Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent independent (a) domestic and (b) sexual violence advisers have been funded by his Department in each of the last five years.
Answered by Edward Argar
The Ministry of Justice has committed to ringfenced funding to increase the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Violence Advisors (ISVAs/IDVAs) by 300 to over 1000 by 2024/25 - a 43% increase on the number of ISVAs and IDVAs over the next three years. This builds on the funding provided in 20/21 and 21/22 to recruit c700 ISVA and IDVA posts. We are distributing this ringfenced funding to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to recruit ISVAs and IDVAs in their local areas. Recruitment for the additional 300 posts commenced in May 2022, and we are currently working closely with PCCs to track progress of this recruitment. In addition to this funding, PCCs also have discretion to use core victim support grant funding for additional ISVAs and IDVAs, based on their assessment of local need.
The MoJ has information on ISVAs and IDVAs funded from 20/21, which is when the specific ringfenced funding was introduced.
In addition, the Department has committed to supporting ISVAs and IDVAs through measures published in the draft Victims Bill. The Bill will introduce a definition of IDVA and ISVA roles, a power for the Secretary of State to issue statutory guidance on these roles, and a duty on agencies and those who work with victims to have due regard to the guidance.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish (a) the outcome of all meetings and (b) all call logs between Ministers of his Department and Mr Crispin Odey.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Secretary of State for Justice has had no meetings with Mr Crispin Odey. Details of Ministers’ meetings are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department are paid less than £8.75 per hour.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
All MoJ employees are paid at least the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.
1479 staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ HQ, HMCTS, LAA, OPG and CICA) and 543 by HMPPS are paid at a rate below £8.75 per hour.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many apprentices are employed in his Department.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The Ministry of Justice currently has 390 members of staff undertaking an apprenticeship programme.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department are paid less than £10.20 per hour.
Answered by Edward Argar
All MoJ employees are paid at least the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.
7866 staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ HQ, HMCTS, LAA, OPD and CICA) and 6,398 by HMPPS are paid at a rate below £10.25 per hour.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for jobseeker's allowance tribunals in Glasgow East constituency was in each of the last four years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested is set out in the table below.
Year 3 | The average time from receipt (Weeks)1 in HM Courts & Tribunals Service to outcome Glasgow Venue2 | |||
2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | |
Jobseekers Allowance | 8 | 21 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
Tax Credit 4 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 18 | 12.2 |
Income Support | 16.4 | 24.7 | 16.1 | 20.3 |
Employment and Support Allowance5 | 15.2 | 15 | 13.3 | 13 |
Personal Independence Payment6 | 7.7 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 13 |
1. Average Clearance Time – time taken from appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need for a tribunal hearing.
2. First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals for Glasgow East constituents are heard in the Glasgow venue. 3. The table shows information in the financial year April to March.
4. Tax Credit includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.
5. Employment and Support Allowance includes Employment and Support Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Reassessments).
6. Personal Independence Payments (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments). In 2013/14 numbers were low with 15 Personal Independence Payment appeals being disposed of in the Glasgow Venue.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.
Any disparity in waiting times is monitored and investigated locally. In general waiting times can fluctuate temporarily and geographically, owing to a number of variable factors, including volumes of benefit decisions made locally, availability of medical/disability members, venue capacity, and the complexity of appeals.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for tax credits tribunals in Glasgow East constituency was in each of the last four years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested is set out in the table below.
Year 3 | The average time from receipt (Weeks)1 in HM Courts & Tribunals Service to outcome Glasgow Venue2 | |||
2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | |
Jobseekers Allowance | 8 | 21 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
Tax Credit 4 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 18 | 12.2 |
Income Support | 16.4 | 24.7 | 16.1 | 20.3 |
Employment and Support Allowance5 | 15.2 | 15 | 13.3 | 13 |
Personal Independence Payment6 | 7.7 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 13 |
1. Average Clearance Time – time taken from appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need for a tribunal hearing.
2. First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals for Glasgow East constituents are heard in the Glasgow venue. 3. The table shows information in the financial year April to March.
4. Tax Credit includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.
5. Employment and Support Allowance includes Employment and Support Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Reassessments).
6. Personal Independence Payments (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments). In 2013/14 numbers were low with 15 Personal Independence Payment appeals being disposed of in the Glasgow Venue.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.
Any disparity in waiting times is monitored and investigated locally. In general waiting times can fluctuate temporarily and geographically, owing to a number of variable factors, including volumes of benefit decisions made locally, availability of medical/disability members, venue capacity, and the complexity of appeals.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for income support tribunals in Glasgow East constituency was in each of the last four years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested is set out in the table below.
Year 3 | The average time from receipt (Weeks)1 in HM Courts & Tribunals Service to outcome Glasgow Venue2 | |||
2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | |
Jobseekers Allowance | 8 | 21 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
Tax Credit 4 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 18 | 12.2 |
Income Support | 16.4 | 24.7 | 16.1 | 20.3 |
Employment and Support Allowance5 | 15.2 | 15 | 13.3 | 13 |
Personal Independence Payment6 | 7.7 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 13 |
1. Average Clearance Time – time taken from appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need for a tribunal hearing.
2. First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals for Glasgow East constituents are heard in the Glasgow venue. 3. The table shows information in the financial year April to March.
4. Tax Credit includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.
5. Employment and Support Allowance includes Employment and Support Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Reassessments).
6. Personal Independence Payments (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments). In 2013/14 numbers were low with 15 Personal Independence Payment appeals being disposed of in the Glasgow Venue.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.
Any disparity in waiting times is monitored and investigated locally. In general waiting times can fluctuate temporarily and geographically, owing to a number of variable factors, including volumes of benefit decisions made locally, availability of medical/disability members, venue capacity, and the complexity of appeals.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for employment and support allowance tribunals in Glasgow East constituency was in each of the last four years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested is set out in the table below.
Year 3 | The average time from receipt (Weeks)1 in HM Courts & Tribunals Service to outcome Glasgow Venue2 | |||
2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | |
Jobseekers Allowance | 8 | 21 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
Tax Credit 4 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 18 | 12.2 |
Income Support | 16.4 | 24.7 | 16.1 | 20.3 |
Employment and Support Allowance5 | 15.2 | 15 | 13.3 | 13 |
Personal Independence Payment6 | 7.7 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 13 |
1. Average Clearance Time – time taken from appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need for a tribunal hearing.
2. First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals for Glasgow East constituents are heard in the Glasgow venue. 3. The table shows information in the financial year April to March.
4. Tax Credit includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.
5. Employment and Support Allowance includes Employment and Support Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Reassessments).
6. Personal Independence Payments (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments). In 2013/14 numbers were low with 15 Personal Independence Payment appeals being disposed of in the Glasgow Venue.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.
Any disparity in waiting times is monitored and investigated locally. In general waiting times can fluctuate temporarily and geographically, owing to a number of variable factors, including volumes of benefit decisions made locally, availability of medical/disability members, venue capacity, and the complexity of appeals.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for personal independence payment tribunals in Glasgow East constituency was in each of the last four years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested is set out in the table below.
Year 3 | The average time from receipt (Weeks)1 in HM Courts & Tribunals Service to outcome Glasgow Venue2 | |||
2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | |
Jobseekers Allowance | 8 | 21 | 13.3 | 13.5 |
Tax Credit 4 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 18 | 12.2 |
Income Support | 16.4 | 24.7 | 16.1 | 20.3 |
Employment and Support Allowance5 | 15.2 | 15 | 13.3 | 13 |
Personal Independence Payment6 | 7.7 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 13 |
1. Average Clearance Time – time taken from appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need for a tribunal hearing.
2. First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) appeals for Glasgow East constituents are heard in the Glasgow venue. 3. The table shows information in the financial year April to March.
4. Tax Credit includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.
5. Employment and Support Allowance includes Employment and Support Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Reassessments).
6. Personal Independence Payments (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments). In 2013/14 numbers were low with 15 Personal Independence Payment appeals being disposed of in the Glasgow Venue.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.
Any disparity in waiting times is monitored and investigated locally. In general waiting times can fluctuate temporarily and geographically, owing to a number of variable factors, including volumes of benefit decisions made locally, availability of medical/disability members, venue capacity, and the complexity of appeals.