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1147089

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts and Tribunals: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the courts and tribunals, including the postcode locations, that have closed between 2010-11 and the most recent financial year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	292101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Details of court and tribunal buildings closed between 2010-11 to 2016-17 was published in answer to Parliamentary Question 147811.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information for 2017-18 onwards is provided below</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Court and tribunal buildings closed during 2017-18 financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postcode</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury Crown Court</p></td><td><p>HP20 1XD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley Wellington House</p></td><td><p>S70 1WA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bicester Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>OX26 2NZ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham AIT (Sheldon Court)</p></td><td><p>B4 6DS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Magistrates' Youth Court</p></td><td><p>B4 6BJ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>BL1 1UA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bow County Court</p></td><td><p>E15 4EG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol Vintry House</p></td><td><p>BS1 2BP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p></td><td><p>BL9 0HX</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caernarfon Civil and Family Court</p></td><td><p>LL55 2Df</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham Rivershill House - Cheltenham Tribunal</p></td><td><p>GL50 3EX</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>PO19 1YE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby Derwent Court</p></td><td><p>DE1 1SG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>CT16 1BS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Parade - Sheffield Tribunal</p></td><td><p>S1 2ET</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p></td><td><p>BN21 4UN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>W6 8DN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>LL65 1HG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kendal Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p></td><td><p>LA9 4NF</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering County Court</p></td><td><p>NN16 0BE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth County Court</p></td><td><p>SE11 4DZ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster County Court</p></td><td><p>LA1 1JW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni Civil and Family Court</p></td><td><p>LL77 7EN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham County Court</p></td><td><p>OL1 1NL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>ST16 3DW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent Tribunal Hearing Centre (Bennett House)</p></td><td><p>ST1 2QB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland AS Hylton Park</p></td><td><p>SR5 3HD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford County Court</p></td><td><p>TF3 4JP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torquay Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>TQ1 4BP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>WD17 1ST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woolwich County Court</p></td><td><p>SE18 6JW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Court and tribunal buildings closed during 2018-2019 financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postcode</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Banbury Magistrates’ and County Court</p></td><td><p>OX16 2AW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester Combined Court</p></td><td><p>PO19 1SX</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chippenham Magistrates' &amp; Civil Court</p></td><td><p>SN15 3BF</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>PR7 1RZ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidenhead Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>SL6 8PB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury Crown Court</p></td><td><p>SY2 6LU</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland County Court</p></td><td><p>SR1 1RB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Court and tribunal buildings closed between 1 April and 30 September 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Postcode</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colchester County Court</p></td><td><p>CO3 3EG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleetwood Magistrates’ Court (sitting as a Family Hearing Centre)</p></td><td><p>FY7 6HJ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harlow Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>CM20 1JA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northallerton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>DL7 8QZ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend County Court</p></td><td><p>SS1 2AW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The closure of any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation and when communities have reasonable access to alternative courts.</p><p> </p><p>We are reinvesting every penny raised from selling these underused buildings into modernising the justice system to provide swifter and easier access to justice for all.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/10/2019 14:33:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1146476

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Working Links: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support he can provide to charities and other organisations who have not been paid money owed to them as a result of Working Links going into administration.
tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
tabling member printed	Sarah Newton
uin	291408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s Direction of 8 May and in the response to 275187, it was concluded, on this occasion, that it was reasonable for Government to protect Permitted Subcontractors who suffered losses as they relate to the collapse of Working Links and their Community Rehabilitation Companies. These organisations are directly involved in the delivery of vital frontline probation services. We have been very clear that this is a unique response to a unique and specific set of circumstances. This should not be viewed as setting a precedent for future scenarios.</p><p>Of the ten permitted subcontractors that the Authority agreed to make payments to as per the Ministerial Direction of 8 May, nine have been paid to date. The invoice from the remaining permitted subcontractor is currently being reviewed as part of our due diligence process. <br> <br>Contractors outside of the permitted subcontractor list should continue to pursue any financial claims through the Administrator. The Authority can assist in this process if required.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/10/2019 09:55:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton

1146504

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Public Appointments
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 reform the process for making judicial appointments, including to the Supreme Court.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	291430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to alter the process for making judicial appointments. Our judges are selected following a rigorous, independent, merit based process which is key to maintaining the quality, integrity and independence of our world class judiciary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 291431 question first answered 01/10/2019 16:51:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1146505

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's policy is on politically appointed judges.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	291431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to alter the process for making judicial appointments. Our judges are selected following a rigorous, independent, merit based process which is key to maintaining the quality, integrity and independence of our world class judiciary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 291430 question first answered 01/10/2019 16:51:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1146665

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disasters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has been made on implementing the commitment in the Queen's Speech 2017 to introduce an independent public advocate who will (a) act for bereaved families after a public disaster and (b) support those families at public inquests; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	291257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to doing all it can to support bereaved families after a public disaster and to ensure those families are supported during public inquests.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to consider the responses to the proposals for an Independent Public Advocate on which we consulted last year and will be publishing our plans for establishing the role in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/10/2019 10:08:39 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146719

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff of Her Majesty's Prison Service have been granted early retirement on medical grounds having been diagnosed as suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL17861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of staff who have exited through medical retirement due to a diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is not available as there is no classification for this on the centralised recording of medical retirement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 01/10/2019 11:00:55 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1145679

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 recent steps he has taken to reduce the waiting times for personal independence payments appeals to be heard in the Garston and Halewood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice expects appeal hearings to take place as quickly as possible and is carrying out a series of initiatives to increase capacity which will help reduce waiting times for appellants in Garston and Halewood, whose closest tribunal venue is in Liverpool. Since January 2018, additional panel members have been recruited to hear cases at the Liverpool venue. Four judges, seven medical members and one specialist member have been allocated to Liverpool as their primary venue and a further 13 judges, seven medical members and 4 specialist members have been allocated to Liverpool as their secondary venue. In addition to this, the capacity at the Liverpool venue has recently increased and it is now using five to six hearing rooms on a daily basis.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/10/2019 15:12:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145680

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 waiting time was for personal independence payments claimants awaiting an appeal on their claim to be heard in the Garston and Halewood constituency in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	290677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>Waiting times for appeals against decisions made about Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Average waiting times<sup>1</sup> for PIP<sup>2</sup> appeals in Garston and Halewood<sup>3</sup> between July 2018 to June 2019 (the latest 12 month period for which data are available) are included in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Waiting time (in weeks)<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019<sup> p</sup></p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019<sup> p</sup></p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2019<sup> p</sup></p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1. </sup>Waiting time is interpreted as average clearance time – time taken from appeal receipt to outcome.</p><p><sup>2. </sup>PIP (New Claim Appeals), which is replacing Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, and also includes Disability Living Allowance Reassessed cases.</p><p><sup>3. </sup>SSCS data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the tribunal hearing, which is normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. Cases relating to the Garston and Halewood constituency are attributed to the Liverpool venue.</p><p><sup>4. </sup>Includes all cases cleared both with and without a tribunal hearing, in line with the published statistics.</p><p><sup>p. </sup>Provisional data which are subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that appeals are heard as quickly as possible. HMCTS recognises there are delays in the system and it is in the process of recruiting more judicial office holders in order to increase capacity and help to reduce waiting times for appellants. This includes 250 judges across the First-tier Tribunal, 125 disability qualified members and up to 230 medical members.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMCTS has recently launched a new digital service with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals. Information on the new digital service can be found at: www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is also working with the Department for Work and Pensions to understand what could be done to reduce the number of appeals being submitted to the Tribunal, through their focus on improving decision-making and the mandatory reconsideration process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/09/2019 16:48:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1145862

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of violence in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	290639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes quarterly statistics on violence in prison, and a more detailed annual breakdown, and both are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-march-2019. The relevant link is ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ and the information can be found in table 3.1: Prison assaults summary statistics by calendar year, England and Wales, 2000-2018.</p><p> </p><p>There are clear challenges at many of our prisons, with levels of violence unacceptably high.</p><p> </p><p>That’s why we are investing £100m to bolster security and stability in prisons, in addition to £70 million announced previously. This will fund tough airport-style security, including X-ray scanners and metal detectors to clamp down on the drugs, weapons and mobile phones that increase the risk to our officers and hinder rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>It will take time for improvements to be seen across the estate but we remain determined to make progress and will continue to prioritise this important work.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 290641 question first answered 30/09/2019 16:57:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1145863

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Retirement
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 merits of reducing the retirement age for prisons officers.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	290640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>There has been no assessment undertaken on the merits of reducing the retirement age for prison officers. The retirement age within the Civil Service Pension Scheme (which Prison Officers are members of) is set by Cabinet Office and not the service.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/09/2019 16:58:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham