Neil Shastri-Hurst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Special Educational Needs: TribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of first-tier SEND tribunal cases lodged in the most recent year for which data is available; and in how many of those cases was the decision made in favour of
Answer: Information about registered appeals and outcomes to SEND Tribunals is published at: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 - GOV.UK.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal RepresentationMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases were (a) adjourned and (b) delayed due to no qualified legal representative being available in the most recent 12 month period for which data is available.
Answer: Data on the number of family law cases involving cross-examination by litigants in person where there were allegations of abuse is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Data is not held on the number of qualified legal rep...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Law: Legal RepresentationMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases required a qualified legal representative broken down by individual court in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: Data on the number of family law cases involving cross-examination by litigants in person where there were allegations of abuse is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Data is not held on the number of qualified legal rep...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily LawMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases involving cross-examination by litigants in person where there were allegations of abuse were there in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: Data on the number of family law cases involving cross-examination by litigants in person where there were allegations of abuse is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Data is not held on the number of qualified legal rep...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal RepresentationMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many qualified legal representatives are there by (a) solicitor and (b) barrister for which the latest data is available.
Answer: According to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the number of solicitors on the roll was 209,200 in February 2025, an increase from 202,524 at the end of July 2024. More information can be found via the SRA’s website: https://www.sra.org.uk/sra/re...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Court: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve retention of judges in the Business and Property Courts.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst-tier Tribunal: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve retention of judges in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst-tier Tribunal: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve retention of judges in the Health, Education, and Social Care Chamber.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Entitlement Chamber: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve retention of judges in the Social Entitlement Chamber.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Appeal Tribunal: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve retention of judges in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve the retention employment tribunal judges.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoroners: Labour TurnoverMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve the retention of coroners.
Answer: Whilst the Ministry of Justice has responsibility for coroner and inquest law and policy, coroner services are locally funded and administered by individual local authorities. In line with this framework, coroners are appointed by the lead local authority...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSupreme Court: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve the retention of Supreme Court judges.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCourt of Appeal: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve the retention of Court of Appeal judges.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the retention of judges in the Crown Court.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the retention of district judges in the Magistrates’ Court.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCounty Courts: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the retention of district judges and circuit judges in the County Court.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Court: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the retention of judges in the High Court.
Answer: The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Injury: CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce personal injury claims being block listed in the County Courts.
Answer: Listing decisions, including whether a claim is suitable for a block list, are a matter for the independent judiciary.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Arrangements Orders: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing specialist family judges to determine all child arrangement orders.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice and HMCTS do not collect data on the number or outcome of applications for Child Arrangement Orders heard by magistrates in the family courts.When sitting in the family courts, magistrates are supported by legal advisers who are qu...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Arrangements Orders: MagistratesMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of magistrates determining Child Arrangement Orders.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice and HMCTS do not collect data on the number or outcome of applications for Child Arrangement Orders heard by magistrates in the family courts.When sitting in the family courts, magistrates are supported by legal advisers who are qu...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Arrangements Orders: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Child Arrangement Orders determined by a bench of lay magistrates have been appealed; and how many of those appeals were successful.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice and HMCTS do not collect data on the number or outcome of applications for Child Arrangement Orders heard by magistrates in the family courts.When sitting in the family courts, magistrates are supported by legal advisers who are qu...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: SecurityMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department was informed that former employees of (a) ISG and (b) ESS had access to the layout of prison estates; for what reason former employees were able to access the plans following the cessation of
Answer: When ISG Construction Limited entered administration on 20 September 2024, the Ministry of Justice took the necessary measures to immediately secure its data. Access to the Department’s software platform was immediately revoked to former employees of ISG ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the unit of measurement for court funding to judicial working days from sitting days.
Answer: The funding of HM Courts and Tribunals Service is agreed annually between the Lord Chancellor and the Lady Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals, via the Concordat process. Sitting days are an important metric used in this process, because they ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the unduly lenient sentence scheme to cases sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court.
Answer: The Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme operates in respect of qualifying sentences passed in the Crown Court, where the offender has been convicted of: (a) an indictable only offence (such as murder, manslaughter and rape); and/or (b) certain either-way...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
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