Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

834194

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications were made under S41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 for (a) sexual assault and (b) rape in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	125831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We asked the CPS to analyse a sample of rape cases finalised in 2016 to assess the frequency and outcome of applications to introduce evidence of a complainant’s sexual history under s 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.</p><p> </p><p>A section 41 application was made by the defence in 13% of the 309 sample cases looked at. In 8% of the 309 sample cases, an application to permit such evidence was granted by the court.</p><p> </p><p>These are not official published statistics. For further details of this study, see our report published in December: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/02/2018 14:15:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

834195

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria are for applications under S41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, in cases of rape.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	125832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The same criteria apply to proceedings in relation to all sexual offences. See page 5 of the report ‘Limiting the use of complainants’ sexual history in sexual offences cases’ available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 125833 question first answered 07/02/2018 14:16:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

834196

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria are for applications under S41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, in cases of sexual assault.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	125833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The same criteria apply to proceedings in relation to all sexual offences. See page 5 of the report ‘Limiting the use of complainants’ sexual history in sexual offences cases’ available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 125832 question first answered 07/02/2018 14:16:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

834197

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the compatibility with the Government's policy on nuclear non-proliferation of the development of new types of nuclear weapon for use in UK defence.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	125834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Any decisions on UK nuclear deterrence policy or capability will be in line with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which remains the cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime. Given the current threat to international security, and the reality that this will continue for the foreseeable future, our independent nuclear deterrent remains as vital today as ever.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/02/2018 16:33:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

834202

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	City Region Deals: Aberdeen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans his Department has to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of the Aberdeen City Deal.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
uin	125839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Robust governance structures and processes were established prior to the commencement of the Aberdeen City Region Deal. These provide assurance to the government that there is open and transparent decision making, governance and project delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Central to the governance arrangements is the Aberdeen City Region Deal Joint Committee which oversees the implementation and monitoring. In addition there is an Aberdeen City Region Deal Programme Implementation Board which meets quarterly to review progress against agreed implementation milestones and objectives. Scotland Office officials sit on the Implementation Board.</p><p> </p><p>Overall scrutiny of the implementation of the Aberdeen City Region Deal is the responsibility of the Scottish City Region Deal Delivery Board which is comprised of senior officials from Scotland Office, the Cities and Local Growth Unit and the Scottish Government. The Delivery Board meets quarterly to review progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 07/02/2018 09:22:21 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

834203

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research he has commissioned into the potential effect of electro-magnetic radiation on people in local communities.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	125840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>In the United Kingdom, the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHR) commissioned and managed an extensive and comprehensive programme of work that ran for 11 years until 2012. MTHR was jointly funded by the Government and industry. The Government continues to support research on this topic, including the ongoing Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health and the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phone studies at Imperial College London.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) advises that the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) guidelines, which already underpin Government policy on these matters, provide protection for local communities; the conclusions arising from research to date are reflected in this advice. Measurements made by Ofcom and PHE have shown that exposures of the general public living near to mobile phone masts are well within the ICNIRP levels. Further information is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electromagnetic-fields" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/electromagnetic-fields</a></p><p>PHE has committed to keeping emerging evidence on these matters under review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 08/02/2018 12:20:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

834205

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people who live more than (a) five miles and (b) 10 miles from a bank branch.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	125842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury does not hold data on bank branch closures. The decision to close a branch remains a commercial judgement for banks. However, the impact on communities must be understood, considered and mitigated where possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Access to Banking Protocol was a 2015 industry-wide agreement on bank branch closures, designed to help minimise their impact on customers and communities. In November 2016, Professor Russel Griggs published an independent ‘one year on’ review of the Protocol, following which the new Access to Banking Standard came into effect in May 2017. The Standard commits banks to ensure personal and business customers are better informed about branch closures and the reasons for them closing, along with the options they have locally to continue to access banking services, including specialist assistance for customers who need more help. The Access to Banking Standard is monitored and enforced by the independent Lending Standards Board.</p><p> </p><p>99% of banks’ personal and 95% of banks’ business customers are able to withdraw cash, deposit cash and cheques, and make balance enquiries at a Post Office counter via its network of 11,600 branches. At Autumn Budget 2017, my predecessor wrote to the Post Office and UK Finance to ask them to raise public awareness of the banking services available at the Post Office for individuals and SMEs. The Government is committed to ensuring that communities across the UK are fully aware of the important services that remain available to them at their local Post Office, even if their bank branch is closed.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 125764 125768 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:40:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

834206

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Owner Occupation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the decline in the level of home ownership among people under 45 years old since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	125843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Under the last Labour government, home ownership started falling from a peak of 63.9 per cent in 2003-04 for all homeowners between the ages of 16-44 to a low of 53.8 per cent in 2009-10.</p><p>The Government have put in place a wide ranging package of measures to improve homeownership. While overall homeownership rates have remained stable since 2013, they have declined for people under 45 since 2003. The best way to help young people to own their own home is to build more homes, and that is precisely what this Government is doing.</p><p>Already, over 1.1 million additional homes have been delivered in England since 2010, including over 217,000 in 2017 alone. Since 2010, over 357,000 affordable homes have been delivered, as well as the 443,000 households that have been helped into home ownership through Government schemes including Help to Buy and Right to Buy.</p><p>More still needs to be done to get more houses built. We will be working on this through the implementation of our Housing White Paper and the further measures we introduced in the Autumn Budget 2017. This includes reforms to Stamp Duty, which are expected to help 95 per cent of first-time buyers.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/02/2018 16:27:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

834207

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	John Worboys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at which police rank would responsibility reside for decisions to mark as cleared up victims' complaints in respect of John Worboys.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	125844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The investigation of offences is an operational matter for the police· The Home Office has set no rank requirement for such decisions, which would be a matter for chief officers on a case by case basis</p><p>We do not centrally hold any information relating to complaints from alleged victims of Worboys. In 2010, the Independent Police Complaints Committee published a report on police handling of the case, which can be found at <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100406135201/http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/worboys_commissioners_report.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100406135201/http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/worboys_commissioners_report.pdf </a>The report made a number of recommendations for how the Metropolitan Police should improve its response to victims of sexual offences.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 125845 question first answered 06/02/2018 14:50:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

834208

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	John Worboys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether information on complaints made from alleged victims of John Worboys were retained after his conviction.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	125845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The investigation of offences is an operational matter for the police· The Home Office has set no rank requirement for such decisions, which would be a matter for chief officers on a case by case basis</p><p>We do not centrally hold any information relating to complaints from alleged victims of Worboys. In 2010, the Independent Police Complaints Committee published a report on police handling of the case, which can be found at <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100406135201/http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/worboys_commissioners_report.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100406135201/http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/worboys_commissioners_report.pdf </a>The report made a number of recommendations for how the Metropolitan Police should improve its response to victims of sexual offences.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 125844 question first answered 06/02/2018 14:50:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts