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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Feb 2016
Police Grant Report (England and Wales)

"May I question the Minister on a point of fact? I know that he will have the facts in front of him. My police force, South Wales police, has had about 240 fewer officers on the beat since 2010. We can talk about whether that is a good or a …..."
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Written Question
Personal Independence Payment: Wales
Tuesday 9th February 2016

Asked by: Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour - Ogmore)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of personal independence payment appeals were successful in (a) Ogmore and (b) Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.

Answered by Shailesh Vara

The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service, hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ decisions on a range of benefits including Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

The majority of appellants living in the Ogmore area have their SSCS appeals heard in the Cardiff venues though some may be heard in Port Talbot.

The following table provides information on the proportion of PIP appeals which were decided in favour of the appellant in Cardiff and Port Talbot venues and in Wales between July and September 2015 (the latest period for which figures are available).

Percentage of PIP appeals found in favour of the appellant

Cardiff

Port Talbot

Wales

July – September 2015

75%

75%

73%

Note: SSCS data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the Tribunal hearing is normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. Data cannot be retrieved based on the appellant’s actual address but can be produced detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific 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 available.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Access to Justice: Wales

"The Minister did indeed say that mobile phones would be the way forward for my constituents. We are facing closures in Pontypridd and Bridgend, which are difficult enough to get to at the moment. To tell those constituents to come down the valley and change transport to get to Cardiff …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What plans he has to reform HM Courts and Tribunals Service...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"My constituents in Ogmore face the closure of two local courts: one at Pontypridd in the neighbouring constituency and one in Bridgend. How does the Minister respond to the president of the Law Society, Jonathan Smithers, when he warns that:

“Combined with the further planned increases in court fees and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"T6. Further to my earlier intervention, may I simply remind the Minister of the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of pounds that have been spent in recent years on the courts in Pontypridd and Bridgend? He urges me to consider the upgrading. They have been upgraded; do not close …..."
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Written Question

Question Link

Thursday 10th April 2014

Asked by: Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour - Ogmore)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the rules governing the provision of books to prisoners have recently been changed.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

Up to 12 books may be held by prisoners in their cell at any one time. Prisoners may have additional books stored locally at the prison. Every prison has a library, to which every prisoner has access.

Ministers have not made any policy changes specifically about the availability of books in prisons. The changes to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework we introduced last year in relation to parcels were introduced to ensure consistency across the estate and to make sure that security can be maintained. There have always been controls on the sending of parcels into prisons, and allowing parcels to be sent in unrestricted would be operationally unmanageable and would lead to a significant risk of drugs and other illicit items being smuggled into prisons.

The National Offender Management Service works closely with the Shannon Trust to support schemes such as 'Toe by Toe', which includes peer mentoring to improve reading levels.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Apr 2014
Rural Crime

"I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate; he is making some very good points. Where there is livestock rustling, whether it be sheep or cattle, does he agree that one of the curious factors is what is happening at the point of the slaughter of those animals, in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Apr 2014
Rural Crime

"My point is a continuation of that. If 60,000 sheep are disappearing through rustling, somehow or other they are washing up somewhere and entering the food supply chain, at a point where an abattoir owner, a slaughterhouse man or a processor is asking that individual, “Where did this shipment come …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Apr 2014
Rural Crime

"It is a real pleasure to serve under your stewardship again, Mr Weir. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey (Gordon Henderson) on securing the debate and on his wide-ranging contribution, stretching across the panoply of issues that cover rural crime. It is sometimes difficult to establish exactly …..."
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