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1127952

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	21/05/2019
	date tabled	21/05/2019
	ddp created	21/05/2019 17:48:04
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 18:02:17 04/06/2019 17:18:01
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
	house id	1
	identifier	257138
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 16:46:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2019 to Question 252630 on Landlord and Tenant; whether the Government plans to make an estimate of the number of annual evictions using Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988; and what statistics the Government holds on the number of evictions in the private rented sector in a given year and the reasons for those evictions.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257138
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257138
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recently announced that it will put an end to ‘no-fault’ evictions by repealing section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. MHCLG Ministers will launch a consultation on the details of a better system that will work for landlords and tenants. The Government will collaborate with and listen to landlords, tenants and others in the private rented sector to develop a new deal for renting.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we hold data on the number of evictions in the private rented sector using section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, we do not have the reasons for those evictions.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of private landlord repossessions by county court bailiffs in England and wales, 2005-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Private landlord repossessions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>3,979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>4,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>4,342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>4,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>4,618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5,279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5,852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6,011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6,913</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: Mortgage and Landlord Possession Statistics Quarterly</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 04/06/2019 16:46:31 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	creator	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1127953

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	21/05/2019
	date tabled	21/05/2019
	ddp created	21/05/2019 17:48:07
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 18:02:19 04/06/2019 17:21:01
	hansard heading	Debt Collection
	house id	1
	identifier	257139
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 16:49:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2019 to Question 252114, how many bailiffs have been removed from the certificated bailiff register following a judgment that they are not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate in each year since 2014.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257139
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257139
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Certificated Bailiff Register held centrally by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service does not record the reasons for why a certified enforcement agent has been removed from the register. Pursuant to the answer to Question 252114, reasons for cancelling a certificate include an agent leaving his or her employer, ceasing to work as an enforcement agent or a judicial order that they were not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.</p> question first answered 04/06/2019 16:49:40 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	creator	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1125668

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 16:58:09
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:07:44 15/05/2019 17:36:04
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Lone Parents
	house id	1
	identifier	252555
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	15/05/2019 17:04:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that single mothers receive adequate support and advice in the family courts division.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252555
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252555
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Access to justice is a fundamental right. We spent £1.6bn last year on legal aid for the most vulnerable – of which £545m was in family law.</p><p>Legal aid is also part of a bigger picture and so we are now making changes to enhance the breadth of legal support available for everyone in society.</p><p>The Legal Support Action Plan, published on 7 February, announced that we would be changing the legal aid eligibility criteria to provide non-means tested legal aid for parents, or those with parental responsibility, who wish to oppose applications for placement orders or adoption orders in public family law. In addition, we announced that we will doubling the department’s funding to the Litigants in Person Support Strategy to £3m for the next two years.</p> question first answered 15/05/2019 17:04:39 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	creator	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

1128774

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	29/05/2019
	date tabled	29/05/2019
	ddp created	29/05/2019 11:09:00
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	03/06/2019 12:55:06 04/06/2019 13:43:06
	hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
	house id	1
	identifier	911125
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 13:12:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities for prisoners after release.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 911125
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	911125
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>One year ago, our Education and Employment Strategy set out plans to transform the way prisoners develop the skills they need to secure employment on release.</p><p>Since then, we have overhauled the prison education system through implementing new contracts and a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). These allow governors to commission skills-based training and education that meets the needs of the local labour market.</p><p>We have also introduced the New Futures Network (NFN), which brokers partnerships between prisons and employers in England and Wales, and a new ROTL framework to increase the opportunities available for prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces.</p> question first answered 04/06/2019 13:12:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1129419

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	04/06/2019
	date tabled	04/06/2019
	ddp created	04/06/2019 13:24:57
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	04/06/2019 13:25:06 04/06/2019 16:57:01
	hansard heading	Civil Proceedings
	house id	1
	identifier	911119
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 16:25:56
	question text	What steps he is taking to improve access to the judicial system for litigants bringing civil money claims.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 911119
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	911119
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>This Government is investing over £1bn to modernise our courts and tribunals, including investment to improve the civil justice system.</p><p> </p><p>The Online Civil Money Claims pilot, is a new service which went live in March 2018, and allows people to resolve money disputes online, for claims of up to £10,000. The digital service allows the public to simply and swiftly make their claim and the system is designed to be clear and easy to use. To date, the overall user satisfaction rate is 87% with over 68,000 claims made.</p> question first answered 04/06/2019 16:25:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	creator	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1127933

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	21/05/2019
	date tabled	21/05/2019
	ddp created	21/05/2019 17:47:19
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 18:01:31 04/06/2019 17:11:01
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	257128
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 16:39:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average waiting time is and (b) range of waiting times are for a tribunal hearing for personal independence payment from the date of the case being received by the tribunal service until the date of the hearing in each year since 2014 in (i) St Helens, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) nationally.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257128
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257128
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) statistics are not calculated from receipt of the appeal to the hearing, but from receipt of the appeal to the disposal of the case. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p>Information about waiting times for PIP appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures for PIP (to December 2018) indicate that since it was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made. Of these, 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at Tribunals.</p><p> </p> question first answered 04/06/2019 16:39:06 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1127935

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	21/05/2019
	date tabled	21/05/2019
	ddp created	21/05/2019 17:47:23
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	21/05/2019 18:01:35 04/06/2019 17:24:01
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	257130
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/06/2019 16:52:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of tribunal hearings that challenge a personal independence payment decision have been awarded in favour of the claimant in each year since 2014 in (a) St Helens (b) Merseyside (c) nationally.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257130
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257130
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Latest figures for PIP (to December 2018) indicate that since it was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made. Of these, 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at Tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>Information about outcomes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about outcomes to PIP appeals in (a) St Helens (b) Merseyside and (c) nationally from 2015/16; data for the preceding year are provided below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Proportion of Personal Independence Payment <sup>1 </sup>hearings in favour of the appellant</strong> <strong>(National data can be found in the main tables of the published stats. Venue data can be found in the published stats from 2015/2016)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>St Helens <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Merseyside<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>National</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>1 Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</p><p>2 Data includes data for the St Helens venue. The Warrington &amp; Runcorn venues closed in 2016 when the majority of postcodes for these areas were assigned to the St Helens venue.</p><p>3 Data includes data for Liverpool, Birkenhead, St Helens venue. The Warrington &amp; Runcorn venues closed in 2016 when the majority of postcodes for these areas were assigned to the St Helens venue.</p> question first answered 04/06/2019 16:52:12 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1126189

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:32:51
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:42:53 16/05/2019 17:16:05
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	identifier	253582
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/05/2019 16:44:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what circumstances in cases involving historical sexual abuse are victims entitled to legal representation.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253582
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253582
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government’s first ever cross-government Victims Strategy outlines our commitments to victims of crime.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for the prosecution of criminal cases. Victims of crime are not separately represented in criminal trials.</p><p> </p><p>Victims of historic sexual abuse have access to an independent sexual violence adviser (ISVA). The ISVA’s role is to ensure the victim receives the right support before, during and after legal proceedings. As part of proceedings, a victim may be called to give evidence as a witness for the prosecution. ISVAs will work alongside the Court-Based Witness Service to support the victim to give their best evidence and participate in the court process.</p><p> </p><p>In April this year, the Ministry of Justice awarded £8m in funding to rape support centres to provide emotional and practical support to victims of sexual violence and historic sexual abuse, including the provision of ISVA services. We also provided a grant of £11.2m to Citizens Advice for the delivery of the Court-Based Witness Service.</p> question first answered 16/05/2019 16:44:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	creator	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1126190

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:32:54
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:42:56 16/05/2019 17:03:02
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	identifier	253583
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/05/2019 16:31:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what circumstances in cases involving historical sexual abuse are victims entitled to have character references used in their defence.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253583
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253583
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Tackling historical sexual abuse and bringing perpetrators to justice is a government priority.</p><p> </p><p>Some victims of historical sexual abuse may be called to give evidence in criminal trials however a victim is not a party to a criminal case, as the Crown prosecutes. Victims and witnesses are not required to defend themselves or provide evidence to support their statements.</p><p>Rules of evidence do not permit the Crown to call evidence of the good character of a prosecution witness in order to bolster their credibility where it is not relevant to an issue in the case.</p><p>If the defendant attacks the character of a witness, evidence of the defendant’s bad character may be admissible as evidence.</p><p> </p> question first answered 16/05/2019 16:31:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	creator	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1126191

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:32:56
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:42:58 16/05/2019 14:40:02
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Victims
	house id	1
	identifier	253584
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/05/2019 14:08:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what protections exist for victims of historical sexual abuse where the perpetrator remains living in the victim's locality.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253584
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253584
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Protection orders are an important tool for keeping victims safe and preventing the continuation or escalation of violence.</p><p> </p><p>Protections for victims of sexual offences, including historic abuse include:</p><ul><li>Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements, which are in place to ensure the successful management of violent and sexual offenders in the community.</li><li>Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, which can be used to impose a range of restrictions on sexual offenders, including travel restrictions.</li><li>Sexual Risk Orders, which can be used to impose restrictions on individuals who have done an act of a sexual nature and, as a result, pose a risk of harm to the public in the UK or children or vulnerable adults abroad. For a Sexual Risk Order to be imposed, the individual does not need to have committed an offence.</li><li>Sex Offender Notification Requirements, which require offenders to provide certain information to the police, for example notifying them if the offender is living in a household with a person under the age of 18.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Victim Contact Scheme is available to victims of violent and sexual offences where the offender receives a sentence of 12 months or more. The scheme provides victims with information and advice about the criminal justice process – including being kept informed of key stages of the offender's sentence and to advise on victim-related conditions that can be attached to the offender's release licence. Conditions can be around non-contact or excluding the offender from entering specific locations such as areas where the victim lives or works. The offender risks being recalled to prison should they breach any licence conditions.</p> question first answered 16/05/2019 14:08:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	creator	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck