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1712796

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date	22/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21551 on Ministry of Defence: Fraud, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of cases for each category for each financial year.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	22865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The number and detected values of fraud listed <del class="ministerial">below</del> <ins class="ministerial"> in the attached table</ins> for each financial year represent the categories provided in Question 21551. The total detected fraud values vary slightly from those provided in the letter on 27 February, reference 3427, because the assessed detected value of fraud can change as a case progresses. Since 2010, the information capture requirement has evolved with reporting needs; this is most evident following a review undertaken in 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="15"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Number of cases / detected fraud value (£k)</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Fraud Category</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2010/11</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2011/12</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2012/13</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013/14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014/15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015/16</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016/17</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017/18</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2018/19</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2019/20</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2020/21</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2021/22</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2022/23</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2023/24</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Civilian Allowances</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/218</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/65</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3/39</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3/3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/113</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11/166</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Civilian Expenses</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8/12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16/37</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14/5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16/12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/192</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">123/38</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">100/25</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">45/57</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">242/49</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">39/20</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">20/10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28/23</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12/70</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Civilian Pay</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/50</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/25</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6/112</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Service Allowances</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/287</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/34</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/20</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/144</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/62</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12/233</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10/79</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12/140</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22/300</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">48/984</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">38/746</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Service Expenses</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/160</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7/21</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23/128</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6/10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10/24</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10/346</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7/26</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10/5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8/4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/7</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/7</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">50/34</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22/47</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Service Pay</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/50</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3/35</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Cyber and communication</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/89</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/32</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/193</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6/441</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Departmental Income Related</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/89</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/6</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Exploiting Assets and Information</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/150</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7/10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8/5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5/177</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8/543</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/476</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11/673</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19/572</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">25/743</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Joint Personnel Administration, Travel &amp; Subsistence and Other Allowances</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/6</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5/5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5/70</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5/8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5/10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13/29</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Pay Related</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/50</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/19</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26/169</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22/159</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18/122</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">42/220</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7/97</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8/47</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/112</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7/100</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16/150</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18/182</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/105</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21/375</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Payment Processes</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/21</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/25</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/7</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/265</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/150</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/177</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6/364</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7/674</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Pension Fraud</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6/244</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/151</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5/165</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18/524</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/222</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/124</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/347</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13/267</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7/68</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11/3,942</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13/496</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13/1,002</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Personnel Management Related</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3/21</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31/343</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17/3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28/10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26/88</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19/22</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">41/13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">38/470</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24/5,454</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26/333</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">46/846</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">94/4,315</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">78/3,638</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Procurement</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5/283,105</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7/1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3/2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18/2,585</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/20,317</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18/45,911</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">34/55,306</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">25/140,113</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">40/127,966</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">50/212,984</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Recruiting</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/89</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3/283</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2/193</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8/772</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Theft of Assets</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1/4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3/104</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">54/135</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19/92</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">40/526</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16/17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12/3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3/0</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23/311</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/19</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28/153</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">29/350</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">55/389</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">92/1,380</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Other</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6/1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5/1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9/20</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11/11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16/100</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22/403</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6/276</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/279</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6/274</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4/298</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8/676</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.24M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.33M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1.35M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.43M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">284.22M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1.53M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.68M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2.97M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22.52M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">52.97M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">57.27M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">147.24M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">136.13M</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">223.89M</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/04/2024 15:02:49 question first ministerially corrected 08/05/2024 10:17:14 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 20240426 PQ 22865 and 22866 V7.docx title Number and detected values of fraud table previous answer version 31076 answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1701790

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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	Labour Market
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department (a) collects and (b) produces labour market information.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	22315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade is responsible for employment rights.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support this, the department collects and produces labour market information through published impact assessments, and statistics on trade union membership in the UK. This is undertaken to better inform policy decisions. <ins class="ministerial">They can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade/about/statistics</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/04/2024 08:48:40 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2024 15:14:15 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake previous answer version 29552 answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1701315

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking to support the roll-out of human papillomavirus vaccines worldwide.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	22019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK supports human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programmes in developing countries through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The UK is the second largest donor to Gavi, having committing £1.65 billion over 2021-2025. The UK was a vocal advocate for inclusion of the HPV vaccine into Gavi's portfolio to help protect the most vulnerable girls from the leading cause of cervical cancer. Since 2014 Gavi has fully immunised <del class="ministerial">48.2 </del><ins class="ministerial">16.3</ins> million girls and aims to immunise a total of 86 million girls by the end of 2025.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 23/04/2024 12:54:04 question first ministerially corrected 03/05/2024 09:49:01 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell previous answer version 29716 answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1701480

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent steps he has taken to secure guarantees from participants in the Sudan conflict for the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	22140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK has pressed the warring parties to agree to a permanent ceasefire, to protect civilians and to allow unrestricted humanitarian access, both cross-line and cross-border, so that aid can reach people in desperate need. On 8 March, the UK-led UN Security Council Resolution 2724 called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access. We welcome unified international messaging at the Paris Pledging Conference on 15 April - at which the UK was represented by <ins class="ministerial">Lord Benyon</ins> <del class="ministerial">the Minister of State for FCDO and DEFRA</del> - as well as plans to re-start Jeddah talks in the next weeks to maintain pressure on the warring parties to facilitate cross-line and cross-border humanitarian access and a permanent ceasefire.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 24/04/2024 14:41:28 question first ministerially corrected 25/04/2024 10:50:55 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell previous answer version 30186 answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1700965

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff required hospital treatment following a prisoner assault in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
uin	21513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of incidents of a prisoner assault leading to a prison staff member requiring hospital treatment 2018-2022 can be found in the attached table. Data on staff assaults for the calendar year 2023 is subject to future publication on 25 April, in ‘Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2023’.</p><p>Changes were made to the recording of assaults in April 2017 that affects the reporting of hospitalisation. This change means that a comparable time series for this question can only be provided from 2018 onwards.</p><p>Staff must be able to expect a safe and decent work environment. We will not tolerate any violence against prison officers, and prisoners who are violent towards staff will face the full consequences of their actions.</p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and providing prison officers with the right support, training and tools to empower them to do their jobs.</p><p>To protect staff and prisoners in very serious assaults, we have rolled out PAVA – a synthetic pepper spray – for use by prison officers in the adult male estate. Staff are able to use the PAVA spray where there is serious violence or an imminent or perceived risk of it.</p><p>We have rolled out a new Body Worn Video Camera system which has increased the overall number of cameras across public sector prisons to over 13,000. This enables every operational band 3-5 officer on shift to wear a camera. They are supported by a new Policy Framework which mandates the wearing of the cameras.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 15:57:18 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2024 09:41:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-23 PQ 21513 Table.xlsx title PQ_21513_table previous answer version 29376 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1700135

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Harland and Wolff: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February to Question 12549 on Harland and Wolff: Export Credit Guarantees, what progress her Department has made on negotiations with Harland & Wolff in relation to compliance with applicable subsidy control rules.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	20908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">UK Export Finance’s (UKEF’s) support for export transactions is conditional on the inclusion of UK goods and services, with a general requirement that there should be at least 20% UK content relative to the value of its support. In this instance, UKEF support has already secured over €200 million of UK content into this project.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">For reasons of commercial sensitivity, UK Export Finance does not comment on ongoing commercial discussions.</ins></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/04/2024 17:29:14 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2024 15:13:49 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 28292 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1698930

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Incinerators: Wisbech
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Ministers in his Department on the MVV Environment incinerator proposal in his constituency.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	20645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">On 27 February 2024, following advice from the Permanent Secretary, I formally recused myself from any decisions relating to incinerator policy. I put in place with the Permanent Secretary a formal recusal process which means I have no involvement in any decisions or sight of advice related to incinerator policy. All decisions on this policy will be taken by a junior Minister in the department who has no relevant interest.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As I stated at the EFRA Select Committee on 26 March 2024, I had previously flagged my constituency interest, and had said the policy needed to be delegated to another minister, recognising the importance of the Ministerial Code in terms of conflicts of interests, and also the perception of any conflicts of interest. As soon as I was notified by the Permanent Secretary of the need to formally recuse myself, that is exactly what I did.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, I have not had any meetings with my ministers to discuss the proposed MVV Environment incinerator in my constituency. </ins></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 17/04/2024 16:57:55 question first ministerially corrected 18/04/2024 09:35:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay previous answer version 28299 answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1697252

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to commission a review into the (1) economic, and (2) other, (a) benefits, and (b) disbenefits, of Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL3357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade has no plans to commission a review into the economic, and other benefits or disbenefits of Brexit. However, to mark the fourth anniversary of Brexit, on 31<sup>st</sup> January this year, the Department for Business and Trade published an overview of Brexit successes: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/brexit-4th-anniversary-update" target="_blank">Brexit 4th Anniversary</a></p><p>Since the referendum the UK has grown faster than Germany, Italy, and Japan. Latest figures show that UK exports are £8<ins class="ministerial">62</ins><del class="ministerial">55</del>bn in current prices and <ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del>% above pre-COVID (2018) levels when adjusting for inflation. The lnternational Monetary Fund (lMF) predicts that between 2024-202<ins class="ministerial">9</ins><del class="ministerial">8</del> the UK will see the third fastest growth in the G7.</p><p>The Department has secured free trade deals with 73 countries plus the EU, partners that accounted for £1.1 trillion UK trade in 2022 and simplified import tariffs to lower costs for businesses and households.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 16/04/2024 16:29:29 question first ministerially corrected 19/04/2024 12:20:38 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston previous answer version 28059 answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1697308

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, excluding sexual or violent offences, under what circumstances can someone subject to an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence who has completed their license period have earlier, minor offences dropped from their record.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL3362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (the ROA) sets out when an offender is considered to be ‘rehabilitated’ for the purposes of the Act and the relevant rehabilitation periods for cautions and convictions (also referred to as when a caution or a conviction become ‘spent’). This does not mean that an offence is dropped from their record, rather that the offender only needs to disclose the spent caution or conviction in some circumstances.</p><p>The ROA also provides that where a person commits another offence before the first has become spent, then the rehabilitation periods <ins class="ministerial">for all sentences</ins> are extended to the longest period. <ins class="ministerial">This is set out in section 6 of the ROA and referred to as ‘the drag on effect’.</ins> The ROA sets out that<del class="ministerial">, as with other indeterminate sentences, IPP sentences</del> <ins class="ministerial">Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) and Detention for Public Protection (DPP) sentences are excluded from rehabilitation and therefore</ins> can never become spent, regardless of whether the licence is terminated or not. <del class="ministerial">The same, therefore, applies to any unspent caution or conviction imposed on the offender prior to the IPP sentence.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We have taken action through the Victims and Prisoners Bill to curtail IPP licence periods to give offenders the opportunity to move on with their lives. Whether the ROA should be reviewed in the light of these changes would require further consideration in the context of indeterminate sentences generally.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">A conviction imposed on an offender before a sentence of IPP will not be spent if, at the time the IPP or DPP was imposed, the sentence for that conviction was still in its rehabilitation period. However, any sentence which is not excluded from rehabilitation, and is received after an IPP or DPP sentence is imposed, will become spent in respect of the usual rehabilitation periods set out in section 5 and 6 of the ROA. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The ROA is kept under review but there are no plans to make further changes at this time. </ins></p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 04/04/2024 15:14:39 question first ministerially corrected 24/05/2024 13:48:06 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy previous answer version 27245 answering member printed Lord Bellamy answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1696763

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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	Department for Business and Trade: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in (i) her Department and (ii) the predecessor Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
uin	19021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the form requested. More generally, I would refer the hon. Member to the long-standing policies on legal expenditure, as set out recently by Cabinet Office Ministers on 12 March 20<ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>4, Official Report, PQ 17709 and 12 March 2024, Official Report, House of Lords, Cols. 1901-1904.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/03/2024 16:35:13 question first ministerially corrected 25/03/2024 10:08:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 25256 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden