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1126077

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference paragraph 7.20 of HM Courts & Tribunals Service response to the consultation paper entitled Fit for the future: transforming the Court and Tribunal Estate, what steps he is taking to determine appropriate capacity utilisation of the HM Courts & Tribunals estate; and what the date is for the completion of that analysis.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is currently investigating how to appropriately evaluate optimum utilisation rates for courts and tribunals, looking at past data on utilisation and performance. We anticipate that this analytical work will be completed prior to the publication of any further proposals regarding the court or tribunal estate.</p><p> </p><p>Maintaining effective access to justice will be the top priority when making decisions about the future of courts and tribunals buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The closure of any court is not taken lightly and, where a service is moved outside the local area, will only follow a full public consultation. To date, courts that have closed have been dilapidated, too close to another or underused. All money raised from the sale of buildings since 2016 has been reinvested back into the justice system.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2019 15:42:20 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1173482

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what methodology HM Courts and Tribunals Service uses for comparing the length of time taken at each court between the first listing of a case and the first hearing; and if he will publish that data.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	8207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Data on time from first listing to completion is published in the Criminal Court Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a>. This includes the Crown Court Case Timeliness Tool, which provides first listing to completion statistics for each Crown Court.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8203 question first answered 30/01/2020 16:07:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1173938

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts and Tribunals Service has received for the sale of the court estate.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	8977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Since the start of the reform programme in 2015/16, approximately £130m has been raised from the sales of surplus buildings. We are reinvesting every penny into modernising the justice system to provide swifter and easier access to justice for all.</p><p> </p><p>The closure of any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation and when communities have reasonable access to alternative courts. Courts that have closed were either underused, dilapidated or too close to one another.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/02/2020 14:45:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1173939

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money from the public purse HM Courts & Tribunals Service spent on (a) the common platform and (b) other digital projects in relation to the Crown Court in the financial year 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	8978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>I can confirm that Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service spend on (a) the development of the Common Platform was £37.3m (this includes both Crown and Magistrates systems) and (b) £5.2m on other digital projects in relation to the Crown Court in the financial year 2018-19. This excludes ongoing support charges.</p><p> </p><p>The Common Platform is intended to deliver a unified way of digital working for HMCTS and CPS staff and the wider participants in the criminal case management process. Through digital working, we will improve the experience for court users and those working within the criminal justice system, whilst reducing cost and maintaining transparency.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/02/2020 14:12:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1384313

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data the HM Courts and Tribunals Service holds on (a) which court buildings have the highest number of urgent repairs outstanding, (b) what those repairs are and (c) how long the work on those repairs will take to complete.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	86096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The HMCTS estate consists of more than 350 buildings, many of which are large and historic. It is not unusual for an estate of this size and nature to require regular repair and maintenance. Repair requests are logged with our Facilities Management provider – Equans, and typically more than 2,000 urgent repairs are being completed across the estate each month with an average completion time of 7 days.</p><p> </p><p>Last year this Government provided £105m in additional capital funding for building improvements, taking total capital spend on the court estate to over £150m. This year HMCTS are budgeting to spend £105m on capital maintenance and estate projects, to enhance the resilience of our estate and maintain capacity to help our courts recover.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a list of court buildings that currently have the highest number of urgent repair requests to be completed, although this can change regularly.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Southwark Crown Court</li><li>Snaresbrook Crown Court</li><li>Inner London Crown Court</li><li>Croydon Magistrates’ Court</li><li>Royal Courts of Justice – Main Building</li><li>Isleworth Crown Court</li><li>Nottingham Magistrates’ Court</li><li>Manchester Crown Court (Crown Square)</li><li>Manchester Civil Justice Centre</li><li>Liverpool QE2 Crown Court</li></ol><p>The three most common type of repair works across our estate are lighting faults, cooling and heating.</p><p><br> The average completion time for urgent repair works is one week.</p><p><br> The HMCTS estate is kept under regular review; spending is prioritised to ensure that buildings are safe, secure, meet statutory requirements and protect continuity of service.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/12/2021 17:21:07 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1384314

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s response to the consultation paper entitled Fit for the future: transforming the Court and Tribunal Estate, what effect the implementation of building champions has had on reducing the time taken to complete small repair works; and if the HM Courts and Tribunals Service will publish monthly or quarterly reports on repairs undertaken.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	86097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>Building Champions play an important role in how our court and tribunal buildings are maintained. Acting as a central contact for staff and the judiciary at every HMCTS site, they monitor the condition of their building, and initiate repair works with our Facilities Management provider, alongside their day to day roles.</p><p> </p><p>Working with staff and judiciary they ensure potential impacts on court users are minimised. They also ensure that maintenance tasks are given an appropriate level of priority. Since building champions have been established, they have significantly improved the way that repair works are identified, prioritised and delivered.</p><p><br> Repair requests are logged with our Facilities Management provider – Equans, and typically more than 2,000 urgent repairs are being completed across the estate each month with an average completion time of 7 days. There are no plans to publish this information regularly.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/12/2021 17:23:44 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1384322

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any courts or tribunals buildings have had to close to undertake repairs or maintenance work in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	86098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>In some instances, the failure of a key system such as heating or cooling has made it necessary to close a court or tribunal building to conduct critical maintenance or repair works.</p><p>When planning all necessary repair and maintenance works, minimising impacts on court users is paramount. The scheduling of repair and maintenance works is developed in consultation with local judiciary and court &amp; tribunal staff to remove or minimise impacts to the operational business. This can be achieved by conducting works outside of business hours or staging works across different areas of a building to avoid a complete closure.</p><p>The HMCTS estate is kept under regular review; spending is prioritised to ensure that buildings are safe, secure, meet statutory requirements and protect continuity of service.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/12/2021 17:24:52 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1385566

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what organisational risk assessments HM Courts and Tribunal Service has made of the Common Platform.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	87686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>The health, safety and wellbeing of all HMCTS colleagues is taken extremely seriously. For our Common Platform programme, we have assessed risk throughout, and continue to keep it under review. At an organisational level, that assessment has been documented through a Change Impact Assessment, Public Sector Equality Analysis and a Workforce Equality Analysis, which remain under regular review. At a local/site level, risk assessments for particular areas of risk are documented using standard organisational templates where required. This meets the obligations we hold, and satisfies us that risks are suitably and sufficiently managed.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/12/2021 17:39:59 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1385567

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what equality impact assessments HM Courts and Tribunal Service has made of the Common Platform case management system.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	uin	87687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>HMCTS have undertaken a Workforce Equality Analysis and the Public Sector Equality Analysis for the Common Platform case management system. These were undertaken in 2020 and are currently being reviewed.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/12/2021 17:40:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1399472

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2022
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current average waiting times are for the (a) first hearing date in an employment tribunal claim and (b) publication of the judgment.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	96930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>(a) The most current information on waiting times to first hearing is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>(b) We aim to work within the general correspondence targets and upload judgments to the public register within 10 working days of promulgation.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Period </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>The average time (in days) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>The average time (weeks) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Single Claims <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Multiple Claims <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Single Claims <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Multiple Claims <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2020 - 31st March 2021</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Notes relating to the above data</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup> Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights</p><p><sup>2</sup> Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing.</p><p>Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time. Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</p><p>The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ from any previously published information.</p><p>Data has not been cross referenced with case files.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics can be found on <strong>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2020</strong> and information on Employment Tribunal outcomes can be found on <strong>www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions</strong>.</p><p>Published Management Information (used by HMCTS for understanding workload volumes and timeliness at a national level during COVID-19): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-weekly-management-information-during-coronavirus-march-2020-to-may-2021" target="_blank"><strong>HMCTS weekly management information during coronavirus - March 2020 to May 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</strong></a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent Employment Tribunal data covers the period up to March 2021. This is because the Employment Tribunal has moved to a new case management system and HMCTS is currently working to incorporate the new IT system alongside longer-established data sources to provide a more complete and consistent data set for this jurisdiction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/01/2022 17:35:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders