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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

1064498

	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 estimate he has made of the reduction in staff as a result of the courts modernisation programme in (a) London, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) Bolton and (d) England.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	224084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold expected staffing numbers for our end state in specific geographical locations. as there are often changes as the Reform programme develops. End state Service Centres are an example of this, where large numbers of our administrative staff will be based, but locations have not been finalised. We will assess the impact of reform as it is delivered on the number of courts we need, and will be carefully considering where changes to the estate are required to maximise the benefits of reform while making sure that effective access to justice is maintained.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2019 15:16:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1064500

	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, whether the Government plans to (a) hold and (b) publish the outcome of a future public consultation on the courts reform programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	224085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>On 15 September 2016, the Government published a consultation paper, “Transforming our Justice System”, setting proposals for the reform of our courts and tribunals. This was accompanied by a joint statement by the then Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals setting out their shared vision for the future of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/553261/joint-vision-statement.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/553261/joint-vision-statement.pdf</a></p><p>The government response to consultation was published on 8 February 2017: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/590391/transforming-our-justice-system-government-response.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/590391/transforming-our-justice-system-government-response.pdf</a></p><p>Further details of how we are engaging our stakeholders in developing the reform programme are set out in the response to the Committee of Public Accounts third recommendation on Courts and Tribunals reform, which can be accessed at the following link. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759859/HMCTS060_ExternalStakeEngageApproach_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759859/HMCTS060_ExternalStakeEngageApproach_FINAL.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/02/2019 18:14:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1064501

	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the responses received during the Judicial Ways of Working exercise will be (a) shared with the judges consulted and (b) published.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	224086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Judicial Ways of Working exercise was a judicially led process. Jurisdictionally-themed overviews of the issues raised were released to the judiciary by Heads of Division in December 2018 and published on the judicial website in January 2019 (<a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/jurisdictional-responses-to-the-judicial-ways-of-working-exercise" target="_blank">https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/jurisdictional-responses-to-the-judicial-ways-of-working-exercise</a>).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/02/2019 17:22:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi