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715725

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement of 22 March 2017 on plans for four new prisons, whether those prisons will be operated by HM Prisons and Probation Service.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	70007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>We will close down ageing and ineffective prisons, replacing them with buildings fit for today’s demands. We are investing £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 modern prison places with better education facilities and other rehabilitative services. On 22 March 2017, my Rt Hon friend, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice announced plans for the building of four new prisons in England and Wales, replacing old and overcrowded establishments with new, fit for purpose buildings.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that the redevelopment work at HMP Hindley and HMP Rochester will take around two and a half years.</p><p> </p><p>We will work with HMP Rochester’s and HMP Hindley’s management teams to make sure the prison’s staffing is sufficient to run the establishment safely and effectively until it closes. Retaining highly skilled, committed staff is hugely important to the success of the Prison Service, so we will seek to permanently redeploy staff into posts in other locations, but they are free to apply for jobs that are advertised through normal vacancy filling arrangements. We expect to be able to transfer all staff to other establishments.</p><p> </p><p>Once we have a planned date for closure we will then identify those prisoners that will require a move to another prison.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has had a number of discussions with the relevant MPs and Councils in developing its plans for the new and redeveloped prison sites. The Government welcomes feedback on the development of its plans for the prison estate and will undertake public engagement events within the local areas relevant to the locations made in the announcement of 22 March 2017. Opportunities for local residents, businesses and stakeholders to provide additional feedback is also available through the formal local planning application process. We will work with Parliamentary colleagues in the development of these plans.</p><p> </p><p>We will work closely with Local Authorities; NHS trusts; and police forces to ensure services such as Health, Education, Social Services and Accommodation are involved in planning for the new prison right from the start.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage it is too early to give an estimate of the cost of designing and building the new prison but we will seek to ensure value for money for taxpayers. We are currently developing the operating specifications for new prisons.</p><p> </p><p>No decision has been taken on the future operation of these sites but we will be considering this issue and make a decision in good time for their opening.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 69999 70003 70004 question first answered 18/04/2017 11:17:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

715729

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement of 22 March 2017 on plans to create additional prison places, for how long HMP (a) Hindley and (b) Rochester will be closed during their rebuild; and to which prisons prisoners and prison staff will be relocated to in the first instance.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	69999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>We will close down ageing and ineffective prisons, replacing them with buildings fit for today’s demands. We are investing £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 modern prison places with better education facilities and other rehabilitative services. On 22 March 2017, my Rt Hon friend, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice announced plans for the building of four new prisons in England and Wales, replacing old and overcrowded establishments with new, fit for purpose buildings.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that the redevelopment work at HMP Hindley and HMP Rochester will take around two and a half years.</p><p> </p><p>We will work with HMP Rochester’s and HMP Hindley’s management teams to make sure the prison’s staffing is sufficient to run the establishment safely and effectively until it closes. Retaining highly skilled, committed staff is hugely important to the success of the Prison Service, so we will seek to permanently redeploy staff into posts in other locations, but they are free to apply for jobs that are advertised through normal vacancy filling arrangements. We expect to be able to transfer all staff to other establishments.</p><p> </p><p>Once we have a planned date for closure we will then identify those prisoners that will require a move to another prison.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has had a number of discussions with the relevant MPs and Councils in developing its plans for the new and redeveloped prison sites. The Government welcomes feedback on the development of its plans for the prison estate and will undertake public engagement events within the local areas relevant to the locations made in the announcement of 22 March 2017. Opportunities for local residents, businesses and stakeholders to provide additional feedback is also available through the formal local planning application process. We will work with Parliamentary colleagues in the development of these plans.</p><p> </p><p>We will work closely with Local Authorities; NHS trusts; and police forces to ensure services such as Health, Education, Social Services and Accommodation are involved in planning for the new prison right from the start.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage it is too early to give an estimate of the cost of designing and building the new prison but we will seek to ensure value for money for taxpayers. We are currently developing the operating specifications for new prisons.</p><p> </p><p>No decision has been taken on the future operation of these sites but we will be considering this issue and make a decision in good time for their opening.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 70003 70004 70007 question first answered 18/04/2017 11:17:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

715730

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement of 22 March 2017 on plans for four new prisons, what discussions she has had with the (a) local authority, (b) NHS trusts and (c) police force in each relevant location.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	70003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>We will close down ageing and ineffective prisons, replacing them with buildings fit for today’s demands. We are investing £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 modern prison places with better education facilities and other rehabilitative services. On 22 March 2017, my Rt Hon friend, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice announced plans for the building of four new prisons in England and Wales, replacing old and overcrowded establishments with new, fit for purpose buildings.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that the redevelopment work at HMP Hindley and HMP Rochester will take around two and a half years.</p><p> </p><p>We will work with HMP Rochester’s and HMP Hindley’s management teams to make sure the prison’s staffing is sufficient to run the establishment safely and effectively until it closes. Retaining highly skilled, committed staff is hugely important to the success of the Prison Service, so we will seek to permanently redeploy staff into posts in other locations, but they are free to apply for jobs that are advertised through normal vacancy filling arrangements. We expect to be able to transfer all staff to other establishments.</p><p> </p><p>Once we have a planned date for closure we will then identify those prisoners that will require a move to another prison.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has had a number of discussions with the relevant MPs and Councils in developing its plans for the new and redeveloped prison sites. The Government welcomes feedback on the development of its plans for the prison estate and will undertake public engagement events within the local areas relevant to the locations made in the announcement of 22 March 2017. Opportunities for local residents, businesses and stakeholders to provide additional feedback is also available through the formal local planning application process. We will work with Parliamentary colleagues in the development of these plans.</p><p> </p><p>We will work closely with Local Authorities; NHS trusts; and police forces to ensure services such as Health, Education, Social Services and Accommodation are involved in planning for the new prison right from the start.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage it is too early to give an estimate of the cost of designing and building the new prison but we will seek to ensure value for money for taxpayers. We are currently developing the operating specifications for new prisons.</p><p> </p><p>No decision has been taken on the future operation of these sites but we will be considering this issue and make a decision in good time for their opening.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 69999 70004 70007 question first answered 18/04/2017 11:17:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

715731

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement of 22 March 2017 on plans for four new prisons, what the (a) certified normal accommodation and (b) operating capacity at each establishment will be; and what the benchmarked numbers for (i) prison officers and (ii) operational support grade staff will be at each such establishment.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	70004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>We will close down ageing and ineffective prisons, replacing them with buildings fit for today’s demands. We are investing £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 modern prison places with better education facilities and other rehabilitative services. On 22 March 2017, my Rt Hon friend, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice announced plans for the building of four new prisons in England and Wales, replacing old and overcrowded establishments with new, fit for purpose buildings.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that the redevelopment work at HMP Hindley and HMP Rochester will take around two and a half years.</p><p> </p><p>We will work with HMP Rochester’s and HMP Hindley’s management teams to make sure the prison’s staffing is sufficient to run the establishment safely and effectively until it closes. Retaining highly skilled, committed staff is hugely important to the success of the Prison Service, so we will seek to permanently redeploy staff into posts in other locations, but they are free to apply for jobs that are advertised through normal vacancy filling arrangements. We expect to be able to transfer all staff to other establishments.</p><p> </p><p>Once we have a planned date for closure we will then identify those prisoners that will require a move to another prison.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has had a number of discussions with the relevant MPs and Councils in developing its plans for the new and redeveloped prison sites. The Government welcomes feedback on the development of its plans for the prison estate and will undertake public engagement events within the local areas relevant to the locations made in the announcement of 22 March 2017. Opportunities for local residents, businesses and stakeholders to provide additional feedback is also available through the formal local planning application process. We will work with Parliamentary colleagues in the development of these plans.</p><p> </p><p>We will work closely with Local Authorities; NHS trusts; and police forces to ensure services such as Health, Education, Social Services and Accommodation are involved in planning for the new prison right from the start.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage it is too early to give an estimate of the cost of designing and building the new prison but we will seek to ensure value for money for taxpayers. We are currently developing the operating specifications for new prisons.</p><p> </p><p>No decision has been taken on the future operation of these sites but we will be considering this issue and make a decision in good time for their opening.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 69999 70003 70007 question first answered 18/04/2017 11:17:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

715733

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the consultation on (a) reforming the advocates' graduated fee scheme which closed on 2 March 2017 and (b) litigators' graduated fees scheme and court appointees which closed on 24 March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	70143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>We are carefully considering all responses to the consultations, and will publish our responses in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 18/04/2017 11:20:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

715735

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the consultation on the review of the introduction of fees in the employment tribunals which closed on 14 March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	70144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>We are carefully considering the responses to the consultation and we will publish our response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 18/04/2017 11:20:44 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

710910

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people paying Class 4 national insurance contributions in (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds and (c) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	67829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is attached.</p><p> </p><p>This is based on the Survey of Personal Incomes 2014-15. Constituency numbers are rounded to the nearest 100, and regional numbers to the nearest 1,000. Due to rounding the sum of numbers for Parliamentary constituencies may be different to regional numbers.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 67417 question first answered 21/03/2017 16:09:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name 170315 Region and constituency for HMT.docx title class 4 NICs list
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

710935

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Public Houses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 3.17 of the Spring Budget 2017, what estimate he has made of how many pubs will qualify for the £1,000 business rate discount in (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds and (c) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	67831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>At the Budget on 8 March the Chancellor announced a new relief scheme for pubs with a rateable value below £100,000. Under the scheme, eligible pubs will receive a £1000 discount on rate bills. My Department will shortly consult on guidance which will include proposals on the eligibility criteria and other aspects of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/03/2017 11:29:48 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

710936

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 3.16 of the Spring Budget 2017, what estimate he has made of how much of the (a) £435 million of further support for businesses facing significant increases in bills from the English business rates system and (b) £300 million discretionary relief to allow councils to provide support to individual hard cases in their local areas will be allocated to (i) Leeds East constituency, (ii) Leeds and (iii) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	67830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has published a consultation on the £300 million discretionary relief scheme announced at the Spring Budget 2017. The consultation sets out a proposed allocation methodology and indicative allocations for individual billing authorities. The consultation is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/discretionary-business-rates-relief-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/discretionary-business-rates-relief-scheme</a></p><p>The additional support for businesses losing small business rate relief and the new discount for pubs will be available to all eligible businesses in each billing authority.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/03/2017 14:43:19 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

710940

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Leeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.5 of the Spring Budget 2017, what estimate he has made of how much of the additional £2 billion funding for adult social care will be allocated to Leeds City Council.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	67836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department published the allocations for the additional funding for adult social care announced at the Spring Budget 2017 online on 9 March, together with an Explanatory Note.</p><p>This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care</a>.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/03/2017 15:32:27 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon