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999572

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of trials in the North West resulted in a conviction in each year between 2010 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	186960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Figures on convictions are published by defendants prosecuted, rather than trials that result in a conviction. The number of defendants prosecuted, convicted and the conviction ratio in the North West between 2010 and 2017 can be calculated from the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>To identify the published data that is North West specific, select ‘Cheshire’, ‘Cumbria’, ‘Greater Manchester’, ‘Lancashire’ and ‘Merseyside’ from ‘Police Force Area’.</li><li>For the number of prosecutions, filter ‘Court Type’ by ’02: Magistrates Court’.</li><li>For the number of convictions remove filtering from ‘Court Type’, and select ’01: Convicted’ from ‘Convicted/Not Convicted’.</li><li>To calculate the conviction ratio, divide the number of convictions by the number of prosecutions.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Figures for 2018 are planned for publication in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/11/2018 17:17:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

999381

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the new prisons planned to be built at (a) Glen Parva and (b) Wellingborough will be (a) operated and (b) managed by a private company.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	186403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places to replace old, expensive and unsuitable accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>As the Chancellor set out in the budget on 30 October, we intend to build the first two prisons through public capital at Wellingborough, which is due to open in 2021 and Glen Parva, which we expect to open in 2022. We are planning to launch a competition later this year to establish a framework from which the operators of the new prisons will be chosen.</p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service will not take part in the prison competition. We will provide a ‘public sector benchmark’ against which operators’ bids can be assessed and will take on the provider role if bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/11/2018 17:37:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997550

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times his Department has (a) received a request for and (b) suggested the voluntary downgrading of an employee; when that request or suggestion took place and for what reason; for what reason voluntary downgrading was (i) applied and (ii) rejected; and whether his Department (A) applied and (B) declined pay protection in the three years prior to 3 July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice’s employee information is maintained by a Shared Services function, however the Shared Services function does not maintain a detailed record of the reason/s for downgrading in their system, whether voluntary or business led. Shared Services would also not hold details for a rejected voluntary downgrade. Therefore, to locate and collate the information requested would require a manual check of all employee files across the Ministry of Justice and its Arm’s Length bodies, which would exceed the cost limit.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/11/2018 17:16:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997552

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
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 the potential cost of not taking into account jointly-owned homes when assessing the eligibility of victims of domestic violence for legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that victims of domestic abuse must have access to the help that they need, including access to legal aid. Legal aid remains available for victims of domestic violence and child abuse where objective evidence of this abuse can be provided, subject to means and merits test.</p><p>We are determined to improve the treatment of domestic abuse victims and have recently consulted on how best to build on the recent improvements we have made in this area. We are examining responses received to the consultation, ahead of publishing a formal Government response later this year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/11/2018 12:21:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997570

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme
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 annual cost to the public purse of legal aid for bereaved families for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the annual cost to the public purse of legal aid for bereaved families for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong>Costs for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Value (£'000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>761</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Applications and grants for ECF inquest over the last 5 years:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Applications granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Breakdown of refused and rejected ECF inquests applications, over the last five years</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Costs increase refusal</p></td><td><p>ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Means</p></td><td><p>Means &amp; ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Means &amp; Merits (both)</p></td><td><p>Normal &amp; ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Normal Merits</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Rejected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>In Scope</p></td><td><p>Incomplete</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Premature</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 185679 question first answered 07/11/2018 14:56:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997572

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was for legal aid funding for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years was; and how many applications for that funding were (a) made, (b) granted and (c) denied broken down by reason for refusal in the same period.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on the annual cost to the public purse of legal aid for bereaved families for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong>Costs for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Value (£'000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>761</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Applications and grants for ECF inquest over the last 5 years:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Applications granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Breakdown of refused and rejected ECF inquests applications, over the last five years</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Costs increase refusal</p></td><td><p>ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Means</p></td><td><p>Means &amp; ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Means &amp; Merits (both)</p></td><td><p>Normal &amp; ECF Merits</p></td><td><p>Normal Merits</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Rejected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>In Scope</p></td><td><p>Incomplete</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Premature</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 185678 question first answered 07/11/2018 14:56:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997620

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released from prison in error in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on releases in error are published as part of the HM Prison and Probation Service Annual Digest. The latest publication can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018. Data for 2010 - 2018 is included within the Chapter 1 table: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729465/01-escapes-absconds.xlsx' in table 1.22</p><p>Releases in error are rare and in the vast majority of cases offenders are returned to custody very quickly</p><p>We work closely with the police to recapture those at large and investigate each incident thoroughly to see what lessons can be learned.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/11/2018 12:10:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997732

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department are paid less than £8.75 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	185755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>All MoJ employees are paid at least the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.</p><p>1479 staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ HQ, HMCTS, LAA, OPG and CICA) and 543 by HMPPS are paid at a rate below £8.75 per hour.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/11/2018 17:16:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

997747

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department applied pay protection (a) as a reasonable adjustment, (b) for welfare reasons, (c) as part of an agreed retirement plan and (d) for other reasons to employees who voluntarily downgraded in the three years up to to 3 July 2017; and for what reason his Department declined pay protection for such employees during that period.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/11/2018 17:17:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997770

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department are paid less than £10.20 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	185775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>All MoJ employees are paid at least the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>7866 staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ HQ, HMCTS, LAA, OPD and CICA) and 6,398 by HMPPS are paid at a rate below £10.25 per hour.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/11/2018 13:33:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden