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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

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

1123945

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/05/2019
	date	30/04/2019
	date tabled	30/04/2019
	ddp created	30/04/2019 17:14:27
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 14:45:16 09/05/2019 14:41:01
	hansard heading	Swimming: Primary Education
	house id	1
	identifier	249198
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2019 14:09:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to introduce a statutory requirement to provide primary school (a) teaching and (b) support staff with (i) training and (ii) regular up-skilling in swimming and water safety; and if he will ensure that all pupils of primary age have adequate opportunities to access publicly-funded swimming facilities.
	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 249198
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249198
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Swimming is a vital life skill, which is why swimming and water safety are compulsory elements of the national curriculum physical education (PE) at key stages 1 and 2. It sets out the expectation that pupils should be taught to:</p><ul><li>swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres;</li><li>use a range of strokes effectively; and</li><li>perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The government asked the Swim Group, which includes representatives from across the swimming and education sector, to submit an independent report setting out recommendations for improving curriculum swimming, as part of the Sporting Future strategy. The department has worked closely with Swim England and other members of the Swim group to review the recommendations in their report. In October 2018, we announced that schools would receive extra support to help all pupils to swim and know how to be safe in the water by the time they leave primary school. This included guidance to schools on:</p><p> </p><ul><li>effective use of the PE and sport premium to support additional teacher training and top-up swimming for those children not yet able to meet the national curriculum requirements after core lessons;</li><li>a drive to boost partnerships between independent schools to offer the use of facilities, coaching and other forms of support to schools in their area;</li><li>new guidance from Swim England and the Swim Group for swimming providers, primary schools, swimming teachers and parents and carers.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Information on school swimming pools is not held centrally. Since 2012, Sport England has invested £67 million into 46 new local authority facilities which include pools, resulting in around £700 million investment from those authorities. In addition, Sport England is currently working with around 100 local authorities which have plans for new pool provision.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England also provide guidance to local authorities on facility management options and specifications, this guidance is currently under review and will be available in the forthcoming months.</p><p> </p><p>The new guidance will contain information on pool programming from Swim England and will reference good practice where facility management organisations have worked in cooperation with primary schools to improve logistics in relation to delivery of school swimming.</p> question first answered 09/05/2019 14:09:41
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1055975

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/02/2019
	date	06/02/2019
	date tabled	06/02/2019
	ddp created	06/02/2019 18:02:52
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	07/02/2019 15:45:07 14/02/2019 15:29:03
	hansard heading	Birmingham Prison: G4S
	house id	1
	identifier	217442
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/02/2019 14:57:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether G4S will resume management of HMP Birmingham once the safety standards of the prison have improved; and if he will make a statement.
	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 217442
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	217442
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We regard well-run prisons as fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system, and a vital part of our reform plans. Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. The ability for G4S to take back control of the prison will not happen until we are assured that it would be safe to do so and that the issues which gave rise to the step-in have been remedied and are not likely to reoccur. The decision to return the prison to G4S control will be determined by their capacity to safely manage the prison and maintain a trajectory of improvement across a range of issues. We have therefore taken the decision to extend the step-in until the summer, when the position will be reviewed. This will provide time for the changes we are making to bed in, for improvements to gather pace, and for a conclusion to be reached on the longer-term future of the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Our priority is the safety of the prisoners, and ultimately the safety of the public.</p> question first answered 14/02/2019 14:57:29
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1124357

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:18:36
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	02/05/2019 14:45:33 08/05/2019 10:32:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	249850
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/05/2019 10:00:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 243334 on Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing, whether she has plans to classify being in receipt of benefits as a protected characteristic in order to eliminate discrimination against benefit recipients in the rental housing market.
	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 249850
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249850
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to classify receipt of benefits as a protected characteristic (under Equalities Legislation).</p><p> </p><p>Ministers are working with stakeholders from across the private rental sector to discuss how it can work with them to eliminate practices which prevent benefit recipients from renting property.</p> question first answered 08/05/2019 10:00:53
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1126941

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 18:29:40
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	16/05/2019 14:15:24 03/06/2019 14:23:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	254734
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/06/2019 13:51:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 May 2019 to Question 249847, what assessment of a universal credit claimant’s financial situation is made when calculating what percentage of their payment will be deducted in order to repay an advance.
	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 254734
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	254734
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The maximum amount a claimant can receive as a new claim advance payment is 100 per cent of their total indicative Universal Credit award. The claimant can decide the length of repayment period when they request the advance. This can be up to a maximum 12 months. The rate of repayment is decided by dividing the total advance amount by the agreed repayment period.</p><p>Affordability is managed by ensuring the recovery rate is not more than the equivalent of 40 per cent of the standard allowance and help is available for those struggling to meet the recovery rate once recovery begins. In many cases, because claimants choose to repay advances over many months, advance repayments constitute less than 40% of a standard allowance. In exceptional circumstances, recovery can be deferred for up to 3 months from the start of the recovery period.</p><p>Advances are not loans; they are an interest free advance payment of benefit, available to help people who need immediate financial support, which is then recovered over an agreed period. The Department has taken a number of steps to ensure that advances meet the needs of claimants and that recovery arrangements are personalised and reasonable. From October 2019 we are reducing the maximum rate of deductions to 30 per cent and from October 2021 we are increasing the maximum recovery period for advances from 12 to 16 months.</p> question first answered 03/06/2019 13:51:25
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1131842

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2019
	date	12/06/2019
	date tabled	12/06/2019
	ddp created	12/06/2019 20:20:14
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	13/06/2019 14:15:16 18/06/2019 16:04:01
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	263678
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/06/2019 15:32:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June to Question 260540, what the consequences are for universal credit claimants who are unable to repay their advance within the agreed timescale.
	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 263678
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	263678
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>A key part of the process for agreeing an advance payment on Universal Credit is ensuring that the claimant can afford to repay it. We will not make advances which encourage recipients to become over-indebted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department encourages all Universal Credit claimants to actively consider how best to manage their personal budget, with additional advice and support available from work coaches and case managers. When an advance payment is appropriate, claimants decide what percentage of their expected monthly award to apply for and over what period to repay it, up to a maximum of 12 monthly instalments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not levy penalties on claimants who do not repay their advance within either a calendar 12 month from taking out the advance, nor where they do not repay the advance in 12 monthly instalments. Outstanding repayments are actively monitored and managed, ensuring we support claimants experiencing financial challenges whilst maintaining responsibility to the taxpayer for recovery.</p> question first answered 18/06/2019 15:32:14
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1130136

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/06/2019
	date	05/06/2019
	date tabled	05/06/2019
	ddp created	05/06/2019 18:16:25
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	ddp modified	06/06/2019 14:25:27 14/06/2019 11:05:02
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	260543
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/06/2019 10:33:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on the installation of audio visual equipment in buses.
	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 260543
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	260543
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of accessible on-board information in helping bus passengers to travel with confidence, and in Summer 2018 published a public consultation on proposals to require its provision on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year. In the meantime, we welcome operators’ efforts to provide accessible information onboard their services ahead of the Regulations being made.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 14/06/2019 10:33:22
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1130884

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 21:54:42
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/06/2019 09:25:06 13/06/2019 13:36:09
	hansard heading	Compassionate Leave
	house id	1
	identifier	262228
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/06/2019 13:04:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of providing a statutory entitlement to up to 10 days paid care leave.
	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 262228
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	262228
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges of balancing work and care. Improving support for carers to do so is a key part of the action plan that we published in June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with colleagues across Government to consider the question of dedicated employment rights for carers alongside existing employment rights (such as the right to request flexible working and the right to time off for family and dependants).</p> question first answered 13/06/2019 13:04:04
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1130885

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/06/2019
	date	10/06/2019
	date tabled	10/06/2019
	ddp created	10/06/2019 21:54:45
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/06/2019 09:45:10 13/06/2019 13:36:08
	hansard heading	Compassionate Leave
	house id	1
	identifier	262229
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/06/2019 13:04:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing the statutory right for employees taking longer-term unpaid care leave to return to their original employment after their caring duties have finished.
	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 262229
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	262229
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges of balancing work and care. Improving support for carers to do so is a key part of the action plan that we published in June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with colleagues across Government to consider the question of dedicated employment rights for carers alongside existing employment rights (such as the right to request flexible working and the right to time off for family and dependants).</p> question first answered 13/06/2019 13:04:04
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe