Justice

written question – answered ar 17 Gorffennaf 2013.

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  • Alternatives to Prison

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when his Department plans to publish its response to the findings of the Intensive Alternative to Custody pilot evaluations.

  • Bail

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was collected following situations where defendants breached their bail conditions and a surety had been given in order for bail to be granted...

  • Consultants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much (a) he and (b) officials in his Department spent on external assistance to prepare for (i) appearances before select committees and (ii) contact...

  • Courts: Wales

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many litigants in person there have been in civil and family courts in Wales in each month from June 2012 to June 2013.

  • Devon and Cornwall Police

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department took following the conclusion of Operation Reproof in 2005.

  • Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the annual cost to the courts and tribunal service of employment and support allowance appeals has been since 2008.

  • Evictions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many evictions and eviction proceedings in England and Wales took place in (a) April 2013, (b) May 2013 and (c) June 2013.

  • Exhumation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how his Department's policy, practice and procedures on exhumation have changed since June 2007.

  • Insurance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what reduction in the cost of motor insurance he expects to arise as a result of the lower litigation costs in place since 1 April 2013; (2) what...

  • Legal Aid Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mechanisms his Department has in place to ensure quality of service during contract periods for those firms awarded legal aid contracts.

  • Legal Aid Scheme

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the Legal Aid Agency's target timescale is for the payment of legal aid to barristers at the criminal public bar; what proportion of legal aid...

  • Magistrates

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the average age of a magistrate was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; (2) how many magistrates were (a) male, (b) female, (c) black, Asian...

  • Personal Injury

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the potential number of redundancies in the personal injury legal sector as a result of the reduction in costs in the...

  • Prisoners: Travellers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much was spent by HM Prison Service on raising awareness of Gypsy and Traveller issues within the service in each of the last three years; and...

  • Prisons: Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the (a) extent of use and (b) effectiveness of mindfulness therapy in prisons.

  • Prisons: Swimming Pools

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisons have swimming pools for use by inmates.

  • Public Expenditure

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department received from the Exchequer reserve in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and to what use such sums were put.

  • Redundancy Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on exit packages for its staff in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and how much of this sum was spent on compulsory redundancies.

  • Senior Civil Servants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three...

  • Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to increase the maximum sentencing powers of magistrates.

  • Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable magistrates to sentence offenders to six months consecutive sentences for more than one...

  • Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow the Crown Prosecution Service to have an input into the sentences handed down in courts following...

  • Social Security Benefits

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the decision that benefit appeals cases should be sent directly to HM Courts and Tribunal Service on...

  • Victims: Surcharges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much income the Victims Surcharge (a) generated and (b) was originally projected to generate in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.

  • Work Capability Assessment: Appeals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of claimants have appealed successfully against the original Atos determination of their capacity to work in each year since 2009.