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1132303

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Early Years Ministerial Group on Family Support
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Inter-Ministerial Group on Family support from Conception to Age Two to report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL16372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group is considering how the Government can improve the coordination and cost-effectiveness of early years (conception to age 2) family support and identify gaps in available provision. The group will make recommendations to Secretaries of State in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/06/2019 11:26:41 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1132308

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the current gender composition of the House of Lords broken down by member's (1) country, and (2) region, of origin.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL16377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The House of Lords is currently made up of 585 male and 215 female members; we do not hold data on the country or region of origin of members.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 24/06/2019 15:38:36 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1132228

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department uses to categorise universal credit applicants as gainfully self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	264731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides tailored support to our claimants who are in self-employment through our work coaches to help them to increase their productivity and earnings. Work coaches can refer low-earning claimants to mentoring support from New Enterprise Allowance providers and sign-post claimants to the other extensive business support which is already funded by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants with earnings from self-employment, whether gainfully self-employed or not, are required to self-report these each month to ensure that any Universal Credit (UC) payments take into account all household earnings. Monthly reporting allows UC to be adjusted monthly. Claimants are required to report the total of actual payments into and out of their business in each month, minus any Income Tax, National Insurance, permitted business expenses and relievable pension contributions actually paid. This gives a net profit figure, which is treated as the self-employed earnings total in the UC calculation. Any drawings from business to personal accounts or, where a claimant has incorporated their business, payment of salary from their company to their personal account, is disregarded in this calculation to avoid double counting.</p><p> </p><p>When a claim is made to Universal Credit the Department will, on the basis of the information provided by the claimant, assess whether the claimant may reasonably be expected to work. If a claimant is in a group expected to work, the number of hours they may be expected to work is a maximum of 35 but may be lower, for example to take account of caring responsibilities or a health condition.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is self-employed and in a group expected to work, the Department then considers a number of factors to establish whether someone is gainfully self-employed. A claimant is considered to be in gainful self-employment where all of the following apply:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the claimant is carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main employment</li><li>their earnings from that trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings</li><li>the trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried out in expectation of profit</li></ul><p> </p><p>If all of the above are satisfied, then the claimant is considered gainfully self-employed. A Minimum Income Floor (MIF) is calculated by multiplying the number of hours the gainfully self-employed claimant is expected to work by the relevant National Minimum Wage for their age, minus notional deductions for Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. Gainfully self-employed claimants with a MIF applied to their claim are free from requirements to seek other work and are free to undertake those activities that they consider will maximise their profit including decisions about when and how to work most effectively.</p><p> </p><p>As we announced in the Autumn Budget 2018, we are extending the 12-month start-up period where claimants are exempt from the Minimum Income Floor to all gainfully self-employed claimants who are new to Universal Credit. This start-up period will provide time for self-employed claimants to establish and grow their business, or to adjust to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>On average earnings from self-employment are lower than from employment and the self-employed make up a significant proportion of those in in-work poverty. The Government believes the MIF, by incentivising claimants to earn more from self-employment, or alternatively enter employment, offers the most effective way of tackling in-work poverty for the self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 264733 264734 question first answered 24/06/2019 15:58:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1132229

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants are categorised as self-employed in (a) Arfon, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	264732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department plans to publish statistics on Universal Credit and self-employment, including claimant numbers, in the future. The Government’s commitment remains to helping self-employed claimants with viable businesses to thrive, while protecting public funds.</p><p>We provide tailored support to our claimants who are in self-employment through our work coaches to help them to increase their productivity and earnings. Work coaches can also sign-post claimants to the extensive business support which is already funded by the Government.</p><p>As we announced in the Autumn Budget 2018, we will be extending the 12-month start-up period where claimants are exempt from the Minimum Income Floor to all gainfully self-employed claimants who are new to Universal Credit. This start-up period will provide time for self-employed claimants to establish and grow their business, or to adjust to Universal Credit.</p><p>The Department has also extended mentoring support from New Enterprise Allowance mentors to Universal Credit claimants with earnings below their Minimum Income Floor, to help them to develop a plan to grow their earnings.</p><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/06/2019 13:38:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1132231

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department use to assess whether a self-employed universal credit applicant is working 35 hours per week or more in paid employment.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	264733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides tailored support to our claimants who are in self-employment through our work coaches to help them to increase their productivity and earnings. Work coaches can refer low-earning claimants to mentoring support from New Enterprise Allowance providers and sign-post claimants to the other extensive business support which is already funded by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants with earnings from self-employment, whether gainfully self-employed or not, are required to self-report these each month to ensure that any Universal Credit (UC) payments take into account all household earnings. Monthly reporting allows UC to be adjusted monthly. Claimants are required to report the total of actual payments into and out of their business in each month, minus any Income Tax, National Insurance, permitted business expenses and relievable pension contributions actually paid. This gives a net profit figure, which is treated as the self-employed earnings total in the UC calculation. Any drawings from business to personal accounts or, where a claimant has incorporated their business, payment of salary from their company to their personal account, is disregarded in this calculation to avoid double counting.</p><p> </p><p>When a claim is made to Universal Credit the Department will, on the basis of the information provided by the claimant, assess whether the claimant may reasonably be expected to work. If a claimant is in a group expected to work, the number of hours they may be expected to work is a maximum of 35 but may be lower, for example to take account of caring responsibilities or a health condition.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is self-employed and in a group expected to work, the Department then considers a number of factors to establish whether someone is gainfully self-employed. A claimant is considered to be in gainful self-employment where all of the following apply:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the claimant is carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main employment</li><li>their earnings from that trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings</li><li>the trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried out in expectation of profit</li></ul><p> </p><p>If all of the above are satisfied, then the claimant is considered gainfully self-employed. A Minimum Income Floor (MIF) is calculated by multiplying the number of hours the gainfully self-employed claimant is expected to work by the relevant National Minimum Wage for their age, minus notional deductions for Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. Gainfully self-employed claimants with a MIF applied to their claim are free from requirements to seek other work and are free to undertake those activities that they consider will maximise their profit including decisions about when and how to work most effectively.</p><p> </p><p>As we announced in the Autumn Budget 2018, we are extending the 12-month start-up period where claimants are exempt from the Minimum Income Floor to all gainfully self-employed claimants who are new to Universal Credit. This start-up period will provide time for self-employed claimants to establish and grow their business, or to adjust to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>On average earnings from self-employment are lower than from employment and the self-employed make up a significant proportion of those in in-work poverty. The Government believes the MIF, by incentivising claimants to earn more from self-employment, or alternatively enter employment, offers the most effective way of tackling in-work poverty for the self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 264731 264734 question first answered 24/06/2019 15:58:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1132233

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department differentiates between annual turnover and salary when assessing the incomes of self-employed applicants of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	264734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides tailored support to our claimants who are in self-employment through our work coaches to help them to increase their productivity and earnings. Work coaches can refer low-earning claimants to mentoring support from New Enterprise Allowance providers and sign-post claimants to the other extensive business support which is already funded by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants with earnings from self-employment, whether gainfully self-employed or not, are required to self-report these each month to ensure that any Universal Credit (UC) payments take into account all household earnings. Monthly reporting allows UC to be adjusted monthly. Claimants are required to report the total of actual payments into and out of their business in each month, minus any Income Tax, National Insurance, permitted business expenses and relievable pension contributions actually paid. This gives a net profit figure, which is treated as the self-employed earnings total in the UC calculation. Any drawings from business to personal accounts or, where a claimant has incorporated their business, payment of salary from their company to their personal account, is disregarded in this calculation to avoid double counting.</p><p> </p><p>When a claim is made to Universal Credit the Department will, on the basis of the information provided by the claimant, assess whether the claimant may reasonably be expected to work. If a claimant is in a group expected to work, the number of hours they may be expected to work is a maximum of 35 but may be lower, for example to take account of caring responsibilities or a health condition.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is self-employed and in a group expected to work, the Department then considers a number of factors to establish whether someone is gainfully self-employed. A claimant is considered to be in gainful self-employment where all of the following apply:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the claimant is carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main employment</li><li>their earnings from that trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings</li><li>the trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried out in expectation of profit</li></ul><p> </p><p>If all of the above are satisfied, then the claimant is considered gainfully self-employed. A Minimum Income Floor (MIF) is calculated by multiplying the number of hours the gainfully self-employed claimant is expected to work by the relevant National Minimum Wage for their age, minus notional deductions for Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. Gainfully self-employed claimants with a MIF applied to their claim are free from requirements to seek other work and are free to undertake those activities that they consider will maximise their profit including decisions about when and how to work most effectively.</p><p> </p><p>As we announced in the Autumn Budget 2018, we are extending the 12-month start-up period where claimants are exempt from the Minimum Income Floor to all gainfully self-employed claimants who are new to Universal Credit. This start-up period will provide time for self-employed claimants to establish and grow their business, or to adjust to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>On average earnings from self-employment are lower than from employment and the self-employed make up a significant proportion of those in in-work poverty. The Government believes the MIF, by incentivising claimants to earn more from self-employment, or alternatively enter employment, offers the most effective way of tackling in-work poverty for the self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 264731 264733 question first answered 24/06/2019 15:58:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1132268

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of applications for legal aid in cases involving homelessness have been been accepted in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving homelessness proceedings</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>20,672</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>1,784</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,047</p></td><td><p>1,545</p></td><td><p>1,471</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>16,265</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>15,008</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>15,595</p></td><td><p>1,376</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>15,127</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>22,739</p></td><td><p>7,257</p></td><td><p>7,027</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>19,912</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,757</p></td><td><p>7,632</p></td><td><p>7,319</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>16,984</p></td><td><p>6,852</p></td><td><p>6,665</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,456</p></td><td><p>6,588</p></td><td><p>6,081</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>6,333</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>4,379</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal aid cases involving eviction proceedings</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,053</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>998</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*(Apr to Dec 2018)</p><p> </p><p>‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question.</p><p> </p><p>264749 and 264752 could only be answered at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 264749 264750 264751 264752 question first answered 20/06/2019 17:12:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132269

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many challenges have been made to decisions on intentional homelessness in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins><del class="ministerial">A full answer cannot be provided as the data requested is not held by HMCTS.</del></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:28:53 question first ministerially corrected 08/07/2019 17:19:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 124831 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132271

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Homelessness
	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 homelessness applications have been awarded legal aid in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving homelessness proceedings</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>20,672</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>1,784</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,047</p></td><td><p>1,545</p></td><td><p>1,471</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>16,265</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>15,008</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>15,595</p></td><td><p>1,376</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>15,127</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>22,739</p></td><td><p>7,257</p></td><td><p>7,027</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>19,912</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,757</p></td><td><p>7,632</p></td><td><p>7,319</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>16,984</p></td><td><p>6,852</p></td><td><p>6,665</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,456</p></td><td><p>6,588</p></td><td><p>6,081</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>6,333</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>4,379</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal aid cases involving eviction proceedings</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,053</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>998</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*(Apr to Dec 2018)</p><p> </p><p>‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question.</p><p> </p><p>264749 and 264752 could only be answered at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 264746 264750 264751 264752 question first answered 20/06/2019 17:12:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

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	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of applications for legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings have been successful in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving homelessness proceedings</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>20,672</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>1,784</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,047</p></td><td><p>1,545</p></td><td><p>1,471</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>16,265</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>15,008</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>15,595</p></td><td><p>1,376</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>15,127</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>22,739</p></td><td><p>7,257</p></td><td><p>7,027</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>19,912</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,757</p></td><td><p>7,632</p></td><td><p>7,319</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>16,984</p></td><td><p>6,852</p></td><td><p>6,665</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,456</p></td><td><p>6,588</p></td><td><p>6,081</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>6,333</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>4,379</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal aid cases involving eviction proceedings</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,053</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>998</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*(Apr to Dec 2018)</p><p> </p><p>‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question.</p><p> </p><p>264749 and 264752 could only be answered at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 264746 264749 264751 264752 question first answered 20/06/2019 17:12:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero