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1719381

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the easement for levying wine duty beyond February 2025.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	27112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has supported the wine industry with duty freezes at 6 of the last 12 fiscal events, including the decision at Spring Budget 2024 to freeze alcohol duty until 1 February 2025.</p><p>As part of the new alcohol duty reforms, the Government has removed the sparkling wine premium, meaning sparkling wines now pay the same amount of duty as still wines of the same strength. As a result, an 11% sparkling wine now pays 61p less duty than under the previous duty system. While higher strength wines will be subject to more duty under the reforms than under the previous system, lower strength wines will be subject to less duty.</p><p>The Government has been clear that the wine easement is a temporary and transitional measure to support the wine industry to adapt to the new duty system by 1 February 2025. The Government is confident that the necessary changes are manageable within the time provided and that the wine industry has the information required to update their systems and calculate the correct duty.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 27113 question first answered 24/05/2024 08:16:46 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1719382

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support the wine industry after February 2025.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	27113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has supported the wine industry with duty freezes at 6 of the last 12 fiscal events, including the decision at Spring Budget 2024 to freeze alcohol duty until 1 February 2025.</p><p>As part of the new alcohol duty reforms, the Government has removed the sparkling wine premium, meaning sparkling wines now pay the same amount of duty as still wines of the same strength. As a result, an 11% sparkling wine now pays 61p less duty than under the previous duty system. While higher strength wines will be subject to more duty under the reforms than under the previous system, lower strength wines will be subject to less duty.</p><p>The Government has been clear that the wine easement is a temporary and transitional measure to support the wine industry to adapt to the new duty system by 1 February 2025. The Government is confident that the necessary changes are manageable within the time provided and that the wine industry has the information required to update their systems and calculate the correct duty.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 27112 question first answered 24/05/2024 08:16:46 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1720024

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on the music industry.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	902989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to support the industry’s adaptation to new requirements, including through our Export Support Service and comprehensive GOV.UK guidance.</p><p>Visa and permit free touring routes are available in 24 of 27 Member States including key markets; France, Germany and Spain.</p><p>The Music Export Growth Scheme, tripled to £3.2 million until 2025, facilitates UK artist entry into new international markets. MEGS has successfully supported over 400 artist music export projects and SMEs since launching in 2013, with a return on investment of over £13 for every £1 received.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/05/2024 10:18:16 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1717495

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Online Safety Act 2023: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions have been made for new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	25892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 25893 question first answered 20/05/2024 10:57:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1717496

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Online Safety Act 2023: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been made under new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	25893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 25892 question first answered 20/05/2024 10:57:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1687596

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of maintenance of military and defence bases in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	13104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>The maintenance costs for Ministry of Defence (MOD) bases in the UK and Overseas dating back to Financial Year 2018-19 is shown in the tables below (rounded to one decimal place).</p><p> </p><p><strong>Defence Infrastructure Organisation </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2022-23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£497.2 million</p></td><td><p>£576 million</p></td><td><p>£634.3 million</p></td><td><p>£689.4 million</p></td><td><p>£706.4 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Navy </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2022-23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£67.4 million</p></td><td><p>£68 million</p></td><td><p>£59 million</p></td><td><p>£61.6 million</p></td><td><p>£71.1 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2022-23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£5.5 million</p></td><td><p>£6.4 million</p></td><td><p>£6.7 million</p></td><td><p>£4.4 million</p></td><td><p>£4.8 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Defence Equipment &amp; Support</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2022-23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£10.8 million</p></td><td><p>£8.9 million</p></td><td><p>£10.1 million</p></td><td><p>£16.9 million</p></td><td><p>£15 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Strategic Command</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY2022-23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£3.1 million</p></td><td><p>£4.1 million</p></td><td><p>£2.3 million</p></td><td><p>£0.3 million</p></td><td><p>£0.4 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Maintenance on the majority of MOD bases is carried out under contracts managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. However, a proportion of bases are managed by other individual areas of the MOD and are detailed separately in corresponding tables above.</p><p> </p><p>Maintenance cost data prior to Financial Year 2018-19 is not held because IT systems and contracts were not configured to capture data in this way.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 15/02/2024 16:46:25 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1687597

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Germany: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bases the UK has maintained in Germany in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	13105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of military bases maintained by the UK in Germany in each year since 2010 can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Bases Maintained in Germany</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 15/02/2024 16:46:54 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1687600

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were found (a) guilty and (b) not guilty of the offence of (i) assisting an enemy, (ii) misconduct on operations, (iii) obstructing operations, (iv) mutiny, and (v) desertion in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	13108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>Court Martial results from the Military Court Service are available back to 2010 in a searchable format at the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres</a>. Information includes rank, service, final legal charges, finding and overall sentence. However, the particulars of the offence are not included. The detailed information necessary to answer every question would require the recall of physical files from archives to examine each charge sheet, and this could only be achieved at disproportionate cost. In addition, the term ‘<em>dishonourably discharged’</em>, is not used by the UK Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 13110 13111 question first answered 15/02/2024 16:47:33 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1687602

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Discharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been dishonourably discharged from service for (a) treason, (b) subterfuge, (c) espionage and (d) spying for a foreign power since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	13110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>Court Martial results from the Military Court Service are available back to 2010 in a searchable format at the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres</a>. Information includes rank, service, final legal charges, finding and overall sentence. However, the particulars of the offence are not included. The detailed information necessary to answer every question would require the recall of physical files from archives to examine each charge sheet, and this could only be achieved at disproportionate cost. In addition, the term ‘<em>dishonourably discharged’</em>, is not used by the UK Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 13108 13111 question first answered 15/02/2024 16:47:33 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1687603

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel of what (a) service and (b) rank were found guilty of drugs possession in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	13111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>Court Martial results from the Military Court Service are available back to 2010 in a searchable format at the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-martial-results-from-the-military-court-centres</a>. Information includes rank, service, final legal charges, finding and overall sentence. However, the particulars of the offence are not included. The detailed information necessary to answer every question would require the recall of physical files from archives to examine each charge sheet, and this could only be achieved at disproportionate cost. In addition, the term ‘<em>dishonourably discharged’</em>, is not used by the UK Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 13108 13110 question first answered 15/02/2024 16:47:33 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore