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389288

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff have been employed in HM Courts and Tribunals Service to deliver fine and compensation enforcement orders in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	6684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) in the area of enforcement of the payments of fines in each of the last five years is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of staff (FTE)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2010</p></td><td><p>1541.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2011</p></td><td><p>1819.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2012</p></td><td><p>1513.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2013</p></td><td><p>1382.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2014</p></td><td><p>1346.23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Enforcement as a separate HMCTS function was not created until June 2011. For data purposes prior to that date, the business code name and hierarchy information has been used to identify staff who work in enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 16/07/2015 16:45:49 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

389291

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rates for (a) fines, (b) penalties and (c) confiscation orders have been in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	6687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the total amount of financial penalties collected over the last four years. The amount of money collected has risen from £290m at the end of 2013/14 to a record of £310 million at the end of 2014/15. This is an increase of £20m (7%) in cash collection of financial impositions (excluding confiscation) compared to that collected in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the percentage of the value of fines that had been collected, cancelled or remained outstanding at the end of each of the last four financial years. This data is not available before April 2011.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Collected Against Impositions in Period</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Cancelled Impositions in Period</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified (either because they were imposed close to the end of the year or because they had payment timescales set by the courts for beyond the end of the financial year) and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans. Many of these impositions will have been paid since the end of the financial years stated.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘accounts cancelled’ percentage includes both administrative and legal cancellations. It is not possible to split the figures between the two types of cancellation.</p><p> </p><p>Administrative cancellations only take place in certain circumstances and after all attempts to collect the amount outstanding have been made. These circumstances include where the offender has died, where they have emigrated with no prospect of return, where the offender has been sent to a mental institution for 12 months or more or where the offender cannot be traced and there has been at least 12 months from the point of imposition. It should be noted that administrative cancellations can be re-instated if the prospects of recovery improve (where, for example, a new address is found).</p><p> </p><p>Legal cancellations occur after the case has been reconsidered by a judge or magistrate and further evidence has been presented. Legal cancellations can be as a result of a successful appeal, a change in financial circumstances of the offender or a committal to prison for non payment.</p><p> </p><p>We do not record ‘collection rate’ figures for Confiscation orders and fixed penalties.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 16/07/2015 16:52:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

389290

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the successful bidder for the Compliance and Enforcement Service contract will have access to personal data held on defaulters by HM Revenue and Customs and |the Department for Work and Pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	6686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Section 27 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 provides for the disclosure of personal information held by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions to facilitate the collection of fines and impositions by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service or a third party supplier of Compliance and Enforcement Services.</p><p> </p><p>Any provider of Compliance and Enforcement Services requiring access to this data would need to enter into their own access agreements with the relevant Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 21/07/2015 14:44:56 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

389289

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department plans to spend on the Compliance and Enforcement Service project in the next year.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	6685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p>The Project Spend forecasted for 2015/16 is £6.1m.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/08/2015 11:51:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

416828

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Hitachi: Newton Aycliffe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the new Hitachi Trains factory at Newton Aycliffe will be (a) officially opened and (b) working at full capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	8716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Hitachi Train manufacturing facility at Newton Aycliffe was officially opened by the Prime Minister on 3rd September 2015. The facility has already employed over 100 staff, increasing to 400 by Easter 2016.　 The facility is ramping up for a November 2015 start and will go into full production next year on IEP trains.　 Production of the Abellio ScotRail trains will also commence at the facility in line with plans to enter service from late 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2015 16:22:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

416829

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	First Great Western: Rolling Stock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the new Inter City Express train sets for First Great Western will be (a) manufactured and (b) assembled.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	8717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The first IEP trains will be manufactured by Hitachi at their Kasado factory in Japan until production at Newton Aycliffe commences in autumn 2016. The remaining trains will be assembled at the Newton Aycliffe site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2015 15:15:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

416830

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	First Great Western: Rolling Stock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the timetable for the delivery of the first train for First Great Western of 25 May 2017 will be met.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	8718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The first IEPs will be delivered as planned from May 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2015 14:21:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

416831

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Rolling Stock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the modification to include a buffet car in standard class of the IEP train sets for the East Coast line will be (a) manufactured and (b) assembled.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	8719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Parts for the Virgin Trains East Coast line standard class buffet facilities will be manufactured in Germany and then installed at Newton Aycliffe. 72% of the parts, systems and operations sourced by Hitachi Rail Europe for the IEP have been purchased from UK-based businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2015 15:12:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

416832

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Coast Main Line: Rolling Stock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effect to the delivery timetable for IEP trains for the East Coast line of the modifications to include a buffet car in standard class.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	8720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The inclusion of a standard class buffet facilities will be accommodated within the existing delivery schedule. Trains will enter passenger service on the East Coast Main Line as planned from 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2015 15:21:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

417191

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Pregnancy: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal were notified to Acas under the early conciliation scheme in 2014-15; and how many of those claims (i) were settled by conciliation by Acas, (ii) progressed to a tribunal claim and (iii) were not settled by conciliation by Acas but did not progress to a tribunal case.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The total number of potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal notified to Acas under the early conciliation scheme by individuals in 2014-15 was 1,851. Of these:</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 308 were settled by Acas at early conciliation stage and recorded on a COT3 settlement document;</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 545 progressed to a tribunal claim being taken, 264 of which were subsequently settled on an Acas COT3 following further conciliation;</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 998 were not settled through Acas, but did not progress to a tribunal case.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">An additional 18 notifications were made by employers. Seventeen of these were settled by Acas and the other was neither settled nor progressed to a tribunal.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government does not have data on the number of private settlements which settled claims before reaching a tribunal. The independently commissioned survey of early conciliation (a sample across all jurisdictions) found that 61 per cent of claimants (and their representatives) who did not settle but decided not to submit a tribunal claim reported that Acas was a factor in their decision.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Please note: (i) The jurisdictional provided to Acas is only indicative based on the information given by the prospective claimant; (ii) Counted individually there were a total of 1,882 notifications which means that a small number of claimants notified against more than one respondent.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/09/2015 16:40:49 question first ministerially corrected 14/09/2015 09:48:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 20420 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens