Departmental Public Consultation Mr. Vara To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many public consultations his Department has conducted in the last 12 months; how long each consultation was open for; how many responses were received in each case; and what the cost of conducting each consultation was. Mr. Wills The information requested is shown in the following table, which sets out details of the 37 formal written public consultations, carried out by the Ministry of Justice in the last twelve months. The printing and web publication costs of a standard consultation are met centrally by the Department. The only other cost of a standard consultation is the cost of staff time in preparing individual consultations. No breakdown exists for these costs and to provide one would incur disproportionate cost. But where activity over and above a standard consultation has been carried out and those cost details are available I have provided them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Consultation |Consultation period |Number of responses|Additional costs of consultation (£)| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Closed consultations 2008-09 | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1. Administration and Enforcement Restriction Orders |16 January 2008 to 16 April 2008 |49 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2. Local authority charges for property search services |18 January 2008 to 18 April 2008 |858 |12,000 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3. Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007—Court Rules |31 January 2008 to 24 April 2008 |9 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |4. Tribunal, Courts and Enforcement Act: Eligibility for Judicial Appointments |5 February 2008 to 29 April 2008 |13 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |5. Enhancing procedural rights and cooperation in the EU |28 February 2008 to 10 April 2008 |11 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |6. Rome I—Should the UK opt in? |2 April 2008 to 25 June 2008 |37 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |7. Best value in probation |9 April 2008 to 2 July 2008 |73 |9,500 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |8. Children and Adoption Act 2006—Court Rules |7 May 2008 to 20 June 2008 |25 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |9. Certificates of professional competence—amendments to the Transport Tribunal Rules 2008 |28 May 2008 to 9 July 2008 |2 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |10. Titan prisons |5 June 2008 to 28 August 2008. |74 |1,210 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |11. Bail and murder |17 June 2008 to 12 September 2008 |30 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |12. Reforming the Legal Aid Family Barrister Fee Scheme |18 June 2008 to 10 September 2008 |19 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |13. Election Day—Weekend voting |24 June 2008 to 26 September 2008 |941 |6,153.95 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |14. Pleural plaques |9 July2008 to 1 September 2008 |224 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |15. Inspection powers and funding arrangements for the Information Commissioner |17 July 2008 to 27 August 2008 |72 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |16. Pandemic Influenza |23 July 2008 to 3 September 2008 |24 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |17. Proposal to close Nelson County Court |28 July 2008 to 20 October 2008 |11 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |18. Murder, manslaughter and infanticide: Proposals for reform of the Law |28 July 2008 to 20 October 2008 |74 |10,254 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |19. Claims management regulation: Fee |4 August 2008 to 28 October 2008 |3 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |20. Section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act—draft regulations |26 August 2008 to 18 November 2008 |3 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |21. Civil Procedures Rules: Cost capping orders |12 September 2008 to 24 October 2008 |64 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |22. Rules for mandatory polygraph tests for sex offenders |19 September 2008 to 21 November 2008|7 |300 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |23. The future of Camden and Islington Youth Work |5 September 2008 to28 November 2008 |20 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |24. Pandemic flu—Planning guidance for Agencies and others in the Justice System |5 September 2008 to28 November 2008 |16 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |25. Reducing re-offending in London |8 October 2008 to 30 January 2009 |2— |13,995.26 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |26. Reviewing the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Forms supervision and fees |23 October 2008 to 15 January 2009 |76 |6,300 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |27. Old enough to make a Mark? Should the voting age be lowered to 16? |20 October 2008 to 20 January 2009 |500 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |28. Publication of Candidate's addresses at UK parliamentary Elections |26 November 2008 to28 January 2009 |65 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |29. Crown court means testing |6 November 2008 to29 January 2009 |49 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |30. The award of costs from central funds in criminal cases |6 November 2008 to 29 January |96 |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |31. Proposed closure of Telford Hearing Centre |10 November 2008 to8 February 2009 |10 |643.69 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Open consultations: | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |32. Proposed Closure of Social Security and Child Support Agency Hearing Centre Portsmouth |1 December 2008 to28 February 2009 |3— |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |33. Civil court fees 2008 |10 December 2008 to4 March 2009 |3— |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |34. Proposal to merge the Dudley and Stourbridge and Halesowen Local Justice Areas |19 January 2009 to 13 April 2009 |3— |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |35. Proposed Merger of the Warley and West Bromwich Local Justice Areas |27 January 2009 to 21 April 2009 |3— |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |36. Fees in the United Kingdom Supreme court |10 February 2009 to 5 May 2009 |3— |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |37. Controlling costs in defamation proceedings |24 February 2009 to 6 May 2009 |3— |1— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Standard consultation.2 49 to the paper155 plus through workshops and stakeholder events.3 Not yet available.| | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------