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939878

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Council Tax Support Schemes Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendations contained in the report from Mr Eric Ollerenshaw on Review of local council tax support schemes, published in March 2016, if he will commission research into the effect of local council tax support schemes on the budgets of other welfare programmes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	163509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to commission research on the effect of council tax support schemes on the budgets of other welfare programmes. The Government published a formal response to Eric Ollerenshaw's review of local council tax support schemes in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/07/2018 13:55:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 70158 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

939879

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Hope Valley Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for the start of the Northern Hub related Hope Valley line improvement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	163510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>Network Rail have completed the single option design for the railway infrastructure scheme proposed in the Hope Valley and are actively working on plans to progress the work. The current funding envelope for enhancements made provision for this scheme to be delivered in the period between 2019-2024. The timetable for further work on this scheme will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/07/2018 10:07:16 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

939880

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Midland Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to restore the journey time of East Midland Trains Master Cutler service from Sheffield to St Pancras to its 2017 journey time.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	163511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>East Midlands Trains and its rail industry partners, supported by the Department, will continue to review the timetables to see if it is possible to improve the journey time of the Master Cutler service at an early date.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/07/2018 16:13:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

939881

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Capita: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) objectives and (b) milestones his Department set relating to the decision to tender all justice related interpretation services to Capita Translation and Interpreting between 2012 and 2016; and what assessment he has made of the (a) value for money for the public purse, (b) effect on the conduct of criminal trials and (c) extent to which those (i) objectives and (ii) milestones were met.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	163549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The sourcing strategy for language services, which resulted in the award of a contract to Applied Language Solutions in August 2011 (subsequently acquired by Capita Translation and Interpreting (CTI)) contained several high-level objectives, namely to:</p><ul><li>Improve the quality and consistency of service standards;</li><li>Improve value for money; and</li><li>Improve contract monitoring arrangements.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Milestones were set by the Ministry of Justice relating to relevant stages of the sourcing and procurement process, namely:</p><ul><li>Issue of Pre-Qualification Questionnaire;</li><li>Supplier Conference;</li><li>Invitation to Participate in Dialogue;</li><li>Invitation to Submit Outline Solution;</li><li>Invitation to Submit Detailed Solution;</li><li>Invitation to Submit Final Tender;</li><li>Selection of Preferred Bidders; and</li><li>Contract Award.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These objectives and milestones were met, leading to contract award in August 2011.</p><p> </p><p>It has previously been estimated that the contract enabled the Ministry to spend £48m less than it would otherwise have spent under legacy arrangements which were regarded as costly and inefficient.</p><p> </p><p>CTI performance initially fell short of contractual requirements and measures were implemented to address root causes which delivered improvements and increased fulfilment rates. These are set out within the published Criminal Court Statistics (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a> ).</p><p> </p><p>Ineffective trial rates attributed to interpreter availability have been consistently low over the contracted period. Published statistics for ineffective trial rates show that a lack of interpreter was the reason for 0.4% of trials being relisted in the magistrates' court in 2012 reducing to 0.3% in 2014, and 0.1% in the Crown Court throughout the course of the contract.</p><p> </p><p>Robust contract monitoring and management arrangements were in place throughout the life of the CTI contract, including performance reporting and provision of comprehensive management information, monthly contract management meetings, and application of an improved performance management (key performance indicators and service credits) regime.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2018 09:41:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

939882

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to tables three and seven of the Crown Prosecution Service Annual Report 2016-17, what the reasons are for conviction rates in Magistrates Courts being higher than those in Crown Court; and what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for defendants having a 25 per cent greater chance of acquittal at a Crown Court than at a Magistrates Court.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	163550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The latest annual report and accounts are now available on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Website. The table below shows that, during each of the last four most recently available years, conviction rates have remained stable in both magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magistrates' Courts Conviction Rate</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p>84.8%</p></td><td><p>84.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Court Conviction Rate</p></td><td><p>79.4%</p></td><td><p>79.2%</p></td><td><p>78.9%</p></td><td><p>79.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Cases prosecuted at magistrates’ courts tend to comprise minor or less serious offences with a greater proportion of defendants pleading guilty (78.0% during 2017-18, compared to 70.9% at the Crown Court). By way of example, motoring cases comprise over 21% of cases in the magistrates’ courts but only 2% in the Crown Court.</p><p>In contrast, a greater proportion of cases triable on indictment at the Crown Court are serious and complex in nature, and defendants are more likely to plead not guilty. During the most recent year, 16.8% of prosecutions at the Crown Court resulted in a trial, with a conviction after contest rate of 54.0%, compared to 9.1% of magistrates’ courts prosecutions and a conviction after contest rate of 62.1%.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 25/07/2018 08:18:50 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

939883

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons his Department charges the rate that it does for processing licence applications for medical cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	163489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/08/2018 answer text <p>Fees for all drug licences issued are charged on a full cost recovery basis, reflecting the total cost of processing that case from start to finish. Where a fee is payable, it is charged in accordance with the Misuse of Drugs (Fees) Regulations 2010 and payable by the ‘applying’ organisation (e.g. an NHS trust). Fee payments are not ordinarily met by individual patients.</p><p>The Government is committed to reviewing the fees paid for licenses that are awarded as a result of the advice of the Expert Panel. That review will take place urgently and will conclude before summer recess, with any legislation laid before the House at the first available date following its conclusion.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/08/2018 13:52:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

939884

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has he made of trend in compliance with electrical safety regulations in the social rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	163513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey includes information on the presence of five electrical safety features: modern PVC wiring, modern earthing, modern consumer unit casing, miniature circuit breakers and residual current devices. The latest English Housing Survey stock condition report was published 12 July this year and is available at- <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-stock-condition" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-stock-condition</a>. The report finds that, in the social rented sector 25.2 per cent of homes did not have all five electrical safety features.</p><p>The Government has been listening to social housing residents and landlords in a programme of visits across England to better understand the issues and concerns they have, including concerns around electrical safety.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/07/2018 10:06:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

939885

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Products: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government has done to ensure in negotiations with the European Commission that conformity assessments on products conducted by a UK body continue to be sufficient for the product to be sold on the EU market after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	163490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the valuable work undertaken by UK bodies in ensuring that products placed on the market have been through suitable conformity assessment. As part of negotiations on the Withdrawal Agreement, we have agreed with the EU that goods placed on the market before the end of the implementation period may freely circulate on both UK and EU markets and that compliance activity for these goods, such as conformity assessment, is recognised by both parties.</p><p> </p><p>On 12<sup>th</sup> July the Government published a White Paper, which sets out a clear proposal for our future relationship with the EU. This includes a proposal for a free trade area between the UK and the EU and the maintenance of a common rulebook for goods, supported by arrangements covering all relevant compliance activity, such as conformity assessment. This would provide for frictionless trade at the border. Negotiations are ongoing, and we will continue to engage with UK stakeholders to understand and represent their concerns as we develop our negotiating position.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/07/2018 16:43:07 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

939886

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Business: Dispute Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what dispute resolution mechanism and other means of redress will be available to businesses once the UK has left the European Union.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	163491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The future partnership will be for the benefit of individuals and businesses, as well as for the UK and the EU as parties to the agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals and businesses will be able to enforce their rights and obligations as set out in the agreements in the respective domestic legal orders of the UK and EU.</p><p><strong><br></strong>For the partnership agreement to be of real value to our citizens and businesses, we will create certainty that their rights and obligations pursuant to the agreement will be applied consistently in both the UK and the EU, where this is intended in the agreement.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/07/2018 15:27:51 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

939887

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
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 discussions have taken place in negotiations on the UK leaving the EU on UK citizens and businesses paying mobile roaming charges in the EU after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	163492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>On 12 July the government published a White Paper on the future relationship between the UK and the EU. It provides a framework for wider negotiations. The White Paper states that: “To ensure that open trade between the UK and EU economies is not at the expense of consumers, and in the context of the future economic partnership, the UK proposes to commit to maintain reciprocal high levels of consumer protection”.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2018 13:07:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake