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1136743

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date	03/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the (a) market value of courts sold as part of HM Courts and Tribunal reform programme and (b) the resale value of those courts after they entered private ownership.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	272804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS achieves market value when selling surplus buildings and takes professional advice as part of the disposal process to make sure that this is the case.</p><p> </p><p>Sale receipts for court and tribunal buildings sold since 2016 are as follows</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Property</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipt (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abergavenny Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>499,809</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p></td><td><p>95,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>750,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bow County Court</p></td><td><p>3,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>1,000,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon Law Court</p></td><td><p>575,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>375,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>445,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</p></td><td><p>223,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester-le-Street Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dolgellau Mags &amp; Crown Court</p></td><td><p>67,509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>2,150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester Western Road</p></td><td><p>850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grantham Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>560,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>12,005,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>43,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead Magistrates Court (North Anglsey),</p></td><td><p>112,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth County Court</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Dale Street Magistrates</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni County Court</p></td><td><p>72,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath And Port Talbot County Court</p></td><td><p>250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northallerton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>450,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhyl County Court</p></td><td><p>92,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond Upon Thames Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>9,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>4,300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spalding Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>278,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tottenham (Enfield) Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>4,570,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>3,471,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>3,836,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Super Mare Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>116,078</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woolwich County Court</p></td><td><p>2,555,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table above excludes transfers of surplus properties to other government departments (such as Homes England) as these are not categorised as sale transactions, but as internal transfers within government.</p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the Reform Programme all money raised from the sale of surplus buildings has been reinvested in the reform of HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not hold information on the resale value of former court and tribunal buildings. HM Courts and Tribunals Service does however monitor resale values in instances that could yield overage. As with any property, details of any subsequent sales can be obtained from the Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:07:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1135970

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Translation Services
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 (a) number of court cases rescheduled due to problems with interpreting or translating services and (b) additional cost incurred from that rescheduling in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	271430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry does not hold central data for all jurisdictions and hearing types in which interpreters are used and to manually review each case would incur disproportionate costs. However, central information does exist on the number of trials listed in the criminal courts which were adjourned as a result of interpreters being unavailable. This data is published in Criminal Court Statistics.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a></p><p>A table detailing such occurrences over the last three years for which data is available is copied below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Crown Courts</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Magistrates’ Courts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of trials</p></td><td><p>Adjourned due to interpreter availability</p></td><td><p>% of trials adjourned due to interpreter availability</p></td><td><p>Number of trials</p></td><td><p>Adjourned due to interpreter availability</p></td><td><p>% of trials adjourned due to interpreter availability</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><strong>37,339</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>149,423</strong></p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><strong>34,579</strong></p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>136,962</strong></p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><strong>29,583</strong></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>123,023</strong></p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As the associated costs for HMCTS of rescheduling trial cases will vary, depending on whether other work was able to be heard in that courtroom, this information is not held centrally.</p><p>The department continues to monitor its language service contracts closely and work with the suppliers to drive improvements and reduce the cost on the taxpayer. The Language Service contract has achieved a fulfilment rate of 97% over the first quarter of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 04/07/2019 14:49:11 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1135559

registered interest
date	28/06/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to minimise the frequency of assessment for recipients of employment support allowance and personal independence payment; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the light touch benefit reviews introduced for disabled people of pension age to (a) claimants with life-long disabilities and (b) all claimants.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	270790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Changes have been made to the benefit reassessment process for those with the most severe and lifelong health conditions.</p><p>In Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit, since September 2017 we have stopped routinely assessing those whose level of function would always mean that they are unlikely ever to be able to move into work. And in 2018 we introduced updated guidance for Personal Independence Payment health professionals and case managers to ensure that people who already receive the highest level of support and whose needs are unlikely to change or may get worse, will receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at the ten-year point.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/07/2019 15:32:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1134854

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are plans to introduce a Sunday rail service for Moses Gate, Farnworth and Kearsley stations.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	269697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce a Sunday rail service at these stations as part of Northern’s franchise agreement, the specification for which was developed in consultation with local authorities and Transport for the North. Whilst the railway needs to balance passenger and stakeholder aspirations with the practical and economic viability of running additional services, ideas for these can always be put forward for consideration to Transport for the North.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/07/2019 11:56:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi