Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many universal credit claimants have sought legal aid since the roll-out that benefit began.
Answered by Paul Maynard
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of universal credit claimants who have sought legal aid have received such aid.
Answered by Paul Maynard
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes he has implemented at HMP Birmingham following the cancellation of the G4S contract at that site.
Answered by Robert Buckland
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) exercised its right under the contract with G4S to ‘step-in’ in August 2018 and took over the running of HMP Birmingham. The ‘step-in’ meant that HMPPS could provide additional resources and support to directly address the areas of failure identified. The additional cost of the ‘step-in’ action, including additional HMPPS staff has been recovered from G4S in accordance with the terms of the contract.
There has been good progress since the ‘step-in’ however, the department and G4S have mutually agreed to formally return the prison to HMPPS in July 2019. G4S staff at Birmingham will transfer to HMPPS contracts on 1 July and they are being supported through the transition.
This change will continue to drive the long-term improvements that are required at the prison.
We have made no changes since G4S remain contractually responsible for the prison until 1st of July 2019.
Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the provisions in the Cremation Act 1902; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Ministry of Justice is defending an application for permission in judicial review by the owners of a proposed crematorium, challenging our decision not to appoint a medical referee to the crematorium while it remains in breach of the provisions of section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902. It would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment on issues relating to this matter during the course of litigation.
Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of the Cremation Act (1902).
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Ministry of Justice is defending an application for permission in judicial review by the owners of a proposed crematorium, challenging our decision not to appoint a medical referee to the crematorium while it remains in breach of the provisions of section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902. It would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment on issues relating to this matter during the course of litigation.
Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of whether crematoriums are being constructed (a) less than two hundred yards from a dwelling house, (b) within fifty yards of a public highway and (c) in the consecrated part of a local authority burial ground.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Ministry of Justice is defending an application for permission in judicial review by the owners of a proposed crematorium, challenging our decision not to appoint a medical referee to the crematorium while it remains in breach of the provisions of section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902. It would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment on issues relating to this matter during the course of litigation.
Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Section 5 of the Cremation Act (1902) has been invoked to reject a planning application in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Ministry of Justice is defending an application for permission in judicial review by the owners of a proposed crematorium, challenging our decision not to appoint a medical referee to the crematorium while it remains in breach of the provisions of section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902. It would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment on issues relating to this matter during the course of litigation.
Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of defendants seeking to use section 76(8) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 as a key form of defence within criminal trials.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prosecutions made under Section 76 of the Serious Crime Act (2015) which involved a disabled survivor of abuse giving evidence.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham Ladywood)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defences made using section 76(8) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 within criminal trials have been successful.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.