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1133867

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his Department's policy is on the reimbursement of travel expenses to people who have been in the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	267721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>It is essential that victims are supported in the criminal justice system, and the Government has made this a key priority. The reimbursement of travel expenses can be made to those who have been called as a witness in the Criminal Justice System.</p><p> </p><p>The payment of expenses and allowances to prosecution witnesses, where the Crown Prosecution Service is the prosecuting authority, is governed by the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses’ etc. Allowances) Regulations 1988. Full guidance on expenses and allowances for prosecution witnesses can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/witness-expenses-and-allowances" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/witness-expenses-and-allowances</a></p><p> </p><p>The rates or scales of expenses for defence witnesses are determined by the Ministry of Justice. The payment of expenses incurred by those called as a witness on behalf of a defendant are set out in Regulations made under Sections 19 and 20 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. Full guidance on expenses and allowances can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/592291/guide-allowances-under-part-v-costs-criminal-cases-general-september-2016.doc" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/592291/guide-allowances-under-part-v-costs-criminal-cases-general-september-2016.doc</a>. In addition, any acquitted defendant whose costs are ordered by a court to be paid out of central funds may be allowed the same travelling and subsistence allowances as if they attended to give evidence (i.e. an ordinary witness subsistence allowance, plus travelling expenses).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/07/2019 10:35:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1133875

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Share Fishermen: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the HMRC criteria for determinations to continue or discontinue the pursuit of tax debts by share fishermen are.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	267780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>All taxpayers should pay what they owe in order to fund public services. Therefore HMRC will seek to pursue tax that is rightly owed wherever that is possible. There are, however, situations where it is not possible to make recoveries, for example, where the customer is unable to pay, has no assets, and has ceased trading, or where HMRC is not able to locate the customer (for example, they have no fixed address or where HMRC is not able to trace their location).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/07/2019 16:16:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1133876

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Share Fishermen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion and number of share fishermen participated in the share fisherman scheme in each year from 2007 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	267781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>There have been no such discussions between HM Treasury and HM Revenue &amp; Customs to date.</p><p> </p><p>The information regarding what proportion and number of share fishermen participated in the share fisherman scheme in each year from 2007 to 2017 is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC are able to report that as of October 2018, there were 964 fishermen registered for the National scheme and 242 fishermen registered for the Scottish scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 267782 question first answered 01/07/2019 16:13:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1133897

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Consumers: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the change in the level of consumer spending in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	267769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces both quarterly and annual estimates of household final consumption expenditure (HHFCE).</p><p> </p><p>Household consumption grew by 1.8% in 2018, supported by a strong labour market which has seen the unemployment rate at its lowest since 1975, and regular wages outstripping inflation for over a year. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast consumption to grow in every year of their forecast.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 01/07/2019 15:30:37 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1133898

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to introduce tougher sentences for animal cruelty.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	267787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>I am pleased to report that the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 26 June. The Bill, when passed, will increase the maximum penalty for animal cruelty under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 from 6 months’ imprisonment to 5 years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 01/07/2019 13:43:58 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1133899

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines have been (a) issued and (b) fulfilled since January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	267788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are using extant systems to monitor use of the newly rescheduled unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use in England. In England, these systems monitor the number of items dispensed and associated costs in primary care and the volume of products used and associated cost in secondary care. NHS England and NHS Improvement Controlled Drug Accountable Officers are also collecting local intelligence in both the National Health Service and independent sector.</p><p>The NHS Business Services Authority is only able to provide information on prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines that have been prescribed and submitted to the NHS Business Services Authority. The NHS Business Services Authority does not hold information on prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines which have been issued but not fulfilled.</p><p>The following table shows the number of items for Nabilone and Sativex (licensed cannabis-based medicines) and unlicensed cannabis-based medicines that were prescribed on an NHS prescription, dispensed in the community and submitted to the NHS Business Services Authority for reimbursement between January 2018 and April 2019.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS prescription items dispensed</p></td><td><p>January 2018 – April 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nabilone</p></td><td><p>752</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sativex</p></td><td><p>2,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unlicensed cannabis-based medicines</p></td><td><p>8 (data currently only available for November 2018 – March 2019). Data not yet available for April 2019.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the same products listed above covering the same time period but this data relates to private prescribing on an FP10PCD where the forms have been submitted to the NHS Business Services Authority for reporting and monitoring purposes only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Private prescription items dispensed</p></td><td><p>January 2018 – December 2018</p></td><td><p>January 2019 – April 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nabilone</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sativex</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epidiolex</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unlicensed cannabis-based medicines</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9 (data currently only available for January 2019 to March 2019). Data not yet available for April 2019.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Unlike NHS primary care where all dispensed prescriptions are processed centrally, this is not the case for secondary care. This information is collected by a third party and not routinely published.</p><p>Intelligence from NHS England and NHS Improvement Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers is that, up until the end of March 2019, five patients have had private prescriptions issued for a cannabis-based product for medicinal use in independent secondary/tertiary care in England.</p><p>145 patients have accessed Epidiolex though GW Pharma’s early access programmes ahead of a licensing decision by the European Medicines Agency.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 01/07/2019 15:34:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1133563

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers are offering disability leave to disabled employees as part of reasonable adjustments.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	267246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting people with disabilities in the workplace and The Equality Act 2010 places obligations on employers with disabled employees, including the requirement to make reasonable adjustments, which may include granting leave related to the employee's disability.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Act recognises the need to strike a balance between the needs of disabled people and those of employers. What is ‘reasonable’ will be different for each employer because of factors such as the practicality and the cost of making the adjustment. A court or tribunal may ultimately make a final decision on whether a particular person meets the definition of disability in the Act and whether an adjustment request is reasonable.</p><p> </p><p>Practical advice on reasonable adjustments is available from a number of sources, including Acas and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The EHRC’s examples of reasonable adjustments for employers include disability leave.</p><p> </p><p>If a disabled person feels that they have not been treated fairly by an employer, the Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS) offers information and advice about discrimination, including disability discrimination. EASS can be contacted by telephone, via an online contact form or by post.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/07/2019 13:31:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1133622

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made the potential merits of requiring young people entering the secure system to undertake an individual assessment to ensure that (a) vulnerabilities and (b) trigger points are (i) identified and (ii) regularly reviewed in an individual care plan.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	267214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Professionals undertake a number of assessments on Children and Young People (CYP) when they enter the Youth Secure Estate in order to identify and review any vulnerabilities they have.</p><p> </p><p>The Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) provides screening and assessment for all CYP across the youth justice system, allowing for early identification of needs and requirements to support their care. An initial assessment is made before the first night in custody to assess any immediate needs or requirements, with a wide range of vulnerabilities and triggers screened for. This is followed by further physical and mental health assessments.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Youth Custody Service use information provided by the Youth Offending Team to determine suitability for a particular placement into either a Secure Children’s Home, a Secure Training Centre or a Young Offender Institution. When making this determination a wide range of factors are considered, including, but not limited to, risk of harm to self and others, welfare, and medical history, including mental health.</p><p> </p><p>As well as this we are working closely with the NHS on ‘Secure Stairs’, an integrated approach to strengthen the provision of health care to address the needs of young people holistically and co-ordinates services through a coherent, joined up approach. This will ensure CYP receive a full needs assessment and a tailored care and support plan.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 15:24:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1133757

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reasons security officers in the House of Commons are entitled to a break of two hours and 15 minutes in each eight hour shift; and what assessment the Commission has made of the comparative value for money of such contracts.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	267363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>House Staff are paid for working hours only, i.e. 36 hours net per week for full time staff. In accordance to their contracts, full-time staff have a one hour unpaid break each day / shift. The rest of the breaks received by the Security staff, which are over and above their contractual arrangements, are a legacy carried over from the Metropolitan Police working practices since 2016. The House is currently in discussion with the union about the introduction of a new roster and rest breaks.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 02/07/2019 16:32:45 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 125231 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski