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515694

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings
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 potential steps to increase provision of (a) court time and (b) relevantly skilled members of the judiciary to ensure the timely management of legal proceedings on complex planning disputes.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	35494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Planning Court was established in 2014 and has greatly increased the speed in which planning cases are dealt with.</p><p>A dedicated cadre of lawyers and judiciary have been appointed to deal expediently with all significant planning cases.</p><p>The Criminal Courts and Justice Act 2015 introduced a permission stage in applications for statutory review, to remove unmeritorious statutory challenges to planning decisions as early as possible.</p><p>Current statistical data shows that the average time taken for a planning case to be dealt with in the Planning Court has reduced from 46.9 weeks in February 2014 to 25.9 weeks in March 2016.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/05/2016 09:38:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

515696

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	First-tier Tribunal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision has been made for moving the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) from Chichester Magistrates' Court when that Court is closed.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Tyrie
uin	35498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring that adequate provision will be secured for the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) which will relocate from Chichester Magistrates’ Court when it closes. Options are currently being evaluated.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 04/05/2016 11:44:35 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

515697

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Chichester
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 the potential effect of closing the Chichester Combined Court Centre and Chichester Magistrates' Court on the work of (a) Chichester constabulary, (b) Chichester District Council and (c) other local services.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Tyrie
uin	35499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>All responses to the consultation were carefully considered before the decision was made to close the courts in Chichester. This included evaluating the impact on the police, the District Council and other local services. In recognition of the particular circumstances of court users in Chichester, the Combined Court Centre will not close until suitable local alternative provision is in place.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 04/05/2016 11:48:31 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

515698

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Chichester
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 the effect on demand for justice services of future growth in the population of Chichester.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Tyrie
uin	35500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The demand for justice services may change in future due to many factors including, but not limited to, demographic changes. The decision to close the courts in Chichester was made on the basis that the receiving courts have capacity to accommodate current and future projected workloads. The improvements which will be delivered by the reform of HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service will enable court services to be delivered flexibly and provide greater resilience to changes in demand.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 04/05/2016 11:52:54 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

515706

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Tribunals
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 20 April 2016 to Question 33501, on equal pay tribunals, how many (a) men and (b) women were involved in the two large multiple claims referred to in that answer; and against whom those claims were brought.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	35507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The two large multiple cases consisted of 11,585 men and 3,475 women, plus one claimant who did not state their gender. We are not able to provide further information about these cases as they have not yet been listed for hearing.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of equal pay claims accepted by the Employment Tribunal for each calendar year since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>29,754</p></td><td><p>4,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24,049</p></td><td><p>3,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>15,697</p></td><td><p>4,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18,398</p></td><td><p>5,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,052</p></td><td><p>1,509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6,423</p></td><td><p>13,312</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 35506 question first answered 04/05/2016 14:03:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

515707

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Tribunals
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 20 April 2016 to Question 33501, on equal pay tribunals, how many individual equal pay claims have been brought against employers by (a) men and (b) women in each year between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	35506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The two large multiple cases consisted of 11,585 men and 3,475 women, plus one claimant who did not state their gender. We are not able to provide further information about these cases as they have not yet been listed for hearing.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of equal pay claims accepted by the Employment Tribunal for each calendar year since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>29,754</p></td><td><p>4,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24,049</p></td><td><p>3,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>15,697</p></td><td><p>4,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18,398</p></td><td><p>5,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6,052</p></td><td><p>1,509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6,423</p></td><td><p>13,312</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 35507 question first answered 04/05/2016 14:03:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

515904

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they propose to increase immigration and asylum chamber fees, and what assessment they have made of the likely impact of those increased fees on access to justice.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL7970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>We’re protecting the most vulnerable from any fee increase, including those who receive asylum support and cases involving children being supported or housed by a local authority. But it is also right that the taxpayer does not subsidise those who choose to challenge a decision made by the Home Office before the Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>We have a duty to the public to reduce the deficit and ensure sustainable funding for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service.</p><p> </p><p>We have published a full impact assessment alongside the consultation document published on the Government website.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 05/05/2016 11:33:41 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

515973

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prisoners with mental health problems can access appropriate treatment.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	35549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>We are developing pathways into mental health treatment, which will be offered to offenders at all stages of the criminal justice system. All prisons have procedures in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves, and we have increased resources to undertake this work.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/05/2016 11:58:52 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

515974

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Taxis: Assistance Animals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Sentencing Council on the offence of refusing carriage to an assistance dog.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	35672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>It is an offence under section 168 of the Equalities Act 2010 to refuse to take an assistance dog in a taxi or private hire vehicle. The maximum penalty is up to £1,000. Sentencing is a matter for the independent courts. There is no evidence that courts are finding their sentencing powers insufficient. The Sentencing Council considers the case for guidelines on the basis of a number of factors, including where data suggests there may be inconsistency in sentencing.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 04/05/2016 11:31:38 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq