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769762

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Gender Recognition Act 2004
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the timetable is for the Government's review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	107418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department announced on 23 July that it will be consulting on changes to the Gender Recognition Act in the Autumn. We are currently considering the content of the consultation. We will be making an announcement shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/10/2017 16:45:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100492

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to prevent violence in young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not tolerate violence of any kind in young offender institutions and assaults are treated extremely seriously. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is comprehensively reviewing how it manages violence and will issue revised guidance in 2015. NOMS is also working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to improve the investigation and prosecution of crime in young offender institutions and prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing self-harm in young offender institutions. All young offender institutions and prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves. These procedures include the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process, which is an offender-centred, flexible care planning system designed to ensure that offenders at risk are managed in a way that is responsive to individual needs, including those related to age.</p><p> </p><p>An analysis of assaults and self-harm by age is included in the Safety in Custody Statistics Bulletin, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211569 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:05:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100493

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Self-harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to prevent self-harm in young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not tolerate violence of any kind in young offender institutions and assaults are treated extremely seriously. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is comprehensively reviewing how it manages violence and will issue revised guidance in 2015. NOMS is also working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to improve the investigation and prosecution of crime in young offender institutions and prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing self-harm in young offender institutions. All young offender institutions and prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves. These procedures include the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process, which is an offender-centred, flexible care planning system designed to ensure that offenders at risk are managed in a way that is responsive to individual needs, including those related to age.</p><p> </p><p>An analysis of assaults and self-harm by age is included in the Safety in Custody Statistics Bulletin, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211568 question first answered 27/10/2014 16:05:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100495

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Counselling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to provide emotional support for inmates of young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to providing emotional support to young people and young adults in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs). All young offender institutions and prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support offenders in need of emotional support or at risk of harming themselves.</p><p> </p><p>These procedures include the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process which is an offender-centred, flexible care planning system designed to ensure that offenders at risk are managed in a way that is responsive to individual needs, including those related to age. A recent review of the ACCT process for young people made a number of recommendations that are being taken forward by the National Offender Management Service.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England provide a commissioned healthcare service to all YOIs which includes GPs, nurses and mental health professionals to support those with an identified physical or mental health need in custody. Support services provided under contract are equitable with those provided in the community.</p><p> </p><p>Healthcare services are supported by the chaplaincy team which offers a range of pastoral support services and by the Samaritans who provide free helpline access and train young offenders aged 18 and over to act as ‘Listeners’, that is, peer supporters for other young offenders who are in crisis.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/10/2014 16:11:26 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100497

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to prevent young people with mental illnesses and depression from being sentenced to custody in young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>When sentencing a child or young person under the age 18, courts have a duty to have regard to the welfare of the offender, which includes their mental health.</p><p> </p><p>Youth Offending Teams provide courts with a pre-sentence report for each young person, including information about their mental health and any self-harming or risk taking behaviour. Where emotional and mental health issues have been identified, a referral to the mental health specialist worker should be made for completion of a Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool which will provide details about the support and type of intervention programme needed, tailored to their needs. The pre-sentence report should assess the potential impact of any custodial sentence imposed by the court (including the impact on mental health).</p><p> </p><p>In January 2014, the Government announced £25 million of funding for the Liaison and Diversion Programme, which will join up police and courts with mental health services and to fund the provision of mental health professionals to give prompt and appropriate treatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Programme, commissioned by NHS England, identifies, assesses and refers people of all ages with a wide range of mental health and other issues on first contact with the criminal justice system. A person assessed with single or multiple vulnerabilities will be referred to the appropriate treatment or support service and care and/or support will be instigated.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/10/2014 16:33:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

101665

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014 to Question 200960, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Coventry South to provide the information he omitted to provide in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I wrote to the Honourable Member on 3 November with the information he requested in his Question 200960, and apologising for the delay in writing to him.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 17:21:31 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

102062

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014 to Question 200962, on mobile telephones, how many mobile telephones and SIM cards were found in each prison in England and Wales in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The number of finds in each prison establishment for the calendar year 2013 is shown in the table below. Please note that one find may constitute a handset containing one SIM card or media card, a handset only, or a SIM card only.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is clamping down on the use of mobile phones in prisons, and seizures have increased. Prisons use a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband such intelligence-led searches, body searches, use of x-ray machines, metal detectors and CCTV surveillance cameras, as well as body orifice scanners.</p><p> </p><p>The Offender Management Act 2007 made it a criminal offence to convey specific items, including mobile phones and associated equipment into or out of a prison or to transmit sounds or images from within a prison. In March 2012, the Crime and Security Act 2010 also made it an offence, with a penalty of up to two years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine, to possess an unauthorised mobile phone or other electronic equipment or component element that can receive or transmit information electronically within a prison.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRISON</p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,451</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ALTCOURSE</p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASHFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASHWELL</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASKHAM GRANGE</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AYLESBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BEDFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BELMARSH</p></td><td><p><strong>126</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIRMINGHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>133</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLANTYRE HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLUNDESTON</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRINSFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>182</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRISTOL</p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRIXTON</p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRONZEFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BUCKLEY HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BULLINGDON</p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BULLWOOD HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURE</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANTERBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARDIFF</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHANNINGS WOOD</p></td><td><p><strong>39</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHELMSFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COLDINGLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COOKHAM WOOD</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DARTMOOR</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEERBOLT</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DONCASTER</p></td><td><p><strong>182</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DORCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOVEGATE</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOVER</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOWNVIEW</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DRAKE HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DURHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST SUTTON PARK</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EASTWOOD PARK</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ELMLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>103</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ERLESTOKE</p></td><td><p><strong>98</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EVERTHORPE</p></td><td><p><strong>45</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EXETER</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FEATHERSTONE</p></td><td><p><strong>42</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FELTHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FORD</p></td><td><p><strong>202</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FOREST BANK</p></td><td><p><strong>165</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FOSTON HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRANKLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FULL SUTTON</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GARTH</p></td><td><p><strong>33</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GARTREE</p></td><td><p><strong>57</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLEN PARVA</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLOUCESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRENDON/SPRING HILL</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>GRENDON</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>0</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>SPRINGHILL</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>117</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GUYS MARSH</p></td><td><p><strong>54</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HATFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>96</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HASLAR</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HAVERIGG</p></td><td><p><strong>172</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP HEWELL</p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HIGH DOWN</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HIGHPOINT</p></td><td><p><strong>203</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HINDLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOLLESLEY BAY</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOLLOWAY</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOLME HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HULL</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HUNTERCOMBE</p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ISIS HMP/YOI</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ISLE OF WIGHT</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>ALBANY</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>0</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>CAMP HILL</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>1</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>PARKHURST</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>16</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KENNET</p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KINGSTON</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KIRKHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>488</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KIRKLEVINGTON GRANGE</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LANCASTER CASTLE</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LANCASTER FARMS</p></td><td><p><strong>117</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LATCHMERE HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEEDS</p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEICESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEWES</p></td><td><p><strong>51</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEYHILL</p></td><td><p><strong>49</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LINCOLN</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LINDHOLME</p></td><td><p><strong>63</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LITTLEHEY</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LIVERPOOL</p></td><td><p><strong>65</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONG LARTIN</p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LOWDHAM GRANGE</p></td><td><p><strong>24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LOW NEWTON</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAIDSTONE</p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MANCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOORLAND CLOSED</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MORTON HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE MOUNT</p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NEW HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH SEA CAMP</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTHALLERTON</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTHUMBERLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>130</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORWICH</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOTTINGHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OAKWOOD</p></td><td><p><strong>194</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ONLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>85</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PARC</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PENTONVILLE</p></td><td><p><strong>149</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PETERBOROUGH</p></td><td><p><strong>44</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PORTLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRESTON</p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RANBY</p></td><td><p><strong>229</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>READING</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RISLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>84</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RYE HILL</p></td><td><p><strong>113</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEND</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHEPTON MALLET</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHREWSBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STAFFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STANDFORD HILL</p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STOCKEN</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STOKE HEATH</p></td><td><p><strong>44</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STYAL</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SUDBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>134</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWALESIDE</p></td><td><p><strong>103</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWANSEA</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWINFEN HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THAMESIDE</p></td><td><p><strong>98</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THORN CROSS</p></td><td><p><strong>109</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>USK</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRESCOED</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VERNE</p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WAKEFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WANDSWORTH</p></td><td><p><strong>119</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WARREN HILL</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WAYLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEALSTUN</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WELLINGBOROUGH</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WERRINGTON HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WETHERBY</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHATTON</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHITEMOOR</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WINCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOLDS</p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOODHILL</p></td><td><p><strong>64</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WORMWOOD SCRUBS</p></td><td><p><strong>128</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WYMOTT</p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/11/2014 17:38:37 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156818

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment 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 effectiveness of the implementation of the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	215285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Fees were implemented in the Employment tribunals on 29 July 2013. The implementation project for fees was delivered on time and to budget, and around 70% of employment tribunal claims are now received on-line.</p><p> </p><p>Fees are part of the Government’s broader package of Employment reforms. In particular, we want to encourage people to avoid long drawn out disputes which emotionally damage workers and financially damage businesses. From 6 May, anyone contemplating bringing a claim to the Employment tribunals must first consider ACAS conciliation, which is provided free of charge. The early results are encouraging.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to undertaking a review of Employment tribunal fees and we will be bringing forward our plans on the scope and timing of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/11/2014 17:16:45 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156819

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment 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 whether tribunal fees are deterring legitimate claims being made.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	215286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>It is not the Government’s intention to deter people from bringing legitimate claims to the Employment Tribunals, and we do not believe that is the case. The purpose of introducing fees was to transfer some of the cost of the tribunals from the taxpayer to those who use them, where they can afford to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to undertaking a review of Employment Tribunal fees and we will be bringing forward our plans on the scope and timing of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/11/2014 17:05:51 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156820

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	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 employment tribunal claims by women was between 2012 and 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	215287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>There is currently no requirement to declare a disability when making a claim to the employment tribunal. Therefore I am unable to answer this question.</p><p> </p><p>There were 87,200 employment tribunal claims by women in 2012 and 75,700 in 2013. In 2012 there were 22,139 claims which included a redundancy jurisdiction and in 2013 there were 15,927. <sup>(1) </sup></p><p> </p><p>It cannot be right that hardworking taxpayers should pick up the bill for employment disputes in tribunals. It is reasonable to expect people to pay towards the £74m bill taxpayers' face for providing the service. But it is important to emphasise that the Government has been very careful in ensuring that those who have limited means have fee waivers and are not excluded from seeking redress in tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes, annually and quarterly, statistical data on workload trends in employment tribunals, including jurisdictional breakdowns. The most recent Tribunal Statistics quarterly tables are available at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/352915/tribunal-statistics-tables-apr-june-2014.xls.</p><p> </p><p><sup>(1) </sup>Redundancy claims can be claims for Redundancy Pay or Redundancy failure to inform and consult.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 215288 215289 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham