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714644

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on domestic violence victims of having to pay a fee to GPs to provide evidence of eligibility to legal aid.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	69519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>As I outlined in my previous answer of 6 March 2017 (65872 and 65873), we will be announcing details of the full extent of our proposals in relation to domestic violence evidence requirements for legal aid in private family law fairly shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 69590 question first answered 04/04/2017 13:43:42 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

714650

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress her Department has made on removing the fee GPs charge for providing a letter of evidence for domestic violence victims to access legal aid since 7 February 2017.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	69590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>As I outlined in my previous answer of 6 March 2017 (65872 and 65873), we will be announcing details of the full extent of our proposals in relation to domestic violence evidence requirements for legal aid in private family law fairly shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 69519 question first answered 04/04/2017 13:43:42 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

709032

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
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 6 March 2017 to Question 65872, on domestic violence and legal aid, by what means the Government announced its intention to completely remove the time limit on all forms of evidence and to broaden evidence types; when those proposals will come into effect; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	66948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>We announced the intention to amend the domestic violence evidence requirements in applications for legal aid in private family proceedings via a press notice. This included confirmation that we plan to remove the time limit on evidence of domestic violence and to broaden the types of evidence that can be accepted.</p><p> </p><p>We are in the process of reviewing legal aid for domestic violence victims in private family law cases, and will announce the full extent of our proposals to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 18/04/2017 15:19:25 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

706135

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to reform requirements for eligibility for legal aid for victims of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	65872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Last year we committed to working with domestic violence support groups and legal representative bodies to review the domestic violence evidence requirements for legal aid in private family cases. This review is now coming to end, and we recognise the need for improvements to the system.</p><p> </p><p>We have already announced our intention to completely remove the time limit on all forms of evidence, and to broaden the evidence types to include, for instance, letters from domestic violence support organisations and housing support officers. We will provide further details of the full extent of our proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 65873 question first answered 06/03/2017 13:20:31 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

706137

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that domestic violence victims are not required to pay a fee to their GP to provide evidence of eligibility to legal aid.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	65873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Last year we committed to working with domestic violence support groups and legal representative bodies to review the domestic violence evidence requirements for legal aid in private family cases. This review is now coming to end, and we recognise the need for improvements to the system.</p><p> </p><p>We have already announced our intention to completely remove the time limit on all forms of evidence, and to broaden the evidence types to include, for instance, letters from domestic violence support organisations and housing support officers. We will provide further details of the full extent of our proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 65872 question first answered 06/03/2017 13:20:31 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest