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1234945

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many courtrooms in the Crown Court of England and Wales are currently set aside for the exclusive use of members of the public and press to observe (1) jury trials, and (2) hearings other than trials, such as sentences.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morgan of Huyton
uin	HL8194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Public hearings, including those that are partly remote hearings, continue to take place in open court rooms, and access to observe these is via the public gallery. Special arrangements have been put in place to ensure physical access to jury trials for the media and members of the public, who have been able to attend court throughout the pandemic, if safe to do so. In order to allow appropriate social distancing to be maintained at all times, a second courtroom linked by closed circuit TV may be provided to enable the media and others to watch proceedings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 30/09/2020 16:20:40 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	2168 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Huyton

1234946

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court: Video Conferencing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable Crown Court proceedings to be viewed remotely from outside the court estate.
tabling member printed	Baroness Morgan of Huyton
uin	HL8195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Open justice is a fundamental principle in our courts and tribunals system and will continue to be so as we increase the use of audio and video technology.</p><p>Since the introduction of the Coronavirus Act, any hearing participant or member of the public may, with the permission of the judge, join a hearing remotely from outside the court estate, using an internet enabled device to access the Cloud Video Platform.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 30/09/2020 16:22:36 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	2168 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Huyton

1235009

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for non-compliance with section 44 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in (a) Sussex and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
uin	91206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The number of offenders convicted for offences under section 44 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 at courts in Sussex and England between 2015 and 2019 can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="12"><p><strong>Number of offenders convicted for offences under section 44 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 at courts in Sussex and England, 2015 to 2019<sup>1,2,3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which in Sussex</em></p></td><td><p><em>1</em></p></td><td><p><em>2</em></p></td><td><p><em>1</em></p></td><td><p><em>2</em></p></td><td><p><em>1</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Ministry of Justice court proceedings database</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQ 91206</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>1) The figures given in the table relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="12"><p>3) Police Force Areas provide breakdowns of where offences were dealt with (not where they were committed).</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published data on the number of prosecutions and convictions for offences in England and Wales for the years 2013 to 2019. This data is available in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888344/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888344/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Home Office offence code 81403 includes information on offences under section 44 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, however please note that this offence code also includes a very low volume of offences (typically 1 or 2 a year) under sections 45 and 59 of the legislation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/09/2020 10:44:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1235021

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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 cost to the public purse is to administer a First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal) in respect of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	91066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Information is held on the overall cost of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal), which includes the cost of administering Personal Independence Payment appeals, but not at the requested level of granularity. The information that is available can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/09/2020 13:23:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1235056

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in contributing to the cross-government strategy on tackling the drivers behind the rising cost of clinical negligence cases; and what assessment he has made of potential legal reforms that can contribute to that strategy.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Nicola Richards
uin	91197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>In 2017 the National Audit Office (NAO) published their report ‘Managing the costs of Clinical Negligence in Trusts’ which challenged the Government to publish a co-ordinated strategy to control the increasing cost of clinical negligence claims.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice continues to work jointly with the Department of Health and Social Care, the Treasury, Cabinet Office, NHS Resolution and others, to respond to the challenge from NAO. We are looking at all the drivers of costs and a wide range of options are being considered as part of the strategy to reduce clinical negligence costs.</p><p>This is a complex issue and the work is ongoing. The Department of Health and Social Care will bring forward a publication in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/09/2020 13:36:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4868 label Biography information for Nicola Richards

1235073

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to (a) develop an online information hub for victims and (b) improve the allocation of funding for victims services as part of the Victims Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	91098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>(A) An online hub for victims is already available: <a href="https://www.victimandwitnessinformation.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.victimandwitnessinformation.org.uk/</a> providing information based on victim need. It also provides a search facility so victims can access free local support based on their needs.</p><p>(B) The Government has taken steps to improve the funding for victims services as part of the Victims Strategy. We have brought greater sustainability to the sector through multi-year grant settlements, awarding three-year funding (2019-2022) to provide sexual violence services with greater stability and security to ensure they can focus on delivering their essential services.</p><p>During the COVID-19 outbreak, £25 million out of the £76 million government package of support to charities supporting vulnerable people, was ringfenced for sexual violence and domestic abuse support services to ensure they continue providing their vital services.</p><p>More recently, in recognition of the complexity of the wider victim support funding landscape, the Government has committed to developing a Victims Funding Strategy underpinned by a new delivery model. This will consider how to place the victim support sector on a more sustainable footing, ensuring that commissioning is joined up and not fragmented between departments and agencies, and to improve service provision.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 21/09/2020 15:36:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1235083

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to introduce independent regulation of bailiffs to tackle (a) harmful and unnecessary bailiff visits and (b) bailiffs breaking the rules.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	91021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is reviewing the implementation of reforms, contained in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and introduced in 2014, which govern how enforcement agents take control of goods. This includes considering complaints handling and regulation in the sector.</p><p>We have been focusing on our response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but we will provide a response to the review as soon as we are able.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 21/09/2020 15:28:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1234414

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of levels of (a) violence and (b) staffing between (i) public and (ii) private prisons.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	90286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data that makes a comparative assessment of staffing and assaults in public and privately managed prisons.</p><p>We publish details on staffing in public prisons every quarter in our HMPPS Workforce Statistics, the latest version is to June 2020 and is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-june-2020</a>. We do not hold data on staffing levels in private prisons.</p><p>There were 32,800 assaults in prisons in England and Wales in 2019, of which 26,960 were in public prisons (82% of total assaults) and 5,840 were in private prisons (18% of total assaults).</p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high, which is why we are spending £100 million to bolster prison security, clamping down on the weapons, drugs and mobile phones that fuel violence and crime behind bars. This will fund tough airport-style security, body scanners and phone-blocking technology.</p><p>We are giving officers tools like PAVA pepper spray and body-worn cameras to make their jobs safer.</p><p>Our Assaults on Emergency Workers Act increased the maximum penalty for those who attack them to 12 months and we recently announced we will double the penalty further to two years.</p><p>HMP Birmingham changed from a private prison to a public prison in July 2019. Therefore, the figures for Birmingham have not been split between the public prisons total and the private prisons total, all assaults in Birmingham for 2019 were recorded as being in private prisons.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/09/2020 13:21:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1234482

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Applications
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 9 September 2020 to Question 84222 on Employment Tribunals Service: Applications, what the (a) median and (b) mean clearance times were for single and multiple Employment Tribunal claims in quarter 1 of 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	90123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is a subset of the Tribunal Quarterly Statistics which were due to be published on 10 September 2020, however they have been delayed.</p><p>It is intended that full publication will be released as soon as practicably possible and will cover the period up to June 2020.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service publish management information on outstanding workload and average clearance time for single Employment Tribunals. The figures reflect the data held on the case management system and will have some definitional and timing differences from the official statistics. This information can be found here:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-management-information-july-2020</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 90124 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:37:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1234485

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
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 7 September 2020 to Question 84223 on Employment Tribunals Service: Finance, what the outstanding caseload was for Employment Tribunals in quarter 1 of 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	90124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is a subset of the Tribunal Quarterly Statistics which were due to be published on 10 September 2020, however they have been delayed.</p><p>It is intended that full publication will be released as soon as practicably possible and will cover the period up to June 2020.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service publish management information on outstanding workload and average clearance time for single Employment Tribunals. The figures reflect the data held on the case management system and will have some definitional and timing differences from the official statistics. This information can be found here:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-management-information-july-2020</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 90123 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:37:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy