 2017 are shown below. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service do not hold data for 2009. Magistrates’ Court cases can require more than one hearing and therefore the data includes instances where there have been multiple hearings in the same case.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases dealt with</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>14,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>13,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>10,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1,912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:53:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin