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1002114

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the spend by (a) each Government department and (b) the Government on legal representation at inquests in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold information about expenditure by other Government departments or state bodies on legal representation at inquests. Any expenditure by the Ministry of Justice on legal representation at inquests would not be separately recorded from other expenditure on legal costs.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 185682 question first answered 15/11/2018 17:33:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003757

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: 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 (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment support allowance appeal hearings in the last 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Information about the average waiting times of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) for (a) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (b) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made up to June 2018, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at Tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018 and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 17:00:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003758

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunal Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the number of claims made to the Employment Tribunal was by region in the 12 months to (a) 1 August 2013 and (b) 1 August 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in Annex C – Employment Tribunal Receipts Table within the published statistics and can be viewed using the following link.</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 17:02:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1017479

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of victims of domestic violence that were cross-examined by their abuser in the family courts in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the data requested regarding victims of domestic abuse. We are committed to legislating to give family courts the power to prohibit the direct cross-examination of victims by their abusers as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/12/2018 14:20:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1035325

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	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 total value of uncollected court fines is in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The cumulative amount of outstanding court fines as at 31<sup>st</sup> March of each year is detailed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year ended 31<sup>st</sup> March</p></td><td><p>£’000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>623,609</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>504,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>374,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>340,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>335,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>370,591</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>396,766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>413,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>395,804</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/01/2019 17:47:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1035330

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents had no representation at a family court case relating to a child in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of unrepresented parents in private law Children Act cases is shown in the table below.</p><p>Since 2015, we have invested almost £6.5million in a support strategy for unrepresented parties. This provides practical support and information as well as routes to free or more affordable legal advice. Public funding remains available for parents in public law Children Act proceedings where a local authority seeks an order to place a child in care or under its supervision, and in private law Children Act cases where there is evidence of domestic or child abuse.</p><p>Whilst we do publish numbers of private law cases with either an unrepresented applicant or respondent as part of Family Court Statistics Quarterly, the data does not show the relationship to the child.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="14"><p><strong>Table 1: The total number of private law cases started and the number applicants and respondents who had no representation in these cases from 2011 to 2017.</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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total number of cases started<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Cases with at least one hearing<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Unrepresented Applicants</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Unrepresented Respondents</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Parent</p></td><td><p>Other<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Unknown<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Parent</p></td><td><p>Other<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Unknown<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 49,067 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 45,907 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10,224</p></td><td><p>2,560</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>13,078</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19,129</p></td><td><p>1,251</p></td><td><p>5,517</p></td><td><p>25,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 52,062 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 49,157 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11,583</p></td><td><p>2,524</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>14,447</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21,117</p></td><td><p>1,243</p></td><td><p>6,344</p></td><td><p>28,704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 54,624 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 51,846 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17,007</p></td><td><p>3,413</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>20,996</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28,205</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td><td><p>9,704</p></td><td><p>39,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 42,114 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 39,776 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16,753</p></td><td><p>3,181</p></td><td><p>829</p></td><td><p>20,763</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21,824</p></td><td><p>908</p></td><td><p>9,164</p></td><td><p>31,896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 43,347 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 41,435 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18,544</p></td><td><p>2,969</p></td><td><p>937</p></td><td><p>22,450</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23,685</p></td><td><p>1,032</p></td><td><p>8,161</p></td><td><p>32,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 48,246 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 46,256 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21,839</p></td><td><p>3,094</p></td><td><p>1,073</p></td><td><p>26,006</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26,669</p></td><td><p>1,160</p></td><td><p>8,524</p></td><td><p>36,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 50,652 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 48,625 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23,881</p></td><td><p>3,303</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td><p>28,109</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30,306</p></td><td><p>1,174</p></td><td><p>6,831</p></td><td><p>38,311</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Notes: <br>1) Self-representation is determined by the field 'legal representation' in Familyman being left blank. Therefore, this is only a proxy measure and parties without a recorded representative are not necessarily self-representing litigants in person. Please note that the latest quarters' figures may reduce in future publications, particularly in regard to parties obtaining legal representation as cases progress. Therefore, the latest quarter figures should be considered as provisional</p><p>2) In this instance 'at least one hearing' refers to non-vacated scheduled hearings, rather than actual hearings that have taken place.</p><p>3) 'Unrepresented' refers to parties where the REPRESENTATIVE_ID field has been left blank. Therefore, they should be considered as parties without a recorded representative, rather than 'litigants in person'.</p><p>4) 'Other' can refer to Grandparents, Step-Parents, Special Guardians or Children.</p><p>5) 'Unknown' relations to child can occur in cases where relation to child is not requested (e.g. if the applicant or respondent is a local authority). This is the case for 3% of applicants and 23% of respondents given in the table.</p><p>6) 'Total number of cases started' and 'Cases with at least one hearing' are included only for additional context and will include hearings with represented parties.</p><p>7) The central data system FamilyMan was fully rolled out by the end of 2010 and so any data prior to this in FamilyMan is not complete and not shown in this table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/01/2019 17:45:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 95279 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1035331

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Duty Solicitors
	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 long term viability of the criminal duty solicitors scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is clear that there are sufficient solicitors to undertake criminal legal aid-funded cases and will make sure this continues to be the case. The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across criminal legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public.</p><p> </p><p>The 2017 tender for crime contracts resulted in a greater number of offices being awarded a criminal legal aid contract, providing sufficient coverage in each local authority area. The Government is also beginning a review of all criminal legal aid fee schemes, including the criminal duty solicitor fee scheme, in January 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 16:46:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1050077

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what has been the contribution to the public purse from the sale of courts in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2018, £8.1 million was received from the sale of courts – every penny of which was reinvested into modernising the justice system so we can provide swifter and easier access to justice for all.</p><p>The closure of any court is not taken lightly and only happens following full public consultation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/01/2019 13:47:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1052233

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	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, how much his Department has (a) spent to date and (b) plans to spend in relation to prisons to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Delivering a revised deal negotiated with the EU remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. The Government is accelerating no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice was allocated £17.3m in 18/19 and £30m in 19/20 from HMT specifically for EU-related activities. Robust plans are in place to ensure EU Exit related allocations are spent in an appropriate and efficient way across all business areas in the MoJ. This has allowed the department to prepare effectively for the potential impact on prisons, in any EU exit scenario.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2019 14:52:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1054895

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of court custody facilities have adequate healthcare provision.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	216440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>All court custody suites in England and Wales have a provision for healthcare within the providers contract. This provision includes immediate medical attention as necessary during the time that a prisoner and/or any accompanying baby is in the Contractor’s custody.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts cover administration of first aid, where required treatment by trained staff, and the emergency attendance of a doctor or other emergency healthcare provider where necessary. There is also provision for examination by a healthcare provider of prisoners on whom force has been used if there is a visible sign of injury or it has been requested. Emergency medical provision is also activated in relation to instances of self-harm. The inclusion of specialist care for pregnant/nursing mothers and prisoners suffering from psychiatric disorders is also included. Contractors also need to verify any medication needs of those received into their custody off bail.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/02/2019 17:20:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon