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1641535

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make (a) Returning Officers and (b) Electoral Registration Officers subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	187196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>It is the Government’s intention to bring forward proposals to make Returning Officers and Electoral Registration Officers subject to the Freedom of Information Act when legislative time allows and following appropriate consultation.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 07/06/2023 14:33:14 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251390

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of different practices employed by enforcement agents and High Court enforcement agents in relation to charging VAT to debtors.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	114856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is aware that there are differing interpretations within the enforcement industry of the application of the VAT payable on High Court Enforcement fees, which has led to different approaches being taken.</p><p>We are working to produce guidance to clarify the circumstances and manner in which VAT costs can and should be recovered from judgment debtors as an enforcement cost. We will publish that guidance as soon as we are able to.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 114855 114857 question first answered 17/11/2020 17:03:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251391

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the level of consistency among High Court enforcement agents when applying VAT on their fees in identical circumstances.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	114857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is aware that there are differing interpretations within the enforcement industry of the application of the VAT payable on High Court Enforcement fees, which has led to different approaches being taken.</p><p>We are working to produce guidance to clarify the circumstances and manner in which VAT costs can and should be recovered from judgment debtors as an enforcement cost. We will publish that guidance as soon as we are able to.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 114855 114856 question first answered 17/11/2020 17:03:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251441

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Remote Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) HM Courts and Tribunals Service, (b) HM Prison and Probation Service and (c) Crown Prosecution Service staff are working from home.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	114861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>On the 13<sup>th</sup> November 2020, for HMCTS, 5,439 staff which equates to 28% of their headcount were working from home. HMPPS do not record this information and the CPS is an independent department that is superintended by the Attorney General, thus the AGO should be approached for information relating to the CPS.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/11/2020 16:37:29 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251443

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Remote Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of staff in agencies sponsored by his Department are working from home.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	114862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>On the 13<sup>th</sup> November 2020, for the agency of the Office of the Public Guardian, 1,340 staff, which equates to 81% of their headcount were working from home. For the agency of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, 200 staff which equates to 94% of their headcount that would have been working on that day, were working from home. For the agency of the Legal Aid Agency, 1,159 staff which equates to 93% of their headcount were working from home.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/11/2020 16:38:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251519

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administrative Law Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that submissions to the Independent Review of Administrative Law are published.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	114864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>The Independent Panel for Administrative Law is currently cataloguing and analysing the responses to the call for evidence which is crucial for their ongoing deliberations. As the panel is independent, it remains a matter for the panel to determine how it intends to treat the evidence received in its report. Once the Government receives the panel’s report, the Government will then determine when and how it responds including publication and the underlying evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/11/2020 16:41:22 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1251521

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Care Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of care proceedings cases have not been heard within the six month limit in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	114866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>Information relating to the time to the first definitive disposal for care proceedings is published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly basis. The table below details the latest published statistics on the total number of disposals in care proceedings, the mean and medial disposal duration (in weeks), and the proportion of disposals made within 26 weeks, in each of the last three years.</p><p>The number of disposals relates to the number of children subject to a disposal outcome. The following outcomes are considered as disposals for the purposes of these statistics:</p><ul><li>The making of a Care Order, Supervision Order, Residence order or Special Guardianship Order;</li><li>A decision by the court to make no order; and</li><li>The withdrawal of an application.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The latest Family Courts Statistics Quarterly publication can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Disposals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean disposal duration (weeks)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median disposal duration (weeks)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% disposed in 26 weeks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>26,221</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>25,849</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>23,837</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/11/2020 17:25:21 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1252676

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Care Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average time for care proceedings cases to be heard in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	116473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>Information relating to the time to the first definitive disposal for care proceedings is published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly basis. The table below details the latest published statistics on the total number of disposals in care proceedings, the mean and medial disposal duration (in weeks), and the proportion of disposals made within 26 weeks, in each of the last five years.</p><p>The number of disposals relates to the number of children subject to a disposal outcome. The following outcomes are considered as disposals for the purposes of these statistics:</p><ul><li>The making of a Care Order, Supervision Order, Residence order or Special Guardianship Order;</li><li>A decision by the court to make no order; and</li><li>The withdrawal of an application.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The latest Family Courts Statistics Quarterly publication can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Disposals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean disposal duration (weeks)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median disposal duration (weeks)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% disposed in 26 weeks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>21,537</strong></p></td><td><p>28.3</p></td><td><p>25.1</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>24,155</strong></p></td><td><p>27.0</p></td><td><p>24.9</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>26,221</strong></p></td><td><p>28.2</p></td><td><p>25.3</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>25,849</strong></p></td><td><p>30.4</p></td><td><p>26.4</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>23,837</strong></p></td><td><p>33.2</p></td><td><p>29.6</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2020 15:20:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1254154

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Care Proceedings
	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 19 November 2020 to Question 114866 on Care Proceedings, how many and what proportion of care proceedings cases have not been heard within the six month limit in each of the last three quarters in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	118526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>Information relating to the time to the first definitive disposal for care proceedings is published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly basis.</p><p>The table below details the latest published statistics on the total number of disposals in care proceedings, the mean and medial disposal duration (in weeks), and the proportion of disposals made within 26 weeks.</p><p>The number of disposals relates to the number of children subject to a disposal outcome. The following outcomes are considered as disposals for the purposes of these statistics:</p><ul><li>The making of a Care Order, Supervision Order, Residence order or Special Guardianship Order;</li><li>A decision by the court to make no order; and</li><li>The withdrawal of an application.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The table details the statistics available for the last three quarters, covering the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first and second quarter of 2020. Validated statistics for the third quarter of 2020 are not yet available to the Ministry of Justice and are due to be published on 17 December 2020.</p><p>The latest Family Courts Statistics Quarterly publication can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2020</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Disposals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean disposal duration (weeks)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Median disposal duration (weeks)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% disposed in 26 weeks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p><strong>5,946</strong></p></td><td><p>33.7</p></td><td><p>30.1</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p><strong>5,314</strong></p></td><td><p>35.1</p></td><td><p>31.7</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><td><p><strong>4,119</strong></p></td><td><p>35.9</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/11/2020 16:48:55 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1299355

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on developing the older offenders strategy; and what the timescale is for its publication.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	162585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Following the Justice Select Committee’s inquiry into the ageing prison population last year, we commenced work on an older offenders strategy. Our strategic priorities for this work are that it will ensure that older offenders:</p><ul><li>Are held in the most appropriate environments;</li><li>Can access a purposeful and rehabilitative regime within prison;</li><li>Can access health and care services equivalent to those within the community; and</li><li>Are prepared for their release and resettled effectively.</li></ul><p>We have established a steering group to oversee progress on the strategy, and officials have undertaken fieldwork which has included meetings with prison governors, scrutiny bodies, academics and third sector organisations. We are developing proposals to be included in this strategy in advance of publication this summer.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 08/03/2021 16:55:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham