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1092667

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Telephone Services
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 effect of the 55p per minute cost of the telephone helpline established to provide advice on how to use online court services on the effectiveness of that helpline.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	235313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS helplines use 0300 phone numbers in line with HMG guidance for government departments. This is the same as other departments including HMRC and the Home Office, as well as a range of bodies outside Government including the BBC, the RSPCA, Oxfam and Ofcom.</p><p>Calls to 0300 numbers are charged at the same as local rate calls by phone providers.</p><p> </p><p>The helplines are not premium lines and do not generate revenue.</p><p>There is no evidence to suggest that call charges are deterring people from using our services, as we dealt with more than 46,000 calls last month alone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/03/2019 14:40:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1092708

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to improve data on religion within the criminal justice system since the publication of the report Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: 2018 Update.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	235324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>We are committed on an ongoing basis to improving collection and publication of data to identify and tackle any disparities in the Criminal Justice System. Since publication of The Lammy Review (into the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the Criminal Justice System) we have published brand new ethnicity data or analysis in 16 releases.</p><p>Currently HM Prison and Probation Service do collect data on religious beliefs via prisoner records and for offenders in the community. The Offender Equality Annual Report(1) provides religious belief breakdown data on prison population, gender, Incentives and Earned Privileges status, those on Mother &amp; Baby units and adjudications charged and proven. Prison population by religious belief is also published in Offender Management Statistics quarterly (2).</p><p>HM Courts and Tribunal Service does not currently hold data on religious identity.</p><p>(1) <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760093/hmpps-offender-equalities-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/760093/hmpps-offender-equalities-2017-18.pdf</a></p><p>(2) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/03/2019 13:02:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1090942

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Cephalopods: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of (a) the sentience of cephalopods and (b) their capability to feel pain; and whether cephalopods are included in the definition of animal in the draft sentience Bill.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	233508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>We are continuing to engage with stakeholders to further refine the Government’s proposals on animal sentience. As part of this we are continuing to assess which animals should be covered by those proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 27/03/2019 17:21:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1091067

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Netmaster Solutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of the contract between HM Courts and Tribunals Service and Netmaster Solutions Ltd to operate the Crown Court Digital Case System; and whether his Department holds any contracts other than that contract with Netmaster Solutions Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	233528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice has a software license and service agreement which commenced on 24th March 2017.</p><p>The overall value is £7.75m, and includes perpetual (lifetime) licensing, along with support and maintenance for 5 years.</p><p>The MoJ has no other contracts with Netmaster Solutions Limited.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/03/2019 14:46:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1089448

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of the £1 billion for the courts reform programme (a) has been spent on consultancies and, (b) is projected to be spent on consultancies (i) in total and (ii) as a proportion of overall spending.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	233000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Court Reform Programme has spent approximately £26.4m on consultancies between 2014/15 and 2017/18. This is the equivalent of 8% of the total Reform implementation spending during this period.</p><p> </p><p>We are projected to spend approximately £25.7m on consultancies in 2018/19 and 2019/20. This is the equivalent of 6% of expected implementation spending during this period.</p><p> </p><p>We have no current consultancy commitments beyond 2019/20 to support Reform.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/03/2019 18:58:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1089449

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by the HM Courts and Tribunals Service on the courts reform programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	233001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>As of February 2019, HM Courts and Tribunals Service has spent £514m on the Reform Programme. Since 2015/16, approximately £122m has been raised from the sale of surplus court building, every penny of which has been reinvested into the justice system.</p><p> </p><p>The government is investing £1bn to reform our courts and tribunals service, bringing new technology and modern ways of working to the justice system and benefiting all those that use it.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/03/2019 17:12:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1088747

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Public Houses: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to begin a review of the Pubs Code.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	232543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the format of the statutory review of the Pubs Code which will cover the operation of the Code from when it came into force to 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/03/2019 11:44:40 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1088245

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Public Houses: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many pubs closed in the 12 months (a) before the business rates revaluation came into force in 2017 and (b) after that revaluation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	231972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not hold the requested information.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/03/2019 17:21:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1088270

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service spent on consultancies (a) in total, (b) per consultancy in each of the financial years (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	231973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Please find below the total spend on consultancy for HMCTS for the period requested. Please note the spend is taken from our Bravo spend tool and is an accurate figure of what has been invoiced within this period:</p><p> </p><p>(i) 2016-17 = £3,103,764.16</p><p>(ii) 2017-18 = £11,805,649.04</p><p> </p><p>Please see below table which outlines the consultancy projects for the periods requested for HMCTS, the information includes start dates, contract values and descriptions of the services:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Start Date</p></td><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>Total Value of Contract</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>BMT Hi-Q Sigma</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>£795,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Concerto Partners LLP</p></td><td><p>£258,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Ernst &amp; Young LLP</p></td><td><p>£6,236,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>KPMG LLP</p></td><td><p>£1,129,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>PA Consulting Services Limited</p></td><td><p>£2,415,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</p></td><td><p>£107,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Allen Lane Consultancy Limited</p></td><td><p>£3,657,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Deloitte LLP</p></td><td><p>£462,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Methods Business and Digital</p></td><td><p>£1,997,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</p></td><td><p>£30,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Veracity Consulting</p></td><td><p>£681,015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultants are engaged to deliver short-term on projects where specialist skills required are not available within the organisation. As part of the governance process, approvals are sought from Finance Business Partner, HR Business Partner &amp; the Director General to ensure that project outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project timescales.</p><p><br> By making use of consultants, the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p><p> </p><p>The government is investing £1bn to reform our courts and tribunals service, bringing new technology and modern ways of working to the justice system and benefiting all those that use it.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/03/2019 17:17:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1086492

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Closures
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 5 February 2019 to Question 214022 on Courts: Closures, for how many years do staff who move their work location to an alternative court as part of the Estates Rationalisation Programme have access to the Excess Fares Allowance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	230664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Staff who incur additional travel costs as a result of a permanent compulsory transfer from their current work location to an alternative location, as part of the Estates Rationalisation Programme, will have access to Excess Fares Allowance for a period of 3 years. In certain exceptional circumstances the period of Excess Fares Allowance may be extended by an additional year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/03/2019 16:11:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi