Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who is responsible for digitisation in his Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
Responsibility for digital and technology within the department is held by the Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) who acts as functional lead for Digital, Data and Technology profession. Updates on digital and technology are provided on a semi-regular basis to the department’s Executive Committee.
The CDIO regularly attends boards and committee meetings across department agencies, and meets with Chief Executives to ensure that digital and technology needs are met.
Due to its unique constitutional position. HM Courts and Tribunal Service has its own DDAT function.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from 1 June to 31 August 2019.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The responsibilities of a Chief Scientific Advisor are performed by the Director of Analysis in the Ministry of Justice. The Director of Analysis has had three meetings with the Secretary of State between 1 June to 31 August 2019.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The responsibilities of a Chief Scientific Advisor are performed by the Director of Analysis in the Ministry of Justice. The Director of Analysis has had two meetings with the Secretary of State between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 227964 tabled by the right hon. Member for North Norfolk on 4 March 2019.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
I would refer the Rt. Hon Member to the published response for PQ 227964.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average waiting time and (b) longest wait between the Employment Tribunal receiving an employment tribunal application and the date of the first hearing has been in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The average and the longest waiting times between the Employment Tribunal receiving an employment tribunal application and the date of the first hearing, in each of the last five years can be found in the table below.
Waiting time (in weeks) from receipt to first hearing | |||||
April 14 - March 15 | April 15 - March 16 | April 16 - March 17 | April 17 - March 18 | April 18 – Sept 18 | |
Time (weeks) | Time (weeks) | Time (weeks) | Time (weeks) | Time (weeks) | |
All Claims (Median) 1,2 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 |
Oldest Claim | 748 | 530 | 704 | 682 | 561 |
1 Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.
2 Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This table provides the average listing time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.
Median – This shows the waiting time for the claim in the middle of the distribution: half of all claims waited for less time and half waited longer.
A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaint (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may importantly influence the listing of such claims.
All data was taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is, provisional and subject to change.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and is the best data that is available at the time of publication.
95% of multiple claims are stayed waiting decisions from a lead claim, as these are usually complex claims involving jurisdictions such as equal pay, holiday pay and pensions and it can take some time for these claims to be dealt with. This explains why the oldest claims in the table exceed ten years in length as they spend the majority of this period as a stayed claim.
All data was taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is provisional and subject to change. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and are the best data available.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The responsibilities of a Chief Scientific Advisor are performed by the Director of Analysis in the Ministry of Justice. The Director of Analysis attended meetings with the Secretary of State on one occasion between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) cautioned for cannabis possession offences in each police authority area in each of the last two years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
As per your previous question (PQ 157684 from 27/06/2018), data is available up to December 2017, and data for the year ending December 2018 will be published in May. Therefore, the response is the same as before:
(a) The number of people prosecuted for cannabis possession in each police authority has been published up to December 2017 and can be found in the ‘Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool’, available at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx
Select court type: ‘02: Magistrates Court’
Select offence: ’92E.01 Possession of a controlled drug - Class B (cannabis)’ and ‘92E.02 Possession of a controlled drug – Class C (cannabis)’ in the ‘Offence’ filter. The number of people proceeded against by police force area can be found in the table.
(b) The number of people cautioned for cannabis possession in each police authority can be found in the table attached.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The responsibilities of a Chief Scientific Advisor are performed by the Director of Analysis in the Ministry of Justice. The Director of Analysis attended meetings with the Secretary of State on two occasions between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) cautioned for cannabis possession offences in each police authority area in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The number of people prosecuted and cautioned for cannabis possession in each police authority area can be found in the attached table.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 January and 31 March 2018.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Chief Scientific Adviser attended meetings with the Secretary of State for Justice on two occasions between 1 January and 31 March 2018.