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810481

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
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 (a) amount of time and (b) resources that his Department allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	120827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government carries out impact assessments typically related to specific new primary legislation before Parliament. For example, the Government laid an impact assessment alongside the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. The Ministry of Justice conducts impact assessments related to legislation as business as usual. Our broader analysis of the UK’s exit from the EU continues.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 18:14:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33795 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

810534

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 120910 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:27:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810560

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will retain EU law as it applies in the UK on exit day. We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across Government to correct this retained EU law to ensure the statue book functions appropriately outside the EU. All Departments are engaged in the process.</p><p>Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws. As we leave the EU, the Governments EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of possible outcomes.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/01/2018 17:59:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33807 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810565

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what processes his Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 120879 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:27:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 33832 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810638

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the joint statement by The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, and the Senior President of Tribunals, Transforming our justice system made in September 2016, how much funding the Government plans to allocate to the digital court reform programme; and if he will Minister publish the business case for that programme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	120983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining a world-leading legal system and is investing over £1bn to transform our courts and tribunals and deliver a modern, world-renowned justice system that is swifter and more accessible.</p><p> </p><p>Business cases are used for internal governance purposes within HMCTS and the wider Ministry and are shared with the HM Treasury to assist with funding discussions. The business case relating to court reform will not be released for external publication.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 14:59:35 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810639

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on the commissioning research on the effectiveness of court hearings by video link in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	120984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of HMCTS’ wider reform programme the various forms in which video links are used in hearings are kept under regular internal review to ensure they are working efficiently.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no external evaluation commissioned which encompasses all of the various forms of video links used in hearings. Specific projects, such as the ‘Process evaluation of pre-recorded cross-examination pilot (Section 28)’ have been undertaken by Ministry of Justice Analytical Services. This evaluation project cost a total of £54,520 spent between 2015 and 2016, and was published in September 2016.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 14:58:30 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810640

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the total work undertaken in magistrates' courts was presided over by (a) lay magistrates and (b) district judges in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	120985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>For each year since 2010 the data are set out in the following table[1]:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Judiciary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of all hearings (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>90.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges (MC)</p></td><td><p>9.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>90.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges (MC)</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>89.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges (MC)</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>89.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges (MC)</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>89.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges (MC)</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>90.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges (MC)</p></td><td><p>9.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Magistrates</p></td><td><p>90.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>District Judges (MC)</p></td><td><p>9.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Magistrates and District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) bring different but equally valuable skills to our justice system and the magistrates’ courts. We continue to work with magistrates to ensure they have as full a role as possible.</p><p>[1] ‘Provides the percentage of cases that have a hearing listed in the specific periods, and where a case is listed for hearing more than once in each period, it will be counted each time it is listed. It is possible for a single defendant to have more than one cases listed at the same time. The data is a report on all criminal cases (including terrorism, extradition and Single Justice Notice proceedings), along with civil and enforcement cases, but will exclude family cases heard by the magistrates’ courts judiciary in the Single Family Court. It is possible to have magistrates sitting with District Judges at the same session; where this occurs, the case will be counted under both categories.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 14:57:23 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810641

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have appeared in court (a) via video link and (b) in person by (i) age, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) gender in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	120986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. To identify both volumes of court appearances by video and in person, with details of age, ethnicity and gender individual court records would need to be checked manually.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 17:49:45 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810642

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who have appeared in court for their (a) first appearance, (b) remand hearing, (c) bail hearing, (d) case management and (e) sentencing have done so by video link in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	120987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Information is not collected centrally on the proportion of court appearances by video link irrespective of the reason for the court appearance.</p><p> </p><p>Information collected centrally in respect of hearings is published quarterly on:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 17:50:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810657

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were serving prison sentences in each of the last five years; and what the average cost to the public purse per prisoner was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	121002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales. Additionally, the prison population numbers are included within the published data. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on prison population and expenditure for previous financial years can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each financial year on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures for financial year 2016-17 can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>Within the costs per prison place and cost per prisoner 2016 to 2017 summary file, the figures for financial year 2015-16 have been restated to enable a more accurate comparison between the two years.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/01/2018 17:43:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan