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838920

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking as a result of the BBC Panorama documentary, Undercover: Britain’s immigration secrets, broadcast on 4 September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	127482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Sussex Police have sought early investigative advice from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), South East Area, in respect of possible criminal offences. The CPS has received some documentation and had a meeting with the officer in charge of the investigation in February 2018.</p><p>The police investigation is still ongoing and CPS will only be in a position to provide advice regarding charging or otherwise once all the papers are received.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/02/2018 17:07:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

846924

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hare Coursing: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been for offences relating to hare coursing in each police area in England in each year from 2014 to the last year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
	tabling member printed	Dr Caroline Johnson
	uin	129098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Hunting Act 2004 introduced a prohibition against hare coursing. Under Section 5 of the Act, a person commits an offence if they participate in, attend, knowingly facilitate, or permit land owned by them to be used in a hare coursing event.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of Section 5 of the Hunting Act 2004 which covers England and Wales.</p><p>The table below shows the number of these offences prosecuted and the police force area, in each of the last three years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/02/2018 16:24:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson

846925

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hare Coursing: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences relating to hare coursing led to a conviction in each police area in England in each year from 2014 to the last year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
	tabling member printed	Dr Caroline Johnson
	uin	129099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Hunting Act 2004 introduced a prohibition against hare coursing. Under Section 5 of the Act, a person commits an offence if they participate in, attend, knowingly facilitate, or permit land owned by them to be used in a hare coursing event.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of Section 5 of the Hunting Act 2004 which covers England and Wales.</p><p>The table below shows the number of these offences prosecuted and the police force area, in each of the last three years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/02/2018 16:24:58 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson

845716

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Land: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on creating a comprehensive geospatial data body to provide open land data.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	128688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget 2017 announced that the government will establish a new Geospatial Commission to maximise the growth of the digital economy and provide strategic oversight for the public bodies that hold geospatial data. An update on the establishment of the Commission will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 28/02/2018 12:11:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

845528

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the pre-payment meter price cap on switching levels among customers in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	128500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The prepayment meter safeguard (price cap) tariff, set by the Competition and Markets Authority, includes a degree of ‘headroom’, to allow suppliers to offer competitive deals beneath the level of the cap and incentivise switching. The for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy publish quarterly domestic energy switching statistics provided by Ofgem. The latest data published in December 2017 shows 1,284,000 electricity meters and 1,110,000 gas meters switched energy supplier in Q3 of 2017. We do not hold data that provides a breakdown of the number of switches by payment type. Latest switching data is available here, at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/02/2018 15:12:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

846903

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on the car industry in the (a) North East and (b) UK of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	129077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 26<sup>th</sup> February 2018 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-02-21/128893/" target="_blank">128893</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/02/2018 15:50:21 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 43729 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

845701

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Fuel Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in fuel poverty in the (a) Vale of Clwyd and (b) UK in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	128673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is a devolved matter and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy does not hold data on fuel poverty in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Each nation in the UK has its own fuel poverty definition, targets and policies to tackle the issue. As each country uses different measures and heating assumptions, an overall UK figure is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The latest fuel poverty statistics for Wales can be found at: <a href="http://gov.wales/topics/environmentcountryside/energy/fuelpoverty/fuel-poverty-levels/?lang=en" target="_blank">http://gov.wales/topics/environmentcountryside/energy/fuelpoverty/fuel-poverty-levels/?lang=en</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/02/2018 15:29:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

846367

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what legislative plans his Department has to protect workers employed by a contractor which either (a) ceases trading or (b) absconds; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	129021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service can make statutory redundancy payments to the former employees of an employer that is unwilling or unable to make these payments. This would include an employer that ceases trading or absconds.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no legislative plans to extend this protection.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 14:16:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

846358

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Research: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for the launch of the International Research and Innovation Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	129014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>International collaboration is at the heart of this Government’s ambition to ensure UK remains one of the best places in the world for research and innovation. As outlined in the Industrial Strategy, we will publish an International Research and Innovation Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>In many areas, we are already delivering. Last September we became the first nation to sign a formal Science and Innovation agreement with the United States. We signed a similar agreement with Canada. In December 2017, UK became the first nation to develop a joint Science and Innovation Strategy with China. More will come throughout this year. These agreements will provide new opportunities for our researchers, innovators, institutions and business to strengthen and extend their activities with international partners.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/02/2018 16:29:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

847783

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects the (a) Insolvency Service's investigation into the conduct of Carillion's directors and (b) Financial Reporting Council's investigation into the preparation of Carillion’s accounts to conclude; whether he has received any provisional conclusions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	129459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>For the official receiver, the amount of time an investigation takes is dependent on the size and complexity of the business. As this is a large and complex case, it is not possible at this early stage to specify a timeframe. Should the official receiver find any evidence of director misconduct this would be referred to the Insolvency Service for further investigation. The Secretary of State has not received any provisional conclusions from the investigation, nor would he expect to do so from either the official receiver or the insolvency service. Investigations by the official receiver and the insolvency service are conducted separately from Ministers, as is the making of decisions arising from investigations on any possible prosecution or director’s disqualification.</p><p>For the Financial Reporting Council, the timing of the investigation depends on the size and complexity of the issues to be considered, but will be taken forward as quickly as possible. At the conclusion of an investigation, the matter may be referred to an independent tribunal which the FRC would convene for the purpose of hearing the case and determining final sanction.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 15:47:43 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds