Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2021 to Question 72346 on Stonewall: Ministry of Justice, for what reason the amounts given in that Answer for MoJ conference attendance in the 2017-18 Financial Year and Office of the Public Guardian conference attendance in the 2019-20 Financial Year are different to the amounts given in the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 61053 on Stonewall: Ministry of Justice.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Due to an administrative error, the incorrect answer was provided in response to this question. At the time of responding to that question, a typing error occurred, and one cost excluded VAT.
For 2018-19 Financial Year, the previous amount cited for Ministry of Justice conference attendance was £358.00 and has been corrected to £358.80.
For 2019-20 Financial Year, the previous amount cited for Office of the Public Guardian conference attendance was £460.00 and did not include VAT and has been corrected to £552.00.
The response to PQ 61053 has been corrected so that the amounts given are the same as PQ 72346.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 61053 on Stonewall: Ministry of Justice, if he will make a comparative assessment of the accuracy of the figures cited for funding from his Department to Stonewall of (a) £6,460 paid to Stonewall in the financial years 2018-2019 and 2019-2021 included in that Answer and (b) £10,126.80 coded in an FOI answer from his Department, reference 210303018.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
n the period covering the last five financial years the MOJ has paid the following sums to Stonewall:
2016-17 Financial Year (HR Services)
£354.00: MOJ conference attendance
2017-18 Financial Year (HR Services)
£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership
£3,768.00: MOJ Role Models Cluster Programme
£358.80: MOJ conference attendance
2018-19 Financial Year (HR Services)
£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership
2019-20 Financial Year
£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership
£552.00: Office of the Public Guardian conference attendance
2020-21 Financial Year
£3,000.00: Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership
£837.60: Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service conference attendance
Total departmental spend across the last five financial years totals £17,870.40 with costs inclusive of VAT.
For financial years 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 the spend outlined only covers MoJ Headquarters HR Services (People Group).
For the entire Ministry of Justice inclusive of its agencies 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years this would include a spend search for MOJ HQ, National Offender Management Service, Office of the Public Guardian with a nil return for HMCTS, WLS, Independent Monitoring Authority, Probation Board, Legal Aid Agency, Judicial Appointments Committee, and Youth Justice Board. This does not include spend for Legal Services Board, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, Legal Ombudsman, Criminal Cases Review Commission and Gov Facility Services Limited.
Further information relating to spend from MoJ Agencies could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds have been paid by his Department to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and to what projects those funds were allocated.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
In the period covering the last five financial years the MOJ has paid the following sums to Stonewall:
2016-17 Financial Year (HR Services)
£354.00: MOJ conference attendance
2017-18 Financial Year (HR Services)
£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership
£3,768.00: MOJ Role Models Cluster Programme
£358.80: MOJ conference attendance
2018-19 Financial Year (HR Services)
£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership
2019-20 Financial Year
£3,000.00: MOJ Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership
£552.00: Office of the Public Guardian conference attendance
2020-21 Financial Year
£3,000.00: Stonewall Diversity Champions Membership
£837.60: Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service conference attendance
Total departmental spend across the last five financial years totals £17,870.40 with costs inclusive of VAT.
For financial years 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 the spend outlined only covers MoJ Headquarters HR Services (People Group).
For the entire Ministry of Justice inclusive of its agencies 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years this would include a spend search for MOJ HQ, National Offender Management Service, Office of the Public Guardian with a nil return for HMCTS, WLS, Independent Monitoring Authority, Probation Board, Legal Aid Agency, Judicial Appointments Committee, and Youth Justice Board. This does not include spend for Legal Services Board, Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, Legal Ombudsman, Criminal Cases Review Commission and Gov Facility Services Limited.
Further information relating to spend from MoJ Agencies could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2021 to Question 45034 on Ministry of Justice: Listed Buildings, if he will publish a list of the (a) properties classified as heritage assets owned by his Department, (b) the most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) the annual income derived from those properties as opposed to the details of the body responsible for advising him on their maintenance.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ 45034 dated Monday 13 September 2021.
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-09-08/45034
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by his Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The MoJ is advised on the management of designated heritage assets in its portfolio by Historic England’s Government Historic Estate Unit.
Further details can be found here:
https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/our-planning-services/advice-for-government-historic-estates/
The MoJ does not collect or collate data on the property value.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his response to the consultation on Coronial investigations of stillbirths, which closed on 18 June 2019; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Further consideration of the responses to the consultation on Coronial investigations of stillbirths has been delayed during the Covid-19 pandemic, but we hope to publish the response to the consultation as soon as possible.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on enabling coroners to investigate stillbirths; and when he plans to publish the outcome of the public consultation entitled, Consultation on coronial investigations of stillbirths, that closed in June 2019.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The Lord Chancellor advised in the House of Commons on 9 June that the Government is working to publish our report later this summer. I will be happy to meet you with my colleague at the Department of Health and Social Care to update you on progress with this work.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child sexual abuse criminal cases have had their court dates postponed since the beginning of the covid-19 lockdown period.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Magistrates’ and Crown Court figures relating to child sexual abuse adjournments are not collated, however cases with serious safeguarding implications are being prioritised for listing by the independent judiciary. Figures on vacated trials in the first and second quarters of 2020 are due for publication as part of the National Statistics on criminal courts in June and September 2020 respectively.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has plans to undertake a review of the terms of the Legitimacy Act 1976 in relation to the registration of children born to parents who subsequently engage in a (a) marriage and (b) civil partnership.
Answered by Wendy Morton
The Family Law Reform Act 1987 greatly reduced the practical significance in English law of the concept of legitimacy, so that children born outside marriage are not stigmatised. The Government therefore has no plans to review the law on legitimacy at this time.
Asked by: Tim Loughton (Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to introduce regulations for empowering coroners to investigate stillbirths under the terms of the Civil Partnerships, Marriage and Deaths (registration etc) Act 2019.
Answered by Wendy Morton
The Civil Partnerships, Marriage and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 requires the Secretary of State to publish a report on the question of when and if so how the law should be changed to enable or require coroners to investigate stillbirths before the Lord Chancellor can exercise the power to make regulations to amend the relevant provisions of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. The Government has consulted on proposals for coroners to investigate stillbirths and a report will be published in due course.