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1666508

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report column 59, what criteria his Department will use to decide which less serious offenders will be moved out of prison on licence up to 18 days before their automatic release date.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	203758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Only lower-level offenders serving a Standard Determinate Sentence and due for automatic release on licence at the half-way point will be considered for removal onto licence under these arrangements. More serious and higher risk offenders whose release is a matter for the Parole Board to assess will not be in scope.</p><p> </p><p>Those serving a sentence for any kind of sexual offence, terror offence or any violent offence with a sentence of more than four years will also automatically be ruled out. Offenders eligible for End of Custody Supervised Licence will be subject to strict licence conditions, as identified by probation in their release management plan.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 11:15:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1666509

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report column 59, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on victims of less serious offenders being moved out of prison onto licence earlier than their automatic release date.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	203759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Protecting the public is our number one priority – and so it is right that we take the tough and decisive action so we can keep putting the most serious offenders behind bars and for longer, as the public would rightly expect.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that information is deeply important for victims which is why those who have been victims of crime can get information and updates about developments relating to their case where they are eligible for the Victim Contact Scheme (VCS).</p><p> </p><p>There is a duty to inform victims signed up to the VCS before an offender is moved out of prison onto licence and to seek their views on whether they would like to see particular licence conditions included, such as an exclusion zone or non-contact conditions. That duty will apply equally under this scheme and offenders will not be moved onto licence on ECSL unless and until that victim contact has been completed.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders will also have a supervision plan put together by probation, including strict licence conditions, to ensure that they can be safely managed in the community. As my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, set out in his speech to parliament, this scheme will simply bring forward that removal onto licence by no more than 18 days. And if they fail to comply or behave in a way that puts the public at risk, they can be immediately brought back to prison for the remainder of their sentence.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 11:16:21 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1666510

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report column 61, when he plans to report to the House on the curtailing of the licence period for offenders held on Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	203760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, advised in his statement to this House on 16 October that he would be looking at options to curtail the licence period to restore greater proportionality to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in line with recommendation 8 of the report by the Justice Select Committee report. He will revert to Parliament on this as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 11:25:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1404839

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	108475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that all appointments under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, are conducted in accordance with Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p>As part of the recruitment process, references are taken up for all appointed candidates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 25/01/2022 16:54:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

475607

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of tax revenue lost due to the illicit trade in tobacco in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Estimates of tax revenue losses associated with illicit tobacco are published every year. The latest estimates, for the years 2006/7 to 2014/15, are published in ‘Tobacco Tax Gap estimates 2014-15’.</p><p> </p><p>This can be accessed via the GOV.UK website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates</a></p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs makes no other estimate of the value of the illicit tobacco trade.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 31109 question first answered 21/03/2016 15:41:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

475775

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of the illicit tobacco trade in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Estimates of tax revenue losses associated with illicit tobacco are published every year. The latest estimates, for the years 2006/7 to 2014/15, are published in ‘Tobacco Tax Gap estimates 2014-15’.</p><p> </p><p>This can be accessed via the GOV.UK website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates</a></p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs makes no other estimate of the value of the illicit tobacco trade.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 31108 question first answered 21/03/2016 15:41:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

442264

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Energy: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make business expenditure on resource and energy efficiency measures tax deductible.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	20859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>The government already provides support for businesses who want to invest to become more energy efficient. The annual investment allowance (AIA) lets businesses deduct up to a total of £200,000 of their investment in plant and machinery from annual profits before tax.</p><br /><p>In addition, enhanced capital allowances (ECAs) let businesses that invest in certain energy-saving equipment write off the total cost of the equipment against their taxable profit as a 100% first-year capital allowance.</p><br /><p>A review into the business energy efficiency tax landscape concluded in November. The government is considering all responses submitted to this consultation and is likely to publish its formal response at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/01/2016 17:09:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan