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997544

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	G4S: Public and Commercial Services Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the decision by G4S to refuse to recognise the PCS Union on the terms and conditions of employment of those employed by G4S in the justice sector.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The contract referred to is for facilities management services provided to the MOJ and it is my understanding that, in fact, G4S are currently at an advanced stage of discussions with the PCS on a formal recognition agreement.</p><p>For such contracts, service providers are expected to observe Cabinet Office Guidance that &quot;service providers should actively communicate and, where appropriate, seek to build good relations with trade unions&quot;.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/11/2018 17:21:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997546

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has received representations on the exclusion of Christianity from the religious studies syllabus; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>No representation has been received on the exclusion of Christianity from religious education curriculum or the GCSE in religious studies.</p><p> </p><p>Teaching about Christianity is a mandatory element of religious education. All state funded schools in England are required to teach religious education from age 5. This must ‘reflect that the religious traditions of Great Britain are in the main Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain.’</p><p> </p><p>The government sets the content specification for Religious Studies GCSEs which requires students to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fact that the religious traditions of Great Britain are, in the main, Christian. Further information on GCSE subject content can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-religious-studies" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-religious-studies</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/11/2018 13:05:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997550

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times his Department has (a) received a request for and (b) suggested the voluntary downgrading of an employee; when that request or suggestion took place and for what reason; for what reason voluntary downgrading was (i) applied and (ii) rejected; and whether his Department (A) applied and (B) declined pay protection in the three years prior to 3 July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice’s employee information is maintained by a Shared Services function, however the Shared Services function does not maintain a detailed record of the reason/s for downgrading in their system, whether voluntary or business led. Shared Services would also not hold details for a rejected voluntary downgrade. Therefore, to locate and collate the information requested would require a manual check of all employee files across the Ministry of Justice and its Arm’s Length bodies, which would exceed the cost limit.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/11/2018 17:16:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997552

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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 estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of not taking into account jointly-owned homes when assessing the eligibility of victims of domestic violence for legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that victims of domestic abuse must have access to the help that they need, including access to legal aid. Legal aid remains available for victims of domestic violence and child abuse where objective evidence of this abuse can be provided, subject to means and merits test.</p><p>We are determined to improve the treatment of domestic abuse victims and have recently consulted on how best to build on the recent improvements we have made in this area. We are examining responses received to the consultation, ahead of publishing a formal Government response later this year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/11/2018 12:21:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997557

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the effect of increasing the transition period after the UK leaves the EU on the UK's ability to negotiate preferential trade agreements with third countries.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister has made clear, we expect the implementation period to end, as planned, in December 2020.</p><p>The idea to create an option - and it would only be an option - to extend the implementation period for a matter of months would simply provide an &quot;insurance policy&quot; in the extremely unlikely event that no agreement on our future partnership is agreed by December 2020.</p><p>It should be noted that during this period we will be free to negotiate, sign and ratify new trade agreements with third countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/11/2018 16:59:45 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997565

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: CCTV
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of CCTV in taxis and private hire vehicles on the vehicle owners.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	185618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has considered both the potential costs and benefits to passengers and drivers of CCTV to inform the Statutory Guidance for taxi and private hire vehicle licensing authorities that will be consulted on shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/11/2018 16:42:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

997568

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 139 of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s report entitled Economic and Fiscal Outlook October 2018, published in October 2018, CM9713, what proportion of the £1.5 billion allocated to the Brexit funding pot will be spent in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	185719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>On 13 March, the Treasury allocated c.£1.6bn to departments on March 2018. A full breakdown of the allocation can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Details of some of the work done by departments funded by these allocations can be found in the Technical Notices published on 24 August (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-governments-preparations-for-a-no-deal-scenario/uk-governments-preparations-for-a-no-deal-scenario" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-governments-preparations-for-a-no-deal-scenario/uk-governments-preparations-for-a-no-deal-scenario</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility as part of their fiscal forecast take a judgement on how much departments will underspend on all aspects of DEL spending. This information is available at <a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/EFO_October-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/EFO_October-2018.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/11/2018 15:53:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

997570

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of legal aid for bereaved families for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the annual cost to the public purse of legal aid for bereaved families for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong>Costs for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Value (£'000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>761</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Applications and grants for ECF inquest over the last 5 years:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Applications granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Breakdown of refused and rejected ECF inquests applications, over the last five years</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Costs increase refusal</p></td><td><p>ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Means</p></td><td><p>Means &amp; ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Means &amp; Merits (both)</p></td><td><p>Normal &amp; ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Normal Merits</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Rejected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>In Scope</p></td><td><p>Incomplete</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Premature</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 185679 question first answered 07/11/2018 14:56:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997572

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was for legal aid funding for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years was; and how many applications for that funding were (a) made, (b) granted and (c) denied broken down by reason for refusal in the same period.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the annual cost to the public purse of legal aid for bereaved families for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong>Costs for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Value (£'000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>761</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Applications and grants for ECF inquest over the last 5 years:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Applications granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Breakdown of refused and rejected ECF inquests applications, over the last five years</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Costs increase refusal</p></td><td><p>ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Means</p></td><td><p>Means &amp; ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Means &amp; Merits (both)</p></td><td><p>Normal &amp; ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Normal Merits</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Rejected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>In Scope</p></td><td><p>Incomplete</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Premature</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 185678 question first answered 07/11/2018 14:56:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997576

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of his Department's annual spend on legal representation for prisons and probation staff at inquests on deaths in prison in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The sums spent on legal representation for Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) at inquests into deaths in prison custody in each of the last five calendar years are set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£2,826,566.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£2,734,183.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£2,874,906.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£3,591,634.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£4,198,893.32</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These are the costs of representation for both HMPPS and its staff. In the vast majority of cases the legal representatives are acting for both the agency and all members of its staff called as witnesses, and the respective costs cannot therefore be separated. In a very small number of cases separate representation is provided for one or more members of staff.</p><p> </p><p>These costs relate to the representation provided for public-sector prisons and their staff, and, since its creation in April 2014, the National Probation Service and its staff. The costs of representation for contracted prisons and their staff are met by the provider. Before April 2014 each Probation Trust met its own representation costs, and since then each Community Rehabilitation Company has done likewise.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/11/2018 16:54:30 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon