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90620

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Property Searches: Fees and Charges
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 cost to local authorities to date of claims made by property search companies for refunds of local land charges search fees as a result of the implementation of the 2003 European Directive on public access to environmental information and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Communities and Local Government are considering a submission prepared by the Local Government Association that the new burden assessment carried out in 2010 in respect of the revocation of the fee payable for a personal search of the local land charges register should be re-opened.</p><p> </p><p>Any costs properly incurred by local authorities in England in dealing with claims for refunds of local land charge search fees will be taken into account by the departments should it be decided to re-open the assessment. No decision has yet been taken.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 208157 question first answered 11/09/2014 13:57:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90628

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Property Searches: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make further financial payments to local authorities in respect of claims made against them by property search companies for refunds of local land charges search fees as a result of the implementation of the 2003 EC directive on freedom of information and the 2004 environmental information regulations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Communities and Local Government are considering a submission prepared by the Local Government Association that the new burden assessment carried out in 2010 in respect of the revocation of the fee payable for a personal search of the local land charges register should be re-opened.</p><p> </p><p>Any costs properly incurred by local authorities in England in dealing with claims for refunds of local land charge search fees will be taken into account by the departments should it be decided to re-open the assessment. No decision has yet been taken.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 208276 question first answered 11/09/2014 13:57:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90750

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce energy costs in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	208345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In 2013/14, the Ministry of Justice reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% from 2012/13 against the 2009/10 baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ is reducing its energy costs (defined as pence per kWh) by migrating energy and utilities contracts onto the Crown Commercial Service Framework.</p><p> </p><p>MoJ also has a programme of projects to reduce carbon emissions and to improve energy efficiency across its Estate.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing the amount we generate in carbon emissions forms an important part of our strategy to deliver savings within the MoJ estate.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/09/2014 16:43:49 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

90751

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) his Department and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	208288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>It has not been possible to answer this question in the timeframe. I will write to the hon. member in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/09/2014 16:48:07 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

90753

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department gives to private citizens who take legal action against electoral registration officers who do not conduct door-to-door canvassing of those households that do not return electoral registration forms.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Cabinet Office has responsibility for electoral policy.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice provides no such support.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2014 12:00:34 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

90532

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will seek to ensure that the courts' administrations when a defendant has been given a custodial sentence do not send confidential information to an address where there is a risk it might be read by unauthorised persons such as a new tenant but instead to a person nominated by the prisoner such as next-of-kin or to the prisoner's legal representative.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	208067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) provides administrative support for a large number of courts in England and Wales. HMCTS sends information by post to the addresses given by the parties to court proceedings. If a party changes their address or commences a custodial sentence part way through court proceedings then they should notify the relevant court of this change and can request that information is sent to a relative or a legal representative. All courts have administrative procedures in place to process changes of address and will update their records accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is reliant on the parties to proceedings providing valid and up to date addresses. It is not possible for HMCTS to check if an address given is correct or if any defendants in criminal proceedings have commenced a custodial sentence, due to the volume of cases handled by the criminal, civil and family courts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/09/2014 13:42:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

90533

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Claims Management 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 regulation of claims management companies for insurance purposes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The effectiveness of the regulatory response to claims management companies (CMCs) is under continuous review and the Department’s Claims Management Regulator has stepped up action with a series of reforms, as part of wider action to clamp down on bad practice.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment of claims management regulation has been made specifically for insurance purposes. We have introduced tough new rules to prevent bad business practices as well as increasing regulation fees and are introducing large new fines, of potentially hundreds of thousands of pounds, for CMCs which break the rules.</p><p> </p><p>This follows previous reforms to tackle rogue companies, including a ban on CMCs offering cash and other incentives to consumers to bring claims and the banning of referral fees which used to be paid between no-win no-fee lawyers, CMCs and others for profitable claims.</p><p> </p><p>We are consulting on further changes to create an improved, robust system which will deter unnecessary, exaggerated or speculative claims, ensure the genuinely injured can get the help they need, and drive down the cost of motor insurance premiums.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/09/2014 14:06:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

91124

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recent changes to legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	905251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice and the Legal Aid Agency keep the legal aid scheme under constant review, both in terms of expenditure and the impact of reforms.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently undertaking a review of the operation of the mandatory telephone gateway. It will undertake a full post-implementation review of the legal aid provisions within the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) within 3 to 5 years of implementation.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/09/2014 14:30:49 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

90256

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Hearing Impaired
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of courtrooms do not have induction loops installed.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	207804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service operates a reasonable adjustments policy to provide access to information and services for customers with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of court rooms with induction and infra-red hearing enhancement systems is currently being collected as part of the 2014 court room survey. I will write to my hon. Friend, as soon as the information is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/09/2014 14:32:50 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

90182

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in fines was levied by each magistrates' court in Greater Manchester in 2013-14; and what proportion of such fines were subsequently (a) written off and (b) collected by each court.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	207763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is not possible to identify the amounts imposed, written off and collected for individual magistrates courts as data on fines imposed is recorded by local accounting divisions. The only way data for individual courts could be obtained is to carry out a manual search of all fine accounts. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/09/2014 16:15:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne