Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal, published by the Department for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has implemented the parts of the plan entitled, Handling civil legal cases that involve EU countries if there’s no Brexit deal.
Answered by Edward Argar
The Government has laid 13 Statutory Instruments to put into effect the approach set out in the paper “Handling civil legal cases that involve EU countries if there is no Brexit deal”. These Statutory Instruments ensure that the statute book will function effectively in the area of civil judicial cooperation if we leave without a deal. We have also provided guidance on the website ‘gov.uk’, for both legal practitioners and the public on how cross border civil and family cases will be handled in the event of a no deal:
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
Answered by Phillip Lee
I refer the Hon Member to my response to PQ47590.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for his Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
Answered by Andrew Selous
The policy evaluations which have been carried out by external organisations for the Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management Service since 2010/11 are listed in the accompanying table. Information is also provided on whether the output was published, the name of the organisation which carried out the work and the value of the contract.
The published policy evaluation reports can be found on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&publication_filter_option=research-and-analysis&topics%5b%5d=all&departments%5b%5d=ministry-of-justice&official_document_status=all&world_locations%5b%5d=all&from_date=&to_date
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what work his Department is undertaking to review whether tribunal fees are acting as a barrier to justice; and how many officials were engaged in that work (a) in March 2015 and (b) on the last date for which figures are available.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
On 11 June we announced the start of the post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The Review is being undertaken by the Fees Policy team, which comprises five officials, with support from officials working in Analytical Services, the legal team, and HMCTS.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Information on the total amount of expenditure by the Ministry on both research and development and the total departmental spending on services is publicly available on gov.uk as part of the Country and Regional Analysis statistical release. This information covers 2009-10 through to 2013-14 and can be found at the following web link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014
This data can be accessed by using either the ‘interactive tables’ or the ‘database’.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Mike Penning
On 25 February the Government published on GOV.UK departmental spend data with small and medium-sized enterprises, directly and through the supply chain, for 2013-4:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014
For 2014-14, 37.4% of Ministry of Justice business went to SMEs, exceeding our aspiration of 25%.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
Answered by Mike Penning
January 2015 is the latest period for which figures relating to this information are available. In this period 85.2% of undisputed invoices were paid within five days. Information on payment performance is published on Gov.uk. This information is updated monthly and can be viewed at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement#prompt-payment-of-our-suppliers.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirements his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies place on suppliers in respect of their payment terms to subcontractors as part of their standard terms and conditions.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The MoJ’s standard terms and conditions require that where the Contractor enters into a sub-contract with a supplier or contractor for the purpose of performing its obligations under the Contract, it must ensure that a provision is included in such a sub-contract which requires payment to be made of all sums due by the Contractor to the sub-contractor within a specified period not exceeding 30 days from the receipt of a valid invoice provided always that the Contractor has been paid by the Authority.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of suppliers to his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Answering this question would incur disproportionate costs.
I can confirm that as of 26th February 2015, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulation 113) stipulates that payment of undisputed invoices must be made within 30 days, as applicable to MoJ Suppliers and all suppliers within the supply chain.
Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of suppliers to his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid subcontractors within 30 days in the last period for which figures are available.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
To answer this question would incur disproportionate costs.