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946889

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of time that families of child claimants of disability living allowance have to wait between appealing a decision and their tribunal hearing date.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is in the process of recruiting extra fee-paid judicial office holders. In the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, which is the part of the tribunal system which deals with disability living allowance appeals, 226 new medical members have already been appointed and up to 125 disability-qualified members are currently being recruited. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we are developing a new digital system to enable speedier processing of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. These measures will increase capacity, helping to reduce waiting times for appellants.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:13:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946890

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time is that families of child claimants of disability living allowance in Garston and Halewood constituency have to wait for a tribunal hearing when appealing the outcome of a mandatory reconsideration.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not categorise Disability Living Allowance appeals by the age of the appellant. This information is therefore not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2018 16:50:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

968255

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	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 23 July 2018 to Question 167151 on Disability Living Allowance: Appeals, what the timeframe is for the reduction in the waiting times to be achieved; and what recent assessment she has made of the potential level of reduction in waiting times.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	170701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Training is underway for the judicial office holders who have already been recruited to the Tribunal. Once this is completed we expect more cases to be listed, improving the throughput in the tribunal. We will continue to work closely with the judiciary to reduce waiting times including judicial consideration of whether a hearing should be expedited.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2018 16:58:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051364

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	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: Merseyside
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many HM Courts and Tribunal Service buildings, including Court and Tribunal buildings have been operated in Merseyside in each year between 2010 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	214505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number of operational court and tribunal buildings in Merseyside, position at the end of the financial year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16*</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table>* In 2015/16 Liverpool Magistrates’ Court (Dale street) was integrated into the Liverpool Single Centre for Crime QEII building. While this resulted in a building closure, the court was relocated nearby in Liverpool rather than closed. The decision to close a court is never taken lightly. For each court closure, we conducted a public consultation exercise and considered the responses we received very carefully. The Lord Chancellor has only agreed to close courts when satisfied that effective access to justice would be maintained.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2019 15:00:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1050386

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Leasehold: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses the Law Commission received from existing leaseholders to the consultation entitled, Leasehold home ownership: buying your freehold or extending your lease, published in September 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	213957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Commission received over 1,100 responses to the consultation on enfranchisement reform.</p><p>These responses are from a wide range of interested stakeholders including lawyers, surveyors, leaseholders, landlords, and representative groups.</p><p>The Commission has not yet categorised the 1,100 consultation responses to enable them to identify how many responses are from leaseholders. The Commission’s initial estimate is that around three-quarters of responses are from leaseholders. <br> <br>It is Law Commission policy to publish a full analysis of consultation responses for all its projects, so this information will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/02/2019 12:17:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145680

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for personal independence payments claimants awaiting an appeal on their claim to be heard in the Garston and Halewood constituency in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	290677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>Waiting times for appeals against decisions made about Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Average waiting times<sup>1</sup> for PIP<sup>2</sup> appeals in Garston and Halewood<sup>3</sup> between July 2018 to June 2019 (the latest 12 month period for which data are available) are included in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Waiting time (in weeks)<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019<sup> p</sup></p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019<sup> p</sup></p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2019<sup> p</sup></p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1. </sup>Waiting time is interpreted as average clearance time – time taken from appeal receipt to outcome.</p><p><sup>2. </sup>PIP (New Claim Appeals), which is replacing Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, and also includes Disability Living Allowance Reassessed cases.</p><p><sup>3. </sup>SSCS data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the tribunal hearing, which is normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. Cases relating to the Garston and Halewood constituency are attributed to the Liverpool venue.</p><p><sup>4. </sup>Includes all cases cleared both with and without a tribunal hearing, in line with the published statistics.</p><p><sup>p. </sup>Provisional data which are subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. 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>It is important that appeals are heard as quickly as possible. HMCTS recognises there are delays in the system and it is in the process of recruiting more judicial office holders in order to increase capacity and help to reduce waiting times for appellants. This includes 250 judges across the First-tier Tribunal, 125 disability qualified members and up to 230 medical members.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMCTS has recently launched a new digital service with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals. Information on the new digital service can be found at: www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is also working with the Department for Work and Pensions to understand what could be done to reduce the number of appeals being submitted to the Tribunal, through their focus on improving decision-making and the mandatory reconsideration process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/09/2019 16:48:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946893

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claimants of personal independence payment have (a) applied to a tribunal to appeal the decision in their case, (b) had their appeal heard at tribunal and (c) been successful on appeal at the Tribunal in Garston and Halewood constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>The information provided below is a further breakdown of these data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Liverpool <sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) <sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FYTD<sup> 3</sup></p></td><td><p>Receipts <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Total Cleared <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Number cleared at hearing <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>Number Decision in Favour <sup>7</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>1789</p></td><td><p>1375</p></td><td><p>1232</p></td><td><p>707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>3255</p></td><td><p>2464</p></td><td><p>2160</p></td><td><p>1366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018<sup>8</sup></p></td><td><p>3231</p></td><td><p>2622</p></td><td><p>2141</p></td><td><p>1435</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1. Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) data are normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellant’s actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue. Appeals within the Garston and Halewood Constituency are heard in the Liverpool venue.</p><p>2. PIP (New Claim Appeals and Reassessments) which is replacing Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013. As such appeal volumes received by HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service in 2013-2014 are low.</p><p>3. By financial year - from April to March.</p><p>4. Number of receipts for PIP registered to the Liverpool venue.</p><p>5. The total number of appeals disposed of, inclusive of both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.</p><p>6. Total number of cases cleared at a tribunal hearing.</p><p>7. Number found in favour of the appellant.</p><p>8. Data April 17 to March 18 are provisional data and subject to change</p><p> </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 are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, more than 3.1 million decisions have been made, and of these under 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:08:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1437004

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has introduced any exemptions to the current documentary requirements to allow the process of delivering aid to EU countries to assist Ukrainian refugees to be expedited in particular in relation to MRN numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	132167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Businesses and individuals sending goods as in kind donations to assist Ukrainian refugees have to follow UK export guidance and comply with any import rules in the EU or other country that the goods are going to. UK businesses can contact the Export Support Service by phone or online for advice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands that people in the UK want to help. The Government advises that businesses and individuals should give money through trusted charities and humanitarian aid organisations, rather than donating in kind assistance, such as blankets and clothing. Trusted humanitarian partners will be regularly assessing the need and delivering the assistance required to meet those needs. The Disasters Emergency Committee appeal can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dec.org.uk%2Fappeal%2Fukraine-humanitarian-appeal&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cbbcd88d1db294045ae2b08da00449ee7%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637822591960051326%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=mnIZi76b%2FSCM7aU1mgMeKf1isDLgBlNSiDZ8L81uxtg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/03/2022 16:17:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle