Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal cases brought against a member of the armed forces received funding from the public purse on legal representation for the complainant from 2010 to 2020.
Answered by Alex Chalk
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil cases relating to allegations of wrongdoing by a member of the armed forces received funding from the public purse for legal representation for the complainant from 2010 to 2020.
Answered by Alex Chalk
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on legal representation for complainants on (a) criminal and (b) civil cases in relation to allegations of wrongdoing by members of the armed forces since 2010.
Answered by Alex Chalk
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days taken from court listing to completion in each magistrates’ court in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010 was.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Ministry of Justice has published information on the average length of time taken from first listing to completion, quarterly from June 2010 to December 2018, and can be found in the timeliness-transparency-q4-2018 file: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790261/Transparency_files.zip
Filter LCJB area: South Yorkshire LCJB, data can then be filtered by court type for Barnsley LCJB, Doncaster LCJB and Sheffield LCJB
Data for the quarter ending March 2019 will be published in June 2019.
We have a world-leading justice system and performance levels are continually kept under close review to ensure changes in demands are met.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days taken from court listing to completion at Sheffield Crown Court in each year since 2010 was.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The Ministry of Justice has published information on the average length of time taken from first listing to completion, quarterly from June 2010 to December 2018, and can be found in the timeliness-transparency-q4-2018 file: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790261/Transparency_files.zip
Filter LCJB area: South Yorkshire LCJB, data can then be filtered by court type for Sheffield Crown Court.
Data for the quarter ending March 2019 will be published in June 2019.
We are working together across the Criminal Justice System to ensure the smooth running of our courts, as well as using new technology and initiatives to reduce delays. We are pleased outstanding cases at the Crown Court have decreased even further, now at the lowest levels since 2000.
We have a world-leading justice system and performance levels are continually kept under close review to ensure changes in demands are met
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of claims of housing disrepair made in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days' absence due to sickness of staff working for the National Probation Service there were in each month since May 2010.
Answered by Andrew Selous
Prior to 1 June 2014, Probation services in England and Wales were delivered through 35 Probation Trusts. Sickness absence information for the Trusts was published in the Management Information Addendum to the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts in each year until 2013/14. Information on sickness absence, on a monthly basis is contained in the table below.
Annualised Average Working Days Lost in Probation Trusts - May 2010 to March 2014
Probation Service Sickness Absence Average Working Days Lost May 2010 - March 2014 | ||||
Month | Financial Year | |||
FY 2010/11 | FY 2011/12 | FY 2012/13 | FY 2013/14 | |
April | - | 7.6 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
May | 8.1 | 8.3 | 10.4 | 9.0 |
June | 8.5 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 |
July | 8.7 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
August | 8.7 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 8.8 |
September | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.6 |
October | 10.5 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 11.0 |
November | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.5 |
December | 12.0 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 10.4 |
January | 10.2 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
February | 9.2 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 9.9 |
March | 9.6 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 |
Sickness absence is highly seasonal and therefore comparisons from month to month within a year are not helpful. Comparisons from the same month in successive years are the only reliable indicator of changes in absence levels.
All 35 Probation Trusts ceased to provide probation services from 1 June 2014 as a result of the change to the structure of probation. On that date both the National Probation Service and the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) were formed. Sickness absence information was published for the new organisations for the first time on 17 November 2014, in the management information release, “Management Information for Probation, 1 June – 30 September England & Wales”. This publication covered sickness absence data for the period from June to September 2014. The information published at that time is contained in the table below.
National Probation Service staff
Sickness Absence
Average Working Days Lost
June - September 2014
| Jun-14 | Jul-14 | Aug-14 | Sep-14 |
NPS | 9.0 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.7 |
Note: Sickness absence information is subject to final cleaning at the end of the financial year so the information presented in the Management Information Addendum to the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts will differ from the information as it was published in November 2014.
The information in the table above relates to the four months immediately following the transition to the new probation structure. We take the health and wellbeing of probation staff extremely seriously and we recognise that the transition was a challenging time for them. Support arrangements were in place from the outset and staff continue to be supported.
Sickness absence for the whole of 2014/15 will be published on 30 July 2015 in the Management Information Addendum to the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts. This will address the as yet unpublished final period of probation trusts for April and May 2014, and for the NPS from October 2014 to March 2015.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department of what (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) age received the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System's (i) exceeded, (ii) met and (iii) must improve performance mark in 2013-14.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Staff in the Department are currently compiling this data and it will be published on the MoJ website once available. I will write to the Rt. Hon member when the data is available.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department completed the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System in 2013-14; how many and what proportion of those officials received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark; and how many and what proportion (i) did and (ii) did not qualify for a bonus under that process.
Answered by Simon Hughes
The Ministry of Justice is unable to provide the data requested at this time. Performance marking figures for 2013/14 will not be available for publication until 30 October at the earliest.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department who received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark under the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System (i) had a disability, (ii) worked full-time and (iii) worked part-time in 2013-14.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Staff in the Department are currently compiling this data and it will be published on the MoJ website once available. I will write to the Rt. Hon member when the data is available.