The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 21 October 2015 to Question 12217, when more discussions on judicial co-operation are planned to take place.
Dominic Raab
Discussions are ongoing and are being taken forward by the British Embassy in Riyadh. No work has yet been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice as a result of the Memorandum of Understanding.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will direct the College of Policing to disclose the amounts paid by the Saudi Arabian government for training it has provided to Saudi police officers.
Mike Penning
The College of Policing in common with other organisations, does not routinely publish details of commercial agreements and has no plans to do so. The Home Secretary has no plans to direct the College of Policing to disclose this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the closure of Just Solutions International and termination of all contracts and bids with Saudi Arabia breaks any agreement in the Memorandum of Understanding.
Mr Shailesh Vara
No. The Memorandum of Understanding and the bids submitted by JSi are entirely separate and there is no link between the two.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will direct the College of Policing to disclose the content of each of the training courses it has provided to Saudi police officers.
Mike Penning
The College of Policing in common with other organisations, does not routinely publish details of commercial agreements and has no plans to do so. The Home Secretary has no plans to direct the College of Policing to disclose this information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-26.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax HM Revenue and Customs collected as a result of insolvency litigation in each year from 2010.
Mr David Gauke
HMRC does not hold any statistical data relating to tax collected resulting from insolvency litigation
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement by the Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid of 15 October 2015, HCWS 237, on HM Courts & Tribunal Service, if it is his policy for staff of that service to remain civil servants.
Mr Shailesh Vara
As I stated in my Written Ministerial Statement of 15 October, the department has withdrawn the procurement for an external provider for compliance and enforcement services. Therefore permanent members of staff employed by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service in compliance and enforcement roles will remain as civil servants.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of how much revenue will be collected annually by HM Revenue and Customs through insolvency litigation funded by third-party funding.
Dominic Raab
The Ministry of Justice has not made such an estimate. We are currently considering the way forward for the application of the no win no fee reforms in Part 2 of the LASPO Act 2012 for insolvency litigation.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of legal fees in the case of Bondada, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 2661 (Admin) (15 October 2015).
James Brokenshire
Costs incurred are £48, 575.35, including applicant’s costs of £31, 118.79.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement by the Minister for Courts and Legal Aid, of 15 October 2015, HCWS 239, on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, if he will initialise an internal review into the decision to discontinue the procurement competition referred to in the statement, with a view to subsequent publication of that review.
Mr Shailesh Vara
There are currently no plans to initiate an internal review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2015 to Question 12217, on judicial co-operation with Saudi Arabia, what the possible areas for co-operation are.
Dominic Raab
No work has yet been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice as a result of the Memorandum of Understanding.