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1145730

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the additional funding for the Crown Prosecution Service announced in August 2019, what criteria he will use to decide how to distribute that funding across that Service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The CPS will face additional demand, following the Government’s investment in 20,000 additional police officers, and the process changes required to improve performance on statutory disclosure obligations. As always the CPS will distribute funding to ensure it has the right levels of resource with the right skills and in the right geographical locations to handle future caseload volumes.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:54:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1146137

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average amount of time was, in each of the last eight years, between a case's first referral to the CPS and the conclusions of that case, for all cases which reached a trial in England.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	290946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the total average time, in days, from referral to finalisation for each year from 2011/12 to 2018/19 where the CPS made a decision to charge and where a trial outcome was recorded in England.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average days from referral to finalisation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>225.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>233.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>226.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>243.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>253.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>256.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>259.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>276.92</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:49:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1146057

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prorogation: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the legal cases in relation to the prorogation of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	290577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the total costs of the prorogation litigation, which only recently concluded. We expect to know the final figures in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:50:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1145959

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prorogation: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much was spent by the UK Government in undertaking legal action in the (a) Cherry and others (Respondents) v Advocate General for Scotland (Appellant) (Scotland), (b) R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent) in the Supreme Court, (c) case number CO/3385/2019 in the High Court, (d) reclaiming motion by Joanna Cherry QC MP and others against the Advocate General in the Outer Court of Scotland and (e) (First) Joanna Cherry QC MP and others for judicial review in the Outer Court of Scotland cases.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	290699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the total costs of the prorogation litigation, which only recently concluded. We expect to know the final figures in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:52:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint

1146089

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Exploitation: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Crown Prosecution Service's complaince with legislation and guidance relating to the avoidance of unnecessary prosecution of children and young people who have been groomed, exploited or trafficked as part of county lines criminal activity.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	290916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The exploitation, grooming, and trafficking of children and young people is abhorrent. The CPS takes great care to ensure the right people are prosecuted for the right offences in county lines cases, by training prosecutors to have an increased awareness of gang-associated exploitation and to scrutinise the evidence. This builds on clear CPS guidance which recognises the principle of non-prosecution of victims of trafficking or slavery.</p><p> </p><p>Early identification by investigators is essential, in order to avoid the criminalisation of victims. On 1 October 2019, the Home Secretary announced a surge of activity to crack down on county lines drugs gangs. The package of measures, underpinned by £20 million of Home Office investment, will intensify law enforcement efforts to disrupt the county lines model, including the provision of specialist support to victims and families in order to help children and young people exit their involvement in county lines.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 15:57:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1146092

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Exploitation: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what support he is providing to the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that Modern Slavery Act 2015 provisions and associated guidance relating to the avoidance of unnecessary prosecution of children and young people who have been groomed, exploited or trafficked as part of county lines criminal activity is followed in full.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	290919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Law Officers superintend the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The CPS is the principal prosecuting authority in England and Wales with responsibility for charging decisions in criminal cases.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has published clear legal guidance which recognises the principle of non-prosecution of victims of trafficking or slavery. It has delivered training on the steps to be taken, where there is a reason to believe that a suspect or defendant in a criminal case might be a victim. In those circumstances, the prosecutor will consider what further evidence or information might be required and will review whether the prosecution should proceed or not. The guidance sets out that where there is sufficient evidence that the accused is a victim and the conditions provided for in section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 are met, the case should not be charged or proceeded with.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:57:25 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1146319

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that every household that wishes to sign up for a Smart Export Guarantee from an energy company will be able to obtain a suitable smart meter from the day they start any such arrangement; and what consequences would result from being unable to obtain such a smart meter.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL17814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Consumers who would like a Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) export tariff can contact their energy supplier to request that a smart meter is installed. Consumers who want a smart meter sooner than their current supplier can provide one could switch to a supplier who may be able to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p>There were 14.9 million smart and advanced meters operating in Great Britain at the end of June 2019 and the Government is committed to every home and small business being offered smart meters by the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has introduced the New and Replacement Obligation (NRO) in energy suppliers’ licences which requires them to take all reasonable steps to install a smart meter where a meter is fitted for the first time, including in new build properties, or when an existing meter needs to be replaced.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 02/10/2019 16:38:21 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1146330

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	British Business Bank: Crowdfunding
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the British Business Bank independently vets every loan it makes through peer-to-peer lending platforms and similar agencies or relies on such platforms for conducting due diligence.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL17825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The British Business Bank operates indirectly through various delivery partners. Individual lending and investment decisions are fully delegated to these delivery partners.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank has a thorough delivery partner selection process, which includes robust due diligence. British Business Bank also monitors existing delivery partners and their performance against contractual requirements or Service Level Agreements.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 08/10/2019 14:42:07 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1146334

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	European Social Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what decisions they have made regarding the replacement of EU grant schemes under the EU Social Fund if the UK leaves the EU in 2019.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL17829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has guaranteed funding for all Structural Fund projects, including European Social Fund (ESF) projects, that would have been funded by the EU under the 2014-2020 programme period. This means that the Department of Work and Pensions, the devolved administrations and HM Government of Gibraltar will continue to fund existing and new ESF projects after Brexit until programme closure.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of providing areas with certainty over future funding when the current round of Structural Funds comes to an end and has committed to bring forward plans on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and to consult on the fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 08/10/2019 14:43:16 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

1146337

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last met the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to discuss the effects of a no-deal Brexit; and what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
uin	HL17832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>We are working closely with businesses across the country to help ensure they are prepared for the UK leaving the EU on the 31st October, whatever the circumstances. This includes regular engagement with the automotive industry by both BEIS ministers and officials to discuss plans for no-deal.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external bodies are published on the Gov.uk website of the relevant Department.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 08/10/2019 15:57:00 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin