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1536544

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2022
	date	26/10/2022
	date tabled	26/10/2022
	ddp created	26/10/2022 18:38:50
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	26/10/2022 18:55:01 03/11/2022 11:19:22
	hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	house id	1
	identifier	72197
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	03/11/2022 10:47:17
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to his answer of 24 October to Question 6697 on Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the average daily attendance of staff at IPSA London Office was in each of the last 12 months.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 72197
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	72197
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Average attendance at the London office has been monitered carefully be IPSA and is calculated by working days in the calender month (and is only based on current office-based staffing numbers (66)). This does not, however, include a number of IPSA people based on home-base contracts who make regular journeys into the office, particularly when based a short distance from the London region. It should be noted at the outset too that the discovery and surge of the Omicron variant, which necessitated public health advice to work from home, will have had an impact on the data from at least last Autumn 2021 to Spring 2022. For nearly the entire time period requested in the question, a significant number of desks were unavailable for use in the IPSA office to maintain appropiate social distancing in the context of IPSA's office layout. As only 32 of the possible 81 desks were available for use from 201 to the end of September 2022, this further materially reduced capacity within and attendance at the office. Noting the desks available and the number of staff available on office-based contracts, the general figures are below:</p><ul><li>October 2021: 9% (This should be read as the average office-based contract employee spendin 9% of their working month in the office in October 2021 and so on for the following months). This constituted 18% of available desks.</li><li>November 2021: 9%. This constituted 20% of available desks.</li><li>December 2021: 7%. This constituted 15% of available desks.</li><li>January 2022: 5%. This constituted 9% of available desks.</li><li>February 2022: 8%. This constituted 17% of available desks.</li><li>March 2022: 7%. This constituted 14% of available desks.</li><li>April 2022: 8%. This constituted 16% of available desks.</li><li>May 2022: 8%. This constituted 16% of available desks.</li><li>June 2022: 6%. This constituted 13% of available desks.</li><li>July 2022: 7%. This constituted 14% of available desks.</li><li>August 2022: 6%. This constituted 13% of available desks.</li><li>September 2022: 7%. This constituted 14% of available desks.</li><li>October 2022: now that all the desks are available for use, the desk booking system upon which the data above is based is no longer operative, so this figure cannot be produced.</li></ul><p>Like many organisations in the publice sector, IPSA recognised many benefits for its people and performance in continuing with a hybrid approach to work despite a lifting of formal coronavirus restrictions and other government public health advice. IPSA functions, such as payroll accuracy and the speed of reimbursement, have not been adversely impacted by such a model, and IPSA has instead been able to build a more inclusive and diverse workforce based accross the U.K. by bringing forward plans to create a more representative, hybrid, and flexibe organisation to reflect the nations, regions and constituencies MPs serve. The geographical spread of IPSA staff, new hybrid approach to working, and importance of value for money for the public purse will be central considerations for IPSA when it explores the locations and size of any office premises (in London or elsewhere) which it may require in future to continue to discharge its statutory duties efficiently, cost-effectively, and transparently.</p><p> </p>
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1664946

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/10/2023
	date	16/10/2023
	date tabled	16/10/2023
	ddp created	16/10/2023 22:12:28
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	16/10/2023 22:21:26 19/10/2023 10:04:28
	hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Staff
	house id	1
	identifier	202640
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	19/10/2023 09:33:55
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many staff are employed by IPSA; and how many and what proportion of those staff were working in the office at least (a) two and (b) three days a week in the last 12 months.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 202640
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202640
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As of today, IPSA has 101 employees. IPSA is unable to provide data on how many staff were working in the office at least (a) two and (b) three days a week in the last twelve months, as this information is not recorded.</p>
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	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1697795

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/03/2024
	date	21/03/2024
	date tabled	21/03/2024
	ddp created	21/03/2024 17:56:03
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	21/03/2024 18:06:14 26/03/2024 11:04:08
	hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	house id	1
	identifier	19774
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/03/2024 10:33:05
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment the Committee has made of the effectiveness of the handling of MPs expenses claims by IPSA.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 19774
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	19774
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Speaker’s Committee meets IPSA throughout the year to assess its performance, running costs and effectiveness in handling MPs’ expenses. The Committee last met IPSA on 5 March 2024 and a transcript of that session is available on the Committee’s website: <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14403/pdf/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/14403/pdf/</a></p><p>In 2023, 65.3 per cent of MPs and their staff rated IPSA’s service as either good or very good, which was up on this measure in 2019 when 25.1 per cent rated the service in that way. The time taken for IPSA to reimburse MPs’ claims has reduced from an average of 8 days in 2020-21 to 2.6 days in 2023-24. Compliance with IPSA’s scheme is currently at 99.9%.</p><p>Through its scrutiny of IPSA, the Committee is looking at the steps being taken by IPSA to help improve its effectiveness in enabling MPs and their staff to claim for expenses and business costs. IPSA’s ongoing work includes:</p><ul><li>the development of an IPSA online portal to enhance the customer experience by improving the functionality of the system in areas such as claim and form submission;</li><li>the greater provision of centralised services, reducing the financial and administrative burden on MPs and their staff through the centralised provision of goods and services such as constituency office leases, utilities, and equipment;</li><li>the piloting of an online marketplace, allowing MPs and their staff to purchase goods such as office equipment centrally; and</li><li>exploration of alternative models of reimbursement, enabling MPs and their staff to pay for business costs without the need to claim retrospectively.</li></ul><p>The Committee plans to consider IPSA’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2023-24 later in the summer at which point it will assess IPSA’s latest results against its performance indicators.</p>
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1679391

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/01/2024
	date	05/01/2024
	date tabled	05/01/2024
	ddp created	05/01/2024 14:56:19
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	05/01/2024 15:27:52 15/01/2024 11:00:26
	hansard heading	Engineering and Nuclear Physics: Higher Education
	house id	1
	identifier	7744
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	15/01/2024 10:28:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on (a) which universities offer courses in nuclear (i) physics and (ii) engineering and (b) how many (A) undergraduate and (B) graduate students are on such courses.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 7744
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7744
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), now part of Jisc, collects and publishes data on student enrolments and qualifications obtained at UK higher education providers. This includes data on full person equivalents (FPE) enrolled in different subject areas, categorised using the Higher Education Coding of Subjects (HECoS) system. Further information on the HECoS system is available at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This data has been used to approximate which providers offered courses including elements of the HECoS subjects ‘Nuclear Engineering’ (HECoS code 100172) and ‘Nuclear and Particle Physics’ (HECoS code 101077) in the 2021/22 academic year, and how many FPEs were enrolled in each of these subjects. This information has been provided as an attachment.</p><p> </p><p>For an up-to-date view of available undergraduate courses, including nuclear studies, please visit: <a href="https://discoveruni.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://discoveruni.gov.uk/</a>.</p>
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	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1682050

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/01/2024
	date	15/01/2024
	date tabled	15/01/2024
	ddp created	15/01/2024 21:10:53
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	15/01/2024 22:01:19 23/01/2024 13:34:15
	hansard heading	Nuclear Physics: Higher Education
	house id	1
	identifier	9389
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	23/01/2024 13:02:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 7744 on Engineering and Nuclear Physics: Higher Education, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of the (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate students who were enrolled in Nuclear and Particle Physics in the 2021-22 academic year that were international students.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 9389
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9389
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), now part of JISC, collects and publishes data on student enrolments across all UK higher education providers. This includes data on full person equivalents (FPE) enrolled in different subject areas, categorised using the higher education coding of subjects (HECoS) system. Counts of enrolments in each HECoS group are published in Table 52 of HESA’s Student Data, available at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-52" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-52</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Enrolments in ‘Nuclear and Particle Physics’ are recorded under HECoS code 101077, and can be filtered to give counts by level of study and domicile.</p><p> </p><p>For more information on HECoS see: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos</a>.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p>
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	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564330

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/01/2023
	date	06/01/2023
	date tabled	06/01/2023
	ddp created	06/01/2023 15:08:29
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	06/01/2023 15:34:46 25/04/2023 12:50:24
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	identifier	117447
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	16/01/2023 17:38:53
	question first ministerially corrected	25/04/2023 12:20:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probate cases are under consideration in England; and what proportion of those cases have been waiting for a decision for six weeks or more.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 117447
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	117447
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">There were 53,253 probate cases in the Open Caseload<sup>1</sup> as at 31 December. Of those 30,656 were more than 6 weeks old<sup>1</sup>. Of the cases over six weeks old 13,536 were stopped, 7,247 were awaiting documentation and 9,873 were ready to progress.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>1 </sup>Data as at 31 December in line the official published stats. The administration of probate applications is dealt with as a national service, covering England and Wales. The open caseload excludes cases older than 6 months.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>2</sup>The time outstanding is counted from the application submission date recorded in the case management system, except for digital applications with a Will, where the date of receipt of the original Will by HMCTS is used.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This data is management Information. The management information presented in this table reflects what is recorded on relevant case-management systems on the date of extraction. The case management systems are continually updated and so the information presented will differ from previously published information. Management information can differ from the quality assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position. 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.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The total amount of unassessed probate cases where evidence has been received to enable a case to be assessed is 12,923.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">4805 of these cases are over 6 weeks since the date the evidence was received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In addition, there are 38,245 cases which are either waiting for evidence, such as the original will, to arrive, are subject to a legal hold following an application from another party or have been stopped due to an error or missing documentation and are waiting for a response from the applicant.</del></p><p>HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.</p><p>The improvement of the online probate system remains a priority for HMCTS, to ensure more applications can be issued first time and resources can be focused on reducing waiting times.</p>
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	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1584416

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2023
	date	06/02/2023
	date tabled	06/02/2023
	ddp created	06/02/2023 21:59:10
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	06/02/2023 22:21:50 09/02/2023 17:37:12
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	identifier	140017
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/02/2023 17:06:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department was consulted before the recent advice was issued by the National Leadership Magistrate to magistrates regarding the granting of warrants to force fit prepayment meters.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 140017
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	140017
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The statutory responsibility for issuing guidance to the judiciary is held by the Lord Chief Justice, the Senior President of Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner. To preserve the independence of the judiciary, they are not subject to direction or required to consult the government on the guidance they issue.</p>
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	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1655776

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2023
	date	01/09/2023
	date tabled	01/09/2023
	ddp created	01/09/2023 13:58:56
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/09/2023 14:45:53 11/09/2023 14:45:53
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Trials
	house id	1
	identifier	195635
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	11/09/2023 14:14:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are currently awaiting trial in magistrates courts.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 195635
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	195635
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The volume of outstanding ‘for trial’ cases at the magistrates’ courts is published as part of the National Statistics series ‘Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly’.</p><p><br>The latest published data is available to March 2023 and can be found in Table M1 which is accessible at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2023</a>.</p>
	creator	318 label Biography information for John Spellar
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1663327

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/10/2023
	date	13/10/2023
	date tabled	13/10/2023
	ddp created	13/10/2023 14:30:49
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	13/10/2023 16:32:39 23/10/2023 17:02:25
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: West Midlands
	house id	1
	identifier	201181
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	23/10/2023 16:19:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding cases there are at (a) Dudley, (b) Walsall and (c) Wolverhampton Magistrates Court.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 201181
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201181
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As of the end of June 2023 the number of outstanding cases at Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Courts are as follows:</p><p>a) Dudley Magistrates' Court: 1,017</p><p>b) Walsall Magistrates' Court: 779</p><p>c) Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court: 935</p><p>This is a further breakdown of published data that can be found in the criminal court statistics quarterly publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2023</a>.</p>
	creator	318 label Biography information for John Spellar
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1679394

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/01/2024
	date	05/01/2024
	date tabled	05/01/2024
	ddp created	05/01/2024 14:56:27
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	05/01/2024 15:28:04 15/01/2024 17:17:14
	hansard heading	Law Reporting: Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	identifier	7747
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	15/01/2024 16:46:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using AI to produce trial transcripts.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 7747
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7747
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government is constantly assessing how to improve the efficiency within the criminal justice system, including mechanisms to accelerate trial transcripts.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the potential merits to using automated technology for trial transcriptions, including a potential reduction in the time it takes to produce a transcription and comparative value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Transcriptions must achieve very high levels of accuracy (99.5%) to ensure the justice system can operate fairly and effectively. However, even software with learning capability cannot yet reliably meet the accuracy requirements for the service without human intervention.</p>
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	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar