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1671781

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dog Fighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure that police forces have the resources to tackle illegal dog fighting.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	2842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office remains committed to ensuring that the police have the resources they need. However, it is for Chief Constables and directly elected PCCs, and Mayors with PCC functions to make operational decisions based on their local knowledge and experience, including how to allocate resources.</p><p>The police now have record ever numbers across England &amp; Wales, and that Police funding is £550m higher this year than last year.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/11/2023 16:46:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1551088

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her Department's policy to ban animal testing where it causes animals severe suffering; and whether she is taking steps to promote New Approach Methodologies to replace animal testing.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	109510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The use of animals in science supports the development of new medicines and the safety of our environment, for the benefit of humans and animals.</p><p>The Home Office assures appropriate protection of the use of animals in science through licensing and compliance assurance under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. This legal framework, implemented by the Home Office Regulator, requires that animals are only ever used in science where there are no alternatives, where the number of animals used is the minimum needed to achieve the scientific benefit, and where the potential harm to animals is limited to that needed to achieve the scientific benefit.</p><p>The Government actively supports and funds the development and dissemination of the 3Rs. This is achieved through funding UK Research and Investment who fund the National Centre for the 3Rs and research through Innovate UK, the Medical Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council into the development of alternatives.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/12/2022 15:51:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1179218

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown court cases have been listed for mention in each of the last 18 months.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	18552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of cases which have been listed for mention in the Crown court over the last 18 months:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>April 2018 - September 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cases</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>4588</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>4423</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>4442</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>4562</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>4352</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>4318</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>4874</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>4801</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>3517</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>4601</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>4228</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>4529</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>4254</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>4565</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>4198</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>4710</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>4212</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>4298</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p><strong>1. These data has been extracted from the Crown Court Xhibit database, and run until September-19 in line with published data.</strong></p><p><strong>2. Xhibit is a live system and data can change over time.</strong></p><p><strong>3. The hearing codes used to extract these data are those recorded by the court listing officer and reflect the hearing type as shown on the daily list. </strong></p><p><strong>4. If a case has two or more hearings within the same month it has only been counted once. Should the hearings be on different months they have been counted in each month.</strong></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2020 17:51:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1177797

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debts: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2019 to Question HL133 on Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, what his policy is on debtors being charged VAT.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Creditors are the recipients of High Court enforcement services, which are subject to VAT. Therefore, creditors are liable for VAT on the fees charged by High Court Enforcement Officers. Creditors who are VAT registered are in turn able to recover VAT from HMRC, subject to the normal rules.</p><p>However, there are circumstances under the Taking Control of Goods legislation, where this cost may be recovered from a debtor as part of enforcement costs. The Ministry of Justice is currently clarifying the circumstances and manner in which a cost equivalent to VAT may be recovered from a debtor and intends to publish guidance on this as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/02/2020 17:03:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1176496

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing speeding fines linked to the income of the offender.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	12919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Courts are required by statute to take into account the financial circumstances of the offender, insofar as these can be assessed, when setting a fine for any offence including speeding offences. Guidelines issued by the independent Sentencing Council require the court to assess the seriousness of a speeding offence based upon the speed of the vehicle in relation to the speed limit of the road. Once the seriousness is established a fine amount is set which relates to the income of the offender.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant sentencing guideline is set out below:</p><p>https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/magistrates-court/item/speeding-revised-2017/</p><p> </p><p>Where an individual fails to provide information about their financial circumstances, the court may assess the fine amount as it sees fit and, the sentencing guideline provides for the court to fall back on an average earnings figure.</p><p> </p><p>Full details on fines can be found here:</p><p>https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/explanatory-material/magistrates-court/item/fines-and-financial-orders/approach-to-the-assessment-of-fines-2/1-approach-to-the-assessment-of-fines-introduction/</p><p> </p><p>In simple cases the police have the power to offer a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN), which consists of a fixed non-means-tested fine, and penalty points. The Department for Transport is responsible for fixing the penalty levels for speeding related FPNs. FPNs do not take means into account as they are designed to operate as a simple on-the-spot process. Individuals may refuse a FPN, in which case the matter may be taken before a court.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/02/2020 10:14:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1174920

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown court sitting days there were in each month of (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	10343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of days sat in the Crown Court for each month of (a) 2017, (b) 2018, and (c) 2019 are set out in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p>Sitting days are based on the number of cases we expect the court to hear and, with fewer cases making it to the Crown Court, were reduced accordingly.The number of outstanding Crown Court cases has reduced by almost 40% since 2014.</p><p>We keep sitting days under constant review and in November allocated an extra 850 days to the Crown Court for this financial year to ease immediate pressure on the court.We have allocated a minimum of 87,000 to inform listing decisions in the first half of 2020/21 which is an increase of 4,700 on last year’s allocation.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>The attached HMCTS data covers the number of days in which a Crown Court room was sat by any number of judges.</li></ul><ul><li>In some circumstances, judges will ‘share’ a courtroom to conduct judicial business; in most instances this will involve a returning judge for sentencing purposes only. These figures may therefore differ from the number of <em>judicial sitting days</em> at Crown Court as published in MoJ official statistics (which can, for example, also include days sat in chambers).</li></ul><p>The information for 2019 covers January to March, as the National Statistics on judge sitting days for 2019 are due to be released in June 2020. Access to statistics before their publication is strictly controlled, with rules and principles on pre-release access set out in the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/02/2020 16:09:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ10343.xlsx title Table for 10343
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1174921

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown court sitting days there were in each of the court circuits in England and Wales in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	10344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of days sat in the Crown Court for each of the court circuits in England and Wales in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019 are set out in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p>Sitting days are based on the number of cases we expect the court to hear and, with fewer cases making it to the Crown Court, were reduced accordingly. The number of outstanding Crown Court cases has reduced by almost 40% since 2014.</p><p>We keep sitting days under constant review and in November allocated an extra 850 days to the Crown Court to ease immediate pressure on the court. We have allocated a minimum of 87,000 to inform listing decisions in the first half of 2020/21 which is an increase of 4,700 on last year’s allocation.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li><p>The attached HMCTS data covers the number of days in which a Crown Court room was sat by any number of judges.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>In some circumstances, judges will ‘share’ a courtroom to conduct judicial business; in most instances this will involve a returning judge for sentencing purposes only. These figures may therefore differ from the number of <em>judicial sitting days</em> at Crown Court as published in MoJ official statistics (which can, for example, also include days sat in chambers).</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The information for 2019 covers January to March, as the National Statistics on judge sitting days for 2019 are due to be released in June 2020. Access to statistics before their publication is strictly controlled, with rules and principles on pre-release access set out in the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/02/2020 15:53:29 question first ministerially corrected 05/02/2020 10:16:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ10344.xlsx title Table for 10344 previous answer version 4799 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1174932

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time is between the listing of a case to a first hearing for non-custody trials in each court circuit in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	10345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/02/2020 10:53:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1174289

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HM Courts and Tribunals Service conducts comparative assessments of the time from cases first being listed in the Crown court to first hearing dates for each court centre.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	9634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>At court house level, HM Courts and Tribunals Service conducts comparative assessments of the time from offence to charge, charge to first listing, first listing to completion. These are published national statistics and the latest data can be found within the Criminal Court Case Timeliness Tool at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/02/2020 14:35:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1174291

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was between a three day trial being listed and the first hearing of that case at (a) Hove Crown Court and (b) Southwark Court Court in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	9635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/02/2020 16:23:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi