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date	08/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take to ensure courts and tribunals remain open in the event that an individual on the premises tests positive for covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	100999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>HMCTS is committed to ensuring the health, safety and welfare of all members of its staff, and takes its duty of care towards members of the judiciary, contractors and to court and tribunal users extremely seriously. In the event of any person testing positive for Covid-19, prompt action is taken, in line with public health guidance, to minimise the risk of further transmission within our buildings and maximise our ability to keep the site open and operational.</p><p>Since the start of the pandemic, HMCTS has increased its cleaning regime significantly with additional cleaners regularly cleaning frequently touched areas throughout the day, and to undertake deep cleans where an individual either shows symptoms or has tested positive.</p><p>Detailed guidance is available to all staff and is subject to continuous review to ensure it remains consistent with advice from Public Health organisations and HM government.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/10/2020 16:12:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1241774

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take to ensure courts and tribunals can continue to work in the event that there is a local outbreak of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	101000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>HMCTS is committed to ensuring the health and safety of everyone working in and using the courts and tribunals; and to ensuring access to the justice system is maintained despite the public health crisis. Since the start of the pandemic, it has taken a number of steps to ensure that courts and tribunals can remain operational, including in the event of a local outbreak.</p><p>Steps being taken include significantly increasing the cleaning regime, with additional cleaners brought in to sanitise frequently touched surfaces, making hand wash and sanitiser available to anyone within the buildings, and using visible queues to ensure that people adhere to social distancing. HMCTS has also introduced measures including plexiglass screens and the requirement (unless exempt) to wear face coverings in all public areas of courts and tribunals across England and Wales.</p><p>Court and tribunal staff are following central government guidance and a significant number continue to work from home. Those whose roles require them to work in a physical office are working in risk assessed Covid-secure conditions. But HMCTS and the judiciary are working hard to ensure access to justice can be facilitated in new and innovative ways, too. The number of hearings being held virtually has increased substantially throughout the pandemic, helping to reduce the number of people required to work in or attend physical buildings.</p><p>Dealing with local outbreaks must be managed on a case by case basis, working with local health officials and following public health guidance to ensure the most effective measures to control and limit transmission of the virus.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/10/2020 16:16:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham