Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the Upper Tribunal have been successful in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The average waiting time from the receipt of an appeal to the hearing in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) October 2018 to December 2018 was 39 weeks, 11 weeks shorter compared to the same period a year ago.
Between October 2018 and December 2018 34% of the 1,153 appeals determined by the Upper Tribunal were successful. This figure includes appeals brought by both individual appellants and the Home Office on a point of law.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has signed with (a) companies and (b) trade associations advising the Government on preparations for contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Ministry of Justice has not signed any Non-Disclosure Agreements in relation to preparations for No-Deal contingency planning.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to maintain the capacity of the Youth Offending Service to help reduce youth crime.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The youth justice system needs urgent reform and we have been clear that we must do more to improve safety and help young offenders turn their lives around.
We will be setting out our plans for reform before Christmas.