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1142161

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions Crown Prosecution Service staff deputised for a role at a higher grade than their own but were not paid at the corresponding rate in each of the last four quarters.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not keep records on how many occasions CPS staff deputised for a role at a higher grade than their own but were not paid at the corresponding rate. This data cannot be gathered without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:15:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142163

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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: Legal Profession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many lawyers have been recruited to the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last four quarters.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has recruited 197 lawyers over the last four quarters (July 2018 to June 2019). A breakdown is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>QTR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of lawyers - All legal grades</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July – September 2018</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October – December 2018</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January – March 2019</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April – June 2019</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Data Source: Trent HR Database</em></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:21:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142164

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of changes to workload in relation to disclosure for Crown Prosecution Service staff.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Review published in November 2018 made a series of recommendations to improve disclosure practice. Since then, the Crown Prosecution Service, under Phase Two of the National Disclosure Improvement Plan, has undertaken a number of activities to increase the rigour and application of the disclosure test in volume crime.</p><p> </p><p>The explosion in both the capability and use of digital technology has brought new and significant challenges to criminal investigations and prosecutions. In recognition of the challenge posed by the proliferation of digital data, the CPS has delivered disclosure training to over 98% of prosecutors, and will commence a review, with the Home Office, under the National Disclosure Improvement Plan to identify scalable technological solutions in this space.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:17:08 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142166

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effect on the outcome of legal cases of the removal of case progression officers from Crown Prosecution Service magistrates departments.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>With the introduction of the Transforming Summary Justice (TSJ) initiative in May 2015, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) moved to full case ownership with individual lawyers being responsible for each contested case in the magistrates’ court until its conclusion. Case progression managers were removed from magistrates’ courts units, as their responsibilities and functions were now dealt with by the allocated lawyer under the supervision of their legal manager.</p><p> </p><p>Since the introduction of TSJ case outcomes and CPS performance in the magistrates’ court has been maintained or improved.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows magistrates’ courts performance between financial year 2014/15 to 2018/19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Number of hearings per case - Guilty Pleas</p></td><td><p>1.87</p></td><td><p>1.80</p></td><td><p>1.69</p></td><td><p>1.67</p></td><td><p>1.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Number of hearings per case - Contests</p></td><td><p>3.24</p></td><td><p>2.97</p></td><td><p>2.92</p></td><td><p>2.86</p></td><td><p>2.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dropped at third or subs</p></td><td><p>34.1%</p></td><td><p>30.5%</p></td><td><p>29.6%</p></td><td><p>28.4%</p></td><td><p>25.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conviction Rate</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p>84.7%</p></td><td><p>84.8%</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guilty Plea Rate (excl mixed pleas)</p></td><td><p>75.4%</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td><td><p>76.3%</p></td><td><p>76.3%</p></td><td><p>76.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System (14 CPS Areas)</em></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:12:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142167

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Oracle Cloud system at the Crown Prosecution Service.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The CPS migrated to an Oracle Cloud system for Finance and Procurement functions on 1 April 2019.</p><p>The system is configured to ensure that it is fully compliant with Government Finance ‘Global Design Principles’ which are based on best practice and it also provides improved data security.</p><p>The Oracle Cloud system went live, as originally planned, on 1 April 2019 and was fully operational from that date. CPS completed their 2018-19 financial year-end on the new system and the resulting financial statements were successfully audited by the NAO.</p><p>The Government Internal Audit Department have been asked to conduct a review of the controls of the new Oracle Cloud system and the NAO have been asked to complete their annual technical audit of the new system at the earliest opportunity. This will provide the CPS with independent third party assurance of the effectiveness of the new system.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:03:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1140090

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will allocate additional funding to improve roads outside the major road network and the strategic road network.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	912043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is committed to providing over £6.7 billion to local highway authorities in England, outside London, from 2015 to 2021 to help improve the condition of roads and reduce congestion. The funding includes a £296 million Pothole Action Fund and £420 million for highways maintenance and a congestion busting fund as announced in Budget 2018.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/07/2019 16:03:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1140091

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A27: East Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress has been made on the proposed dualling of the A27 east of Lewes to Eastbourne.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	912044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department is considering this proposal alongside the many others put forward for possible inclusion in the second Road Investment Strategy. We intend to announce our decisions towards the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/07/2019 16:10:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

1140191

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many requests for vehicle owner information have been made by overseas enforcement agencies in each of the last five years by country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	278969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Cross Border Exchange Directive, EU Member States can request keeper or owner details of vehicles from other Member States, to follow up certain road traffic offences. CBE was implemented in the UK on 7 May 2017, the table below shows the number of requests for vehicle keeper information up to 27 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(from 7 May) 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(to 27 June) 2019 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>15,988</p></td><td><p>30,530</p></td><td><p>8,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1,222</p></td><td><p>2,693</p></td><td><p>1,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>2,115</p></td><td><p>1,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>241,467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>40,124</p></td><td><p>88,362</p></td><td><p>29,388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>6,169</p></td><td><p>9,861</p></td><td><p>3,636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>13,586</p></td><td><p>58,832</p></td><td><p>21,422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>512</p></td><td><p>15,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>1,211</p></td><td><p>3,761</p></td><td><p>5,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p>3,149</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1,697</p></td><td><p>3,816</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td><td><p>51,851</p></td><td><p>16,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>3,569</p></td><td><p>21,961</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the Home Office can receive requests for vehicle information from overseas authorities, through either Mutual Legal Assistance requests or European Investigation Orders. Information on the volume of these requests is not stored within the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2019 14:58:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140192

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Alternative Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many alternative fuelled cars have been registered in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	278970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of alternative fuelled vehicles, that were registered in 2016, 2017 and 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>90,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>121,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>148,526</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2019 15:06:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140218

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the safety implications of failing to renew the UK’s current exemption from Standard European Rules of Air on vertical separation from cloud in Class D airspace for aircraft operating under Visual Flight Rules.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	278940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The current exemption was issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to allow a safe and orderly transition to the requirements of the SERA with effect from 12 September 2019. The CAA is taking the necessary measures to meet the aims of the exemption. The SERA requirement gives effect to the international standard set out in Annex 2 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and is already safely applied throughout most of the world.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the airspace structure in the UK may give rise to some operational complications in respect of complying with the SERA requirement. The Department is working with the CAA to fully understand any safety implications arising from the application of the requirement in the UK, including whether any safeguarding measures are necessary.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/07/2019 14:25:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps