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1054900

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will make it his policy to return the probation service to the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	909006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that probation needs to improve and have taken decisive action to end current CRC contracts and develop more robust arrangements to protect the public and tackle re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>We have seen examples of good and innovative work from CRCs. In Cumbria, adapting probation to a rural setting and in London, working with the Mayor’s Office on programmes to rehabilitate offenders involved in knife crime.</p><p> </p><p>I still believe that public, private and voluntary organisations all have a role to play. The reforms we are making are crucial to better integrate the system so that different providers can work more effectively together. We will set out our proposals later this year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/02/2019 17:24:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1625164

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the potential merits of including provisions in the Online Safety Bill on tackling online hate language targeted at religious groups.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
	uin	183568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>Under the Online Safety Bill, all user-to-user and search services will need to put in place systems and processes to prevent their users from encountering priority illegal offences, including religiously aggravated public order and harassment offences. They must also swiftly remove other illegal content once it has been reported or they become aware of its presence.</p><p>Services which are likely to be accessed by children will also be required to protect child users from content and activity that is harmful to children, including content that is abusive or incites hatred on the basis of religion.</p><p>Where content does not meet the criminal threshold and is accessed by adults, the Bill will ensure that the largest services remove content that is prohibited in their terms of service, such as hate speech. These services must also offer their adult users tools which reduce the likelihood that they see certain categories of content, or alert them to the nature of it. These tools will specifically apply to content which is abusive, or incites hatred, on the basis of religion.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/05/2023 10:57:47 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1045474

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: Criminal Investigation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	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.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	210428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 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> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/01/2019 12:47:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045475

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his powers are in relation to the Serious Fraud Office.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	210429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General and Solicitor General superintend the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) as set out in the Criminal Justice Act 1987 and are the ministers responsible to Parliament for the work of the SFO. The SFO was created and given its functions and powers by the Criminal Justice Act 1987; it exercises those functions on behalf of the Crown. It is a non-ministerial department headed by the Director. The SFO is therefore independent and makes its own investigative and prosecutorial decisions independently. Part of the role of the Law Officer is to protect that independence.</p><p> </p><p>The SFO also forms one of the ‘Law Officers’ Departments, and as such constitutes a public arm’s length body sponsored by the Attorney General’s Office. The terms of our sponsorship arrangement are set out in the Framework Agreement between the AGO and the SFO which was published on 22 January, replacing the 2009 Protocol document. The Framework Agreement is agreed between the Director of the SFO and the Law Officers.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/01/2019 10:18:04 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045480

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Bhanu Choudhrie and Sudhir Choudhrie
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what is the status of (a) SFO and (b) CPS investigations into (i) Sudhir Choudhrie, (ii) Bhanu Choudhrie and (iii) other related parties.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	210434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is aware of the allegations made publicly about Sudhir and Bhanu Choudhrie. The SFO can neither confirm nor deny if Sudhir or Bhanu Choudhrie are currently subject to investigation by the SFO, or what, if any, representations the SFO has received about them.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect the investigative process it is not always possible, or even desirable for investigative bodies to confirm whether or not an individual or organisation is subject to an investigation, or provide any details of matters under investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The SFO proactively publishes information about its cases on its website whenever it is appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes cases that are referred to it by the police and does not have any investigative function.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/01/2019 14:56:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1045479

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Bhanu Choudhrie and Sudhir Choudhrie
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what representations the Serious Fraud Office has received on (a) Sudhir Choudhrie, (b) Bhanu Choudrie and (c) other related parties.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	210433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is aware of the allegations made publicly about Sudhir and Bhanu Choudhrie. The SFO can neither confirm nor deny if Sudhir or Bhanu Choudhrie are currently subject to investigation by the SFO, or what, if any, representations the SFO has received about them.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect the investigative process it is not always possible, or even desirable for investigative bodies to confirm whether or not an individual or organisation is subject to an investigation, or provide any details of matters under investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The SFO proactively publishes information about its cases on its website whenever it is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/01/2019 09:26:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1047655

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Bhanu Choudhrie and Sudhir Choudhrie
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that SFO investigations into (a) Sudhir Choudhrie and (b) Bhanu Choudhrie are (i) compliant with legislation and (ii) receive all relevant information.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	212291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>As highlighted in the answer given on 24 January to PQ <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-21/210434/" target="_blank">210434</a> the SFO can neither confirm nor deny if these individuals are subject to any investigation. The SFO carries out all of its work in compliance with legislation.</p><p>The SFO also works collaboratively with law enforcement and regulatory partners to combat serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption and share information, both in the UK and abroad. This includes membership of the newly launched multi-agency National Economic Crime Centre which was set up by the Government following the 2017 Economic Crime Review to ensure a more effective law enforcement response to economic crime.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 31/01/2019 14:28:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1387305

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Remote Meetings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times hybrid meeting technology was used by staff in 10 Downing Street on 15 December 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
	uin	92093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>As is common in workplaces across the country, civil servants routinely have meetings both in-person and through remote meeting technology.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/12/2021 17:56:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1281120

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the efficacy of the Government's communications strategy during the covid-19 outbreak at reaching people whose first language is not English.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
	uin	144853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-04/55066" target="_blank">55066</a> on 10 June 2020, and PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-29/96936" target="_blank">96936</a> on 7 October 2020.</p><p>To date, Covid-19 material has been translated into 26 languages, and has been made available to all local authorities as editable assets.</p><p>Working with the Cabinet Office, vaccine communications from DHSC have appeared in 600 national, regional, local and specialist titles, including BAME media for Asian, Bangladeshi, Bengali, Gujarati and Pakistani communities. To improve our understanding of vaccine hesitancy, we are now working with over 90 faith, healthcare provider networks, influencers and experts from a range of communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 144854 question first answered 01/02/2021 18:07:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1274879

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish data on the demographics of those who have received honours in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
	uin	134601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. Data on gender, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation is collected by asking recipients to complete a diversity survey. A summary of this data is published alongside each New Year and Queen’s Birthday Honours List and can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/honours/honours-lists" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/honours/honours-lists</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of ethnicities of honours recipients is also published twice a year on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website. The declared ethnicity data for recipients included on the New Year Honours List 2021 will be published in due course.. Overall the most recent honours list saw 14.2% of recipients declaring a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background - the highest ever.</p><p> </p><p>Honours recipients can choose to report their own ethnicity using the 2011 Census categories. Data is published for the following five aggregated ethnic groups because the number of honours recipients is small and the data is provided anonymously:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Asian</p></li><li><p>Black</p></li><li><p>Mixed</p></li><li><p>White</p></li><li><p>Other</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Roughly around 10% of recipients do not provide any diversity information when accepting their honour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 134602 question first answered 13/01/2021 17:46:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen