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1367425

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle the rise of cases being withdrawn due to court delays and case backlogs.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	72386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>We continue to take action to tackle the impact the pandemic has had on our criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>We have allocated over a quarter of a billion pounds on recovery in the last financial year, making court buildings safe, rolling out new technology for remote hearings, recruiting additional staff and opening Nightingale courtrooms, including retaining 32 Nightingale Court rooms until the end of March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>We are now focused both on increasing capacity of the criminal courts and maximising use of that which we already have in areas where it is needed most. There is no limit on the number of days Crown Courts can sit this financial year. The department is also working closely with the judiciary to ensure we have the capacity required to maximise the number of court hearings taking place this year and to minimise disruption to cases listed for hearings.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review will also provide an extra £477m for the criminal justice system to meet the increased demand from additional police officers and to recover performance following the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/11/2021 12:14:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1177353

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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 court rooms have been assessed for (a) general health and safety standards and (b) their suitability for digital working in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	14655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>I am answering these questions together.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s Health and Safety policy requires that a trained general risk assessor inspects each court room on a quarterly basis to ensure it is compliant with health and safety standards, and to report any non-compliance so that remedial work can be undertaken.</p><p> </p><p>Where Display Screen Equipment is used, including courtrooms across the estate into which we are continuing to introduce digital ways of working as part of our Reform Programme, the policy requires that workstations must comply with the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (as amended).</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, the designated Senior Person on Site at all of our court and tribunal buildings is required to ensure that each workstation is routinely assessed; any non-compliance is reported and remedied; and any risk is appropriately mitigated.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collate centrally details of the numbers of courtroom assessments that have taken place over particular periods. Instead, the HMCTS Corporate Safety &amp; Security team seeks and receives regular assurance from senior managers about compliance with these and wider requirements.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 14653 question first answered 18/02/2020 13:47:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1174295

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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 had to be rescheduled on the day of a hearing in that case as a result of insufficient availability of court space in each month of 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	9636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 9637 9638 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:19:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1174296

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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 had to be rescheduled on the day of a hearing in that case due to insufficient availability of court space in each month of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	9637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 9636 9638 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:19:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1174297

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
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 had to be rescheduled on the day of a hearing in that case due to insufficient availability of court space in each month of 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	9638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 9636 9637 question first answered 03/02/2020 16:19:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1172535

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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 listed in each court in England in each month in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The number of cases listed in each court in England in each month in 2019 is provided in the attached tables at annex A.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>The attached data are broken down by court type.</p><p>The data contained within these tables are Management Information extracted from live case management systems. They can, therefore, change over time, and are not subject to the same level of checks as those applied to official statistics.</p><p>The data contained within these tables count each hearing. Some cases will, therefore, appear in these figures more than once.</p><p>Each dataset includes its own set of caveats and exclusions.</p><p>The timeframe of these data is in line with published MI data (January-19 to Sept-19)</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/01/2020 17:52:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 6634 Annex A Data Tablev2 - Listing All Jurisdictions.xlsx title Annex A
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1167442

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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 (a) magistrates, (b) crown and (c) family courts which are scheduled to be sold are (i) still hearing cases and (ii) shut but yet to be sold.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	7677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The number of criminal or family courts that are currently operational and are scheduled to be disposed are as follows;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Magistrates’ courts</p></td><td><p>Crown courts</p></td><td><p>Family courts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of criminal or family courts that are closed but are not yet disposed are as follows;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Magistrates’ courts</p></td><td><p>Crown courts</p></td><td><p>Family courts</p></td><td><p>Crown and county courts (combined courts)</p></td><td><p>Magistrates’ and family courts (combined Courts)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The decision to close any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation and only when effective access to justice can be maintained. Courts that have closed were either underused, dilapidated or too close to one another.</p><p>Since 2015/16 HMCTS has raised approximately £129m from the sale of surplus buildings to reinvest in the wider reform programme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:30:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1166718

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
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 have been listed as outstanding in the (a) criminal, (b) civil and (c) family courts in each week of 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	6330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Quarterly statistics on outstanding cases in the criminal courts are published by MoJ in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly figures on outstanding cases in the criminal and family courts are published as Management Information by HMCTS at:https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/statistics#management-information.</p><p> </p><p>None of these figures are available in a form that can be broken down to weekly figures and therefore the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 31/10/2019 12:00:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1156446

registered interest
date	25/10/2019
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 court days there have been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	5420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The official statistics for judge sitting days (tables 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 of the Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly, January to March 2019) were withdrawn on 5 September 2019, due to data discrepancies that were discovered after publication on 6 June 2019 and deemed potentially misleading to users. These discrepancies remain under investigation and, in line with the Code of Practice on Statistics, the Chief Statistician and Head of Profession decided to withdraw these tables until the investigations were complete. The revised figures will be published in due course, and will provide the total sitting days in Family, Civil and Crown courts.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/10/2019 16:58:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1156100

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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 proportion of (a) court rooms and (b) courts were sitting on each day from January 1 2019 to 20 October 2019 in all criminal courts.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	4973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about what proportion of (a) court rooms and (b) courts were sitting on each day from January 1 2019 to 20 October 2019 in all criminal courts could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/10/2019 15:27:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi