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1019819

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of minimum staffing levels required for the flexible operating hours pilots to be undertaken at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	198792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Reform Programme, the Flexible Operating Hours (FOH) project was set up to look at options to maximise the use of our court rooms by using them at different times of the day, outside of the traditional hours of 10am – 4pm. On 16 November 2018, it was announced that HMCTS will be proceeding with two pilots in the Civil and Family Courts in Brentford County Court and Manchester Civil Justice Centre and a revised Pilots Prospectus was published. Local Implementation Teams in Brentford and Manchester will finalise the pilot designs and start dates, which are likely to be in Spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the FOH pilots is to understand the impacts of FOH for all court users, including HMCTS staff. An Evaluation Advisory Group has been established to ensure a balanced and comprehensive assessment of pilot activity by independent assessors. Consultation with trade unions will take place under separate arrangements in recognition of the need to consider FOH in the context of wider organisational changes affecting HMCTS staff.</p><p> </p><p>In Manchester Civil Justice Centre, the total number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff is 205 with 29.5 FTE at Band A to D, 146 FTE at Band E and 29.5 FTE at Band F. In Brentford County Court, the total number of FTE staff is 15.5 with 1 FTE at Band C, 2 FTE at Band D, 11 FTE at Band E and 1.5 FTE at Band F. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 0.5. We are committed to ensuring that courts and tribunals have adequate staff to meet operational demands. Staffing requirements for the FOH pilots will be considered by the Local Implementation Teams.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 198789 198790 198791 question first answered 11/12/2018 12:17:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1019832

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) court fines and (b) surcharges remain uncollected; and what steps he is taking to increase the rate of collection for those penalties.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	198793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We are not able to provide information on the proportion of the original fines and victim surcharge that remains outstanding for without incurring disproportionate cost. In order to extract this information we would need to conduct a manual search of all current financial penalty accounts within our fines database. Figures for the total amount of outstanding fines are published and can be found here</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf</a></li></ul><p> </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 clamping down on fine defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. The courts will do everything within their powers to trace those who do not pay. Money can be deducted from an offender's earnings or from benefits if they are unemployed. Other ‘upfront’ compliance actions include, increased use of telephone and text message chasing and use of tracing tools. Warrants can be issued instructing approved enforcement agents to seize and sell goods belonging to the offender. Ultimately an offender can be imprisoned for non-payment of their fine.</p><p> </p><p>Targeted initiatives to improve enforcement of financial penalties include the recent historic debt project. This project which commenced in September 2016 resulted in the re-working of accounts which had previously been administratively cancelled. As of November 2018, £34.3 million has been collected as a result of this project. Lessons learnt from the Project have been incorporated into business as usual processes within NCES.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/12/2018 12:23:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1019834

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service is expecting to spend from the public purse on that service's change management consultancy contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	198794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The HMCTS change management consultancy contract is with pwc, who provide a delivery partner service to support our reform programme. Overall, we are scheduled to spend up to £30 million with them on the contract which was signed in July 2017, and runs for two years, with an option for a one-year extension. It should be noted that this is a strategic partnership contract that replaced several individual contracts and as such gives us access to specialist skills across the change spectrum.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of the spend across the financial years can be shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>17/18 FY Spend</p></td><td><p>£10,418,186.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19 FY Forecast spend</p></td><td><p>£14,808,420.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remaining Contract Cover</p></td><td><p>£4,773,393.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£30,000,000.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/12/2018 12:19:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1046810

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	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: ICT
	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 tackle reported ongoing issues of poor connectivity and online disruption at HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	211699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>I would like to apologise to those who were affected by the recent intermittent disruption, which was caused by an infrastructure failure in our supplier’s data centre. Services continued to operate, and court hearings continued, but I know how frustrating this was for anyone affected.</p><p>We have been working continuously with our suppliers and connectivity has been restored across the Ministry of Justice estate. The Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive for HM Courts and Tribunals Service met with the Chief Executive of Atos UK &amp; Ireland to understand what went wrong. We are continuing to carefully monitor the situation in case any new issues arise.</p><p>I am very grateful to HM Courts and Tribunals staff who put in place contingency plans to make sure trials went ahead as planned and for staff who have worked tirelessly and around the clock to resolve these issues alongside our suppliers.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/01/2019 13:46:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 97869 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1046811

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	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: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts were affected by the reported recent failure of digital infrastructure at HM Courts and Tribunals Service in (a) London, (b) the Midlands (c) North West England, (d) North East England and (e) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	211700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The recent disruption to IT systems intermittently affected all 362 HMCTS Court and Tribunal sites across England and Wales. Connectivity has been restored across the Ministry of Justice estate.</p><p> </p><p>I want to apologise to those who were affected by the intermittent disruption last week. Services continued to operate, and court hearings continued, but I know how frustrating this was for anyone affected.</p><p> </p><p>I am very grateful to HM Courts and Tribunals staff who put in place contingency plans to make sure trials went ahead as planned and for staff who have worked tirelessly and around the clock to resolve these issues alongside our suppliers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/01/2019 17:01:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 97870 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1046812

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	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: ICT
	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 effect of reported recent prolonged IT failures at HM Courts and Tribunals Service on (a) jurors, (b) witnesses and (c) victims of crime.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	211701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>I would like to apologise to those who were affected by the recent intermittent disruption, which was caused by an infrastructure failure in our supplier’s data centre. Services continued to operate, and court hearings continued, but I know how frustrating this was for anyone affected.</p><p>HMCTS staff have worked hard to implement pre-planned contingencies to minimise the impact of the IT issues on criminal trials and all of those involved. HMCTS are now gathering information from all areas of its operations to assess the scale of the impact and any remedial work required.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/02/2019 14:48:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1050452

	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	Courts: Closures
	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 effect of the courts closures programme on the financial cost of travelling to court for (a) witnesses, (b) victims of crime and (c) court staff.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	214022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The decision to close a court is never taken lightly. In the case of each court closure, we undertook 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><p>Allowances and travel expenses for victims of crime and prosecution witnesses are paid for by the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p>Staff who move their work location to an alternative court as part of the Estates Rationalisation Programme, and who incur extra travelling costs to do so, are supported financially by access to an Excess Fares Allowance in line with MOJ policy.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/02/2019 12:21:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1064495

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service plans to spend on consultancies in total; and how much and on which consultancies that service plans to spend (a) more and (b) less than £50,000 in the 2018-19 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	224081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the amounts of expenditure on consultants planned by HMCTS for the 18/19 financial year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY Forecast</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PWC - Delivery Partner</p></td><td><p>18,041,125</p></td><td><p>Strategic advice on Reform Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Methods Business &amp; Digital Technology LTD</p></td><td><p>2,118,619</p></td><td><p>Judicial engagement project to raise awareness of HMCTS reform</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revolving Doors</p></td><td><p>72,000</p></td><td><p>Improve digital services in HMCTS service centres</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PORISM LTD</p></td><td><p>2,385</p></td><td><p>Documenting workshops for three service project</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pinsett Mansons</p></td><td><p>14,233</p></td><td><p>Legal advice re Authorised Enforcement Agency project</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>23,628</p></td><td><p>Consultancy services on Transforming Compliance and Enforcement Programmes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veracity</p></td><td><p>56,574</p></td><td><p>Refinancial Services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beamans Ltd</p></td><td><p>4,296</p></td><td><p>Profile Evaluations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beamans Ltd</p></td><td><p>28,050</p></td><td><p>Job families framework</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beamans Ltd</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td><td><p>Profile Evaluations (JECS or JEPS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beamans Ltd</p></td><td><p>32,346</p></td><td><p>Profile Evaluations (JECS or JEPS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>Work on MoJ participation in National Fraud Initiative</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PA Consultancy Services LTD</p></td><td><p>1,402</p></td><td><p>Facilitation Services for staff away day</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte</p></td><td><p>87,500</p></td><td><p>Financial services forecast for remainder 18/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,503,208</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The majority of spend relates to the PWC Delivery Partner contract, which provides strategic advice and support across HMCTS Reform Note that the figure cited above includes VAT. It should be noted that the PWC contract is a strategic partnership contract that replaced several individual contracts, and as such gives us access to specialist skills across the change spectrum.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/03/2019 18:41:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1064496

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the planned completion date is for the common platform programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	224082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>Our aim is that by 2020, criminal justice partners and HMCTS will have co‐designed and co-delivered the common platform fully. As with all programmes, timelines are under continuous review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2019 15:07:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1064497

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Modernisation
	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 support employees who are due to lose their jobs as a result of the courts modernisation programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	224083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS has recognised the impact that the Courts Reform Programme will have on its workforce over the next few years. To support this change, HMCTS is providing a new style of career transition support. This means that employees will get access to career transition support services earlier. It has invested in an end to end career transition support service for all employees to access. The comprehensive support package has been designed to support employees to make a proactive choice in their future via an online portal – <em>My Future Matters</em>. The portal is a central point for employees to access support and practical career tools such as workshops, one-to-one coaching, on-site support sessions, and a personal career coach to assist them to develop their own transition plan. We are also committed to providing continuing employment within HMCTS for all staff impacted by Courts Reform, including priority access to suitable alternative roles within the organisation, and appropriate opportunities within the Ministry of Justice and wider civil service departments.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2019 15:30:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi