Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what interest his Department has in Ystradffin Farm, Rhandirmwyn, Llandovery SA20 0PG; and what use is intended for that land.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Ministry of Justice provides a range of estates management services to other government departments, including the Home Office.
A lease, in the name of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has been taken, on behalf of the Home Office, to accommodate infrastructure for the new Emergency Services Network (ESN).
The site at Ystradffin Farm was identified by the ESN Programme as a suitable location for a 22.5m Extended Area Service (EAS) Communications Tower (lattice mast). Planning for the site has been submitted but not yet granted.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his (a) Department and (b) Department's agencies have entered into contracts with CTF Partners since 2015.
Answered by Edward Argar
The Ministry of Justice has not entered into any contracts with CTF Partners since 2015.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many records his Department holds that have reached the time limit for their transfer to the National Archives but have not been transferred.
Answered by Edward Argar
At 18th February 2019, the total number of outstanding records awaiting transfer to The National Archives from the Ministry was 4,779.
The Ministry is fully committed to meeting its legal obligations under the Public Records Act 1958 and the requirements set out in the 20-year transition rule and will do so by the end of the transition period in 2023.
The Ministry of Justice reviews over 30,000 Crown Court, Court of Appeal and policy records each year to fulfil its statutory obligations of selecting records for permanent preservation.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money his Department has spent on hospitality in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
Information to answer this question is not held at departmental level. A check would have to be made of MoJ HQ and individual premises across the HMCTS and HMPPS estates to obtain the information requested and this would incur a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of its agencies has entered into contracts with Cambridge Analytica since 2012.
Answered by Rory Stewart
From our records, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and its agencies has not entered into contracts with Cambridge Analytica since 2012.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of his Department's agencies entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each year since 2010.
Answered by Rory Stewart
From our records, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and its agencies has not entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each year since 2010.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in his Department with responsibility for social media are employed on a (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
Answered by Phillip Lee
I refer the hon Member for Edinburgh North and Leith to the answer I gave to the Hon Member for Coventry South on 21 November October: UIN 113535.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Over the period of January 2016 – July 2017, the MOJ spent £24,912.52 on social media advertising.
This spend was with Facebook and was to support the recruitment of prison officers by HMPPS.
Detail of the spend by month is shown in the table below.
Month | Spend |
2016-01-01 | £2,640.00 |
2016-01-02 | 3,397.90 |
2016-01-03 | 1,322.81 |
2016-01-04 | £76.30 |
2016-01-05 | - |
2016-01-06 | £450.00 |
2016-01-07 | £150.00 |
2016-01-08 | £543.21 |
2016-01-09 | £377.78 |
2016-01-10 | £1,620.31 |
2016-01-11 | £623.48 |
2016-01-12 | £202.50 |
2017-01-01 | £2,088.20 |
2017-01-02 | £1,000.03 |
2017-01-03 | £796.75 |
2017-01-04 | £4,359.14 |
2017-01-05 | £2,342.30 |
2017-01-06 | £2,921.81 |
Total | £24,912.52 |
Government advertising is purchased by our media buying partner, Carat. Carat has held the contract for UK Government media buying since January 2015. These values have been confirmed by Carat.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many public engagements for which a media calling notice was issued were attended by a departmental Minister in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Phillip Lee
This information is not collated or retained centrally in the Ministry of Justice.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to publish its response to the post-implementation review of the coroner reforms implemented through the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The call for evidence and survey elements of the post-implementation review of the 2013 coroner reforms were concluded at the end of 2015. We aim to complete our analysis and publish a report in due course.