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1092667

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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
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

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
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

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
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
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
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
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