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999572

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convictions: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of trials in the North West resulted in a conviction in each year between 2010 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	186960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Figures on convictions are published by defendants prosecuted, rather than trials that result in a conviction. The number of defendants prosecuted, convicted and the conviction ratio in the North West between 2010 and 2017 can be calculated from the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li>To identify the published data that is North West specific, select ‘Cheshire’, ‘Cumbria’, ‘Greater Manchester’, ‘Lancashire’ and ‘Merseyside’ from ‘Police Force Area’.</li><li>For the number of prosecutions, filter ‘Court Type’ by ’02: Magistrates Court’.</li><li>For the number of convictions remove filtering from ‘Court Type’, and select ’01: Convicted’ from ‘Convicted/Not Convicted’.</li><li>To calculate the conviction ratio, divide the number of convictions by the number of prosecutions.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Figures for 2018 are planned for publication in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/11/2018 17:17:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

994236

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the waiting times for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment tribunals in (i) the North West, (ii) London and (iii) England, in each of the last three months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	183275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals - including (i) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made up to June 2018, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at Tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018 and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published csv files (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes of PIP and ESA appeals for hearing venues covering (i) the North West, (ii) London and (iii) England for the period April to June 2018, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/10/2018 14:56:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

985781

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Basic Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take improve (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills for prisoners throughout the adult male estate.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	178251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>We have already taken significant steps to improve literacy and numeracy skills for male and female prisoners across the adult prison estate in England. Since 2014, it has been mandatory to test every prisoner’s maths and English skills on entry into prison and from August 2017, these assessments were extended to include prisoners transferring between prisons and on release.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking further steps, which will come into full effect from April 2019 as new prison education providers commence delivery. The new education arrangements are focused on governor empowerment and accountability but, to raise standards and ensure consistency of education and training across the prison estate, we have put in place 12 requirements. These include the maths and English testing regime, but also the development of a personal learning plan, as part of the Sentence Plan, to address issues highlighted by these and other assessments.</p><p> </p><p>Although governors will be empowered to determine their establishment’s curriculum and how it is organised and delivered, a core common curriculum of maths, English, Information and Communications Technology and English for Speakers of Other Languages must be delivered in every prison. The process for implementing this is underway now: the new education providers will deliver that core common curriculum from April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 178252 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:29:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

985783

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Basic Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Departments plans to take to improve (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills for prisoners throughout the adult female estate.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	178252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>We have already taken significant steps to improve literacy and numeracy skills for male and female prisoners across the adult prison estate in England. Since 2014, it has been mandatory to test every prisoner’s maths and English skills on entry into prison and from August 2017, these assessments were extended to include prisoners transferring between prisons and on release.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking further steps, which will come into full effect from April 2019 as new prison education providers commence delivery. The new education arrangements are focused on governor empowerment and accountability but, to raise standards and ensure consistency of education and training across the prison estate, we have put in place 12 requirements. These include the maths and English testing regime, but also the development of a personal learning plan, as part of the Sentence Plan, to address issues highlighted by these and other assessments.</p><p> </p><p>Although governors will be empowered to determine their establishment’s curriculum and how it is organised and delivered, a core common curriculum of maths, English, Information and Communications Technology and English for Speakers of Other Languages must be delivered in every prison. The process for implementing this is underway now: the new education providers will deliver that core common curriculum from April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 178251 question first answered 16/10/2018 16:29:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

984445

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on supporting people who are on the autism spectrum at employment support allowance or personal independence payment tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	177186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice recognises the needs of people on the autism spectrum. Tribunal staff and judicial office holders are trained accordingly, with HMCTS providing reasonable adjustments to give those with disabilities equal access to information and services. This upholds the overriding objective within the Tribunal rules that cases are to be dealt with fairly and justly, including ensuring that all parties can participate fully. Information on the HMCTS equality and diversity policy and handling of requests for reasonable adjustments can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/equality-and-diversity</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 177187 question first answered 15/10/2018 16:30:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

984446

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
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 adequacy of the support in place for people on the autistism spectrum at employment support allowance and personal independence payment tribunals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	177187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice recognises the needs of people on the autism spectrum. Tribunal staff and judicial office holders are trained accordingly, with HMCTS providing reasonable adjustments to give those with disabilities equal access to information and services. This upholds the overriding objective within the Tribunal rules that cases are to be dealt with fairly and justly, including ensuring that all parties can participate fully. Information on the HMCTS equality and diversity policy and handling of requests for reasonable adjustments can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/equality-and-diversity</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 177186 question first answered 15/10/2018 16:30:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

917103

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2018 to Question 142352 on Personal Independence Payment, for what reasons that information is not held centrally.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	149616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>There is no report which accurately captures the average time taken from receipt to hearing.</p><p> </p><p>Data is available for the average time for an appeal to be cleared. However, the average time for an appeal to be cleared includes (amongst other things) those cleared both after an initial hearing and those cleared after an initial hearing was adjourned. It also includes those cleared without any hearing as cases can be disposed of on the papers, withdrawn by the appellant, or lapsed by the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>There are no waiting times recorded for delivery of judgments as, wherever possible and in most cases, the tribunal gives its decision on the day of the hearing. However, there may be very few circumstances when that is not possible. The tribunal may, for example, need more time to consider the issues; or there maybe particular circumstances which cause the tribunal to consider providing a decision on the day inappropriate. In those cases, the decision will be sent out to the parties as soon as practicable after the hearing.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/06/2018 15:25:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

900441

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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 average time for a personal independence payment tribunal case (a) hearing and (b) judgement to be delivered after a hearing in Wallasey constituency was in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	142352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Wherever possible, the Tribunal gives its decision on the day.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/05/2018 16:44:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

900442

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for employment and support allowance tribunals in the Wallasey constituency was in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	142353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Average waiting time<sup>1</sup> (in weeks) for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)<sup>2</sup> tribunals in the Wallasey<sup>3</sup> constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April – December 2017<sup>5</sup> (the latest period for which data are available)</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Clearance times may be dependent on several factors, such as hearing capacity at the venue closest to the appellant, or the local availability of Tribunal panel members. (Depending on the issue in dispute, some ESA hearings may require the presence of a doctor as well as a Tribunal judge). Other factors might include the availability of the appellant or their representative, or the provision of further evidence.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Waiting time is interpreted as the average clearance time – time taken for appeal receipt in HMCTS to outcome. The data are based on cases cleared at Tribunal hearing (both oral and paper) and exclude those cleared without the need for a Tribunal hearing.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Includes ESA and ESA (reassessments)</p><p><sup>3</sup> SSCS data are recorded by the office which dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the Tribunal hearing, normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. HMCTS cannot retrieve data based on constituencies, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were heard at a specific venue. For the Wallasey constituency, this is the Birkenhead venue.</p><p><sup>4 </sup>Financial year April – March</p><p><sup>5 </sup>Data are provisional</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/05/2018 16:47:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

838470

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget was for the employment tribunal service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	127290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The gross budget for the Employment Tribunal Service in each year since 2010 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - £60.9m</p><p>2011/12 - £62.6m</p><p>2012/13 - £58.0m</p><p>2103/14 - £53.4m</p><p>2014/15 - £50.9m</p><p>2015/16 - £51.2m</p><p>2016/17 - £41.4m</p><p>2017/18 - £45.6m</p><p>These figures are for costs only, and exclude fees received and overheads of the tribunal.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/02/2018 16:49:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle