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1092667

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Telephone Services
	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 the 55p per minute cost of the telephone helpline established to provide advice on how to use online court services on the effectiveness of that helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS helplines use 0300 phone numbers in line with HMG guidance for government departments. This is the same as other departments including HMRC and the Home Office, as well as a range of bodies outside Government including the BBC, the RSPCA, Oxfam and Ofcom.</p><p>Calls to 0300 numbers are charged at the same as local rate calls by phone providers.</p><p> </p><p>The helplines are not premium lines and do not generate revenue.</p><p>There is no evidence to suggest that call charges are deterring people from using our services, as we dealt with more than 46,000 calls last month alone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/03/2019 14:40:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1092587

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Ipswich
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to allocate additional resources to reduce the waiting time for a tribunal hearing for employment and support allowance in Ipswich.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>In the last 12 months we have allocated 7 judges to Ipswich as primary or secondary venue, 2 medical members and 2 Disability Qualified Panel Members (DQPMs)</p><p>In Norfolk and Suffolk there is a pool of 6 staff who are deployed to clerk the SSCS hearing venues which are situated in Ipswich, Kings Lynn and Norwich. An additional member of staff will be joining this team from the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2019 to facilitate additional hearings to be held in Norfolk and Suffolk, subject to judicial availability.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice recognises there are delays in the system and it is in the process of recruiting more Judicial office holders in order to increase capacity and help to reduce waiting times for appellants. In the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, 225 new medical members have already been appointed and 119 disability qualified members have recently been recruited. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 fee-paid judges and 100 salaried judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we have recently launched a new digital service to enable speedier processing of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeal</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/03/2019 17:52:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1092724

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the £3 million committed to the Litigants in Person Support Strategy is additional funding for his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The Litigants in Person Support Strategy (LIPSS) works with a range of partners across the advice, voluntary and pro bono sectors to provide information and practical support for litigants in person. This includes providing online and self-help resources, as well as access to free or affordable legal advice and representation, where possible. It does not provide funding to litigants in person directly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is continuing to work with the LIPSS to ensure the additional funding committed to in the Legal Support Action Plan supports as many litigants in person as possible. Since 2014-15, the Ministry of Justice has invested more than £6 million of funding to support litigants in person in the civil and family courts through the LIPSS. An initial investment of £414,535 was provided in 2014-15 for the launch of the LIPSS, and since then has maintained funding at £1.45 million per financial year. As outlined in the Legal Support Action Plan, this funding will be doubled to £3 million per annum for the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is working with HM Treasury to ensure the funding committed through the Legal Support Action plan is a priority for the Department.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 235333 235335 235338 question first answered 29/03/2019 14:36:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1092729

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Representation
	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 number of litigants in person who will access the new funding for the Litigants in Person Support Strategy in the next two years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The Litigants in Person Support Strategy (LIPSS) works with a range of partners across the advice, voluntary and pro bono sectors to provide information and practical support for litigants in person. This includes providing online and self-help resources, as well as access to free or affordable legal advice and representation, where possible. It does not provide funding to litigants in person directly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is continuing to work with the LIPSS to ensure the additional funding committed to in the Legal Support Action Plan supports as many litigants in person as possible. Since 2014-15, the Ministry of Justice has invested more than £6 million of funding to support litigants in person in the civil and family courts through the LIPSS. An initial investment of £414,535 was provided in 2014-15 for the launch of the LIPSS, and since then has maintained funding at £1.45 million per financial year. As outlined in the Legal Support Action Plan, this funding will be doubled to £3 million per annum for the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is working with HM Treasury to ensure the funding committed through the Legal Support Action plan is a priority for the Department.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 235332 235335 235338 question first answered 29/03/2019 14:36:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1092731

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person have accessed funding from the Litigants in Person Support Strategy in each year since it was established.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The Litigants in Person Support Strategy (LIPSS) works with a range of partners across the advice, voluntary and pro bono sectors to provide information and practical support for litigants in person. This includes providing online and self-help resources, as well as access to free or affordable legal advice and representation, where possible. It does not provide funding to litigants in person directly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is continuing to work with the LIPSS to ensure the additional funding committed to in the Legal Support Action Plan supports as many litigants in person as possible. Since 2014-15, the Ministry of Justice has invested more than £6 million of funding to support litigants in person in the civil and family courts through the LIPSS. An initial investment of £414,535 was provided in 2014-15 for the launch of the LIPSS, and since then has maintained funding at £1.45 million per financial year. As outlined in the Legal Support Action Plan, this funding will be doubled to £3 million per annum for the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is working with HM Treasury to ensure the funding committed through the Legal Support Action plan is a priority for the Department.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 235332 235333 235338 question first answered 29/03/2019 14:36:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1092734

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been provided by the Litigants in Person Support Strategy in each year since it was established.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The Litigants in Person Support Strategy (LIPSS) works with a range of partners across the advice, voluntary and pro bono sectors to provide information and practical support for litigants in person. This includes providing online and self-help resources, as well as access to free or affordable legal advice and representation, where possible. It does not provide funding to litigants in person directly.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is continuing to work with the LIPSS to ensure the additional funding committed to in the Legal Support Action Plan supports as many litigants in person as possible. Since 2014-15, the Ministry of Justice has invested more than £6 million of funding to support litigants in person in the civil and family courts through the LIPSS. An initial investment of £414,535 was provided in 2014-15 for the launch of the LIPSS, and since then has maintained funding at £1.45 million per financial year. As outlined in the Legal Support Action Plan, this funding will be doubled to £3 million per annum for the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is working with HM Treasury to ensure the funding committed through the Legal Support Action plan is a priority for the Department.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 235332 235333 235335 question first answered 29/03/2019 14:36:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1092585

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Legal Aid Agency makes of the ability to pay of people it takes enforcement action against to recover debt.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Enforcement action is a last resort where other methods of recovering outstanding public money have not been successful. In some circumstances, enforcement can be done by way of long term security of assets, for example charging orders over property, which would not require immediate redemption of the sums outstanding. An assessment of an individual’s income, outgoings, capital and equity is conducted when exploring repayment and, where necessary, enforcement options, and the viability of recovering the debt is considered before any action is commenced.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/03/2019 17:51:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1092718

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to his Department has been of personal independence payment appeals in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	235248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The cost of Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance hearings is included in the overall cost of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/03/2019 18:54:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew