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1146277

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	hansard heading	Members: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much money has been claimed by Members for travel costs to return to Parliament following the Supreme Court ruling on the Government's prorogation of Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	291022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>IPSA provides funding for MPs to travel in order to fulfil their parliamentary duties. This includes travel from anywhere in the UK back to Westminster, for parliamentary reasons. Following the Supreme Court’s judgement and the resumption of Parliament on 25 September 2019, IPSA also funded MPs’ travel costs from other countries where necessary, in order for them to return to Parliament.</p><p>In accordance with the Scheme of MPs’ Business Costs and Expenses, MPs have a period of 90 days from when they incur a cost to submit a claim for reimbursement, accompanied by evidence. It will therefore not be possible to assess how much money has been claimed by MPs for their travel back to Parliament as a result of the Supreme Court’s judgement until 90 days after the 25 September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 30/09/2019 13:38:24 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

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

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

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

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 David Hanson

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

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

1146336

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Solar Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 4 July (HL16607), whether they will now answer the question put, namely what recent considerations they have given to making it a requirement that all new homes be fitted with solar panels.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
	uin	HL17831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>We have launched a consultation on options for a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to meeting our commitment to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. Our preferred option for 2020 would achieve a 31% reduction in carbon emissions for an average home. We expect this would be achieved by homes being built with high fabric standards alongside the use of low-carbon heating, such as a heat-pump, or renewables technology, such as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels.</p><p>The Building Regulations set minimum energy performance standards for new homes and non-domestic buildings, but do not prescribe the technologies, materials or fuels to be used, allowing builders the flexibility to innovate and select the most practical and cost-effective solutions in particular circumstances. For example, many roofs are not suitable for solar PV panels because of visual amenity, age, strength, or orientation of the property. It would therefore be implausible for Government to enforce a blanket requirement to deploy solar PV panels on every new home.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 08/10/2019 14:42:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

1146335

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Civil Society
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any decisions regarding the quantum and allocation of replacement EU grant funding under the Shared Prosperity Fund will be announced in time for charities and voluntary organisations to continue with existing programmes of work after 2020 when existing grant funding ends.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
	uin	HL17830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of providing beneficiaries of EU funding with clarity on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. There are many detailed design questions to come, on which we welcome input from across the UK. It is only right that we take final decisions about the UK Shared Prosperity Fund after a cross-government Spending Review in 2020.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 08/10/2019 14:27:20 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

1146301

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of evaluating the Troubled Families Programme for their (1) National evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme 2015 to 2020: early findings, published in April 2017; (2) National evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme 2015 to 2020: emerging findings, published in December 2017; (3) National evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme 2015 to 2020: interim findings, published in March 2018; and (4) National evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme 2015–2020: Findings, published in March 2019, reports.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL17796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The national evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme 2015-2020 publishes findings on a regular basis as new evidence becomes available. This means that the latest evidence can be used to inform the programme design on an ongoing basis. The publications referred to in the question are all part of a single evaluation project and therefore it is difficult to estimate the costs for each publication. The total spend on external evaluation contracts is £3,985,942, roughly 0.4% of the programme’s total budget. This includes data matching, case study research, longitudinal staff surveys, a longitudinal family survey and a cost benefit analysis for the programme. This does not include internal staff time which is difficult to estimate.</p><p>The evaluation has been pioneering in its use of data, matching data from four government departments with local data to provide a deep understanding of the lives of families with multiple complex needs. This is the first time this has been done and as far as we are aware, is the biggest data linking exercise in government.</p><p>The robust evaluation has been vital in demonstrating the impact of the programme and making the case for its continuation.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 08/10/2019 14:41:27 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer