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1189178

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date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many investors in land banking investment scams have been compensated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a result of a solicitor being successfully prosecuted.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38892 38893 38894 38895 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189179

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Solicitors Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether the Solicitors Regulation Authority is effectively meeting its regulatory objectives.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38893 38894 38895 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189180

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Solicitors Regulation Authority has not attempted to recover proceeds of land banking investment scams in cases where solicitors have been successfully prosecuted.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38892 38894 38895 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189181

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of whether the Solicitors Regulation Authority is effectively meeting its regulatory objectives when compensating victims of land banking investment scams.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38892 38893 38895 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189182

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Solicitors Regulation Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to change the rules of its compensation fund on fraud.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38892 38893 38894 38896 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189183

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will investigate for what reasons the Solicitors Regulation Authority have compensated a small proportion of people who invested in land banking investment scams.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	38896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>Under the framework established by the Legal Services Act 2007, the legal profession in England and Wales, and the bodies that regulate it, are independent from government. It is the responsibility of the Legal Services Board (LSB), as oversight regulator, to ensure that the approved regulators are complying with the regulatory objectives set out in the 2007 Act. Their latest reports on regulatory performance are available online here <a href="https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/our-work/regulatory-performance#regulatory-performance-reports</a>. The role of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is as a regulator of solicitors. The SRA consulted between 21 January and 21 April on changes to its compensation fund. Details about the fund and this exercise are available online here <a href="https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/" target="_blank">https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/consultations/consultation-listing/access-legal-services/</a>. Should the SRA proceed to change the rules of its compensation fund, it will firstly need to seek the approval of the LSB, and it will be matter for the LSB to determine whether or not to approve the new rules.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 38891 38892 38893 38894 38895 question first answered 29/04/2020 12:24:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

1189264

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place for tagging offenders by police services in England and Wales during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	38987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2020 answer text <p>The MOJ has no procedures in place for offenders to be tagged by police services during the covid-19 outbreak. The tagging of offenders released from custody as a requirement of a licence or subject to court imposed electronic monitoring is carried out by the Electronic Monitoring Service (EMS) not by police services during the covid-19 outbreak or otherwise. EMS is continuing to fulfil all the tagging requirements that it is responsible for and its staff have been designated key workers as their work is essential to the running of the justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Those being released under the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme, which has been established for low-risk offenders within two months of release, as part of the national plan to protect the NHS and save lives, are being fitted with a GPS tag on release and are subject to conditions requiring them to adhere to a curfew and the Government’s Covid-19 measures.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/05/2020 12:08:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1189278

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on installing temporary sleeper pods in prisons to aid the isolating of covid-19 prisoners; how many pods have been ordered; and how long those pods are planned to be used.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	38994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>Creating additional space in the existing estate, alongside measures to limit prisoner movement and releasing low-risk offenders, will help prevent our NHS being overwhelmed.</p><p> </p><p>We began installing the first wave of 500 temporary, single occupancy cells in the week commencing 6 April. So far, 300 units have now been delivered to eight HMPPS sites and installation is in progress. The first 48 were installed at HMP North Sea Camp and we have also installed 24 cells at both HMPs Highpoint and Hollesley Bay. These are undergoing the final operational checks before being occupied. Installation continues at HMPs Littlehey, Moorland/Lindholme, Wymott, Coldingley and Hatfield.</p><p> </p><p>Our ambition is to secure and install 2000 additional cells to help contain the spread of COVID-19 within our prisons. A further 80 single occupancy cells have been confirmed to hire, bringing the total confirmed at 580. We are successfully working with further companies to secure hundreds more to place across the prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>These units are a temporary measure to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Prisoners will return to their usual accommodation arrangements when safe to do so. Once the units are no longer required they will be removed.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/04/2020 16:53:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle