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1234601

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many sentences imposed for causing death by dangerous driving his Department has considered under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last two years; on how many occasions in each of the last two years he has referred such sentences to the Court of Appeal; and how many of those sentences have been extended by the Court of Appeal as the original sentence imposed fell outside the range of sentences that could reasonably have been imposed in the circumstances of the case.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	90144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>In 2018 – 29 sentences for causing death by dangerous driving were referred to the Attorney General’s Office. Of those 4 were referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. 2 sentences were found to be unduly lenient and the sentences were increased. 2 were found NOT to be unduly lenient and the sentences remained the same.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 – 43 sentences for causing death by dangerous driving were referred to the Attorney General’s Office. Of those 2 were referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. Both sentences were found to be unduly lenient and the sentences were increased.</p><p> </p><p>To date, in 2020 – 18 sentences for causing death by dangerous driving have been referred to the Attorney General’s Office. Of those 3 have been referred to the Court of Appeal, 1 was found to be unduly lenient and the sentence was increased, 1 was found NOT to be unduly lenient and the sentence remained the same, and 1 sentence is yet to be considered by the Court of Appeal.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/09/2020 09:39:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1303371

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to increase the number of prosecutions for (a) domestic violence, (b) rape and (c) sexual assault; and what plans she has to ensure that victims of those crimes (i) receive appropriate support to help them navigate the criminal justice system and (ii) have faith in that system.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	170668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>Tackling sexual violence and domestic abuse is a priority for this Government and the CPS is working hard to deliver justice and protect victims of these abhorrent crimes.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2020, the CPS published its own rape strategy – ‘RASSO 2025’. This five-year strategy outlines a programme of work specifically to help reduce the disparity between reports and criminal justice outcomes. In addition, the CPS and police published a Joint National Action Plan for rape in January of this year to improve joint handling of rape investigations and prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>Also in January this year, the CPS published an ambitious 12-month domestic abuse programme to help narrow the disparity between reporting and criminal justice outcomes and to proactively address domestic abuse offending.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has continued to prioritise high harms crimes including cases of sexual violence and domestic abuse throughout the pandemic and as restrictions are eased via the introduction of an Interim Charging Protocol in April 2020.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/03/2021 17:43:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1661257

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Business: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the regional spread of business debt in (a) each of the last three years and (b) during the cost of living crisis.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	199992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The regional spread of debt among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has remained broadly the same over the past three years. The following figures are taken from UK Finance data and are taken as a share of the value of loan facilities of SMEs in Great Britain.</p><p>Between Q2 2020 and Q4 2021, regional shares of SME lending:</p><p>· Increased in London (21% to 22%)</p><p>· Decreased in the South East (14% to 13%), and North West (11% to 10%)</p><p>· Stayed the same in the South West (11%), East Midlands (6%), West Midlands (9%), East of England (7%), Yorkshire and the Humber (7%), North East (3%), Wales (4%), and Scotland (8%)</p><p>Between Q1 2022 to Q2 2023, regional shares of SME lending:</p><p>· Increased in London (21% to 22%)</p><p>· Decreased in the North West (11% to 10%)</p><p>· Stayed the same in the South East (14%), South West (11%), East Midlands (6%), West Midlands (9%), East of England (7%), Yorkshire and the Humber (7%), North East (3%), Wales (4%) and Scotland (8%)</p><p>Government is helping more businesses get the finance they need through the next generation of Nations and Regions Investment Funds, which will provide £1.6 billion of debt and equity finance to small businesses outside London and the South East.</p><p>The first of these funds launched in the South West of England in July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 16/10/2023 15:45:33 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1665345

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of pubs that have closed in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	202996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The latest ONS data[1] (as of 19 October 2023) shows the overall number of public houses and bars in Coventry North East, Coventry, the West Midlands and in England for each of the last 5 years (Table 1).</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of Public House and Bar Local Units, 2019 – 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coventry - North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coventry</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>3,515</p></td><td><p>33,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>3,485</p></td><td><p>33,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>3,415</p></td><td><p>32,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>3,485</p></td><td><p>32,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>3,505</p></td><td><p>32,665</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Business closures (VAT de-registrations) are not available at this level of industrial and geographical detail. However, the Insolvency Service[2] do publish monthly data on the total number of insolvencies in the food and beverage services sector in England and Wales from 2019 to 2022 (Table 2).</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Food and beverage service activities insolvencies, England and Wales, 2019 – 2022[3]</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Food and beverage service activities insolvencies </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2,523</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] ONS Business counts via NOMIS. Data relates to SIC 56.302 – Public houses and bars.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-insolvency-statistics-september-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-insolvency-statistics-september-2023</a></p><p>[3] This data represents the sum of monthly insolvencies per year for SIC 56 - Food and beverage service activities.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/10/2023 11:22:42 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1237114

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2020
	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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase consumer confidence in high street retail shopping.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	94447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>We have provided retailers with comprehensive COVID-Secure guidance to assist them in the safe operation of their business. Businesses must carry out a risk assessment and should display a poster confirming they have complied with guidance on managing the risk of COVID-19. This helps increase consumer confidence that the business they are visiting have taken all reasonable steps to make their premises safe.</p><p> </p><p>Over the summer we ran an Enjoy Summer Safely campaign, including a Shop Local Week, encouraging the public to take advantage of the reopening of the hospitality sector while taking care to minimise the risk of coronavirus transmission.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally from 24 September, we have extended the requirement to wear face coverings to include staff in retail.</p><p> </p><p>We have allocated £50million to support the safe reopening of high streets which allows local authorities in England to put in place additional measures to establish a safe trading environment.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/10/2020 14:54:58 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1237556

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	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	Fuel Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of fuel poverty in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	95104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Energy efficiency is the most sustainable way to reduce fuel bills and tackle fuel poverty. Half of the England-wide £2 billion Green Homes Grant has been earmarked to provide low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households with energy efficiency and low carbon heating measures. Low income households can receive a voucher of up to £10,000 towards eligible measures. We are working with local authorities and local energy hubs to tackle fuel poverty across England through the £500 million Local Authority Delivery portion of the Green Homes Grant.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Energy Company Obligation drives £640 million of investment in energy efficiency measures for low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households each year. Up to 25% of this funding is delivered through the Local Authority Flexible Eligibility portion of the scheme each year. More than 15,000 households in Coventry and nearly 150,000 households in the West Midlands have received energy efficiency measures through the Energy Company Obligation since 2013.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 29/09/2020 15:37:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1237890

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2020
	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	Public Houses: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of pubs that have closed in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	95651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The latest ONS data (as of 28 September 2020) shows the overall number of public houses and bars in Coventry North East, Coventry, the West Midlands and in England from 2010 to 2019. Business closures (VAT de-registrations) are not available at this level of industrial and geographical detail.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of Public House and Bar Local Units</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coventry North </strong> <strong>East </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coventry </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> West </strong> <strong> Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>3,990</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>3,840</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36,455</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>3,780</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>3,645</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>3,595</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34,255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>3,580</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34,215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>3,515</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>3,480</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33,045</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>3,435</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>3,515</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33,305</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: ONS Business Counts</em></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 30/09/2020 15:29:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1238778

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	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	Events Industry and Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the number of people employed in the (a) events, (b) hospitality and (c) exhibition sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	96916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has sought to minimise job losses with its economic support package with measures such as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), grants, the Jobs Support Scheme and the Self Employment Income Support Scheme.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics has been collecting up to date figures on the business impacts of the covid-19 outbreak:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessimpactofcovid19surveybicsresults" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/economicoutputandproductivity/output/datasets/businessimpactofcovid19surveybicsresults</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data collection has necessarily been at a broad industrial level, to optimise accuracy and speed of reporting, so figures on the specific detailed sectors requested are not available.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 05/10/2020 16:53:32 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1239277

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	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	Land Registry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) ease of use of the search facilities HM Land Registry uses to allow individuals to establish land ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	97594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>HM Land Registry has provided individuals with online search services since 2008, enabling anyone to view and download information about land ownership.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its business strategy and transformation plans, HM Land Registry analyses customer satisfaction and experience to underpin service improvements including to examine accessibility, ease of use and plain English. Improved services are in development with the first iteration of a new search service launched on GOV.uk during February 2020.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 05/10/2020 16:54:47 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1239749

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2020
	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	Beer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of breweries that have closed in England in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	98232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The latest ONS data (as of 5th October 2020) shows the overall number beer manufacturing enterprises in England from 2011 to 2020. Business openings and closures (VAT registrations or de-registrations) are not published at this level of industry detail.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Number of Beer Manufacturing Enterprises in England</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>555</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>645</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>965</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: ONS Business Counts</em></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/10/2020 12:42:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher