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1139032

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	County Courts: Lambeth
	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 8 July 2019 to Question 272804 on Court: Sales, if he will place a copy of the valuation report relating to Lambeth County Court in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	277305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Lambeth County Court was occupied by HM Courts and Tribunals Service on a leasehold basis. The figure provided in the Answer to Question 272804 showed the negotiated receipt for the early exit of the leasehold arrangement. The disposal value was market tested through an open market campaign, a site valuation report was not conducted.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/07/2019 11:26:08 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1137189

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Bradford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the court utilisation rate at Bradford Crown Court in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	273759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Court utilisation rates at Bradford Crown Court from April 2015 onwards are detailed in the tables below. Utilisation data prior to April 2015 is incomplete.</p><p> </p><p>Bradford Crown Court (figures relate to a subset of the Bradford Combined Court courtrooms that are primarily designed for Crown use.)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Available hours (Crown)</p></td><td><p>Total utilisation hours (Crown only)</p></td><td><p>Crown utilisation rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April – Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>7,210</p></td><td><p>4,618</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>9,415</p></td><td><p>6,342</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>9,155</p></td><td><p>5,604</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>8,755</p></td><td><p>5,175</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Bradford Combined Court (All jurisdictions)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Available hours (all jurisdictions)</p></td><td><p>Total utilisation hours (all jurisdictions)</p></td><td><p>Utilisation rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April – Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>15,120</p></td><td><p>8,133</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17,640</p></td><td><p>11,461</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>20,080</p></td><td><p>14,011</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>20,160</p></td><td><p>13,676</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The utilisation quoted is for all jurisdictions (work type) sharing this Crown Court building, and not just for Crown work. Availability is calculated as 2.5 hours per session per working day, and there are generally 2 sessions per working day, giving a notional 5-hour sitting day. Bradford Crown Court data relates to a subset of the Bradford Combined Court courtrooms that are primarily designed for Crown use. Available hours represents the hours notionally available, irrespective of whether subsequently utilised for crime, civil, family or tribunal hearings. The availability figure ignores all short-term unavailability as a result, for example, of being out of use due to local/temporary building work, or use by other organisations. Utilisation is only recorded for hearings in HMCTS-controlled or owned court/hearing rooms where parties were physically present.</p><p> </p><p>The utilisation rate is calculated as the total hours used divided by the number of notionally available hours. The data was produced from the HMCTS Performance Database on 8 July 2019. 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 available</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/07/2019 16:38:01 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1137193

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Bradford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was money was spent by his Department on constructing a secure dock in Bradford Crown Court.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	273763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The total spent to the supplier on the secure dock for Bradford Combined Court was £56,576.54</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to keeping our courts, and all those that use them, secure and safe and the installation of a secure dock at Bradford Crown Court is part of those efforts.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/07/2019 16:21:36 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1137196

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the court utilisation rate was at (a) Camberwell Green and (b) Croydon Magistrates Court in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	273766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Court utilisation rates are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Camberwell Green Magistrates’ and Youth Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Building utilisation rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan – Dec 2017</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan – Dec 2018</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Croydon Magistrates’ Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Building utilisation rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan – Dec 2017</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan – Dec 2018</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>61%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The utilisation quoted is for all jurisdictions (work type) sharing the Magistrates' Court building, and not just for Magistrates' work. Availability is calculated as 2.5 hours per session per working day, and there are generally 2 sessions per working day, giving a notional 5-hour sitting day.</p><p>Available Hours represents the hours notionally available, irrespective of whether subsequently utilised for crime, civil, family or tribunal hearings.</p><p> </p><p>The Utilisation Rate represents the total utilisation of the notional capacity of each venue, of which magistrates court hearings will therefore only be a subset. The availability figure ignores all short-term unavailability as a result, for example, of being out of use due to local/temporary building work, or use by other organisations. Utilisation is only recorded for hearings in HMCTS-controlled or owned Court/hearing rooms where parties were physically present.</p><p> </p><p>The utilisation rate is calculated as the total hours used divided by the number of notionally available hours. The data was produced from the HMCTS Performance Database on 8 July 2019.</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> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/07/2019 16:10:35 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1137197

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Camberwell and Peckham
	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 plans to relocate of the work of Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court to other courts following the closure of that court; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	273767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The decision to close Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court was not taken lightly and followed a public consultation that concluded the local community will have reasonable access to alternative courts.</p><p> </p><p>Hearings for those under the age of 18 have already been relocated to Bromley Magistrates’ Court and plans are being finalised to transfer the remaining workload to Croydon Magistrates’ Court and Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court.</p><p> </p><p>Building works to provide additional court capacity are due to take place at Croydon later this year. We anticipate this will require the temporary relocation of court operations from Croydon as the work is completed and we are in process of engaging with court users to assist with the development of these plans.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/07/2019 16:12:10 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1137199

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria was for the selection of people to join the review on how the family courts protect children and parents in cases of domestic abuse and other serious offences announced on 21 May 2019; whether one of the criterion was equality of gender representation; for what reason that selection did not include representatives of fathers or men; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	273769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The members of the panel established to gather evidence on the protections provided by the family courts in cases involving domestic abuse and other serious offences were appointed for their expertise on the issue. The panel includes the pre-eminent academics; senior judiciary; Women’s Aid to represent victims; the Chief Social Worker and the Association of Children’s Lawyers to represent practitioners. The panel will launch a public call for evidence open to all individuals and organisations, and is considering other mechanisms for gathering the full range of views on the issues.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/07/2019 16:28:47 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies