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1452737

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Redundancy
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 ascertain whether P&O Ferries had sought a legal injunction to remove dismissed staff from their vessels.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	143556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Applications for injunctions of this type are made to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court. As at 22 March 2022 no injunction applications have been made by P&amp;O Ferries seeking to remove dismissed staff from their vessels.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/03/2022 17:49:31 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1365795

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when HMCTS Probate plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Warley of 7 September on behalf of Mr and Mrs Chadderton.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	69000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>HMCTS apologises for the delay in responding and confirms they have now responded on the 5<sup>th</sup> November 2021.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/11/2021 12:32:46 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1311095

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been issued for offences under covid-19 legislation; and how many of those fines have been paid.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	185278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>National statistics on detailed offence level fines at court, including those relating to COVID-19 for the calendar year of 2020 are due for publication in May 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The NPCC publishes statistics on the number of Coronavirus Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued by police. The latest can be found here: <a href="https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/update-on-coronavirus-fpns-issued-by-police-march-2021" target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/update-on-coronavirus-fpns-issued-by-police-march-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>Neither court nor NPCC data contains information about whether a fine has been paid.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/04/2021 12:04:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1310709

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dogs: Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been under the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015, and how many convictions secured.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	184357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions for offences under the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015, in England and Wales, up to December 2019, available in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938554/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938554/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the data tool linked above, use the ‘Offence code’ filter to select the following offence code:</p><ul><li>111/26 - Various summary offences contrary to regulations under the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015. (And the Microchipping of Dogs (Wales) Regulations 2015).</li></ul><p> </p><p>Number of prosecutions will populate Row 31; number of convictions will populate Row 32.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that this offence code includes offences under both Microchipping of Dogs (<strong>England</strong>) Regulations 2015 and Microchipping of Dogs (<strong>Wales</strong>) Regulations 2015. In order to identify defendants dealt with in England, specifically, use the ‘Police Force Area’ filter to select all options excluding those in Wales (i.e. Gwent, North Wales, South Wales and Dyfed-Powys).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/04/2021 10:36:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1302736

registered interest
date	16/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent estimate he has made of the number of cases scheduled to commence in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	913483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>We have not made any forecast listings for the Judiciary. We expect almost 100% of Magistrate Courts cases are to be heard this year and over half of Crown Court custody cases to be heard in 6 months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/03/2021 18:00:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1287632

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines were (a) imposed by the courts and (b) paid in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	154744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Data on the number of fines issued at all courts (on a principal offence basis) is published in the Outcomes by Offence data tool available here. It shows that a total of 926,993 fines were issued by all courts in 2019: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938568/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938568/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on the value of fines issued in 2019, the amount paid relating to the fines issued in 2019 and the amount paid that relates to fines issued in prior years, can be viewed in this table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Value of impositions made in the period Jan to Dec 2019</p></td><td><p>Collections received in 2019 relating to impositions made in the period Jan to Dec 2019</p></td><td><p>Collections received in 2019 relating to impositions made prior to December 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£000</p></td><td><p>£000</p></td><td><p>£000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compensation</p></td><td><p>29,224</p></td><td><p>8,236</p></td><td><p>19,046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victim Surcharge</p></td><td><p>45,216</p></td><td><p>19,316</p></td><td><p>14,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Costs</p></td><td><p>29,281</p></td><td><p>11,362</p></td><td><p>17,364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prosecutor Costs</p></td><td><p>95,663</p></td><td><p>34,010</p></td><td><p>41,536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fines</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 327,004 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 102,503 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 136,345 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>526,388</p></td><td><p>175,427</p></td><td><p>228,321</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><ol><li>This data has been published in the 2018/19 and 2019/20 HMCTS Trust Statements.</li><li>The data excludes fines that are subsequently written off following a judicial cancellation</li><li>The whole data set has been included because a fine is only one element of an overall imposition that is made against a defendant. An imposition will usually consist of a number of elements including compensation, victim surcharge, costs and a fine. The total imposition is then enforced as a whole and there is a very strict legal hierarchy that is applied to any receipts that are received, such that any compensation that is owed by the defendant is paid first, then victim surcharge, then costs and finally the fine.</li></ol><p>The data provided is all for the 2019 calendar year.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/03/2021 16:08:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1231840

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-opening recently closed Courts in order to help tackle the backlog in cases arising from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	85937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>On 19 July, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service announced ten Nightingale court locations to provide additional capacity for the courts and tribunals estate on a temporary basis. We assessed the merits of using unsold former court buildings as Nightingale courts and are using the former Fleetwood Magistrates’ Court and former Telford County Court buildings for this purpose.</p><p>HMCTS has published an update on their response to covid-19 in the criminal courts in England and Wales (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-and-tribunal-recovery-update-in-response-to-coronavirus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-and-tribunal-recovery-update-in-response-to-coronavirus</a>). This includes details on the use of Nightingale courts and our plans to open additional locations. We will continue to consider former court buildings as we work to increase our capacity.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/09/2020 16:15:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1226757

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
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 applications for probate were processed within his Department's target for processing those applications.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	77510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>There are no prescribed target times for dealing with probate applications. The average time for a grant of probate to be issued following receipt of an application for January to March 2020 is set out below</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Application submission to grant issue<sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Document receipt to grant issue<sup>4,6</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Quarter</p></td><td><p>Grants issued</p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>49,712</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HMCTS Core Case Data</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) HMCTS Core Case Data came into effect at the end of March 2019, following a transition between data systems recording information regarding The Probate Service</p><p>2) The average timeliness figures are produced by calculating the time from application/document receipt (which may be from an earlier period) to the grant issued made in that period.</p><p>3) Averages presented here may be based on a small number of grants. Where this occurs, any conclusion drawn from these will be limited.</p><p>4) Document receipt occurs after payment has been made and all accompanying paperwork has been received by HMCTS</p><p>5) Due to quality issues in the transition between data systems, the breakdown by type of grant has not been published for Q2 2019 (denoted by :).</p><p>6) For digital applications the receipt is instant but no work can start until the Will is sent to us. Therefore, for digital cases the measure of waiting times is from document receipt rather than the application submission.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/09/2020 09:34:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1221214

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Tribunals: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's timescale is for allowing tribunals to sit as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	69430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Tribunals have continued to sit during the covid-19 lockdown restrictions by making use of online and remote technology to hear cases and ensure continued access to justice for users. Face to face hearings are now starting to resume where it is safe to do so in line with comprehensive and ongoing risk assessments.</p><p>Having responded effectively to the immediate crisis, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is now fully focused on recovering its operations to increase courts and tribunals capacity to deal both with normal workloads across jurisdictions and outstanding cases. HMCTS has recently published a progress update on its recovery plans.</p><p>assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/896779/HMCTS368_recovery_-_COVID-19-_Overview_of_HMCTS_response_A4L_v3.pdf</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/07/2020 15:42:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar