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	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government collects evidence on abuse of the civil damages system by people involved in terrorism-related activity; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	9834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government estimates fewer than 50 claims have been brought in the last ten years which would be likely to generate an application made under the reforms proposed in the National Security Bill currently before Parliament to reduce, freeze or forfeit civil damages to claimants involved in terrorism.</p><p>We are legislating to reduce the risk that large sums of money will be paid out in awards of damages to claimants where there is a real risk of their using it to support acts of terror.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 06/06/2022 15:37:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1399339

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Greater London
	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 1 November 2021 to Question 67051, what progress he has made in reducing the delays at Westferry Family Court; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	96753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>Work continues to be undertaken on the redistribution of work to help support East London Family Court. Capacity across the estate is being fully utilised and Financial Remedy and Public Law cases continue to be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice and the Nightingale Court at Petty France. Pilot Practice Directorate 36Q has also been implemented at East London Family Court (New <strong>Pilot Practice Direction</strong> 36Q came into force from 23 April 2020. Pilot PD36Q modifies PD12B (Child Arrangements Programme) to provide temporary local flexibility over procedures for progressing applications for Child Arrangements Orders).</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the continuing exceptionally high receipts of Private Law work at East London Family Court, along with the continuing pressures on judicial recruitment and Cafcass resource, it has been agreed with the Senior Judiciary that some of this work will initially be heard at Central and West London Family Courts with a longer plan of transferring some of the East London postcodes to these courts to balance the waiting times across the region.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the rebalancing exercise is unlikely to show for several months due to the nature of how cases are listed. However, despite continuing pressures, outstanding cases remain fairly static with 2299 at the end of October and 2251 at the end of December.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://hmcts-opt/ords/f?p=100:500::::::" target="_blank">OPT Report - FamilyMan Private Law Workload and Performance (BY CASE)</a></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/01/2022 17:35:28 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1364931

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the delays in hearing cases at Westferry Family Court.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	67050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The administration and senior judiciary are working closely together to increase the sitting capacity across the East London Cluster which comprises of East London Family Court, Croydon County and Bromley County Court and to re-balance the volumes of work across the Region.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the pressures on family work across the East London Estate, a Nightingale Court was created at Petty France with four additional courts. Additional courts are also being utilised in Stratford Magistrates and the Royal Courts of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The increased use of digital hearings in family have allowed the court to utilise more part-time judiciary and increase the number of hearings heard on a remote basis, and the introduction of PD36Q* is enabling the court to progress private law cases through the system more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>*PD36Q New Pilot Practice Direction 36Q came into force from 23 April 2020. Pilot PD36Q modifies PD12B (Child Arrangements Programme) to provide temporary local flexibility over procedures for progressing applications for Child Arrangements Orders.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 67051 question first answered 04/11/2021 17:27:12 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1364932

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Greater London
	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 impact on (a) children and (b) families of the seven month delay in hearing cases at Westferry Family Court.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	67051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The administration and senior judiciary are working closely together to increase the sitting capacity across the East London Cluster which comprises of East London Family Court, Croydon County and Bromley County Court and to re-balance the volumes of work across the Region.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the pressures on family work across the East London Estate, a Nightingale Court was created at Petty France with four additional courts. Additional courts are also being utilised in Stratford Magistrates and the Royal Courts of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The increased use of digital hearings in family have allowed the court to utilise more part-time judiciary and increase the number of hearings heard on a remote basis, and the introduction of PD36Q* is enabling the court to progress private law cases through the system more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>*PD36Q New Pilot Practice Direction 36Q came into force from 23 April 2020. Pilot PD36Q modifies PD12B (Child Arrangements Programme) to provide temporary local flexibility over procedures for progressing applications for Child Arrangements Orders.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 67050 question first answered 04/11/2021 17:27:12 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms