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1105290

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	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	Alopecia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been diagnosed with alopecia in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	237081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of people diagnosed with alopecia is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence states that alopecia is a relatively common condition, estimated to affect 15 in 10,000 people in the United Kingdom. Alopecia can present at any age, and males and females are affected equally.</p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the cost to the National Health Service regarding the provision of wigs for alopecia is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 237082 question first answered 02/04/2019 15:45:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1105291

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	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	Alopecia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on providing wigs to patients diagnosed with alopecia in each of the last three years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	237082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of people diagnosed with alopecia is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence states that alopecia is a relatively common condition, estimated to affect 15 in 10,000 people in the United Kingdom. Alopecia can present at any age, and males and females are affected equally.</p><p> </p><p>Information concerning the cost to the National Health Service regarding the provision of wigs for alopecia is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 237081 question first answered 02/04/2019 15:45:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1087214

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of total previous offences for breach of an anti-social behaviour order or criminal behaviour order was that a person committed before being given an immediate custodial sentence for that offence in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	231414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p> </p><p>However, sentences should also rehabilitate. There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the highest number of previous cautions and convictions for a selected offence type for a person who received their first immediate custodial sentence for the selected offence type, covering the period year ending September 2016 – year ending September 2018, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The data provided in the accompanying response table is sourced from MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer. As benefit fraud offences are not prosecuted by the police, we are unable to answer PQ230707.</p><p> </p><p>Caution should be exercised in drawing general conclusions from this data. By definition these are the very extremes of the system – the individuals with the very most convictions. Most significantly the 2015 study suggests that giving a short custodial sentence to a prolific offender is more, not less, likely to result in them committing another offence after custody, compared to giving them a community sentence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 230698 230699 230700 230701 230702 230703 230704 230705 230706 230707 231412 231413 231415 231416 question first answered 19/03/2019 17:54:30 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name 230698 - 230707; 231412 - 231416 Response Table.xlsx title 230698 - 230707; 231412 - 231416 Response Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1089468

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Barbecues: Charcoal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much charcoal for domestic barbecues the UK (a) produces and (b) burns in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	232994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Forestry Commission collects data from the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire on timber removals and production and trade of wood and wood products. The most recent published statistics from this source are for 2017. The statistics for 2010 to 2017 include the following information on wood charcoal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK Production (tonnes)</p></td><td><p>Imports (tonnes)</p></td><td><p>Exports (tonnes)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>102,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>62,000</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>88,000</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>109,000</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>118,000</p></td><td><p>11,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>107,000</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>69,000</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>86,000</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the end use for charcoal are not recorded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra proposals to phase out the sale of traditional house coal (and restrict the sale of wet wood for domestic burning) will not affect the sale of charcoal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/03/2019 11:47:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1063986

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number was of previous community orders handed down to offenders sentenced to prison for (a) up to six months; (b) six to 12 months and (c) over 12 months in the last year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	223183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The average number of previous community orders handed down to offenders sentenced to prison for (a) up to six months; (b) six to 12 months and (c) over 12 months in the last year for which information is available can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/02/2019 17:40:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 223183 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1086627

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of previous community orders given to an offender sentenced to immediate custody for a new offence of up to six months in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	230688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p> </p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p> </p><p>The highest number of previous community orders given to an offender sentenced to immediate custody for a new offence of up to six months in each of the last three years can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/03/2019 17:38:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 230688 table.xlsx title PQ 230688 table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1086632

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of recorded breaches of a single community order in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	230693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify the maximum number of recorded breaches of a single community order, as centrally held information does not identify breaches of community orders nor the number of times an individual order was breached. It is therefore also not possible to link individuals breaching multiple orders over time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 230694 question first answered 19/03/2019 16:50:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1086633

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of breaches of all previous community orders by an offender with a further breach of an order in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	230694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify the maximum number of recorded breaches of a single community order, as centrally held information does not identify breaches of community orders nor the number of times an individual order was breached. It is therefore also not possible to link individuals breaching multiple orders over time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 230693 question first answered 19/03/2019 16:50:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1092107

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of previous community orders given to an offender sentenced to immediate custody for a new offence of six months in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	234712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The highest number of previous community orders given to an offender sentenced to immediate custody for a new offence of six months in each of the last three years can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/03/2019 13:40:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 234712 table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1086644

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences for assault was that a person committed before being given an immediate custodial sentence for that offence in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	230700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p> </p><p>However, sentences should also rehabilitate. There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the highest number of previous cautions and convictions for a selected offence type for a person who received their first immediate custodial sentence for the selected offence type, covering the period year ending September 2016 – year ending September 2018, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The data provided in the accompanying response table is sourced from MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer. As benefit fraud offences are not prosecuted by the police, we are unable to answer PQ230707.</p><p> </p><p>Caution should be exercised in drawing general conclusions from this data. By definition these are the very extremes of the system – the individuals with the very most convictions. Most significantly the 2015 study suggests that giving a short custodial sentence to a prolific offender is more, not less, likely to result in them committing another offence after custody, compared to giving them a community sentence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 230698 230699 230701 230702 230703 230704 230705 230706 230707 231412 231413 231414 231415 231416 question first answered 19/03/2019 17:54:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name 230698 - 230707; 231412 - 231416 Response Table.xlsx title 230698 - 230707; 231412 - 231416 Response Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies