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917241

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Cats and Dogs: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When his Department plans to publish its response to the evidence that it received on banning third party sales of puppies and kittens in England.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	905706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>We will set out the results of our call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/06/2018 10:46:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

917242

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	Rural Areas: Crime
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 discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the effect of rural crime on farmers.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	905718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p><strong>We are working closely with the Home Office on a range of issues in relation to rural crime, including waste crime and fly-tipping and issues like sheep worrying and wildlife crime. We both also work closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the National Rural Crime Network on these issues.</strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/06/2018 11:29:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

917247

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve access to justice.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	905595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a responsibility to make sure that those in the greatest hardship and at the times of greatest need, can secure access to justice. This is a responsibility that we take very seriously.</p><p><br>Last year, we spent £1.6 billion on legal aid – over a fifth of the Ministry of Justice’s budget.</p><p><br>As we all know, legal aid is just one part of the access to justice landscape. Our £1bn court modernisation programme has already started transforming how people experience the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/06/2018 16:55:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

917248

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of rates of pay for criminal legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	905598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>Those who undertake criminal legal aid work play an important role in our justice system. It is right that those who represent people, often at their most vulnerable, are paid appropriately for the work that they do and we continue to liaise with the legal profession on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/06/2018 17:00:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

917249

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of offenders participating in work in the community on reducing rates of reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	905599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>Offenders leaving prison who find a job in the community are between 6 and 9 percentage points less likely to reoffend than those who do not.</p><p><br>Furthermore, community orders have a more positive impact on reoffending than short custodial sentences (3 percentage points lower over a one year follow-up period) and orders which include an unpaid work requirement are in line with this general trend.</p><p><br>All of the above findings were taken into account when created our employment and education strategy which was launched on 24 May. This strategy aims to ensure that as many offenders as possible get the chance to partake in work both in prison and in the community.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/06/2018 16:54:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

917319

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value of all fines levied by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) against NHS trusts was for the financial year 2017-18; and what guidance his Department provides to (a) NHS England and (b) each CCG on how revenue raised through such fines should be used.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	150202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the level of fines levied by clinical commissioning groups against National Health Service trusts during 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the use by commissioners of revenue withheld from providers through financial sanctions, guidance on this is set out in NHS England’s Contract Technical Guidance, at section 40.5 onwards. This guidance sets out how commissioners may use funding they retain as a result of the application of contractual sanctions, recommending that the commissioner considers whether it is possible to invest the withheld funding in a way that will help to rectify the performance problem.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/06/2018 15:04:06 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

917320

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospital trusts have (a) reported financial deficits in their budget at the end of the 2017-18 financial year and (b) estimated such deficits for future financial years; and if he will publish that information by NHS trust.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	150203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>NHS Improvement publishes quarterly reports regarding the financial position of National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts. The latest figures on current deficits can be found in the NHS Improvement Quarter 4 performance report via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/quarterly-performance-nhs-provider-sector-quarter-4-201718/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/quarterly-performance-nhs-provider-sector-quarter-4-201718/</a></p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts and foundation trusts will develop their own plans for future financial years which will be collated and validated by NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/06/2018 11:35:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

917321

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of leave to remain applications that have exceeded the six months deadline.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	150230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>However, published information on the number of applications for leave to remain in all categories, as well as data on UK Visa and Immigration performance against service standards for applications made in the UK and from overseas, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:51:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

917322

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Health and Safety Executive: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much commercial income was accrued to the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	149894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has earned the following commercial income in each of the last five years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial Income (£M)</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td><td><p>15.5</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note – the figures are as per HSE’s Annual Report and Accounts and represent income from the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) external customers for 13/14 and 14/15, and commercial income from 15/16 onwards as defined in note 4 to the 16/17 ARA (15/16 restated). HSL operated as an in-house agency of HSE until it was integrated as a major part of HSE’s Science Division in April 2015.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/06/2018 13:57:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

917323

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for child witnesses for each Crown Court in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	149930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Our commitment to witnesses, in terms of time spent waiting at court, is clearly set out in The Witness Charter, namely that everyone involved in a case will seek to ensure that witnesses do not have to wait more than two hours at court before giving evidence. Where the circumstances of a case do not make this possible, witnesses are kept informed.</p><p> </p><p>To monitor how effective we are in this regard, and to inform ways in which to improve the witness experience, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) completes a biannual witness monitoring survey in every Crown Court. The survey takes place over a two-week period in June and November each year at Magistrates’ and Crown Courts. It records different witness types including civilian adult and child witnesses.</p><p> </p><p>A witness is treated as a child witness if under 18 years of age. Only the first 30 witnesses over the sample period are recorded at each site. Therefore, only a few children are captured by the survey and the average waiting time does not necessarily represent the average waiting time of all child witnesses.</p><p> </p><p>Average child witness waiting times at the Crown Court in the last three years is contained in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Witnesses</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average waiting time (hrs:mins)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Witnesses</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average waiting time (hrs:mins)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Witnesses</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average waiting time</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All England &amp; Wales Crown Courts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,920</strong></p></td><td><p>01:59</p></td><td><p><strong>6,731</strong></p></td><td><p>02:04</p></td><td><p><strong>6,486</strong></p></td><td><p>02:02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>of which Children (under 18)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>228</strong></p></td><td><p>01:53</p></td><td><p><strong>248</strong></p></td><td><p>01:38</p></td><td><p><strong>196</strong></p></td><td><p>01:55</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/06/2018 16:01:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey