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date	04/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects HM Courts and Tribunals Service to send to the Department for Work and Pensions the Statement of Reasons in respect of the recent appeal, Ref: SC133/14/00156, relating to Ms C Ely; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
uin	1254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The First-tier Tribunal - Social Security and Child Support, administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The Tribunal heard the appeal brought by Ms Ely on 27 April. A request for a full statement of reasons was received from the DWP on 15 May.</p><p> </p><p>The Tribunal’s Procedure Rules require the statement of reasons to be provided within one month of the request or as soon as practicable thereafter.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/06/2015 16:22:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

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registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service
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 availability of front-of-house staff within the Courts Service to assist with the completion of official documents.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Mr Gerry Sutcliffe
uin	223923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service administrative staff provide help to courts and tribunals users directly at court buildings and hearing centres. Help is also provided by staff at call centres and through guidance provided on-line. While HMCTS staff cannot provide any legal advice, they are able to provide general help on procedure, including, where appropriate, guidance on the completion of court documents. Depending on the circumstances staff will also signpost users to appropriate advice agencies for this purpose. Through its budgeting and workforce planning processes HMCTS endeavours to ensure all activities are resourced to meet the demands of the service.</p><p>Where a party appears unrepresented in the Magistrates’ Court, the Legal Adviser has a general duty to assist and this includes providing assistance with the completion of court forms.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/02/2015 17:17:41 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	403 label Biography information for Mr Gerry Sutcliffe