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142124

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to (a) the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and (b) each other London borough in 2014-15 to be spent on local welfare assistance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The funding for Hammersmith and Fulham is shown in the table below. This information and that requested relating to funding for all the London boroughs can be found on pages 35-37 of the “Local welfare provision review”, published on 5th November 2014, which is available in the House Library, as well as on the Gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-welfare-provision-review" target="_blank">Local welfare provision review - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2013/14</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authority</p></td><td><p>Programme Funding (AME<strong>)</strong></p></td><td><p>Admin Funding (DEL)</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>Programme Funding (AME<strong>)</strong></p></td><td><p>Admin Funding (DEL)</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>£588,581</p></td><td><p>£124,372</p></td><td><p>£712,953</p></td><td><p>£588,581</p></td><td><p>£114,000</p></td><td><p>£702,581</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 14:58:02 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

142142

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hon. Members have written to him to express concern about the future funding of local welfare assistance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department receives correspondence on a wide range of matters, typically handling in the region of 10,000 letters a year from hon. Members.</p><p> </p><p>On 10 October, the Government published a consultation on local welfare provision in 2015-16, to which hon. Members are very welcome to respond to if they wish.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 213706 question first answered 18/11/2014 16:54:32 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

142282

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: G4S and Serco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Statement of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 27WS, on G4S and Serco (Contracts Update), how much of the sums to be repaid by each company is outstanding; and what other debts each such company owes to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>On 12 March 2014 the Justice Secretary informed the House that G4S had agreed to repay £108.9m owed to Government on the company’s electronic monitoring contract and on two contracts for facilities management in the courts. This followed the Justice Secretary’s announcement on 19 December 2013 that Serco had agreed to repay £70.5m owed on the company’s electronic monitoring and prisoner escort contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The sums in question also included provision for the direct costs to Government arising from these matters.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Both companies have repaid all money requested in accordance with the settlement agreements.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any outstanding debts owed to this Department by the companies. We are managing all MoJ contracts robustly and would take swift action to recover any debt owed should we become aware of such an issue.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2014 17:43:25 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114905

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions Capita Group plc has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010; how many such tenders have been successful; how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Capita Group plc for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 Capita Group plc hold with his Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between his Department and Capita Group plc.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are unable to answer the first part of your question as doing so would incur disproportionate costs. To provide this information would entail identifying and contacting all individuals responsible for the operational and commercial management of contracts relating to Capita Group plc to find out how many occasions Capita Group plc has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010.</p><p>I will write to the honourable member in due course to answer the rest of the question.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:42:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114906

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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 the change in the number of people employed at magistrates' courts has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The table provides the total reduction of staff by FTE since 2010<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total reduction of staff by FTE in magistrates’ court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2010-2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>461.79</p></td><td><p>743.45</p></td><td><p>383.84</p></td><td><p>310.30</p></td><td><p>1,899.38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The reduction in HM Courts and Tribunals staff in magistrates’ courts over the period shown has been driven by the falling workload in the magistrates’ court and by efficiency savings made by the Courts Service.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/11/2014 18:11:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114908

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many external consultants work in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice currently has 34 Live Contracts to provide the Provision of Consultancy. As the Contracts are awarded to Companies on a project basis, the Ministry of Justice cannot establish the exact number working at a specific point in time. The number and seniority of consultants will vary depending on the stage in the project.</p><p> </p><p>To establish the exact number of consultants we would need to interrogate both the files and Companies to obtain the information required and then review and collate that information. By doing so we would incur disproportionate costs in answering this question.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary staff and consultants are only used to fill business critical posts and provide essential services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/11/2014 17:46:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114910

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rate was for fines levied by each local criminal justice board in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to encourage payment of impositions and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of the value of financial impositions (made between April 2013 to March 2014) that had been collected, cancelled or remained outstanding as at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014. Financial impositions include fines, prosecution costs, compensation and victim surcharge.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Accounting Division Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Collected Against Impositions in Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cancelled Impositions in Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding at the end of the Period</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed Powys</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire &amp; IOW</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The ‘percentage outstanding’ is based upon the value of accounts outstanding at the end of the period; it includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans. The ‘accounts cancelled’ percentage comprises both administrative and legal cancellations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:49:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106350

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession
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 effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on (a) the provision of legal services and (b) small solicitors and legal firms.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>A full assessment of the impact of our proposals was conducted as part of the consultation on legal aid reform. This was updated at Royal Assent to Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. A Post Implementation Review will be conducted 3 -5 years after implementation.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 07/11/2014 14:54:12 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106351

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last four years; and how much funding was provided to each such body.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally record expenditure on funding for charities and voluntary organisations. To obtain this information from across the Ministry would incur a disproportionate cost as a manual check would have to be made of each business area’s month end return for each of the 48 months for which information has been requested.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/11/2014 17:26:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106352

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Opinion
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 on external legal advice in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Spend on external legal advice for the last four years is set out in the table below. The figures also include spend on legal representation as it is not possible to separate these figures. The figures are for the core Department and the larger executive agencies (NOMS, HMCTS and LAA). Smaller agencies (OPG and CICA) and NDPBs have not been included.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>24.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>22.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>21.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>34.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>£5.5m of the increase in spend in 2013/14 is due to the cost of legal staff that transferred to TSol in July 2013; and c£4m is attributable to family legal representation at the Hillsborough Inquest; and c£1.4m to an increase in NOMS costs for legal representation.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/11/2014 17:59:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter