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1151293

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been under sections (a) 18, (b) 20, (c) 2a, (d) 47 and (f) 58 of the Offences Against The Person Act 1861.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	3605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published a National Statistics series on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for these offences in England &amp; Wales for 2014 – 2018. This data is available in the principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><ul><li><p>To select the number of individuals who were convicted under (a) section 18: filter ‘Offence code’ to ’00501’.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>To select the number of individuals who were convicted under (b) section 20: filter ‘Offence code’ to ’00801’.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>To select the number of individuals who were convicted under (d) section 47: filter ‘Offence code’ to ’00806’.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>To select the number of individuals who were convicted under (f) section 58: filter ‘Offence code’ to ’01401’.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Section 2a of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 has been repealed by the Homicide Act 1957 and as such data on convictions over the period is unavailable.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/10/2019 16:14:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1151294

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will make it mandatory for all public infrastructure owners to undertake a should-cost estimate as a reference point, as recommended in the Government's Outsourcing Playbook and endorsed by the Institution of Civil Engineers.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	3517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Outsourcing Playbook sets out the Government’s guidance on outsourcing services rather than infrastructure projects. All infrastructure projects are required to estimate costs as part of the Government’s business case process, in accordance with the guidance set out in the Green Book.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2019 13:54:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1151295

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to prevent major infrastructure projects from exceeding their budgets and completion schedules (a) now and (b) in the future.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	3518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) currently supports the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP). This is a continually evolving portfolio of the Government’s most complex and high risk projects, which monitors and analyses cost, schedule and benefits data on a quarterly basis. Furthermore, each year the IPA undertakes over 200 independent assurance reviews to examine the delivery of GMPP projects.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2019, the Department for Transport and the IPA jointly published the ‘Lessons from transport for the sponsorship of major projects’ report, which identified 24 practical lessons, which will help improve how the Government delivers projects. These lessons will be applied to future projects across Government and used to improve the system over the long-term.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2019 13:56:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1151297

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government will take a systematic approach to the UK's infrastructure in the proposed National Infrastructure Strategy as advocated by the Institution of Civil Engineers; and whether this will include a programme of comprehensive electrification of Britain's rail track to help meet the UK's climate change obligations.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	3520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Strategy will be informed by the recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission’s first National Infrastructure Assessment and will set out the Government’s long-term vision for infrastructure across the whole of the UK, including action on meeting the UK’s target of net zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport published its Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline earlier this month, which includes electrification schemes. In addition, Network Rail is developing a Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy which also serves to inform the Government’s decisions on electrification, alongside other technologies such as battery and hydrogen.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2019 13:52:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1151301

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) people and (b) women were sent to prison for the non-payment of a magistrates’ court fine arising from a conviction for evasion of payment of TV licence fees in each year since 1995.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table attached. Furthermore, Sentencing is a matter for independent judges who take the full facts of each case into account.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 2679 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:35:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 2679_reply.xlsx title Table
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1151302

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cases dealt with via the Single Justice Procedure are TV licence fee evasion cases in each year from 2015 to 2019.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The number and proportion of cases dealt with via the Single Justice Procedure for TV licence fee evasion cases in each year from 2015 to 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total TVL Cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SJP TVL Case</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of cases via SJP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>190,940</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>174,315</p></td><td><p>68,997</p></td><td><p>39.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>140,083</p></td><td><p>134,084</p></td><td><p>95.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>131,195</p></td><td><p>126,509</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>63,764</p></td><td><p>61,462</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em><sup>1</sup></em><em>2019 is for the period 1 January to 30th June</em> <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Data Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>a. Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time.</li><li>b. Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of check as official statistics.</li><li>c. The data provided are the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information.</li><li>d. Cases received on new systems for the period December 2018 to June 2019 have been included.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 2682 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:53:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1151304

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral statement of 21 October 2019, Official Report, column 746, on Preparations for Leaving the European Union, what the additional costs are of increasing the no-deal public information campaign to reflect the renewed urgency of preparation.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	3606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to PQs 290437, 290765 and 290970 on the 30th September 2019.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/10/2019 10:16:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1151305

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what provisions are goods leaving the EU’s customs territory required to submit exit summary declarations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	3555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Under the existing Union Customs Code (UCC) rules, businesses exporting goods are required to provide safety and security information. Article 263 of the Union Customs Code (Regulation (EU) No 952/2013) requires the submission of pre-departure declarations. This can be fulfilled through a customs declaration made under Article 263, or alternatively under Article 270 for re-exports, or in other cases under Article 271 by means of exit summary declarations. An exit summary declaration is only needed where a fiscal export declaration has not been lodged or is not required.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2019 14:04:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1151306

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what paperwork and declarations will be required under the new Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in respect of goods moving from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	3556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The new deal will enable the Government to ensure that no tariffs are payable for goods moving from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK and that there is no hard border on the island of Ireland. The deal will allow the Government to maintain unfettered access for goods moving from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK. Some practical information will need to be provided electronically for these movements for safety and security purposes, and to maintain compliance with existing international obligations. This agreement protects the economy of Northern Ireland and Ireland by ensuring that all businesses can continue to trade easily across the North-South border without customs checks or controls.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2019 14:09:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1151307

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what paperwork and declarations will be required under the new Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in respect of goods moving from the rest of the UK to Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	3557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The new deal ensures that Northern Ireland continues to be part of the UK’s customs territory and that no tariffs will be payable on goods moving from the rest of the UK to Northern Ireland. For the protection of the single regulatory zone, and to ensure that the correct tariffs are applied, it will be necessary to collect information on goods moving from the rest of the UK to Northern Ireland. Declarations will be electronic and, to minimise the impact on traders, will be designed to collect necessary fiscal and regulatory data as part of the same process. This agreement protects the economy of Northern Ireland and Ireland by ensuring that all businesses can continue to trade easily across the North-South border without customs checks or controls.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2019 13:49:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn