Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences relating to forced marriage in the last three years.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The number of defendants prosecuted and convicted of offences relating to forced marriage, from 2015-2017, can be found at the following link:
Search ‘Offence’ for ’36.1 Forced marriage’ and ’66.6 Breach of a forced marriage protection order’.
Figures for 2018 are planned for publication in May 2019.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have applied for a gender recognition certificate in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many of the applications have been (a) accepted and (b) refused.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Statistics for applications for Gender Recognition Certificates (GRC) are updated and published on GOV.UK (at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics) on a quarterly basis. The table below sets out various statistics for the last three years, including how many applications have been accepted (under the columns “Full GRC granted” and “Interim GRC granted”) and how many applications have been refused. Guidance on these statistics is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017-and-2016-to-2017
Financial year | Total Receipts | Total Disposals | Disposal outcomes | |||||
Full GRC granted | Interim GRC granted | Refused | Application withdrawn | No Fee paid | Error | |||
2014/15 | 343 | 284 | 244 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
2015/16 | 374 | 376 | 332 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
2016/17 | 364 | 351 | 318 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many gender recognition certificates have been granted to transgender women who posses male genitalia.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 (the Act) sets out a number of requirements for applicants when applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). These include that applicants must provide two medical reports, at least one of which must be from a registered medical professional working in the field of gender dysphoria. At least one of the reports must also set out details of a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and any surgery and treatment that has been undertaken, or is planned, for the purpose of modifying sexual characteristics.
Many people who are transitioning will undergo some form of this kind of surgery and medical treatment. Some applicants are unable to undergo surgery for other medical reasons. However, there is no requirement under the Act for an applicant to have undergone gender reassignment surgery in order to obtain a GRC. Each application under the Act is dealt with on a case by case basis, and no data is held on the genitalia of the applicants.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is necessary for a transgender women to have female genitalia in order to receive a gender recognition certificate.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 (the Act) sets out a number of requirements for applicants when applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). These include that applicants must provide two medical reports, at least one of which must be from a registered medical professional working in the field of gender dysphoria. At least one of the reports must also set out details of a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and any surgery and treatment that has been undertaken, or is planned, for the purpose of modifying sexual characteristics.
Many people who are transitioning will undergo some form of this kind of surgery and medical treatment. Some applicants are unable to undergo surgery for other medical reasons. However, there is no requirement under the Act for an applicant to have undergone gender reassignment surgery in order to obtain a GRC. Each application under the Act is dealt with on a case by case basis, and no data is held on the genitalia of the applicants.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of how many serving prisoners are transgender.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prisoner-transgender-statistics-march-to-april-2016. Updated figures will be published next month.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female to male transgender offenders in the prison system are serving their sentences in male prisons.
Answered by Phillip Lee
This information requested is not held centrally, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many male to female transgender offenders in the prison system are serving their sentences in female prisons.
Answered by Phillip Lee
This information requested is not held centrally, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2015 to Question 17668, if he will collect information on how much has been spent from the public purse on providing legal aid for asylum seekers who wish to purse immigration appeals.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The information is not held centrally.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on providing legal aid for asylum seekers who wish to pursue immigration appeals in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The Ministry of Justice cannot separately report on legal aid specifically awarded to asylum seekers. This information is not recorded, as it is not relevant to the administration of the legal aid scheme.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts and Tribunal Service has spent on translators in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
We have taken translators as Face to Face interpreters, Written Translators and Telephone Interpreters. Please see below the costs breakdown by service provided and total cost that HMCTS have spent on the Capita-TI contract for the last three years:
Total |
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| 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 |
FTF | £12,075,110 | £16,040,076 | £17,214,294 |
Translation | £42,723 | £27,196 | £34,824 |
ITI | £14,904 | £17,140 | £12,581 |
Total | £12,132,737 | £16,084,412 | £17,261,699 |
Before 2012, courts arranged interpreter contracts on an individual basis. The Government has taken steps to ensure the system provides value for taxpayers by agreeing a national contract. Demand for these services has grown as awareness increases amongst court and tribunal users. Since we introduced a new interpreting contract in 2012 we have spent £38.2m less on language service fees.