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1260200

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Immigration: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those prosecutions related to having control of a vessel on the sea.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	128182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including the offences charged by way of the Immigration Act 1971.</p><p> </p><p>During the last 10 years, up to the end of March 2020, the number of offences charged by way of section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(1) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(2) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(A)(1) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(B)(1) }</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report whether any offences involved the use or control of a vessel at sea other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Officers have not issued any guidance, advice or instructions to Crown Prosecution Service lawyers on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months. However, the CPS has clear and published policy guidance on the prosecution of immigration offences, which reflects the Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the CPS and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016. This establishes the agreed approach and public interest factors which prosecutors must consider when reviewing immigration cases. No further recent guidance has been issued to Crown Prosecutors on section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Attorney General's Office nor the CPS have received representations from the Home Office on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months. The joint approach between the CPS and Immigration Enforcement is to consider prosecution under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 for anyone who has been involved in organising and planning the offences.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 128183 128184 question first answered 15/12/2020 13:30:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1260201

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Immigration: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she has issued guidance, advice and instructions to Crown prosecution lawyers on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	128183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including the offences charged by way of the Immigration Act 1971.</p><p> </p><p>During the last 10 years, up to the end of March 2020, the number of offences charged by way of section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(1) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(2) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(A)(1) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(B)(1) }</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report whether any offences involved the use or control of a vessel at sea other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Officers have not issued any guidance, advice or instructions to Crown Prosecution Service lawyers on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months. However, the CPS has clear and published policy guidance on the prosecution of immigration offences, which reflects the Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the CPS and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016. This establishes the agreed approach and public interest factors which prosecutors must consider when reviewing immigration cases. No further recent guidance has been issued to Crown Prosecutors on section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Attorney General's Office nor the CPS have received representations from the Home Office on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months. The joint approach between the CPS and Immigration Enforcement is to consider prosecution under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 for anyone who has been involved in organising and planning the offences.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 128182 128184 question first answered 15/12/2020 13:30:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1260202

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Immigration: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what representations (a) her Department and (b) the CPS has received from the Home Office on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	128184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including the offences charged by way of the Immigration Act 1971.</p><p> </p><p>During the last 10 years, up to the end of March 2020, the number of offences charged by way of section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(1) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(2) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(A)(1) }</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Immigration Act 1971 { 25(B)(1) }</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report whether any offences involved the use or control of a vessel at sea other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Officers have not issued any guidance, advice or instructions to Crown Prosecution Service lawyers on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months. However, the CPS has clear and published policy guidance on the prosecution of immigration offences, which reflects the Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the CPS and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016. This establishes the agreed approach and public interest factors which prosecutors must consider when reviewing immigration cases. No further recent guidance has been issued to Crown Prosecutors on section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Attorney General's Office nor the CPS have received representations from the Home Office on prosecutions under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 18 months. The joint approach between the CPS and Immigration Enforcement is to consider prosecution under section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 for anyone who has been involved in organising and planning the offences.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 128182 128183 question first answered 15/12/2020 13:30:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1272026

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Immigration: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2020 to Question 128184 on Immigration: Prosecutions, if she will publish the Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the Crown Prosecution Service and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	131294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016 will be published on the CPS website in January 2021. In the meantime, I will ensure that a copy is placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/01/2021 09:32:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457910

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many communications staff in her Department are employed (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) under flexible working arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	154028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 154029 154030 question first answered 21/04/2022 09:54:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457911

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department spends on communications staff on average each year.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	154029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 154028 154030 question first answered 21/04/2022 09:54:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457912

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much his Department spends on on communications staff on average each year.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	154030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 154028 154029 question first answered 21/04/2022 09:54:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1675295

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Baby Care Units: Parental Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate she has made of (a) when neonatal care and leave will be provided under the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 and (b) the number of families that will be able to access that care and leave in its first year.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	5143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to introducing Neonatal Care Leave and Pay as quickly as possible and work is ongoing across Government to deliver these new entitlements by April 2025 at the earliest, subject to parliamentary scheduling of the necessary SIs.</p><p> </p><p>In the region of 40,000 babies spend over one week in neonatal care each year and it is estimated that approximately 60,000 parents will be eligible for Neonatal Care Leave and Pay with around 34,000 parents taking up this entitlement every year.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 11/12/2023 17:39:30 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1305141

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the number of redundancies made from a pool of one; and what assessment he has made of whether such procedures are being operated fairly.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	174149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2021 answer text <p>Employers are only required to notify my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State if they are proposing making more than 20 people redundant. However, the Office for National Statistics produce detailed statistics on redundancies by industry and individual characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>There are laws in place to ensure that any redundancy process should be fair and reasonable with appropriate equalities considerations. Employees with the necessary qualifying service who believe that they have been unfairly selected for redundancy, or that the redundancy was unfair in some other way, can complain to an employment tribunal who will make an assessment. The Government publishes quarterly tribunal statistics, including on unfair dismissal and discrimination claims.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 31/03/2021 15:01:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1310968

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Housing: Natural Gas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the reduction or elimination of the use of natural gas for domestic heating and cooking; and what targets his Department has on that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	185393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the Energy White Paper, the Government will provide a clear path for moving away from fossil fuels, including natural gas, in homes over the next fifteen years as consumers replace their appliances.</p><p>By the mid-2030s, we expect all newly installed heating systems to be low carbon or to be appliances that we are confident can be converted to a clean fuel supply. In order to achieve this ambition, we are moving forward with plans to deploy low carbon technologies, having set a target for 600,000 heat pump installations per year by 2028. We are also continuing to support research and development projects to help determine the feasibility of using low carbon hydrogen for domestic purposes including trials planned throughout the decade.</p><p>For new homes, the Government is introducing the Future Homes Standard by 2025. We expect that homes built to the Future Homes Standard will have carbon dioxide emissions 75-80% lower than those built to current Building Regulations standards, which means they will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and very high fabric standards. In order to support this, we will be consulting on whether it is appropriate to end gas grid connections to new homes.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing a Heat and Buildings Strategy in due course, which will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 29/04/2021 10:45:30 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald