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1132779

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of imprisonment for public protection sentences.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	266110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The assessment of the sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) found that they had been used far more widely than intended, and the IPP sentence was subsequently abolished in 2012 and replaced with a new regime of determinate sentences alongside life sentences for the most serious offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Attention is now focused on reducing the risk and thereby the successful rehabilitation of those prisoners who continue to serve the IPP sentence. A joint action plan is in place, co-owned by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board, with the specific aim of providing opportunities for prisoners to progress towards safe release. The plan reviewed regularly to ensure that the actions in it meet the changing needs of the IPP population.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is working, with high numbers of unreleased IPP prisoners achieving a release decision year on year: 562 in 2015, 576 in 2016, 616 I 2017 and 506 in 2018. However, it is important to remember that prisoners serving IPP sentences have committed serious sexual or violent offences - and many remain in prison because the independent parole board has assessed their risk of serious harm to the public to be too great to warrant their release.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/06/2019 15:50:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1132781

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Military Bases: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make an assessment of the progress made in developing the former military bases handed over to Northern Ireland in 2003.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	266111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland, and as such is the responsibility of the Executive Office. Information can be requested from the Head of the Civil Service in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 24/06/2019 16:22:23 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1132786

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will hold discussions with the Home Secretary and the Northern Ireland Department of Justice on the implementation of the devolved elements of the Criminal Finances Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	266112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State speaks with the Home Secretary regularly on a range of security related matters however, this Government remains committed to the central principles of the Sewel convention. We will therefore not commence provisions on matters devolved to Northern Ireland without the appropriate consents having been obtained. In the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive and fully functioning Assembly, it is not possible to achieve this consent.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is working hard to achieve the objective we all want to see - the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland, where locally elected, democratically accountable politicians can take decisions that affect the people of Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 24/06/2019 16:27:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1132797

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cybercrime: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prosecutions for breaches of the Data Protection Act 2018 which have resulted in fines in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	266113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information regarding the number of prosecutions for offences under the Data Protection Act 2018 in England and Wales which can be found at the following link –</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the ‘Detailed Offence’ field, filter by -</p><p>‘Obtain / procure disclose / retain personal data without consent of controller’</p><p> </p><p>The total number of prosecutions that resulted in fines for breaches of the Data Protection Act 2018 will appear in the pivot table.</p><p> </p><p>Note that the above offence was the only breach of the Data Protection Act 2018 for which there were any prosecutions in 2018. The Data Protection Act 2018 consists of 7 other offences for which there were no prosecutions in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Offences related to the Data Protection Act were introduced in May 2018. The number of prosecutions and those convicted of these offences are therefore relatively low as it takes time for the police to record, investigate and charge offences, before proceedings reach the courts.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/06/2019 15:44:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1132802

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Hong Kong: Extradition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Chinese counterpart on the proposed Hong Kong extradition bill.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	266114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Under the 'One Country, Two Systems' model, the proposed amendments to Hong Kong's extradition legislation are a matter for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. However, the Chinese government is on record as supporting the extradition proposals.</p><p>The UK regularly raises Hong Kong at all levels with China. The Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer both raised the situation there, and the importance of upholding the Joint Declaration, with Chinese Vice Premier Hu during the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue in London on 16 and 17 June.</p><p>We will continue to emphasise to China the importance of upholding the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which is a legally binding international treaty.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/06/2019 16:56:07 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1132405

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Borders: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Border Delivery Group last met with representatives of (a) ports and (b) airports in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	265453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text The Border Delivery Group runs a Northern Ireland Borders Steering Group, which includes representatives from ports and airports in Northern Ireland. The most recent Border Delivery Group engagement with this group was on 15 March 2019. The next Steering Group meeting is planned for early September. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/06/2019 11:13:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1132422

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of an automated loans and decision programme for credit unions to support the modernisation process of those unions.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	265454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions’ Credit Union Expansion Project delivered an Automated Loans and Decision tool (ALD) which has been used by over 70 credit unions. The ALD has allowed credit unions to achieve up to 40% administrative savings on delivering loans and reduce provision for unpaid debt by over £1 million. There are also third party suppliers who offer these services on a commercial basis.</p><p> </p><p>The government remains committed to supporting credit unions, which provide vital services to financially under-served communities and contribute to the diversity of the UK’s financial services sector.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2018 the Chancellor announced a new £2 million challenge fund to promote innovative technological solutions from the UK’s Fintech sector to address challenges faced by social and community lenders, including credit unions. This will help support the continued development and modernisation of the credit union sector.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/06/2019 14:11:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1132423

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Help to Save Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people enrolled in a (a) help to save and (b) maximum help to save savings scheme in the first six months of the scheme's introduction.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	265455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Details of the number of people who opened a Help to Save account between 12 September 2018, when the scheme was introduced, and the end of January 2019 can be found at Table 1 of HMRC’s Help to Save Official Statistics, which were published on 28 February 2019<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>This also includes those people who opened their Help to Save accounts during the trial of the scheme which began in January 2018.</p><p>Table 2 of these statistics shows the average monthly payment and the percentage of deposits that are the maximum of £50 per month.</p><p>The next publication of the Help to Save Official Statistics will be in August this year.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <strong><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781891/Help_to_Save_Statistics_February_2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781891/Help_to_Save_Statistics_February_2019.pdf</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/06/2019 14:18:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1132424

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Skin Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of cases of melanoma.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	265456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>On 16 June 2014, a local pilot campaign launched in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset to raise awareness of the signs of skin cancer. It encouraged people to tell their doctor if they noticed any unusual or persistent changes to their skin. It ran until 27 July 2014 and included adverts in the press and on local radio, as well as some direct mail to the target group.</p><p> </p><p>Skin Cancer awareness month is an annual awareness campaign that takes place every May. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the dangers of unprotected sun exposure and educate the public about the ways to help prevent skin cancer.</p><p>The Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 came into force in April 2011 in England and Wales to prohibit under-18s from using sunbeds.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) contributed to the revision of the World Health Organization publication “Artificial tanning devices - Public health interventions to manage sunbeds”, which was published in 2017. PHE advises that sunbeds emit ultraviolet radiation, which can cause tanning and sunburn.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 20/06/2019 14:14:40 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1131999

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the Office of Tax Simplification's November 2018 report on inheritance tax.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	264345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The first report on Inheritance Tax published by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) in November 2018 made a number of recommendations to simplify the administration of the tax. The OTS has committed to publishing a second report in 2019 on simplifying the tax from a technical and design standpoint and the Government will consider their recommendations carefully. Any policy changes to Inheritance Tax will be considered by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/06/2019 07:56:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell