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896249

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date	02/05/2018
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	Arts: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to visit Northern Ireland to meet with representatives of the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	140617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has no current plans to visit Northern Ireland. However he is constantly reviewing his regional visits programme.</p><p> </p><p>Creative industries policy is a devolved matter. Members of the Devolved Administrations attend meetings of the Creative Industries Council, which the Secretary of State co-Chairs.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with Northern Ireland on creative industries policy through DCMS’s participation in the British-Irish Council creative industries workstream.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/05/2018 17:01:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

896265

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders serving a sentence for murder (a) absconded and (b) escaped in the last year for which data is available; and what the circumstances were in which each of those offenders absconded or escaped.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>In 2016/17 there were 4 absconds and 2 escapes of offenders serving a sentence for murder. For the two offenders who escaped, the circumstances involved escape from hospital escort.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS (formerly NOMS) Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority and we take escapes and absconds from custody extremely seriously. Escapes are extremely rare and escaped prisoners recaptured by police face prosecution and on return to prison their categorisation is reviewed.</p><p> </p><p>Less than two per cent of offenders abscond from open prison, and the overall number of absconds has halved since 2011/12. But whilst absconds are rare, we are not complacent and carefully risk assess all offenders before they move to open prisons. Those who do abscond are returned to closed prisons where they may have to serve additional time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:00:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896266

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in open prisons as of 1 May 2018 have previously (a) absconded or failed to return to prison or (b) breached the conditions of their temporary licence.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>On 31 March 2018 there were 5,092 prisoners recorded as being in open prisons. Three (0.06%) of those prisoners were recorded as having absconded between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2017, and 75 (1.47%) were recorded as having breached the conditions of their temporary release licence (including failure to return) between 1 April 2010 and 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data on escapes and absconds, prior to 1 April 2010 could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost due to changes in recording practice.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on prison population, absconds and temporary release failures are published at different frequencies, and therefore data for each are available for different time periods. In answering this question, we have provided the latest published information in each area</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:00:21 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896267

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offences in West Yorkshire were committed by offenders on bail and (b) offenders in West Yorkshire committed offences while on bail during the most recent year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The most recent year for which information is available is 2016.The attached table provides information on (a) the total number of offences for which offenders were convicted or cautioned while on bail by the West Yorkshire police force and (b) the total number of offenders convicted or cautioned while on bail by the West Yorkshire police force.</p><p>This data may indicate that from 2012 to 2016 there was a decrease in the numbers of offences committed by offenders on bail in West Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:00:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 140681.XLSX title Table PQ 140681
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896271

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of utilisation was of each magistrates' court in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in Annex A in relation to each HMCTS building which houses a magistrates’ court operation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/06/2018 13:17:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name 140685 Table.xls title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896272

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been murdered since 2012 by people who were previously convicted of murder and then released having served their prison sentences.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>Serious further offences are very rare (less than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision commit serious further offences) and each one is taken extremely seriously and investigated fully, in order to identify any lessons for the better management of future cases.</p><p> </p><p>Of course, murder is the most serious of all offences, and between 2012 and the end of 2017, 7 people have been murdered by people who were previously convicted of murder and then released by the Parole Board on licence, having served the minimum custodial term of their prison sentence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/05/2018 17:01:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896277

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders who received a custodial sentence have previously served (a) no, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine and (d) more than 10 community sentences in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	140691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of offenders who received a custodial sentence who had previously served (a) no, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine and (d) more than 10 community sentences in 2016 can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/06/2018 12:36:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 140691 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

896285

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Fisheries: Orkney and Shetland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legal identity is planned to be in place to prevent EU vessels operating inside the Orkney and Shetland 12 nautical mile zone during the proposed 21-month implementation period after EU treaties and the derogation for exclusive use of the Orkney and Shetland 12 nautical mile zone cease to apply to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	140647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2018 answer text <p>The implementation period agreed between the UK and EU was endorsed by the European Council on 22 March.</p><p> </p><p>Under the agreement, current fisheries rules and enforcement arrangements will continue to apply. This includes provisions relating to access to waters within the UK’s 6-12 nautical mile zone.</p><p> </p><p>Access to fish in UK waters after the implementation period will be a matter for negotiation. Access will be on our terms, under our control and for the benefit of UK fishermen.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/05/2018 08:44:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

896287

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notices of removal from the UK were issued in error by his Department in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	140846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/08/2018 answer text <p>Individuals who have been refused leave to enter at a port and those in the United Kingdom without leave to remain, following a refusal decision, will be notified of their liability to removal. These notices will also advise them of the need to raise any reasons they may have to stay in the United Kingdom as soon as reasonably practicable.</p><p>An assessment of the number of times these notices were issued in error would require the examination of individual records.</p><p>I am sorry but the information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/08/2018 14:18:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

896305

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Nitrogen Oxides: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated by (a) Government (b) the EU to Natural England for the implementation of Shared Nitrogen Action Plans; what annual spend was of Natural England for that work; and how many employees of National England have been located to the delivery of that work.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	140659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The development of Shared Nitrogen Action Plans (SNAPs) as an approach for Natura 2000 sites at risk from excess nitrogen deposition was proposed in the Atmospheric Nitrogen Theme Plan under the EU LIFE funded IPENS (Improvement Programme for England’s Natura 2000 Sites) programme. The total EU contribution to the IPENS programme – which looked at all the major pressures on Natura 2000 sites - was €1,785,388. This included around £45,000 for evidence projects associated with the nitrogen theme plan, but it is not possible to distinguish the amount of funding for staff time in developing the SNAPs concept itself.</p><p> </p><p>The SNAPs approach is still at a pilot stage and some initial pilot work led by Natural England (NE) started in 2016. Although each SNAP does not necessarily need to be led by NE, over the next two years we expect NE area team staff to be involved in investigating the approach in at least eight areas where nitrogen emissions from different types of source are affecting Natura 2000 sites. This pilot work is being overseen by two NE senior specialists in air quality and supported by staff in each of the relevant area teams.</p><p> </p><p>By overall reduction in risk at the site level, declines in background reactive nitrogen concentrations through implementation of the Government’s approaches to meet targets under the National Emissions Ceiling Directive will contribute to SNAPs. So too will localised reductions in emissions, including those funded through Rural Development Programme for England schemes to reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture, as well as advice on efficient use of nitrogen and ammonia reduction measures through catchment sensitive farming (CSF). CSF is in the process of appointing 11 additional members of staff to work on aspects of ammonia reductions from farming, and to build capability in this area that will also contribute to meeting objectives under SNAPs.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot work is funded by Government under NE’s Grant in Aid allocation, but it is not readily possible to determine the specific time spent by our area teams on this aspect of NE’s site protection work at these Natura 2000 sites. EU LIFE funding is involved in a few of the sites, though again the SNAPs element is usually only one of a range of activities being funded at the site in this way.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/05/2018 15:07:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy