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1083652

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/03/2019
	date	07/03/2019
	date tabled	07/03/2019
	ddp created	07/03/2019 18:14:58
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	13/03/2019 17:15:07 14/03/2019 15:36:02
	hansard heading	Members: Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	229668
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/03/2019 15:04:11
	question text	To ask The Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Committee will undertake a survey of hon. Members on the (a) cost and (b) resources allocated by hon. Members to responding to e-mails from (i) 38 Degrees and (ii) other campaigning organisations; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 229668
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	229668
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Independent Parliamentary Standard Authority (IPSA) was established to ensure MPs have the funding and support they need to conduct their parliamentary duties effectively. IPSA is also responsible for setting the level of the MPs’ Staffing Budget and for periodically consulting on all aspects of its expenses scheme, including on Members’ staff expenditure. At these times, Members and others are invited to respond to IPSA’s consultations and to suggest amendments to its scheme.</p><p>It is for individual MPs themselves to decide how their own staffing arrangements best support their work and how they respond to campaigning organisations such as 38 Degrees.</p><p>In respect of oversight of IPSA’s budgets, the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is in place to approve its annual estimates of resources. In addition, the Administration Committee meets representatives from IPSA to consider its support for Members and the way it operates its scheme.</p> question first answered 14/03/2019 15:04:11
	creator	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1128446

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/06/2019
	date	23/05/2019
	date tabled	23/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:05:27
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 12:25:09 05/06/2019 10:07:01
	hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	257645
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/06/2019 09:35:36
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2019 to Question 253493 on Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Location, how many staff are located in the new premises at 85 Strand; how much floor space those staff occupy; at what rate per square metre; which locations were considered outside London for new premises; and what the comparable cost would have been in locating those staff outside London.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257645
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257645
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p>IPSA currently has 69 members of staff. It included in its office requirements space for up to 76 staff in order to provide flexibility for periods where there is a higher volume of work and therefore a need for additional temporary staff, such as General Election periods.</p><p>To disclose the size of the office or rate paid per square metre would be prejudicial to commercial interests. IPSA’s annual accounts are laid in Parliament and published each year, and will provide information about operational costs.</p><p>Before choosing its offices at 85 Strand, IPSA considered potential premises in Croydon and Milton Keynes, as well as Stratford and Canary Wharf in London, but determined that the selected location provided the prospect of better support to MPs and better value for money for the taxpayer.</p> question first answered 05/06/2019 09:35:36
	creator	318 label Biography information for John Spellar
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1132886

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/06/2019
	date	18/06/2019
	date tabled	18/06/2019
	ddp created	18/06/2019 18:28:35
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	19/06/2019 16:45:08 25/06/2019 15:28:03
	hansard heading	Members: Internet
	house id	1
	identifier	266190
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/06/2019 14:56:09
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what estimate his Department has made on the potential cost incurred by MPs' offices in answering web-based inquiries generated by (a) 38 Degrees and (b) other websites in the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 266190
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	266190
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have asked IPSA to provide this reply.</p><p>IPSA is the statutory body responsible for regulating and paying the salaries, business costs and expenses of MPs. This includes regulating and paying the salaries of staff members who work for MPs.</p><p> </p><p>Each MP is allocated a budget from which their staffing costs are paid. The current staffing budget for MPs in London constituencies is £166,930; and for non-London MPs, the budget is £155,930.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2018-19 financial year, MPs spent £91.1 million on staffing costs, including employment costs and other staffing services.</p><p> </p><p>IPSA does not hold information on the cost attributable to staff members carrying out specific activities such as responding to web-based inquiries generated by 38 Degrees or other websites.</p><p> </p> question first answered 25/06/2019 14:56:09
	creator	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1063842

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 11:42:16
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	ddp modified	19/02/2019 16:37:14 21/02/2019 12:12:02
	hansard heading	Christianity: Oppression
	house id	1
	identifier	222847
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/02/2019 11:37:35
	question text	To ask the Right Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what humanitarian support the Church of England provides to people overseas that are persecuted for their Christian beliefs.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 222847
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	222847
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Anglican mission agencies work with and alongside Churches and partners across the Anglican Communion as they live out God’s mission in often hostile environments. This work is complemented by the web of diocesan companion links that twin Church of England dioceses with other parts of the Communion. These relationships are valuable instruments by which the Church of England provides practical support to those that are facing restriction and hostility as a result of their faith.</p> question first answered 21/02/2019 11:37:35
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1104926

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/03/2019
	date	25/03/2019
	date tabled	25/03/2019
	ddp created	26/03/2019 00:30:09
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	ddp modified	26/03/2019 15:36:47 27/03/2019 13:58:02
	hansard heading	Church of England: Lewisham
	house id	1
	identifier	236555
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/03/2019 13:24:14
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church of England has a financial interest in (a) Tidemill Green and (b) the site of Old Tidemill School in Deptford.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 236555
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	236555
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Church of England, the Church Commissioners and the Diocese of Southwark have no financial interest in the site of the former parish church of Christ Church, Deptford.</p><p>The land was sold by the Church Commissioners in 1937. The parish of Christ Church was merged with St Nicholas Church in 1936 to form the parish of St Nicholas with Christ Church. Following significant bomb damage, the Christ Church buildings were demolished in 1937 and the site sold to the London Borough of Lewisham. Housing and a school building now occupy the majority of the site</p><p> </p><p>At the point of sale to the Borough of Lewisham, the usual covenants were placed on a small section of the property which formed the site of the former Church. This covenanted area is outside of the area currently used as a wildlife garden and the school. The covenanted area is to be found at the back of Frankham House. No restrictions were placed on the rest of the property to the north of Reginald Road.</p> question first answered 27/03/2019 13:24:14
	creator	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1131079

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 22:03:00
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	ddp modified	11/06/2019 14:55:05 13/06/2019 15:41:01
	hansard heading	Church of England: Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	262403
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/06/2019 15:10:01
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate the Church of England has made of the profits from its operations in Scotland in the last 12 months for which information is available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 262403
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	262403
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Church Commissioners recieved a total net income of £8,858,429 from forestry and windfarms between 1st January 2018 to the 31st December 2018.</p><p>We are unable to provide a figure for profit in the equivalent period as liabilities, including for restocking, will be borne over a number of years and the cost of purchasing the asset should be taken into consideration.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/06/2019 15:10:01
	creator	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1131249

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	11/06/2019
	date tabled	11/06/2019
	ddp created	11/06/2019 17:57:03
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	ddp modified	12/06/2019 14:15:12 13/06/2019 14:26:04
	hansard heading	Churches: Coal
	house id	1
	identifier	263116
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/06/2019 13:54:40
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment she made of the economic effect on churches and vicarages of the ban on house coal.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 263116
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	263116
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The economic effect on churches and vicarages of the ban on the use of house coal has been negligible.</p><p> </p><p>Bishops’ see houses and vicarages have not used house coal for many years and the Church Commissioners are not aware of any churches that still use coal as a form of heating.</p><p>The Church of England supports the aim of the Government to improve air quality and public health; the Church has launched several initiatives to support this policy, which include planting more trees on its properties and encouraging churches to increase the biodiversity of their churchyards and green spaces.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/06/2019 13:54:40
	creator	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1045474

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2019
	date	21/01/2019
	date tabled	21/01/2019
	ddp created	21/01/2019 22:39:28
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	22/01/2019 15:35:10 28/01/2019 13:19:02
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: Criminal Investigation
	house id	1
	identifier	210428
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 12:47:13
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to the Serious Fraud Office to undertake investigations into (a) Mukhtar Ablyazov and (b) other cases of large-scale international money laundering.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 210428
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210428
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The SFO has sufficient funding to carry out its work. Funding arrangements were reviewed in April 2018 when cost-neutral changes were made to the SFO’s core budget enabling it to work flexibly and efficiently. This allows the SFO to carry out its work, including money laundering investigations that fit within its statutory remit.</p> question first answered 28/01/2019 12:47:13
	creator	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1055973

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2019
	date	05/02/2019
	date tabled	05/02/2019
	ddp created	06/02/2019 18:02:47
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	07/02/2019 11:45:09 11/02/2019 12:07:03
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	identifier	217441
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 11:35:40
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 213932 on Crown Prosecution Service: West Midlands, what the change has been in the number of offences for each crime type in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England in each year since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 217441
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	217441
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of offences recorded against crime types. However, the CPS does collect data which reports the number of prosecuted defendants allocated to twelve Principal Offence Categories which is collated in financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The tables in Annex A show the number of finalised prosecution outcomes by Principal Offence during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18 in the West Midlands CPS Area and in England.</p><p> </p><p>During the 8 year period reported in the table, magistrates’ courts caseload has fallen by 31% and Crown Court caseload by 23% in the West Midlands Area, compared to falls of 47% and 34% respectively across England as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the falling caseload it is important to be aware that the types of cases prosecuted in the West Midlands and England have changed significantly in the period between 2010 and 2018. The CPS is prosecuting more serious and complex cases in the West Midlands Area as evidenced by a 46% rise in homicide (35% in England), a 34% increase in fraud and forgery (compared to a fall of 17% in England) and a 55% increase in sexual offences cases (26% in England). During this period, minor motoring cases have fallen by 67% in the Area with a similar fall reflected across England. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police</p> question first answered 11/02/2019 11:35:40
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1057044

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	08/02/2019
	date tabled	08/02/2019
	ddp created	08/02/2019 16:26:52
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 13:45:06 13/02/2019 17:08:07
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	identifier	218823
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/02/2019 16:36:07
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of Crown Court trials did not complete due to a prosecution failure to disclose evidence to the defence in each year since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 218823
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	218823
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of Crown Court trials which resulted in a non-conviction outcome due to a prosecution failure to disclose evidence to the defence. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the work under the National Disclosure Improvement Plan, the CPS has introduced new data collection measures designed to monitor disclosure performance. These measures include all prosecutors now being required to confirm at the conclusion of every case that has been stopped after charge whether disclosure had a primary or contributory impact on the outcome. This will allow us to capture more data than ever before on cases in which disclosure does not ultimately cause the case to end but where it was a secondary factor, and will enable performance to be examined by police and prosecutors at local, regional and national level and to drive further improvements. The first set of this data will be published in due course.</p> question first answered 13/02/2019 16:36:07
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1058908

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:22:41
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	12/02/2019 18:15:07 18/02/2019 09:55:02
	hansard heading	Intestacy
	house id	1
	identifier	219364
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/02/2019 09:23:28
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people that die without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will were referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each year since 2012.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Goodwill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219364
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219364
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The number of estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each financial year since 2012 is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>1455*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*to date</p> question first answered 18/02/2019 09:23:28
	creator	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1058909

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:22:43
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	12/02/2019 18:25:08 18/02/2019 09:58:02
	hansard heading	Duchy of Cornwall and Duchy of Lancaster: Intestacy
	house id	1
	identifier	219365
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/02/2019 09:24:46
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people that die without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will in the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall were referred to the law firm Farrer and Co. Solicitors in each year since 2012.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Goodwill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219365
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219365
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor is appointed by Royal Warrant to administer the estates of persons domiciled in England &amp; Wales who die without leaving a will or entitled relatives (known as ‘bona vacantia’) but this explicitly excludes the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster.</p><p> </p><p>The bona vacantia estates of persons domiciled in Cornwall and Lancaster are administered by Farrer &amp; Co Solicitors on behalf of the Dukes of Cornwall and Lancaster and are referred directly to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury Solicitor does not hold any information about the numbers of estates which are referred to Farrer &amp; Co.</p> question first answered 18/02/2019 09:24:46
	creator	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1059216

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 22:05:12
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	13/02/2019 23:15:11 21/02/2019 12:22:02
	hansard heading	Sir Philip Green
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13602
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/02/2019 12:19:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Sir Phillip Green or any company, trust or other entity associated with him, has obtained an injunction against Her Majesty's Government or any government departments, agencies or public bodies since May 2010; if so, when any such injunction was granted; and when it was withdrawn.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13602
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13602
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) conducts civil litigation on behalf of most government departments and many (but not all) executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p>GLD has no record of any injunctions obtained by Sir Philip Green, or any entity known by GLD to be connected with him, against any of the departments, agencies or bodies to which GLD provides litigation services.</p> question first answered 21/02/2019 12:19:00
	creator	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1060009

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/02/2019
	date	12/02/2019
	date tabled	12/02/2019
	ddp created	12/02/2019 22:17:10
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	13/02/2019 17:16:44 18/02/2019 10:03:02
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Data Protection
	house id	1
	identifier	220099
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/02/2019 09:30:47
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on what date Paul Woods, the Departmental Records Officer and FOI/DPA coordinator in the Government Legal Department, became the Data Protection Officer for his Department; and (a) when and (b) how that appointment was notified to the (i) Information Commissioner's Office, (ii) Ministers of his Department, (iii) staff of his Department and (iv) Treasury Solicitor.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220099
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220099
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Appointment was confirmed on 22 May 2018 and the Attorney General’s Office was informed that day. The ICO, GLD Staff and the Treasury Solicitor were notified 25 May 2018.</p><p> </p> question first answered 18/02/2019 09:30:47
	creator	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1061087

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/02/2019
	date	14/02/2019
	date tabled	14/02/2019
	ddp created	14/02/2019 19:15:13
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	15/02/2019 14:46:18 19/02/2019 10:17:02
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
	house id	1
	identifier	221799
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 09:43:18
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what data his Department holds on the average length of time taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to deliver early investigative advice in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 221799
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	221799
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>During 2017/18 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) took an average of 28 calendar days from the receipt of a request for early investigative advice to complete the consultation and provide a response to the police. Responses to the police may take longer depending on the complexity of the case in question.</p><p> </p><p>The facility to capture and report this information through the CPS Case Management Information System was introduced on the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2017.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 09:43:18
	creator	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1064422

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	20/02/2019
	date tabled	20/02/2019
	ddp created	20/02/2019 18:16:38
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 14:45:24 25/02/2019 12:20:02
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	identifier	223947
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/02/2019 11:47:39
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 213932 on Crown Prosecution Service: West Midlands, what the change has been in the caseload for the Crown Prosecution Service for each principal offence category in each year from 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 223947
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223947
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the volumes of completed prosecutions, or caseload, as a count of the number of defendants and collates the data collected in financial years. At the conclusion of each prosecution case the defendant is allocated one of 12 Principal Offence Categories that indicates the most serious offence with which the defendant is charged at the time of finalisation.</p><p> </p><p>The tables in Annex 1 show the number of finalised prosecution outcomes in the CPS nationally for each Principal Offence Category, during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18, and the year on year change in both volume and percent.</p> question first answered 25/02/2019 11:47:39
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1077268

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/02/2019
	date	25/02/2019
	date tabled	25/02/2019
	ddp created	25/02/2019 23:00:06
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	26/02/2019 15:45:31 05/03/2019 13:59:02
	hansard heading	Intestacy
	house id	1
	identifier	225445
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/03/2019 13:27:08
	question text	To ask the Attorney General , how many and what proportion of referrals to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department have come from (a) local authorities, (b) hospital trusts, (c) coroners and (d) other organisations and individuals in each year since 2012.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 225445
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	225445
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The following table provides the number of referrals received from (a) local authorities, (b) hospital trusts, (c) coroners and (d) other organisations and individuals in each financial year since 2012:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>Hospital Trusts</p></td><td><p>Coroners</p></td><td><p>Other Organisations and Individuals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>848</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>827</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>684</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>653</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>909</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1752</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-to date</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1158</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures relate to intestate estates only and do not include companies.</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides the breakdown by percentage of total number of referrals in the same period:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Number of Referrals</p></td><td><p>Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>Hospital Trusts</p></td><td><p>Coroners</p></td><td><p>Other Organisations and Individuals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>1755</p></td><td><p>48.4%</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>41.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>1660</p></td><td><p>51.1%</p></td><td><p>9.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>39.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>1964</p></td><td><p>42.1%</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>49.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>4925</p></td><td><p>13.9%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>3130</p></td><td><p>20.9%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>75.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>1643</p></td><td><p>34.6%</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>59.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>2770</p></td><td><p>32.8%</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td><td><p>0.05%</p></td><td><p>63.25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-to date</p></td><td><p>1657</p></td><td><p>26.4%</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>69.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 05/03/2019 13:27:08
	creator	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1079618

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/03/2019
	date	01/03/2019
	date tabled	01/03/2019
	ddp created	01/03/2019 17:35:52
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	05/03/2019 22:55:19 14/03/2019 17:44:03
	hansard heading	National Fund
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14160
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/03/2019 17:12:40
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they hold information about the identity of the donor who set up the National Fund.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14160
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14160
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The National Fund was set up by a trust deed in 1928. The Fund is held on trust for the purpose of reducing the National Debt.</p><p>The 1928 deed does not record who the founder was, and it is apparent from accompanying documents that they wished to remain anonymous.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Government therefore does not hold information about the identity of the donor who set up the Fund.</p> question first answered 14/03/2019 17:12:40
	creator	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1079620

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/03/2019
	date	01/03/2019
	date tabled	01/03/2019
	ddp created	01/03/2019 17:35:55
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	05/03/2019 22:55:21 14/03/2019 17:42:05
	hansard heading	National Fund
	house id	2
	identifier	HL14162
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/03/2019 17:10:09
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Attorney General’s application to the High Court to release the assets of the National Fund has now been concluded; and if so, how those assets are shown in HM Treasury’s accounts.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL14162
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL14162
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The National Fund was set up by a trust deed in 1928. The Fund is held on trust for the purpose of reducing the National Debt. According to expert evidence, there is no realistic prospect of the Fund ever amounting to a sum sufficient to pay off the whole of the National Debt.</p><p>The application made by the then Attorney General to the High Court on 22nd May 2018, to release the assets of the National Fund in order to pay down national debt, has not yet concluded. In February 2019 the High Court Listing Officer allocated a three day hearing during a five day window starting on 18 November 2019.</p> question first answered 14/03/2019 17:10:09
	creator	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1104715

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/03/2019
	date	25/03/2019
	date tabled	25/03/2019
	ddp created	25/03/2019 23:57:25
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	27/03/2019 18:15:06 02/04/2019 11:06:02
	hansard heading	Extradition: USA
	house id	1
	identifier	236253
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 10:30:50
	question text	To ask the The Attorney General, for what reasons three former Credit Suisse employees, Andrew James Pearse, Surjan Singh and Detelina Vaneva Subeva who are subject to an extradition request from US authorities, have not been charged under UK law.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 236253
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	236253
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Charging decisions are matters for the Directors of the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office, who act independently. Such decisions are made by applying the Code for Crown Prosecutors. I cannot comment on individual cases.</p> question first answered 02/04/2019 10:30:50
	creator	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1109703

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 16:14:45
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	05/04/2019 13:07:07 10/04/2019 12:16:45
	hansard heading	GPT Special Project Management
	house id	1
	identifier	240944
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	10/04/2019 11:41:42
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when did Department received a request from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to give consent to a prosecution in relation to the SFO's investigation into GPT Special Project Management and aspects of the conduct of that organisation's business in Saudi Arabia; and what his Department's response was to the SFO's request.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 240944
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	240944
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I am not able to provide any specific information about an on-going investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. I can confirm that I am aware of this case and I receive regular case updates in relation to it.</p><p> </p> question first answered 10/04/2019 11:41:42
	creator	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1109805

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/04/2019
	date	04/04/2019
	date tabled	04/04/2019
	ddp created	04/04/2019 16:39:36
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	05/04/2019 13:47:56 11/04/2019 16:13:10
	hansard heading	Victims
	house id	1
	identifier	241068
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/04/2019 15:34:44
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to ensure that victims of serious crime receive regular updates on police and CPS progress on those crimes.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 241068
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	241068
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In England and Wales, the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (Victims’ Code) outlines the services victims are entitled to receive, including updates on the progress of their case during an investigation or prosecution. Bereaved families in homicide cases and victims of the most serious offences will receive information within 1 working day of key developments, such as when a suspect is arrested or released without charge. Victims will also be informed how often they will receive updates on the status of the case following discussion with the police.</p><p> </p><p>In the first cross-government Victims Strategy, published in September 2018, the Government committed to amend the Victims’ Code and we intend to consult on the changes shortly. We also committed in the strategy to hold agencies to account for compliance with the Victims’ Code through improved reporting, monitoring and transparency on whether victims are receiving entitlements.</p> question first answered 11/04/2019 15:34:44
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1124161

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:10:18
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	02/05/2019 13:15:08 08/05/2019 09:18:02
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: West Midlands
	house id	1
	identifier	249931
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/05/2019 08:46:56
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases did the West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service decide not to charge a suspect on the grounds of (a) the evidential test and (b) the public interest test in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249931
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249931
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of suspects referred to prosecutors for a pre-charge decision and the number of decisions not to prosecute suspects following the charging decision.</p><p>When prosecutors make decisions on cases, they refer to The Code for Crown Prosecutors. The Code contains a two stage test which has to be met before a suspect can be charged; the evidential stage followed by the public interest stage. When deciding whether there is enough evidence to charge, prosecutors must consider whether evidence can be used in court and is reliable and credible, and there is no other material that might affect the sufficiency of evidence. Prosecutors must be satisfied there is enough evidence to provide a &quot;realistic prospect of conviction&quot; against each defendant. At the public interest stage the prosecutor must consider whether a prosecution is required in the public interest. A prosecution will usually take place unless the prosecutor is sure that the public interest factors tending against prosecution outweigh those tending in favour.</p><p>The table below shows the volume and percentage of decisions not to prosecute for evidential and public interest reasons for the West Midlands Area in each year from 2013/14 to 2017/18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Prosecution - Evidential</p></td><td><p>4,760</p></td><td><p>18.8%</p></td><td><p>5,396</p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td><td><p>4,580</p></td><td><p>18.7%</p></td><td><p>4,479</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td><td><p>3,589</p></td><td><p>13.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Prosecution - Public Interest</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>584</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total of Evidential &amp; Public Interest</p></td><td><p>4,912</p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td><td><p>5,980</p></td><td><p>17.8%</p></td><td><p>4,745</p></td><td><p>19.3%</p></td><td><p>4,643</p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p>3,772</p></td><td><p>14.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Decisions Made</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,542</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,708</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,026</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 08/05/2019 08:46:56
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1125592

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 16:54:23
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 11:55:11 16/05/2019 15:20:02
	hansard heading	Rape: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	identifier	252498
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/05/2019 14:49:01
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on victims of rape of CPS rape and sexual offence legal guidance in relation to disclosure of medical records and counselling notes.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252498
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252498
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>All complainants are entitled to protection from unnecessary and unjustified invasion of their private lives. Medical records and counselling notes will routinely engage an individual’s Article 8 ECHR right to privacy.</p><p> </p><p>CPS guidance is clear that where it is a reasonable line of enquiry in the investigation, the police should obtain the complainant’s informed consent to gain access to these records and, in the limited circumstances where it is appropriate, to enable disclosure of material to the defence. Where records amount to unused material, prosecutors will robustly apply the relevant statutory provisions when deciding whether such material should be disclosed to the defence.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS is working with the police and stakeholders to ensure complainants are aware of why their records are required and how they will be used to allow them to make an informed decision.</p><p> </p> question first answered 16/05/2019 14:49:01
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1126136

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:30:28
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 13:55:12 21/05/2019 08:38:01
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	253465
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 08:06:53
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff of his Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other Departments and (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU have since returned to his Department.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253465
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253465
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office had one employee who joined DExEU on loan to support work on preparations for the UK to leave the EU. The employee subsequently moved permanently to another department and will not return to the Attorney General’s Office.</p> question first answered 21/05/2019 08:06:53
	creator	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126592

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/05/2019
	date	14/05/2019
	date tabled	14/05/2019
	ddp created	14/05/2019 19:15:23
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	15/05/2019 16:25:06 20/05/2019 10:56:01
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: West Midlands
	house id	1
	identifier	254257
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/05/2019 10:24:38
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2019 to Question 249931 on Prosecutions: West Midlands, what the average time was for the CPS to reach a decision in the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 254257
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	254257
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), provide data showing the average time (in calendar days) from receipt of the pre-charge case to the decision to charge.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average number of days from the date a charging decision is requested by the police to the date the decision to charge is taken for the West Midlands Area in each year from 2013/14 to 2017/18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></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><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>10.54</p></td><td><p>10.95</p></td><td><p>11.65</p></td><td><p>14.41</p></td><td><p>17.31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</em></p><p> </p><p>During this period there has been a shift in the type of pre-charge decisions referred to the CPS. For example, in the period between 2013/14 and 2017/18, there was an increase of over 26% in rape flagged pre-charge decisions referred to CPS West Midlands. Rape and serious sexual offences investigations can be highly complex in nature and typically involve the review of a large quantity of evidence resulting in an increase in the amount of time required for the CPS to come to a charging decision.</p> question first answered 20/05/2019 10:24:38
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1129073

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	03/06/2019
	date tabled	03/06/2019
	ddp created	03/06/2019 16:34:56
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	04/06/2019 15:55:17 12/06/2019 15:44:01
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	identifier	259168
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/06/2019 15:12:37
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Sub-Group to the Criminal Justice Board and Review of the Criminal Justice Response to Rape and Serious Sexual Offences plans to make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) effect on survivors of rape of the legal guidance issued by the CPS on rape and sexual offence in relation to disclosure of medical records and counselling notes.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 259168
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	259168
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service is working with the police, government departments and third sector stakeholders on the Government’s review into how the criminal justice system responds to rape and serious sexual offences. The Crown Prosecution Service is committed to working with all involved in the Review, including stakeholders, to identify and address any issues that are identified.</p><p>Complainants are entitled to protection from unnecessary and unjustified invasion of their private lives. CPS guidance is clear that where it is a reasonable line of enquiry in the investigation, the police should obtain complainants’ informed consent to gain access to medical records and counselling notes. Prosecutors will robustly apply the relevant statutory provisions when deciding whether such material should be disclosed to the defence.</p> question first answered 12/06/2019 15:12:37
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1129271

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/06/2019
	date	03/06/2019
	date tabled	03/06/2019
	ddp created	03/06/2019 16:43:46
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	05/06/2019 14:45:10 06/06/2019 11:49:02
	hansard heading	Rape: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	identifier	259357
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/06/2019 11:17:26
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if the Government will review the CPS guidance given to victims of rape on seeking therapy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 259357
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	259357
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>It is vital that victims are confident they will be treated with the utmost fairness by the justice system. CPS committed, as part of the cross-Government Victims Strategy, to launch new guidance on pre-trial therapy to reduce the perception amongst victims, therapists and criminal justice professionals that it will damage the prosecution case. This is due to be published this summer. Additionally, a new toolkit for prosecutors on the support that an individual suffering from a mental health condition will require was launched in August 2018.</p> question first answered 06/06/2019 11:17:26
	creator	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1130703

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2019
	date	07/06/2019
	date tabled	07/06/2019
	ddp created	07/06/2019 14:10:56
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	10/06/2019 15:15:16 17/06/2019 15:41:01
	hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	identifier	261500
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/06/2019 15:09:46
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of cases of rape reported to the CPS were administratively finalised in each year since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 261500
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	261500
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>It is important to stress that ’administrative finalisation’ is not a prosecutorial decision. It is an administrative process where cases are closed on CPS’ electronic case management system. It does not necessarily mean the proceedings are at an end. Such cases may be reopened, if at a later date, new material is provided to the prosecution enabling a charging decision to be made.</p><p> </p><p>Proceedings are administratively finalised when:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The police seek early investigative advice from the CPS and did not resubmit the case to the CPS for a charging decision. In these instances, the case enters the CPS records but was never actually referred for a charging decision.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The police do refer a case to the police but there is insufficient evidence to bring a charge, sothe CPS ask the police to complete an action plan in order to improve the evidence. If the police are unable to respond to the action plan or decide not to pursue the matter, then the case will be ‘administratively finalised’ on the CPS system because the police cannot bring forward a case with sufficient evidence to charge.</li></ul><p>There was a 9% reduction in referrals from the police between 2016/17 and 2017/18. During this period, the percentage of cases resulting in no further action remained largely unchanged. There was, however, a significant increase in both the volume and percentage of cases administratively finalised. This is largely because of internal CPS administrative processes, reminding users to ‘administratively finalise’ cases where the police had requested early advice but had not resubmitted.</p><p>This coincided with an increase in the number of cases where the police have not responded to early investigative advice or an action plan has resulted in a rise in the number of administrative finalisations.</p><p>The table below shows the outcome of all referrals from the police for a pre charge decision, and show both the volume and the rates of these outcomes</p><p>TABLE KEY:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Decision to charge: Prosecutors must be satisfied there is enough evidence to provide a &quot;realistic prospect of conviction&quot; against each defendant and that the prosecution is in the public interest.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Take no further action: This is a prosecutorial decision based on an assessment that there is insufficient evidence to provide a “realistic prospect of conviction” or that a prosecution is not in the public interest. The case may be reopened if the police provide further evidence or the victim successfully appeals the decision under the victims right to review;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Out of Court Disposal: Out of court disposals include a caution, conditional caution or the recommendation that the offence is taken into consideration with other charges;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Other: the result of the charging decision is not known or has not been given for that suspect.</li></ul><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Volumes &amp; Rates as %</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Charge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No Further Action</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Out of Court Disposal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin Finalised</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>3,387 (42%)</p></td><td><p>4,339 (53%)</p></td><td><p>65 (1%)</p></td><td><p>321 (4%)</p></td><td><p>18 (0%)</p></td><td><p>8,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>3,213 (47%)</p></td><td><p>3,281 (48%)</p></td><td><p>42 (1%)</p></td><td><p>275 (4%)</p></td><td><p>11 (0%)</p></td><td><p>6,822</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2,889 (53%)</p></td><td><p>2,195 (41%)</p></td><td><p>34 (1%)</p></td><td><p>281 (5%)</p></td><td><p>5 (0%)</p></td><td><p>5,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>3,621 (62%)</p></td><td><p>1,857 (32%)</p></td><td><p>23 (0%)</p></td><td><p>341 (6%)</p></td><td><p>8 (0%)</p></td><td><p>5,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>3,648 (59%)</p></td><td><p>1,997 (32%)</p></td><td><p>29 (0%)</p></td><td><p>484 (8%)</p></td><td><p>1 (0%)</p></td><td><p>6,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>3,910 (57%)</p></td><td><p>2,271 (33%)</p></td><td><p>24 (0%)</p></td><td><p>645 (9%)</p></td><td><p>5 (0%)</p></td><td><p>6,855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>3,671 (56%)</p></td><td><p>2,145 (32%)</p></td><td><p>30 (0%)</p></td><td><p>761 (12%)</p></td><td><p>4 (0%)</p></td><td><p>6,611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>2,822 (47%</p></td><td><p>1,851 (31%)</p></td><td><p>26 (0%)</p></td><td><p>1,307 (22%)</p></td><td><p>6 (0%)</p></td><td><p>6,012</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> question first answered 17/06/2019 15:09:46
	creator	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132159

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	13/06/2019
	date tabled	13/06/2019
	ddp created	13/06/2019 17:17:22
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	18/06/2019 14:55:05 20/06/2019 14:33:01
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	identifier	264437
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2019 14:01:35
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of forensic manipulation at Randox that resulted in a conviction being overturned; and in how many of those cases had a custodial sentence already been served.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 264437
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	264437
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>There is an ongoing investigation into data manipulation at Randox Testing Services. The Crown Prosecution Service will continue to support this process to ensure that fairness and transparency in the system is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service can only comment on cases that it is responsible for prosecuting. For the cases which it prosecutes, the Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of cases of forensic manipulation at Randox that resulted in a conviction being overturned or a record of how many of those cases involved a custodial sentence. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 20/06/2019 14:01:35
	creator	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132830

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/06/2019
	date	18/06/2019
	date tabled	18/06/2019
	ddp created	18/06/2019 18:26:21
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	19/06/2019 13:55:06 26/06/2019 10:56:05
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	identifier	266094
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/06/2019 10:24:58
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of days taken from the date of offence to a decision to charge an individual in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010 was.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 266094
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	266094
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) works closely with the Police to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated before charges are brought. There has been an increase in the complexity of cases investigated by the police, with investigations often involving large amounts of electronic material (social media, emails, text messages, video and photographs) which needs to be reviewed by prosecutors before a charging decision can be made. This impacts on the average number of consultations and length of time taken for prosecutors to reach a charging decision.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not maintain a record of the average number of days taken from offence through to a decision to charge. However, data is held on the average number of days from submission of a case by the police to the CPS to the date of the CPS decision to charge.</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to to all cases in South Yorkshire, summary only cases in South Yorkshire, and indictable only cases in South Yorkshire is shown in Annex A.</p><p> </p><p>The data in Annex A relating to summary only cases provides figures for only a minority of summary only cases. This is because the CPS is only responsible for charging a small minority of summary only matters, with the majority charged by the police. In 2017-18 the police charged 75% of all summary only matters with only 25% charged by CPS, while for indicatable only offences the CPS charged 95% of these cases.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of reasons for the steady increase in the average number of days and average number of consultations per case since 2010/11. Police are now more regularly encouraged to seek ‘early investigative advice’ to help determine what evidence is required for a charge. Early investigative advice helps to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated and the evidence to be brought before the court is strong. As a result, the CPS is more often involved at an earlier stage in proceedings which impacts on the average number of consultations and overall timeliness.</p> question first answered 26/06/2019 10:24:58
	creator	400 label Biography information for John Healey
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1132831

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/06/2019
	date	18/06/2019
	date tabled	18/06/2019
	ddp created	18/06/2019 18:26:24
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	19/06/2019 13:55:10 26/06/2019 10:56:03
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	identifier	266095
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/06/2019 10:24:58
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of days taken from the date of an offence to a decision to charge and individual for summary offences in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010 was.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 266095
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	266095
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) works closely with the Police to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated before charges are brought. There has been an increase in the complexity of cases investigated by the police, with investigations often involving large amounts of electronic material (social media, emails, text messages, video and photographs) which needs to be reviewed by prosecutors before a charging decision can be made. This impacts on the average number of consultations and length of time taken for prosecutors to reach a charging decision.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not maintain a record of the average number of days taken from offence through to a decision to charge. However, data is held on the average number of days from submission of a case by the police to the CPS to the date of the CPS decision to charge.</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to to all cases in South Yorkshire, summary only cases in South Yorkshire, and indictable only cases in South Yorkshire is shown in Annex A.</p><p> </p><p>The data in Annex A relating to summary only cases provides figures for only a minority of summary only cases. This is because the CPS is only responsible for charging a small minority of summary only matters, with the majority charged by the police. In 2017-18 the police charged 75% of all summary only matters with only 25% charged by CPS, while for indicatable only offences the CPS charged 95% of these cases.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of reasons for the steady increase in the average number of days and average number of consultations per case since 2010/11. Police are now more regularly encouraged to seek ‘early investigative advice’ to help determine what evidence is required for a charge. Early investigative advice helps to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated and the evidence to be brought before the court is strong. As a result, the CPS is more often involved at an earlier stage in proceedings which impacts on the average number of consultations and overall timeliness.</p> question first answered 26/06/2019 10:24:58
	creator	400 label Biography information for John Healey
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1132834

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/06/2019
	date	18/06/2019
	date tabled	18/06/2019
	ddp created	18/06/2019 18:26:31
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	19/06/2019 13:55:13 26/06/2019 10:56:02
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	identifier	266096
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/06/2019 10:24:58
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of days taken from the date of an offence to a decision to charge an individual for an indictable offence in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010 was.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 266096
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	266096
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) works closely with the Police to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated before charges are brought. There has been an increase in the complexity of cases investigated by the police, with investigations often involving large amounts of electronic material (social media, emails, text messages, video and photographs) which needs to be reviewed by prosecutors before a charging decision can be made. This impacts on the average number of consultations and length of time taken for prosecutors to reach a charging decision.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not maintain a record of the average number of days taken from offence through to a decision to charge. However, data is held on the average number of days from submission of a case by the police to the CPS to the date of the CPS decision to charge.</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to to all cases in South Yorkshire, summary only cases in South Yorkshire, and indictable only cases in South Yorkshire is shown in Annex A.</p><p> </p><p>The data in Annex A relating to summary only cases provides figures for only a minority of summary only cases. This is because the CPS is only responsible for charging a small minority of summary only matters, with the majority charged by the police. In 2017-18 the police charged 75% of all summary only matters with only 25% charged by CPS, while for indicatable only offences the CPS charged 95% of these cases.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of reasons for the steady increase in the average number of days and average number of consultations per case since 2010/11. Police are now more regularly encouraged to seek ‘early investigative advice’ to help determine what evidence is required for a charge. Early investigative advice helps to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated and the evidence to be brought before the court is strong. As a result, the CPS is more often involved at an earlier stage in proceedings which impacts on the average number of consultations and overall timeliness.</p> question first answered 26/06/2019 10:24:58
	creator	400 label Biography information for John Healey
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1041771

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/01/2019
	date	15/01/2019
	date tabled	15/01/2019
	ddp created	15/01/2019 20:19:14
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	16/01/2019 17:05:15 23/01/2019 18:03:01
	hansard heading	Coastal Communities Fund
	house id	1
	identifier	208795
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/01/2019 17:31:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the administration of round five of the coastal communities fund for England, (b) if he will publish the names of those winning bids for that fund, (c) how many complaints he has had about the administration of that fund and (d) how many requests he has had to halt the distribution of those funds.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 208795
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208795
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>(a) </strong>A competitive tendering exercise was held to appoint a contractor to help my Department administer Round 5 of the Coastal Communities Fund. This was managed by the Crown Commercial Service under their Grants and Programmes Framework Agreement. Groundwork UK were appointed to the Framework following a rigorous selection process and met all due diligence requirements. They were selected to administer the Round 5 grant application and assessment procedures following further competitive tendering under the Framework. They have demonstrated effectively that they can deliver the detailed administration requirements of the Fund in a fair and unbiased way, drawing on their extensive experience of administering other competitive grant programmes.</p><p><strong>(b) </strong>To date 16 Round 5 ‘fast track’ applications worth £6 million have submitted successful bids to the Fund. A full list of the winning bids can be found at the gov.uk web site using the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding</a>.</p><p>We expect to announce the successful Round 5 main round winners by Spring 2019.</p><p><strong>(c) </strong>and <strong>(d) </strong>Two complaints have been received over the administration of Round 5, one of which also asked that the distribution of funds under Round 5 is halted until an independent audit of the application process is undertaken.</p> question first answered 23/01/2019 17:31:07
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1043712

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/01/2019
	date	18/01/2019
	date tabled	18/01/2019
	ddp created	18/01/2019 15:55:39
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	21/01/2019 14:35:05 28/01/2019 17:06:01
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	identifier	210048
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 16:34:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce priority housing status for all homeless survivors of domestic abuse in the forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 210048
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210048
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime that nobody should have to suffer. The Government is absolutely committed to protecting victims of domestic abuse and their families.</p><p>A victim of domestic abuse already has priority need under the homelessness legislation if they are vulnerable as a result of having to leave accommodation because of violence from another person, or threats of violence from another person that are likely to be carried out.</p><p>In addition, people who are homeless or owed a duty under the homelessness legislation must be given reasonable preference (priority) for social housing. Statutory guidance issued in 2012 goes further and makes it clear that local authorities should consider giving additional preference (high priority) to those who are homeless and require urgent rehousing as a result of domestic abuse.</p><p>The Department has no plans currently to change the definition of priority need or reasonable preference.</p> question first answered 28/01/2019 16:34:46
	creator	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1045887

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/01/2019
	date	22/01/2019
	date tabled	22/01/2019
	ddp created	22/01/2019 19:54:57
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	23/01/2019 15:45:07 30/01/2019 11:33:02
	hansard heading	Building Regulations: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	211196
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	30/01/2019 11:01:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking in response to the recommendations of the ninth report of the Women and Equalities Committee on Building for Equality, published on 25 April 2017, HC 631, on increasing and enforcing minimum accessibility standards; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 211196
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211196
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Building Regulations Advisory Committee is currently defining the scope of a review into the Building Regulations’ requirements for access in Approved Document M (Access to and Use of Buildings), including the effectiveness of current standards both in relation to housing and other buildings.</p> question first answered 30/01/2019 11:01:31
	creator	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1045958

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/01/2019
	date	22/01/2019
	date tabled	22/01/2019
	ddp created	22/01/2019 19:57:53
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	23/01/2019 15:45:17 28/01/2019 17:30:09
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Homelessness
	house id	1
	identifier	211106
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/01/2019 16:58:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many properties owned by private landlords have received funding from local authorities to house people who are homeless in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 211106
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211106
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>MHCLG does not collect information on payments made by local authorities to landlords. Information is collected on the number of new private social housing lets made to applicants who are statutorily homeless in table 3f of the CORE summary tables accompanying the annual release. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april-2017-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april2017-to-march-2018</a>.</p> question first answered 28/01/2019 16:58:47
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1050103

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/01/2019
	date	28/01/2019
	date tabled	28/01/2019
	ddp created	29/01/2019 00:29:41
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	29/01/2019 15:25:14 05/02/2019 14:25:02
	hansard heading	Homelessness: Leicester
	house id	1
	identifier	213220
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/02/2019 13:53:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homeless in Leicester in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 213220
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213220
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Concerning homelessness, latest data suggests that for the following financial years the numbers of households which had a main duty acceptance in Leicester are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>108</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>129</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>National breakdowns are available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764201/Table_784_2017_18.xlsx" target="_blank">Table 784: local authorities' action under the homelessness provisions of the Housing Acts, financial years 2004-05 to 2017-18 (revised)</a>.</p><p>There is a difference between those defined as homeless and those considered rough sleepers, statistics of which were released on 31 January 2019. Rough sleepers are those people sleeping, about to bed down, or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the streets, in tents or in bus shelters) - as well as people in buildings or other places not designed for habitation.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven estimates of people sleeping rough in England are conducted in autumn every year. All figures are independently verified by Homeless Link. The most recent data from the autumn 2018 annual street count and estimate returned a total figure of 4,677 rough sleepers, a decrease of 2 per cent from 2017.</p><p>From 2015-2018 Leicester have reported the following as their number of rough sleepers:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>National breakdowns are available here:<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/775036/RS_STATS_2018_LiveTables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/775036/RS_STATS_2018_LiveTables.xlsx</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> question first answered 05/02/2019 13:53:17
	creator	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1050201

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/01/2019
	date	28/01/2019
	date tabled	28/01/2019
	ddp created	29/01/2019 00:34:00
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	30/01/2019 11:15:08 31/01/2019 14:54:01
	hansard heading	Community Assets: Ownership
	house id	1
	identifier	213374
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	31/01/2019 14:23:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 54 of the Civil Society Strategy published in August 2018, what progress his Department has made on issuing revised guidance to help communities take ownership of local assets.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 213374
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213374
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department is currently consulting with civil society partners on the development of a Community Guide to Action and hope to be able to publish this in the summer. This is in addition to supporting the online platform “My Community” to provide detailed advice to voluntary and community groups interested in taking assets into community ownership and “Keep It In The Community” to ensure that more community groups are able to identify local assets of community value.</p><p>Organisations such as Sport England, Heritage Lottery Fund, and Power to Change also provide comprehensive and bespoke advice, ensuring community groups have access to the knowledge and networks which encourage the community ownership of assets.</p> question first answered 31/01/2019 14:23:00
	creator	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1050384

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	31/01/2019
	date	29/01/2019
	date tabled	29/01/2019
	ddp created	29/01/2019 19:40:21
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	31/01/2019 10:25:08 05/02/2019 13:53:03
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	identifier	213955
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/02/2019 13:21:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the publication of the recommendations of the consultation entitled, Leasehold home ownership: buying your freehold or extending your lease, published by the Law Commission in September 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 213955
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213955
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Law Commission's consultation entitled 'Leasehold home ownership: buying your freehold or extending your lease' closed on 7 January 2019. We are informed that the Commission has received numerous, and detailed, responses to the consultation which will require detailed analysis to inform the final report and recommendations. The expected date for the publication of the final report is Summer 2019. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government continue to discuss the timetable for the remainder of the project with the Law Commission.</p> question first answered 05/02/2019 13:21:26
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1050583

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/02/2019
	date	29/01/2019
	date tabled	29/01/2019
	ddp created	29/01/2019 19:49:25
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	30/01/2019 14:45:09 04/02/2019 16:30:07
	hansard heading	Council Tax
	house id	1
	identifier	214124
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/02/2019 15:58:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will increase funding to councils to support the provision of council tax support.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 214124
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	214124
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Councils are responsible for designing schemes that deliver an appropriate level of council tax support that reflect the circumstances in their area. Funding for local council tax support is provided, unringfenced, through the local government finance settlement. Councils will have access to £46.4 billion of funding next year – a 2.8 per cent increase from 2018-19.</p> question first answered 04/02/2019 15:58:17
	creator	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1052415

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2018
	date	01/02/2019
	date tabled	01/02/2019
	ddp created	01/02/2019 16:09:33
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	04/02/2019 11:55:17 06/02/2019 17:05:07
	hansard heading	Waste Disposal: Planning Permission
	house id	1
	identifier	215572
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/02/2019 16:33:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will call in planning applications ESS/36/17/BTE and ESS/37/17BTE for the Rivenhall Integrated Waste Facility in light of changes to the development proposals made since planning consent to consider the (a) environmental impact and (b) risk to human health of that proposed development.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 215572
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215572
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Secretary of State has received a number of requests for him to call in the planning applications for the development of Rivenhall Integrated Waste Facility. As is normal practice, he will consider the planning issues raised by the applications in the light of call in policy if Essex County Council resolves to approve them. The comments you make will be taken into a consideration. In the meantime, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the proposals. You will be advised of the decision in due course.</p> question first answered 06/02/2019 16:33:41
	creator	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1052427

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/02/2019
	date	17/12/2018
	date tabled	17/12/2018
	ddp created	01/02/2019 16:09:59
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	05/02/2019 14:15:07 11/02/2019 17:44:04
	hansard heading	Human Rights
	house id	1
	identifier	215610
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 17:12:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's review of the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development considered compliance with the (a) the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, (b) the UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, (c) the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and (d) the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 215610
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215610
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government considered its compliance with all its international commitments, and its duties under the Equality Act 2010, in preparing the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, and in preparing its response. The Government’s response to the consultation was published on 6 February, and includes a range of measures to promote the provision of traveller sites, and sets out details of wider support to improve outcomes for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community.</p> question first answered 11/02/2019 17:12:33
	creator	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1052435

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2019
	date	01/02/2019
	date tabled	01/02/2019
	ddp created	01/02/2019 16:10:17
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	04/02/2019 15:55:07 06/02/2019 17:46:02
	hansard heading	Building Research Establishment
	house id	1
	identifier	215586
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/02/2019 17:14:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the conclusions of the report entitled, External Fire Spread – Part 1 Background research, published by the Building Research Establishment, if he will make an assessment of the appropriateness of that organisation continuing in its role as an advisory body to his Department on fire safety.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 215586
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215586
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Building Research Establishment Ltd are an independent research and consultancy organisation which my Department commissions from time to time. Consultancy services are commissioned by the Department in line with standard public procurement practice.</p> question first answered 06/02/2019 17:14:20
	creator	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1052453

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2019
	date	01/02/2019
	date tabled	01/02/2019
	ddp created	01/02/2019 16:10:56
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	04/02/2019 15:55:18 06/02/2019 17:06:02
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	identifier	215578
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	06/02/2019 16:34:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press statment entitled, Brokenshire unveils £500 million affordable homes funding boost, published in January 2019, how many of the 11,000 homes will be built in (a) the Sheffield City Region and (b) Barnsley.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 215578
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	215578
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>On 31 January, we announced a further eight Strategic Partnerships between Homes England and housing associations which will deliver an additional 11,676 affordable homes for £496.7 million of grant.</p><p>This takes our total to 23 Strategic Partnerships, which will deliver almost 40,000 additional affordable housing starts by March 2022.</p><p>In total, almost 3,900 affordable homes will be delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber through Strategic Partnerships. Given the flexibility on delivery we provide Strategic Partners, we are not able to break these down below regional areas.</p><p>All funding for Strategic Partnerships is from our £9 billion Affordable Homes Programme.</p> question first answered 06/02/2019 16:34:57
	creator	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1052527

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/02/2019
	date	01/02/2019
	date tabled	01/02/2019
	ddp created	01/02/2019 17:50:51
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	04/02/2019 22:35:04 11/02/2019 17:15:03
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13360
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 16:43:59
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to provide protection, support and advice to UK residents and their families from (1) other EU member states, and (2) other countries as a precaution against possible antisocial or unlawful behaviour towards them on or after 29 March.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13360
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13360
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>All forms of hate crime are completely unacceptable including antisocial or unlawful behaviour on the grounds of faith or race, this includes protection to those from other EU member states and other countries. This country has one of the strongest legal frameworks in the world to report, record and prosecute hate crime.</p><p>In October 2018, the government published a refreshed hate crime action plan setting out the Government’s approach to tackling hate crime, ranging from prevention to victim support. A major national communications campaign was launched in late 2018 to raise awareness about hate crime.</p><p>There is no room for complacency. As we prepare to leave the European Union, it is entirely responsible and appropriate we continue to work closely with all of our operational partners, including the police, to ensure we are alive to any issues that may arise.</p> question first answered 11/02/2019 16:43:59
	creator	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1054745

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2019
	date	06/02/2019
	date tabled	06/02/2019
	ddp created	04/02/2019 23:17:01
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	07/02/2019 15:15:09 12/02/2019 14:29:02
	hansard heading	Business Premises: Tenancy Deposit Schemes
	house id	1
	identifier	216404
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/02/2019 13:57:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider implementing an obligatory tenancy deposit scheme for commercial premises with a rateable value of £51,000 or less to ensure that small and medium enterprises which put down deposits in order to secure business premises have their deposits protected.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 216404
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	216404
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The terms on whether and how a deposit will be paid by the tenants of a commercial property, and how they will be retained, should be included within the commercial lease agreement agreed by both the landlord and the tenant. It is considered to be best practice to include a rent deposit deed, which is a document that sets how a landlord secures a commercial tenant's deposit.</p><p>Under the tenancy deposit protection legislation introduced in the Housing Act 2004, all landlords letting on residential assured shorthold tenancies are required to protect their tenants' deposits in a government-approved scheme within 30 days of taking the deposit. The landlord must also serve the tenant with certain prescribed information within the same thirty-day period. We do not currently have any plans to require the use of a tenancy deposit scheme for commercial tenancies.</p><p>Since 1 October 2014, it has been a legal requirement for lettings agents and property managers in England to join one of two government-approved redress schemes: the Property Ombudsman or the Property Redress Scheme. The letting agent or property manager should arbitrate any disputes between the landlord or tenant in the first instance. Should the letting agents or property managers be unable to arbitrate the dispute, then a complaint can be made to the redress scheme.</p> question first answered 12/02/2019 13:57:48
	creator	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1054808

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2019
	date	04/02/2019
	date tabled	04/02/2019
	ddp created	04/02/2019 23:19:51
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	05/02/2019 16:45:13 12/02/2019 14:35:02
	hansard heading	Minority Groups: Cornwall
	house id	1
	identifier	216334
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/02/2019 14:03:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to recognise the Cornish as a national minority.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 216334
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	216334
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The proud history, distinct culture and unique heritage of Cornwall is fully recognised by the Government, and the Cornish were recognised as a national minority in 2014. The Government will continue to work with Cornwall Council and its partners to encourage the further development of Cornish culture.</p><p>The Government has responded to the recommendations in the 2016 Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) Advisory Committee report and provided additional funding for Cornish culture and language support. In February 2017, the Government committed £100,000 over two years directly to Cornwall Council to provide further impetus to this work, complementing the devolution deal already reached with local partners. The Government is currently reviewing options for further funding from 2019/20 onwards.</p><p> </p> question first answered 12/02/2019 14:03:18
	creator	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1054869

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2019
	date	01/02/2019
	date tabled	01/02/2019
	ddp created	04/02/2019 23:22:18
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	05/02/2019 16:05:10 11/02/2019 17:46:02
	hansard heading	Veterans: Homelessness
	house id	1
	identifier	216220
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 17:14:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many former (a) regular (b) reserve Service personnel at each rank have been classified as statutorily homeless in each year since 2000.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 216220
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	216220
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government collects quarterly and annual statistics on how many people approach local authorities as homeless in England. Until April 2018, veterans formed part of a wider vulnerable group category that included: care leavers, ex-offenders and those who have fled home because of violence or the threat of violence (other than domestic violence). As a result, individual statistics on homeless veterans before that date are not published.</p><p>In April 2018 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government introduced a new case-level data collection called H-CLIC (Homelessness Case Level Information Collection). This gives local authorities and Government more information regarding homelessness and those presenting as homeless, including those individuals who are veterans as a separate category. The Government does not differentiate between regular and reserve personnel, nor does it record rank.</p><p>In England from April to June 2018, of the 58,660 households to who, at the point of initial decision, were owed a homelessness duty by the local authority, 0.7 per cent (430) of main applicants had served in the armed forces.</p><p>The latest local authority level statistics, and quarterly statistics since 2009, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p><p>Data from earlier years can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness#discontinued-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness#discontinued-tables</a></p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> question first answered 11/02/2019 17:14:39
	creator	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

1054872

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2019
	date	01/02/2019
	date tabled	01/02/2019
	ddp created	04/02/2019 23:22:24
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	05/02/2019 16:05:12 11/02/2019 17:48:02
	hansard heading	Veterans: Sleeping Rough
	house id	1
	identifier	216223
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/02/2019 17:16:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many ex-service personnel (a) in each service, (b) of (i) regular and (ii) reserve status and (c) who (i) have and (ii) have not completed a pensionable engagement have been classified as rough sleepers in each year since 2000.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 216223
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	216223
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department does not collect statistics on whether or not people sleeping rough have served in the armed forces.</p><p>However, the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) a multi-agency database that represents the UK's most detailed and comprehensive source of information on rough sleeping in London. According to CHAIN, 3 per cent of the rough sleeping population in London have self-declared as having served in the armed forces.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> question first answered 11/02/2019 17:16:05
	creator	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison