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1136198

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting days in courts were presided over by a recorder in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) Greater Manchester in (i) each of the last three financial years and (ii) the 2019-20 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	272170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The number of sittings days sat by recorders in the last three financial years in the requested locations are set out in the table below. These figures cover sitting days by recorders in County, Family and Crown Courts.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018 to 31 December 2018<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>30,769</p></td><td><p>30,459</p></td><td><p>16,801</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>9,578</p></td><td><p>8,907</p></td><td><p>4,566</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>1,522</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td><td><p>907</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Note these figures are only for nine months as opposed to the twelve months in the columns for 2016/17 and 2017/18. This is because the latest published data only runs to December 2018 and under the Code of Practice for Official Statistics we cannot provide any more recent data until that data (covering 2019) has been published. The data for 2019 will be published in June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data is available here. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019</a>. It is part of the Royal Courts of Justice Annual Tables (which contain at Table 5.2 a breakdown of sitting days by type of work and level of judge)</p><p> </p><p>The data source for these figures are a number of operational systems and as such are liable to change and may not reflect previously published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Last year Crown Court trial waiting times were at their lowest since 2014, with this year’s allocation of sitting days reflecting this.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/08/2019 14:31:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1133587

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what redress a victim or witness has if special measures are requested in court but are not subsequently provided.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	267261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>There are many statutory protections that support vulnerable victims and witnesses in the criminal courts, for example banning cross examination of rape complainants by the defendant. In addition, a number of special measures can be applied for by the CPS to further support a victim or witness who is intimidated or vulnerable, for example the provision of protective screens.</p><p> </p><p>Such applications are considered by the trial judge. Should circumstances change during the trial it is possible for a late (or second) application to be made. Where applications are refused, it may be possible to appeal at the Court of Appeal or, in certain exceptional circumstances, to seek a judicial review.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/06/2019 13:17:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1132399

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
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 frequency with which courts are closed to the public and press without an order having been granted by the judge.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	265566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The arrangements for the admission of the public and the press to a court vary by the jurisdiction of that court, and by the nature of the application being considered. Where a court is under a duty to sit in open court, it has an inherent jurisdiction to sit in private but only if ordered by the presiding judge or magistrates. A court, to which the press or public must be admitted, will not sit in private without a judicial direction. The ability of the court to admit the public and the press may be limited by the physical constraints of the courtroom.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/06/2019 16:12:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126088

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were rescheduled in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Greater London due to insufficient court space in the months of (i) February, (ii) March and (iii) April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	253550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Published data for criminal cases show the number of trials which were vacated or ineffective (and therefore do not go ahead) in the criminal courts and for ineffective trials, the reasons why the trial was ineffective. One of these is ‘court administrative issues including a lack of court time and court accommodation failures’, – however it is not possible to identify instances where this is specifically due to reasons of ‘insufficient court space’.</p><p> </p><p>Available data on vacated and ineffective trials is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics are currently published up to December 2018. Data for January – March 2019 are due to be published on 27 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to rescheduled cases and the reasons for them in the civil and family courts are not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/05/2019 11:19:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

969138

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his policy that (a) HMCTS and (b) any employee or agent of HMCTS collect information from legal representatives attending court on their client's nationality.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	171415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Section 86A of the Courts Act 2003, as inserted by Section 162 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017, requires defendants appearing in person before a criminal court to state their name, date of birth and nationality when requested to do so by the court. This information may be provided orally or in writing and could be submitted through the defendant’s legal representative at the hearing. HM Courts and Tribunals Service commenced use of this power in November 2017.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/09/2018 15:46:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

872747

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts in the UK have been visited by Ministers of his Department since the beginning of the 2018.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	134560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The list of Ministers and which courts they have visited is given in the table below. Lord Keen has not visited any courts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>David Gauke</p></td><td><p>1 February 2018</p></td><td><p>Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>David Gauke</p></td><td><p>13 February 2018</p></td><td><p>Oxford Combined Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>David Gauke</p></td><td><p>19 February 2018</p></td><td><p>Arnhem House, Leicester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rory Stewart OBE</p></td><td><p>1 February 2018</p></td><td><p>Woolwich Crown Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dr Phillip Lee</p></td><td><p>26 January 2018</p></td><td><p>Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lucy Frazer QC</p></td><td><p>1 February 2018</p></td><td><p>Bromley Magistrates’ Court and Woolwich Crown Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lucy Frazer QC</p></td><td><p>8 March 2018</p></td><td><p>Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/04/2018 16:37:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

845440

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the maximum acceptable (1) distance, and (2) travel time, for witnesses and parties to get to their nearest (a) Magistrates' Court, (b) County Court, and (c) Crown Court.
tabling member printed	Lord Lisvane
uin	HL5640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>On 18 January 2018, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service published a consultation document, <em>Fit for the future: transforming the Court and Tribunal Estate </em>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fit-for-the-future-transforming-the-court-and-tribunal-estate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/fit-for-the-future-transforming-the-court-and-tribunal-estate</a>) inviting views on the proposed future strategy and approach to court and tribunal estate reform in England and Wales. The consultation contains the proposal that nearly all users should be able to attend a hearing on time and return within in a day, by public transport if necessary. The document also includes a national assessment of journey times for court users travelling to Magistrates’, County and Crown courts. The consultation is open until 29 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Ongoing investment in the transformation and modernisation of our courts and tribunals will enable the use of technology, such as video links and online services. These will improve access to justice by reducing the need to attend court in person.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2018 17:02:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4351 label Biography information for Lord Lisvane

835980

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 5.21 on page 49 of his Department's consultation, Fit for the future: transforming the court and tribunal estate, what the evidential basis is for the conclusion that the proposed strategy will have no direct impact on service delivery.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	126335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>In the recently published; <em>Fit for the Future: transforming the court and tribunal estate </em>consultation document, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) set out its proposed future strategy and approach to court and tribunal estate reform. This was set within the wider context of work to modernise services, and outlined the ways in which technology and new ways of working can be utilised to make the justice system more accessible, efficient and flexible.</p><p> </p><p>The paragraph referred to relates to equalities assessments. These assessments are made when there are specific and measureable proposals against which assessments can be made. The strategic consultation published invites views on our proposed principles which will guide future decisions on the estate but it does not contain specific proposals for changes to the estate. We will conduct equalities assessments on any future specific proposals when we consult publicly on such changes.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/02/2018 17:07:08 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810641

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have appeared in court (a) via video link and (b) in person by (i) age, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) gender in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	120986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. To identify both volumes of court appearances by video and in person, with details of age, ethnicity and gender individual court records would need to be checked manually.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 17:49:45 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804542

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will publish a draft Courts Bill.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	118744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing legislation to modernise the courts system, as soon as parliamentary time allows. There are no current plans to publish the Bill in draft.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/12/2017 12:34:17 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts