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947068

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Exhibition Centre
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what contact they have had, if any, with the Birmingham Coroner to establish what is known about the origins of the 20 skinless human bodies being exhibited at the National Exhibition Centre; and whether inquests will be opened to establish the facts involved in their deaths.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL9758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2018 answer text <p>Coroners are independent judicial office holders and as such it would be inappropriate for Ministers to intervene in or comment upon the decisions of the Birmingham and Solihull Senior Coroner.</p><p><br>The exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre has been licenced by the Human Tissue Authority in line with the provisions of the Human Tissue Act 2004. Responsibility for hosting the exhibition and maintaining ethical standards lies with the National Exhibition Centre.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 03/08/2018 12:07:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

946946

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that legal aid solicitors have the capacity to meet the demand for their services in relation to complex asylum cases.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	167396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of legal advice for the public. At a local level, engagement generally takes place through the LAA’s local contract management team, although wider strategic concerns can also be raised by the profession’s representative groups through the regular engagement meetings the LAA holds with those organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency requires that all providers who deliver legal aid to asylum seekers comply with the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme, with such work being overseen by an appointed supervisor of legal aid work for immigration and asylum cases at each firm.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:11:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946945

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Discrimination: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to justice for people facing disability discrimination in (a) employment and (b) education.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	167347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a responsibility to make sure that those in the greatest hardship and at the times of greatest need, can secure access to justice. This is a responsibility that we take very seriously.</p><p>There are a number of avenues of dispute resolution available to individuals facing disability discrimination to try and resolve issues by agreement. These include the use of Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), judicial or other mediation.</p><p>Those facing disability discrimination in an employment or education setting may also seek redress through the tribunal system. Our £1bn court modernisation programme has already started improving the experience of those who use and need our courts and tribunals, by introducing 21st Century technology, online services and digital working, while making sure justice remains accessible. These reformed services will transform how people experience the justice system, with digital services making justice more accessible and straightforward.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/09/2018 14:02:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

946803

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 12 July 2018, on Justice update, HCWS853, whether the reinstatement of legal aid will apply to children located outside of the UK whose cases may fall under (a) the Dublin regulation and (b) section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
	uin	167336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Children located outside of the UK who wish to challenge a decision by the UK government not to accept a request by another EU Member State to transfer their asylum claim to the UK under the Dublin Regulation can do so by means of judicial review, for which legal aid is already available.</p><p> </p><p>Under section 67, participating States refer eligible children to the UK to be relocated. There is no individual application process or right to relocation if a person meets the eligibility criteria. Therefore, there is no process for which the individual could require legal aid.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting with stakeholders about the reinstatement of legal aid announced in the Written Statement of 12 July 2018, HCWS853, and more information about the policy will be laid out in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:12:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

946891

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department planned to allocate to the Community Prisons for Women; how much savings have been accrued as a result of the cancellation of those prisons; to which programmes those savings have been allocated; and how much of those savings have been allocated to the rehabilitation and support of female offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
	uin	167334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>We had been developing a business case for the community prisons for women before moving to a community based approach and had not finalised a cost for these prisons. The evidence base on reoffending has continued to evolve and change. We continue to work with the model set out in Baroness Corston’s report, <em>A review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System</em> (2007). We believe that the steps we have outlined in the female offender strategy, including £5m of cross government funding over two years and the plan to work with local and national partners to pilot at least five residential women’s centres across England and Wales, is the right way to approach this but it remains only a first step on a journey.</p><p> </p><p>The publication of the female offender strategy on 27 June is the start of a new and significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders at all points of the justice system. It sets out our vision to see fewer women in custody, especially on short-term sentences, and a greater proportion of women managed in the community successfully. This will take some years to deliver and we will have the opportunity to revisit funding issues as we take work forward.</p><p>I remain committed to delivering these key reforms, which includes the female offender strategy, and ensuring there is sufficient funding for female offenders.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/09/2018 13:44:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

946978

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons
	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 23 July 2018 to Question 165655, on prisons, whether the 10,000 additional places will (a) add to current capacity, (b) replace some existing capacity or (c) achieve a combination of replacing existing capacity and increasing current capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	167333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>In my answer to Question 165655 I reiterated the commitment to delivering up to 10,000 modern, safe and decent prison places previously announced by this Government. The Prison Estate Transformation Programme is largely designed to replace existing capacity, although we anticipate it will also increase current capacity. Our objective remains to close the least fit for purpose prison accommodation while ensuring we continue to meet demand.</p><p>Prison population and capacity are kept under careful review to ensure that there is always sufficient capacity. Any decisions on the future size of the prison estate will reflect the current and projected prison population, including an assessment of the necessary margin to manage population fluctuations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/09/2018 16:00:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

946795

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners supervised by the National Probation Service were classified as (a) high-risk, (b) medium-risk and (c) low-risk offenders in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	167254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>This information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 167253 question first answered 04/09/2018 15:54:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

946794

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners supervised by private Community Rehabilitation Companies were classified as (a) high-risk, (b) medium-risk and (c) low-risk offenders in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	167253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>This information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 167254 question first answered 04/09/2018 15:54:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

946792

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average number of cases each probation officer has worked on in (a) the National Probation Service and (b) private Community Rehabilitation Companies in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	167252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Figures on the average caseload of probation officers are not collected centrally. A probation worker’s workload is not based solely on the number of cases they are managing, but the level of supervision each case requires.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics showing the total caseload of the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies. Figures for total probation caseload are published quarterly in the Offender Management Statistics Bulletin, England and Wales: <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 04/09/2018 15:49:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

946791

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Residential Women's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the opening of the five new residential women’s centres announced on 27 June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	167251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We are working with local and national partners to develop a pilot for ‘residential women’s centres’ in at least five sites across England and Wales.</p><p>We want to ensure that the models we test are appropriate for their local context. This may require multiple local partners, including those from statutory and voluntary sectors, working together. Therefore, at this stage the timetable is not yet finalised.</p><p>However, we are undertaking an initial engagement process with stakeholders and potential providers and partners to refine the design and delivery model for the pilot. This is taking place over the next few months and will support our co-design approach for taking forward the pilot.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/09/2018 14:57:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger