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1698955

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date	26/03/2024
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	Food: Japan
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 4 March 2024 to Question 15852 on Scallops: Isle of Man, whether (a) Isle of Man queenies, (b) Isle of Man manx loaghtan lamb and (c) Jersey royal potatoes were included in the original list of 77 food and drink products submitted by the Department for International Trade to the Japanese authorities on 30 April 2021 for which it was seeking geographical indication protection in Japan under the terms of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the response provided to Question UIN 15852 published on 4 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/04/2024 15:05:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698377

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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	Small Businesses: Telephone Services
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 22 February 2024 to Question 14506 on Small Businesses: Telephone Services, how much her Department spent on the operation of the Business Support Helpline in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government supports all types of businesses through its core services, including GOV.UK and Growth Hubs operating in England.</p><p>Additionally, we also provide, as part of this package of support, The Business Support Helpline, which provides information, advice, guidance, and support to around 30,000 people in England every year.</p><p>The chart below details our last three full years' spending on this service.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Business Support Helpline Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£4.026m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Years 20/21 expenditure was increased due to scale up activity in response to COVID and UK transition from the EU</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£1.887m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£1.889m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/04/2024 15:17:03 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698378

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders: Pilot Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people completed unpaid work on the Community Payback Rapid Deployment Project pilot schemes between June and December 2023; how many hours of unpaid work were completed; and how many and what proportion of those hours were attributable to schemes run in the (a) Greater Manchester, (b) East of England, (c) Wales and (d) North East Probation Service regions.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Between 19 June and 31 December 2023, a total of 8,809 community payback hours have been completed as a part of the Community Payback Rapid Deployment Project pilot scheme by 509 different people.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Probation Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Community Payback Rapid Deployment Hours Worked</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of Rapid Deployment hours worked per region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>People completing Community Payback Rapid Deployment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>921</p></td><td><p>10.4%</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>5,358</p></td><td><p>60.8%</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Region</p></td><td><p>787</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>596</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Region</p></td><td><p>906</p></td><td><p>10.3%</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data source is nDelius, the Case Management System used by the Probation Service. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the information collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. While the figures shown have been checked as far as practicable, they should be regarded as approximate and not necessarily accurate to the last whole number shown in the tables.</p><p>To note, the figures are different to those provided in parliamentary question responses in October and December 2023, due to work undertaken to improve the accuracy of the data recorded.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/04/2024 10:15:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698381

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024, how much of the £28,700 costs incurred by the Deputy Prime Minister for his visit to New York from 19 to 23 September 2023 were attributable to his share of the £192,198 costs of the RAF flight used for that visit.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the RAF flight used for the journey to New York on 19 September 2023 includes the costs arising from the movement of military personnel.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Costs for the full trip were outlined in the ministerial travel data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20234 question first answered 15/04/2024 16:56:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698382

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's data entitled MOD's ministerial travel, October to December 2023, published on 22 March 2024, whether the published costs of the RAF flights taken by Ministers in his Department during that period represented the total cost of each flight.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The figures provided outline the net cost for the Ministry of Defence of the RAF flight and are a breakdown for each passenger relating to personnel costs and allowances.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 15/04/2024 11:28:11 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698383

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's report entitled Evaluation Task Force Output and Outcome Indicators (March 2024), published on 22 March 2024, how many and what proportion of Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects were rated (a) amber and (b) red as of 1 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Evaluation Task Force (ETF) committed to publicly report on a series of output and outcome indicators in response to recommendations featured in the ‘Evaluating Government Spending’ NAO report in 2022 and the Public Accounts Committee’s recommendation for the ETF to establish quantifiable metrics on the scale and quality of evaluation across government. The indicators are not wholly controlled or ‘owned’ by the ETF. Driving progress towards the targets outlined in the ETF strategy are dependent on cross-government partners working together to build an improved evaluation ecosystem which creates more and higher quality evaluation in government.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>All information related to the proportion of projects rated Red, Amber, Green across Evaluation Accelerator Fund and ETF priority projects are included in the Technical Annex published alongside the main output and outcome indicator report. This can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-task-force-output-and-outcome-indicators-march-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-task-force-output-and-outcome-indicators-march-2024</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For completeness, the table below outlines the number and proportion of projects that were rated Red, Amber, Green across both indicators related to this PQ. Please note these figures have been recently updated and are now included on the ETF website.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Project RAG ratings (number and proportion)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indicator</p></td><td><p>GREEN</p></td><td><p>AMBER</p></td><td><p>RED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.4 Proportion of Evaluation Accelerator Fund projects on track (RAG rated 'Green')</p></td><td><p>11 (58%)</p></td><td><p>6 (32%)</p></td><td><p>2 (10%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.6 Proportion of ETF priority projects with robust evaluation plans (cumulative)</p></td><td><p>13 (62%)</p></td><td><p>7 (33%)</p></td><td><p>1 (5%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/04/2024 16:07:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1698385

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024, whether the £192,198 cost of the RAF flight used for the journey to New York on 19 September 2023 includes the costs arising from the movement of military personnel between the UK and the USA on that flight.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	20234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the RAF flight used for the journey to New York on 19 September 2023 includes the costs arising from the movement of military personnel.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Costs for the full trip were outlined in the ministerial travel data entitled Cabinet Office ministerial overseas travel, July to September 2023, published on 21 March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 20230 question first answered 15/04/2024 16:56:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1696653

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freeports: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answers of 15 March 2024 to Questions 17337 and 17338 on Freeports: Foreign Investment in UK, when his Department plans to publish the UK Freeports Programme Annual Report 2023; and if he will include the information on foreign direct investment performance (a) at the level and (b) for the dates requested in Questions 17337 and 17338.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	19015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Announcements will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 21/03/2024 14:22:42 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1695775

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 6 September 2017 to Question 6732 on Taxation: Prosecutions, how many prosecutions resulted from HMRC's criminal investigations into tax avoidance and evasion in the financial year (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21, (e) 2021-22, (f) 2022-23 and (g) 2023-24; and how many of those prosecutions resulted in (i) convictions and (ii) acquittals in each year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Where data is already available via GOV.UK, HMRC have provided links below.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not routinely issue civil penalties as a direct result of criminal investigations, so do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutions, convictions and acquittals:</p><p>2019-2020</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2020-21 and 2021-22</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</p><p> </p><p>2022-23</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total number of individuals charged:</p><p>2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2022/23:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>There has been one Deferred Prosecution Agreement:</p><p><a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 18404 18405 18406 18407 question first answered 20/03/2024 16:42:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1695776

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 2 of the Answer of 13 April 2021 to Question 174107 on Tax Evasion: Prosecutions, if he will publish the (a) number of individuals charged and (b) number of individuals charged with tax evasion by HMRC for the financial years (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23 and (iii) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Where data is already available via GOV.UK, HMRC have provided links below.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not routinely issue civil penalties as a direct result of criminal investigations, so do not hold the requested data.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutions, convictions and acquittals:</p><p>2019-2020</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ed7b06786650c76af069ac4/HMRC_quarterly_report_data_table_Q4_2019_to_2020.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2020-21 and 2021-22</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</p><p> </p><p>2022-23</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total number of individuals charged:</p><p>2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>2022/23:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b00f4bfe36e0000d6fa93e/HMRC-Quarterly-update_Quarter-4_2022-to-2023_data-table.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>There has been one Deferred Prosecution Agreement:</p><p><a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 18403 18405 18406 18407 question first answered 20/03/2024 16:42:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry