HC Deb 18 July 2002 vol 389 cc526-8W
Dr. Iddon

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many complaints his Department has received about its 2001 consultations in(a) electronic and (b) printed form. [70464]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The Department has received four complaints about public consultation papers it issued during 2001. No records have been kept about whether the complaints were received in electronic or printed form.

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department whether his Department has a designated consultation co-ordinator in accordance with the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultations. [70466]

Response paper title Published Format
Community Legal Service—Financial Conditions for funding by the LSC July 2001 Online, hard copy
Pre-Action Protocol for Judicial Review October 2001 Online, hard copy
E-conveyancing—A draft order under section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 December 2001 Online, hard copy
Representative Claims—proposed new procedures April 2002 Online, emailed on
Distress for Rent May 2002 Online, hard copy
Towards Effective Enforcement—a single piece of bailiff law and a regulatory structure May 2002 Online, hard copy

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department whether consultation documents published by his Department in 2001 carried the consultation criteria as recommended in the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultations. [704611

Ms Rosie Winterton

All public written consultation documents published by the Department in 2001 carried the consultation criteria as recommended in the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultations.

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many consultation documents published in 2001 in(a) electronic and (b) printed form his Department has monitered and evaluated in accordance with the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Written Consultations. [70463]

Ms Rosie Winterton

All of the eleven public written consultation documents issued by the Lord Chancellor's Department in 2001 were available in both electronic and

Title Month Length of consultation (weeks)
Representative Claims: Proposed new procedures February 2001 13
Community Legal Service: Financial conditions for funding by the Legal Services Commission March 2001 7
Pre-Action Protocol for Judicial Review March 2001 12
E-conveyancing: A draft order under section 8 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 March 2001 14
Distress for Rent May 2001 12
Report of the Review Group on the Royal Peculiars July 2001 11
Administrative Court: Proposed changes to primary legislation following Sir Jeffrey Bowman's "Review of the Crown Office List" July 2001 12
Towards Effective Enforcement: A single piece of bailiff law and a regulatory structure July 2001 12
Payments into court in satisfaction of a claim August 2001 13
Report of the Review of Tribunals by Sir Andrew Leggatt August 2001 15
General Preaction Protocol October 2001 16

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, which consultation documents published by her Department in 2001 were not made available as paper copies. [70465]

Ms Rosie Winterton

None.

Ms Rosie Winterton

Yes. An assistant consultation co-ordinator has also been designated.

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department in what format his Department has published the results of its 2001 written consultations. [70462]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Response Papers have not been issued for all of the public written consultation papers issued in 2001, but the table below lists the formats used for the Response papers issued so far:

printed form. All of them were monitored and evaluated in accordance with the Cabinet Office's Code of Practice on Written Consultations. The findings were passed to the Cabinet Office as part of its role in monitoring the effectiveness of public written consultation exercises carried out under the terms of the Code.

Dr. Iddon

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how long her Department allowed for consultation on each consultation document it published in 2001 in(a) electronic and (b) printed form. [70460]

Ms Rosie Winterton

All public consultation documents issued by the Lord Chancellor's Department in 2001 were available in both electronic and printed form. The length of time allowed for consultation is the same for both electronic and printed versions. The length of each public written consultation undertaken by the Lord Chancellor's Department in 2001 was as follows: