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886183

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the legal aid means test threshold was last reviewed; and when the next review is due to take place.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	136378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The civil and criminal means tests were last reviewed and uprated in 2008 and 2009 respectively, however both are evaluated by the government on an ongoing basis. The means test is a crucial way in which the government protects legal aid for those who need it most while balancing this with cost to the taxpayer.</p><p>As announced by the Lord Chancellor, we are conducting a review of legal aid reforms and plan to take this opportunity to inform wider consideration on the future of legal support in the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 15:50:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

886185

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Tribunals: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March to Question 130227, on courts: video conferencing, how many hours of tribunal time are planned to be assessed during that evaluation.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	136380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We are currently holding a pilot within the tax chamber which allows both appellants and HMRC to join a fully video hearing from their own location and using their own equipment, using newly developed web based software. We have commissioned an independent academic evaluation which will give us insight into the way people engage with the system, identify what is working well and what needs to be improved.</p><p>It is planned that 24 cases will be heard during the video hearings pilot for an estimated total of 48 hours.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

886255

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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, how many courts have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	136450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not hold court and tribunal closure information by parliamentary constituency, however, I provide below a list of closures recorded between financial years 2010-11 and 2016-17. In the case of tribunals, we do not hold information centrally for tribunal closures pre-dating 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year</strong></p><p>Wantage Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year</strong></p><p>Aberdare County Court</p><p>Aberdare Magistrates Court</p><p>Abertillery Magistrates Court</p><p>Acton Magistrates Court</p><p>Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Amersham Magistrates Court</p><p>Ammanford Magistrates Court</p><p>Ashford County Court</p><p>Ashford Magistrates Court</p><p>Balham Youth Court</p><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham Magistrates Court</p><p>Barry Magistrates Court</p><p>Batley &amp; Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland County Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court</p><p>Blandford Forum Magistrates Court</p><p>Blaydon Magistrates Court</p><p>Brentford Magistrates Court</p><p>Bridgwater Magistrates Court</p><p>Camborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Cardigan Magistrates Court</p><p>Cheltenham County Court</p><p>Chepstow County Court</p><p>Chepstow Magistrates Court</p><p>Chorley County Court</p><p>Cirencester Magistrates Court</p><p>Coalville Magistrates Court</p><p>Coleford Magistrates Court</p><p>Consett County Court</p><p>Cromer Magistrates Court</p><p>Daventry Magistrates Court</p><p>Dewsbury County Court</p><p>Didcot Magistrates Court</p><p>Ely Magistrates Court</p><p>Epping Magistrates Court</p><p>Epsom County Court</p><p>Epsom Magistrates Court</p><p>Evesham County Court</p><p>Flint Magistrates Court</p><p>Frome Magistrates Court</p><p>Goole County Court</p><p>Goole Magistrates Court</p><p>Gosforth Magistrates Court</p><p>Grantham County Court</p><p>Gravesend County Court</p><p>Grays Magistrates Court</p><p>Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court</p><p>Halesowen Magistrates Court</p><p>Harlow County Court</p><p>Harrow Magistrates Court</p><p>Haywards Heath County Court</p><p>Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court</p><p>Hitchin County Court</p><p>Honiton Magistrates Court</p><p>Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court</p><p>Huntingdon County Court</p><p>Ilford County Court</p><p>Ilkeston Magistrates Court</p><p>Keighley County Court</p><p>Kidderminster County Court</p><p>Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court</p><p>Knowsley Magistrates Court</p><p>Lewes Magistrates Court</p><p>Liskeard Magistrates Court</p><p>Llandovery Magistrates Court</p><p>Llangefni Magistrates Court</p><p>Llwynypia Magistrates Court</p><p>Lowestoft County Court (FPC)</p><p>Ludlow County Court</p><p>Ludlow Magistrates Court</p><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Drayton Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Harborough Magistrates Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray County Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court</p><p>Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court</p><p>Newark County Court</p><p>Newark Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Newbury County Court</p><p>Northwich County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County)</p><p>Oswestry County Court</p><p>Oswestry Magistrates Court</p><p>Penrith County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County)</p><p>Penzance County Court</p><p>Penzance Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontypool County Court</p><p>Poole County Court</p><p>Pwllheli Magistrates Court</p><p>Rawtenstall County Court</p><p>Rawtenstall Magistrates Court</p><p>Redditch County Court</p><p>Retford Magistrates Court</p><p>Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Rugby County Court</p><p>Rugby Magistrates Court</p><p>Runcorn County Court</p><p>Rutland Magistrates Court</p><p>Salford County Court</p><p>Salford Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Shrewsbury County Court</p><p>Sittingbourne Magistrates Court</p><p>Skegness County Court</p><p>Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court</p><p>Southport County Court</p><p>Stourbridge County Court</p><p>Stratford Upon Avon County Court</p><p>Sudbury Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Magistrates Court</p><p>Swaffham Magistrates Court</p><p>Tamworth County Court</p><p>Tamworth Magistrates Court</p><p>Thetford Magistrates Court</p><p>Totnes Magistrates Court</p><p>Towcester Magistrates Court</p><p>Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Wellingborough County Court</p><p>West Bromwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Whitehaven County Court</p><p>Whitehaven Magistrates Court</p><p>Wimborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Wisbech Magistrates Court</p><p>Witney Magistrates Court</p><p>Woking Magistrates Court</p><p>Woolwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Worksop County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year </strong></p><p>Burton Upon Trent County Court</p><p>Haringey Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontefract County Court</p><p>Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court</p><p>Selby Magistrates Court</p><p>Trowbridge County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year</strong></p><p>Abergavenny Magistrates' Court</p><p>Andover Magistrates Court</p><p>Denbigh Magistrates Court</p><p>North Liverpool Community Justice Centre</p><p>Tower Bridge Magistrates Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year</strong></p><p>Alton Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bracknell Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Tribunal</p><p>Knutsford Crown Court</p><p>Neath Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House</p><p>Spalding Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year</strong></p><p>Accrington County Court</p><p>Accrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>Aldershot &amp; Farnham County Court</p><p>Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal</p><p>Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge RPTS Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House</p><p>Chesterfield County Court</p><p>Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal</p><p>Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place</p><p>Epsom Tribunal</p><p>Harrogate County Court</p><p>Hereford County Court</p><p>Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House</p><p>Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court</p><p>Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court</p><p>Solihull Magistrates' Court</p><p>The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal</p><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court</p><p>Worksop Magistrates' Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year</strong></p><p>Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court</p><p>Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)</p><p>Bournemouth Magistrates' Court</p><p>Brecon Law Courts</p><p>Bridgend Law Courts</p><p>Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Buxton Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Caerphilly Magistrates' Court</p><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</p><p>Consett Magistrates' Court</p><p>Corby Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dartford Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dolgellau Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Doncaster County Court</p><p>Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined)</p><p>Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal</p><p>Fareham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Feltham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Gloucester Magistrates' Court</p><p>Grantham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Greenwich Magistrates' Court</p><p>Halifax County Court</p><p>Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)</p><p>Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)</p><p>Hartlepool Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Hinckley Magistrates' Court</p><p>Kettering Magistrates' Court</p><p>King's Lynn County Court</p><p>Lowestoft Magistrates' Court</p><p>Macclesfield County Court</p><p>Macclesfield Magistrates' Court</p><p>Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal</p><p>Morpeth &amp; Berwick County Court</p><p>Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court</p><p>Oldham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Ormskirk Magistrates' Court</p><p>Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre</p><p>Pontypridd Magistrates' Court</p><p>Prestatyn Magistrates' Court</p><p>Redhill Magistrates' &amp; Reigate County Court</p><p>Rhyl County Court</p><p>Rotherham Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court</p><p>Sandwell Magistrates' Court</p><p>Scunthorpe Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Skegness Magistrates' Court</p><p>Southampton Barrack Block</p><p>St Helens Magistrates' Court</p><p>Stroud Magistrates' Court</p><p>Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall)</p><p>Tameside Magistrates' &amp; County Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal</p><p>Tottenham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Trafford Magistrates' Court &amp; Altrincham County Court</p><p>Tunbridge Wells County Court</p><p>Wakefield &amp; Pontefract Magistrates' Court</p><p>Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Warrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)</p><p>Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House)</p><p>Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal)</p><p>Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)</p><p>Yeovil County Court</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 136451 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

886256

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Tribunals: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	136451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not hold court and tribunal closure information by parliamentary constituency, however, I provide below a list of closures recorded between financial years 2010-11 and 2016-17. In the case of tribunals, we do not hold information centrally for tribunal closures pre-dating 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year</strong></p><p>Wantage Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year</strong></p><p>Aberdare County Court</p><p>Aberdare Magistrates Court</p><p>Abertillery Magistrates Court</p><p>Acton Magistrates Court</p><p>Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Amersham Magistrates Court</p><p>Ammanford Magistrates Court</p><p>Ashford County Court</p><p>Ashford Magistrates Court</p><p>Balham Youth Court</p><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham Magistrates Court</p><p>Barry Magistrates Court</p><p>Batley &amp; Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland County Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court</p><p>Blandford Forum Magistrates Court</p><p>Blaydon Magistrates Court</p><p>Brentford Magistrates Court</p><p>Bridgwater Magistrates Court</p><p>Camborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Cardigan Magistrates Court</p><p>Cheltenham County Court</p><p>Chepstow County Court</p><p>Chepstow Magistrates Court</p><p>Chorley County Court</p><p>Cirencester Magistrates Court</p><p>Coalville Magistrates Court</p><p>Coleford Magistrates Court</p><p>Consett County Court</p><p>Cromer Magistrates Court</p><p>Daventry Magistrates Court</p><p>Dewsbury County Court</p><p>Didcot Magistrates Court</p><p>Ely Magistrates Court</p><p>Epping Magistrates Court</p><p>Epsom County Court</p><p>Epsom Magistrates Court</p><p>Evesham County Court</p><p>Flint Magistrates Court</p><p>Frome Magistrates Court</p><p>Goole County Court</p><p>Goole Magistrates Court</p><p>Gosforth Magistrates Court</p><p>Grantham County Court</p><p>Gravesend County Court</p><p>Grays Magistrates Court</p><p>Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court</p><p>Halesowen Magistrates Court</p><p>Harlow County Court</p><p>Harrow Magistrates Court</p><p>Haywards Heath County Court</p><p>Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court</p><p>Hitchin County Court</p><p>Honiton Magistrates Court</p><p>Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court</p><p>Huntingdon County Court</p><p>Ilford County Court</p><p>Ilkeston Magistrates Court</p><p>Keighley County Court</p><p>Kidderminster County Court</p><p>Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court</p><p>Knowsley Magistrates Court</p><p>Lewes Magistrates Court</p><p>Liskeard Magistrates Court</p><p>Llandovery Magistrates Court</p><p>Llangefni Magistrates Court</p><p>Llwynypia Magistrates Court</p><p>Lowestoft County Court (FPC)</p><p>Ludlow County Court</p><p>Ludlow Magistrates Court</p><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Drayton Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Harborough Magistrates Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray County Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court</p><p>Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court</p><p>Newark County Court</p><p>Newark Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Newbury County Court</p><p>Northwich County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County)</p><p>Oswestry County Court</p><p>Oswestry Magistrates Court</p><p>Penrith County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County)</p><p>Penzance County Court</p><p>Penzance Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontypool County Court</p><p>Poole County Court</p><p>Pwllheli Magistrates Court</p><p>Rawtenstall County Court</p><p>Rawtenstall Magistrates Court</p><p>Redditch County Court</p><p>Retford Magistrates Court</p><p>Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Rugby County Court</p><p>Rugby Magistrates Court</p><p>Runcorn County Court</p><p>Rutland Magistrates Court</p><p>Salford County Court</p><p>Salford Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Shrewsbury County Court</p><p>Sittingbourne Magistrates Court</p><p>Skegness County Court</p><p>Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court</p><p>Southport County Court</p><p>Stourbridge County Court</p><p>Stratford Upon Avon County Court</p><p>Sudbury Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Magistrates Court</p><p>Swaffham Magistrates Court</p><p>Tamworth County Court</p><p>Tamworth Magistrates Court</p><p>Thetford Magistrates Court</p><p>Totnes Magistrates Court</p><p>Towcester Magistrates Court</p><p>Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Wellingborough County Court</p><p>West Bromwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Whitehaven County Court</p><p>Whitehaven Magistrates Court</p><p>Wimborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Wisbech Magistrates Court</p><p>Witney Magistrates Court</p><p>Woking Magistrates Court</p><p>Woolwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Worksop County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year </strong></p><p>Burton Upon Trent County Court</p><p>Haringey Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontefract County Court</p><p>Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court</p><p>Selby Magistrates Court</p><p>Trowbridge County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year</strong></p><p>Abergavenny Magistrates' Court</p><p>Andover Magistrates Court</p><p>Denbigh Magistrates Court</p><p>North Liverpool Community Justice Centre</p><p>Tower Bridge Magistrates Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year</strong></p><p>Alton Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bracknell Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Tribunal</p><p>Knutsford Crown Court</p><p>Neath Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House</p><p>Spalding Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year</strong></p><p>Accrington County Court</p><p>Accrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>Aldershot &amp; Farnham County Court</p><p>Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal</p><p>Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge RPTS Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House</p><p>Chesterfield County Court</p><p>Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal</p><p>Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place</p><p>Epsom Tribunal</p><p>Harrogate County Court</p><p>Hereford County Court</p><p>Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House</p><p>Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court</p><p>Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court</p><p>Solihull Magistrates' Court</p><p>The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal</p><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court</p><p>Worksop Magistrates' Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year</strong></p><p>Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court</p><p>Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)</p><p>Bournemouth Magistrates' Court</p><p>Brecon Law Courts</p><p>Bridgend Law Courts</p><p>Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Buxton Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Caerphilly Magistrates' Court</p><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</p><p>Consett Magistrates' Court</p><p>Corby Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dartford Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dolgellau Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Doncaster County Court</p><p>Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined)</p><p>Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal</p><p>Fareham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Feltham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Gloucester Magistrates' Court</p><p>Grantham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Greenwich Magistrates' Court</p><p>Halifax County Court</p><p>Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)</p><p>Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)</p><p>Hartlepool Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Hinckley Magistrates' Court</p><p>Kettering Magistrates' Court</p><p>King's Lynn County Court</p><p>Lowestoft Magistrates' Court</p><p>Macclesfield County Court</p><p>Macclesfield Magistrates' Court</p><p>Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal</p><p>Morpeth &amp; Berwick County Court</p><p>Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court</p><p>Oldham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Ormskirk Magistrates' Court</p><p>Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre</p><p>Pontypridd Magistrates' Court</p><p>Prestatyn Magistrates' Court</p><p>Redhill Magistrates' &amp; Reigate County Court</p><p>Rhyl County Court</p><p>Rotherham Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court</p><p>Sandwell Magistrates' Court</p><p>Scunthorpe Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Skegness Magistrates' Court</p><p>Southampton Barrack Block</p><p>St Helens Magistrates' Court</p><p>Stroud Magistrates' Court</p><p>Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall)</p><p>Tameside Magistrates' &amp; County Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal</p><p>Tottenham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Trafford Magistrates' Court &amp; Altrincham County Court</p><p>Tunbridge Wells County Court</p><p>Wakefield &amp; Pontefract Magistrates' Court</p><p>Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Warrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)</p><p>Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House)</p><p>Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal)</p><p>Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)</p><p>Yeovil County Court</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 136450 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

885380

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Divorce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will assess the potential merits of introducing no-fault divorce settlements in helping couples to settle disputes outside court.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	136243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants to help reduce conflict in divorce, particularly when arrangements need to be made about children and finances. We are studying the evidence and potential merits for change.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

885025

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 128419, on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, on what date the post-implementation review is planned to be completed; and what the reasons are for the review not meeting its original timetable.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	136013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently undertaking a post-implementation review of the impact of the legal aid changes made under LASPO and is committed to publishing the findings by the end of this year. On 7 March the Lord Chancellor announced the beginning of the engagement phase of the review. The first meetings of consultative groups are convening this week in order to provide evidence which will inform the review process.</p><p> </p><p>It is important we take the time to deliver the review with the necessary analytical rigour that such an important piece of legislation deserves.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/04/2018 16:46:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

882152

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Justice and Security Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to select a person to review the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013; and what the timetable is for that appointment to be announced.
tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
tabling member printed	Mr Kenneth Clarke
uin	135211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>In accordance with s.13(1) and (2) of the Justice and Security Act 2013 (“the Act”), the review of the operation of sections 6-11 of the Act should cover the period from 25 June 2013 to 24 June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 November 2017, the previous Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP, wrote to his counterparts at the time in the departments that use the Closed Material Procedure (CMP) under the Act, to draw attention to the 5-year review and to discuss arrangements for the review. Discussions between officials are ongoing and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	366 label Biography information for Lord Clarke of Nottingham

882218

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Expenditure
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 of legal aid in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure on legal aid is reported in the MoJ Annual Report &amp; Accounts. The latest MoJ Annual Report &amp; Accounts, which reports on the financial year 2016-17, is published at the following link. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a>. The MoJ Annual Report &amp; Accounts for 2017-18 will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 15:49:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882267

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Legal Ombudsmen's review process.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	135388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Ombudsman - an arm’s length body overseen by the Ministry of Justice - is independent in making decisions on individual cases. The Secretary of State for Justice is confident that the Legal Ombudsman operates an effective review process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/04/2018 14:54:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

882300

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, if he will ensure applications for Legal Aid for victims of domestic violence are not means tested against the victim's partner's income; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	135432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is clear that victims of domestic violence must have access to the help that they need, including access to legal aid. We have recently made changes to the legal aid evidence requirements to make it easier for victims of domestic abuse to access legal aid in private family law matters. This includes introducing new forms of evidence, such as broadening the categories of health professionals who can provide evidence, and removing the five year time limit from all forms of evidence. We have also prioritised funding for those who will be disadvantaged by facing their abuser in court.</p><p> </p><p>Where the allegation of domestic violence is against the applicant’s partner, who is the opponent in the proceedings, the means test will not take into account the partner’s resources.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/04/2018 16:30:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel