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	registered interest
	date	22/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to tackle recent trends in the level of self-harm in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	906360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>There are encouraging signs that self-harm has started to reduce in recent months, but it remains a concern.</p><p>We have given over 25,000 prison staff better training to spot and prevent self-harm;</p><p>We have refreshed our partnership with the Samaritans which supports the Listeners scheme, whereby selected prisoners are trained to provide emotional support to their fellow prisoners;</p><p>We have also piloted improvements to Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT), the multidisciplinary case management approach to supporting prisoners thought to be at risk of self-harm or suicide. We are currently planning the resumption of roll-out of the revised ACCT across the prison estate.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/09/2020 16:26:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1224316

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent estimate he has made of the number of people released from prison without adequate accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	904721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>Approximately 13% of offenders released between March and April this year were released homeless; which is comparable to data for 2018/19.</p><p>Everyone leaving prison should have somewhere safe and secure to live because accommodation reduces the likelihood of them reoffending.</p><p>That is why our accommodation pilots, in Leeds, Pentonville and Bristol, have been operating since August 2019 and we have secured up to £8.5 million to support individuals at risk of homelessness released from prison during Covid-19. This will help them to move into permanent accommodation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/07/2020 16:55:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1519026

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to allow the creation of municipal bus companies in the upcoming Transport Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	59150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The partnership and franchising models currently available through existing legislation allow and indeed encourage Local Transport Authorities to take a leading role in securing improvements to bus services in their area, without the need for completely new municipal bus operations to be established.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/10/2022 15:11:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

847795

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Voyeurism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to criminalise up-skirting under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	129471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>I am encouraged to see that up-skirting has been successfully prosecuted on a number of occasions under the offence of outraging public decency. My officials are reviewing the various laws in this area to check and ensure we have the appropriate remedies for these offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2018 10:36:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1483583

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of a windfall tax on renewable energy generators on investment in renewable energy generation in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	25965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Within the Economy Update on 26th May, the Chancellor announced the Government is urgently evaluating the scale of extraordinary profits in the electricity generation sector and the appropriate next steps. As part of this process, Government officials are currently engaging with industry stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that any measures, tax or otherwise, need to be proportionate and avoid creating undue distortion or impacts on investment in UK electricity generation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/07/2022 15:03:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1489214

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Energy: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the additional revenue the energy profits levy would raise each year in the event that it were extended until 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	36845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text The Energy Profits Levy (EPL) is expected to raise around £5 billion in its first 12 months. The final costing will be subject to scrutiny by the Office for Budget Responsibility and will be set out at the next fiscal event.<p> </p><p>In future years, if oil and gas prices return to historically more normal levels, the Government will phase out the Energy Profits Levy. The legislation also includes a sunset clause, effective at the end of December 2025.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment of additional revenue the Levy would raise each year in the event that it were extended until 2030 has been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/07/2022 10:30:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse