HM Courts & Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring that children and young people who go to court understand what is happening, take part in the process and receive the appropriate support, including agreed adjustments.<\/p>
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Criminal Practice Directions are in place and give guidance to the courts and users about how to effectively and appropriately make use of live links and telephone facilities. This includes guidance on how and when live links should be used for hearings and provides specific guidance for defendants aged under 18.<\/p>
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The court will deal with any application for use of a video link on a case\u2010by\u2010case basis, after consultation with the parties, including parents and carers and the Youth Offending Team.<\/p>
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The Ministry of Justice has not conducted an assessment of outcomes of hearings depending on whether video was used. Outcomes of hearings are a matter for the judiciary. HMCTS keeps parents and carers informed of hearing dates and times.<\/p>
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The Ministry of Justice has not conducted an assessment of Youth Offending Teams\u2019 ability to fulfil their statutory duties depending on whether a video link was used, but any decision to use a video link would be taken following consultation with the Youth Offending Team.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4517", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Frazer"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South East Cambridgeshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lucy Frazer"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-02-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-02-20T16:40:33.97Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-02-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Courts: Video Conferencing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the decision will be made on assessing whether a child defendant has the ability to effectively participate in court proceedings via a video link rather than in person; and what adjustments are made for a child appearing before a court via video link.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burgon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Leeds East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Burgon"} ], "uin" : "127170"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838336", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838336/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
This Government does not believe that any changes to the law on joint enterprise are currently needed, but will keep the matter under review. It is for the courts to interpret and apply the common law in this area, and in particular, the change to the law on parasitic accessory liability made by the Supreme Court in R v Jogee<\/em>. This Government, like the previous one, is satisfied that the Supreme Court has made the necessary correction to the law and believes this goes a long way in responding to concerns expressed earlier by members of the Justice Committee.<\/p> <\/p> In addition, the Crown Prosecution Service has consulted on revised guidance for use by prosecutors on secondary liability and aims to publish the final version in the early part of this year. This guidance will take account of the Lammy Recommendation that the CPS, while reworking its guidance on joint enterprise, should consider its approach to gang prosecutions in general. The CPS has already revised its internal resources on gangs in light of the recommendations resulting from the Lammy Review.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the implementation of recommendations on joint enterprise from the (a) Law Commission report entitled Participating In Crime, published in 2006, (b) Eleventh Report of the Justice Committee of Session 2010-12, Joint Enterprise, HC1597, and (c) Lammy Review of 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4518", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tulip Siddiq"}
}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838470", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838470/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The gross budget for the Employment Tribunal Service in each year since 2010 is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> 2010/11 - £60.9m<\/p> 2011/12 - £62.6m<\/p> 2012/13 - £58.0m<\/p> 2103/14 - £53.4m<\/p> 2014/15 - £50.9m<\/p> 2015/16 - £51.2m<\/p> 2016/17 - £41.4m<\/p> 2017/18 - £45.6m<\/p> These figures are for costs only, and exclude fees received and overheads of the tribunal.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-02-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget was for the employment tribunal service in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/491", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838541", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838541/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 2.9m initial Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions were made by the Department for Work and Pensions between April 2013 and September 2017. Of those, 8% were appealed against, and 4% overturned at an appeal hearing. These data are included in the links below.<\/p> https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a><\/p> <\/p> The number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment1<\/sup> appeals decided in favour of the appellant<\/p><\/td> England<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> Wolverhampton North East2<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> No. Found in favour3<\/sup><\/em><\/p><\/td> % Found in favour4<\/sup><\/em><\/p><\/td> No. Found in favour<\/em><\/p><\/td> % Found in favour<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013-20145<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 16<\/em><\/p><\/td> 25%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 0<\/em><\/p><\/td> 0%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014-20155<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 2488<\/em><\/p><\/td> 50%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 42<\/em><\/p><\/td> 42%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015-20165<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 23675<\/em><\/p><\/td> 61%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 953<\/em><\/p><\/td> 61%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016-20175<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 36834<\/em><\/p><\/td> 66%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 1148<\/em><\/p><\/td> 67%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Quarter 1 2017-20186<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 11137<\/em><\/p><\/td> 66%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 398<\/em><\/p><\/td> 64%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Quarter 2 2017-20187<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 11448<\/em><\/p><\/td> 68%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 346<\/em><\/p><\/td> 74%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> 1. <\/sup><\/em>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013. Data includes Personal Independence (New Claims and Reassessments). There were low volumes in 2013-2014.<\/em><\/p> <\/p> 3. <\/sup><\/em>No. Found in favour is based on the number found in favour of the appellant.<\/em><\/p> <\/p> 4. <\/sup><\/em>Percentage Found in favour is based on the number found in favour as a percentage of the appeals cleared at hearing this is in line with the published stats calculation.<\/em><\/p> <\/p> 5. <\/sup><\/em>Financial Years April to March.<\/em><\/p> <\/p> 6. <\/sup><\/em>Quarter 1 April- June.<\/em><\/p> <\/p> 7. <\/sup><\/em>Quarter 2 July- September- the latest period for which data are available.<\/em><\/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. <\/em><\/p> The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.<\/em><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of Personal Independence Payment appeals from people resident in (i) England and (ii) Wolverhampton North East have been successful.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4077", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Reynolds"}
}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838606", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838606/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Lord Chancellor has a joint statutory duty with the Lord Chief Justice and the Judicial Appointments Commission to encourage judicial diversity.<\/p> The MoJ is working with the Lord Chief Justice and the Judicial Appointments Commission to consider all practical actions that would impact positively on diversity, assess the impact of our existing activities and measure progress<\/p> <\/p> The MoJ also strongly supports the work of the Judicial Diversity Forum which coordinates action by MoJ, the Judicial Appointments Commission, the judiciary and the legal professional bodies to increase judicial diversity. The Judicial Appointments Commission, judiciary and legal professions undertake a range of outreach events, shadowing programmes, pre-application support and mentoring to attract and support eligible candidates, which includes programmes specifically targeted at underrepresented groups to encourage applications from diverse applicants.<\/p>"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2018-02-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Judges: Equality"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the diversity of judges.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4623", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tonia Antoniazzi"}
], "uin" : "127426"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838609", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/838609/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Figures on the number of defendants by legal representation status in the Crown Court in Wales and Swansea, 2010 \u2013 2016, are shown in Table 1a and Table 1b.<\/p> Table 1a: Representation status, at first hearing, of defendants dealt with in the Crown Court, Wales, annually 2010 - 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Representation status at first hearing<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total number of defendants dealt within trial cases<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Known representation<\/strong><\/p><\/td> No advocate representation / unknown<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Number<\/p><\/td> Number<\/p><\/td> Percentage<\/p><\/td> Number<\/p><\/td> Percentage<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/p><\/td> 5,937<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,750<\/p><\/td> 97%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 187<\/p><\/td> 3%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/p><\/td> 5,532<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,388<\/p><\/td> 97%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 144<\/p><\/td> 3%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> 5,479<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,337<\/p><\/td> 97%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 142<\/p><\/td> 3%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> 5,275<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,161<\/p><\/td> 98%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 114<\/p><\/td> 2%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> 5,367<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,174<\/p><\/td> 96%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 193<\/p><\/td> 4%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 5,677<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,433<\/p><\/td> 96%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 244<\/p><\/td> 4%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> 4,759<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4,587<\/p><\/td> 96%<\/em><\/p><\/td> 172<\/p><\/td> 4%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Table 1b: Representation status, at first hearing, of defendants dealt with in the Crown Court, Swansea, annually 2010 \u2013 2016<\/strong><\/p> <\/p>