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884155

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the level of crime and the effectiveness of crime reporting by police forces.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	904758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The independent Office for National Statistics is clear that overall crime has fallen, with ‘traditional’ crime down by almost 40 per cent since June 2010 according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>HMICFRS continue to inspect forces’ accuracy in crime recording and where recommendations are made for improvement we expect action to be taken locally by chief officers.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/04/2018 16:03:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

884156

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures to tackle the illegal trade in the drug commonly known as Spice.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	904761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government's approach to drugs is working. We are tracking the use of new psychoactive substances (which captures synthetic cannabinoids such as those in 'spice') though the annual Drug Misuse publication, which found that NPS use in England and Wales has fallen from 0.7 per cent in 2015/16 to 0.4 per cent in 2016/17. We recognise that some areas still have problems with synthetic cannabinoids and strongly support the multi-agency approach taken to tackle this.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/04/2018 16:04:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

884157

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans she has to change the operation of the Tier 2 work visa.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	904763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Tier 2, the main immigration route for non-EEA skilled workers, ensures employers can recruit from overseas where necessary while controlling migration and encouraging employers to look first to the domestic workforce before recruiting from overseas.</p><p>We continue to monitor the operation of the route to ensure that it serves the national interest.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 16:05:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

881053

registered interest
date	11/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether she has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make misogyny a hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	904760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Abuse, harassment or targeting of women is totally unacceptable and we already have robust legislation that can be used to protect women from a range of crimes. We will continue our work to protect women and girls, including pledging £100 million in dedicated funding until 2020 to tackle violence against women and girls, while our landmark draft Domestic Abuse Bill will help transform our approach to protect and support victims, and bring perpetrators to justice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/04/2018 14:00:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

873639

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Aviation: Noise
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 support and encourage aviation companies to research and develop new aircraft and engine technologies to reduce noise emissions.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	134753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department provides strong support for the UK aerospace sector through the Aerospace Growth Partnership. As part of this we have created a more certain environment to drive increased investment in R&amp;D, through a £1.95billion Government commitment over 13 years to 2026, matched by industry, to fund new R&amp;D projects. This funding, guided by the Aerospace Technology Institute, supports investment in new technologies to reduce aircraft noise.</p><p>A large proportion of the 206 projects contracted so far, worth over £1.8billion, are concerned with new technologies to reduce noise from aircraft engines, propellers, rotors, wings and landing gear.</p><p>These projects are focused on delivering demanding international noise reduction goals and ensure UK aerospace companies are leading the technological evolution to achieve these.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/04/2018 13:52:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

874570

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Press: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Special Advisers from No. 10 Downing Street or the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport have been briefing that Lords amendments 147 and 148 to the Data Protection Bill provide for state regulation of the press.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL6790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State said at the second reading of the Data Protection Bill on the 5th March, The Government is clear that these amendments would undermine high-quality journalism and our free press and risks causing serious damage to local newspapers, who play such a vital role in our democracy.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 16/04/2018 15:06:50 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

874572

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to conclude the consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL6792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>In July 2017, we announced our intention to consult on reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004. We are currently considering the content of the consultation, and we will be publishing the consultation in due course. The consultation will run for at least 12 weeks.</p><p>We have been using the time since announcing our intention to consult, to analyse the responses from transgender people who responded to our National LGBT survey. In this survey, we asked about the views and experiences of transgender people who have applied for a Gender Recognition Certificate under the GRA. We will publish the results of this survey shortly.</p><p>Ahead of the consultation launch, we have also begun engaging with a wide range of people and organisations. These organisations include transgender, LGBT, women’s rights and faith groups.</p><p>The Government recognises that there are a wide range of views on how we might reform the Act. It has been valuable to hear these different voices prior to the consultation and we will continue to engage with stakeholders before, during, and after the consultation.</p><p>We are also working across Whitehall to ensure we fully understand what impact there could be from any reform to the Gender Recognition Act.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 16:56:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

874573

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Proof of Identity: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to authenticate individuals' digital identities, including as part of the gov.uk verify scheme; and what plans they have to promote affordable and suitable financial and credit products and services.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL6793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>GOV.UK Verify has agreements with seven certified companies that the government has approved to verify users’ identity. The certified companies have to meet government and international standards for security and data protection.</p><p> </p><p>For a GOV.UK Verify user to have their identity verified, the certified companies look at a range of evidence and checks to establish that users are who they say they are. There are five identity proofing and verification elements involved, and the companies have to achieve thresholds in each element before they can verify someone’s identity.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to delivering a well-functioning and sustainable consumer credit market which is able to meet the needs of all consumers. In March, the government hosted the first meeting of the Financial Inclusion Policy Forum, a new key initiative bringing together government, regulators, industry and the third sector to coordinate action and provide leadership in tackling these challenges. The Forum’s mission is to ensure that individuals, regardless of their background or income, have access to useful and affordable financial products and services, including affordable credit.</p><p> </p><p>The government also supports credit unions, which provide an affordable alternative to high-cost credit. In the Autumn Budget 2017, the government announced its intention to help the sector expand by increasing the number of potential members of credit unions from two million to three million. In addition, from this year a greater proportion of funds recovered from illegal money lenders will be allocated to incentivise vulnerable people to join, save, and borrow with a credit union instead of turning to loan sharks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has responsibility for setting the direction for the spend of dormant assets funding. In March 2018, the Department, with the Big Lottery Fund, published a statement of intent for £55 million in funding for financial inclusion. This statement sets out that the money will be put towards increasing the use of fair, affordable and appropriate financial products and services. This includes credit products and services, along with savings and insurance products and services. Following an ongoing engagement exercise, Ministers are expected to issue formal policy directions to the Big Lottery Fund about the detailed focus of a programme and what it should achieve in summer 2018</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 16/04/2018 11:42:25 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

874574

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to remain fully aligned throughout the transition period with the EU Electronic Communications Code in the event that implementation of that Code is delayed until after the European Union (Withdrawal) Act comes into force.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL6794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) is still under negotiation. We anticipate that it is likely to be adopted by the EU this year. It is not yet clear how long the transposition period will be, but we anticipate that the deadline for transposition will be after EU Exit but during the expected post-Exit Implementation Period. As the terms of the Implementation Period have been agreed, common rules will remain in place until the end of the period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 16/04/2018 15:51:23 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

874575

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish an equivalent, domestic, mechanism to Article 7 of the EU's Electronic Communications Framework Directive (2002/21/EC) to provide oversight of Ofcom's decisions.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL6795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government will ensure that the legislative framework for electronic communications in place after exit day will continue to provide an appropriate level of regulatory control that balances the needs of industry and consumers. We will announce our plans regarding the Article 7 process in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 16/04/2018 16:40:59 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones