Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

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

939966

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	Rented Housing: Solar Power
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 rights tenants have to ensure that solar panels fitted to domestic properties are (a) safe and (b) comply with safety regulations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	163506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>All solar panels fitted to domestic properties must comply with safety regulations. The Building Regulations would apply to any solar / photovoltaic panels fitted to a domestic property. Part P of the Building Regulations states that reasonable provision shall be made in the design and installation of electrical installations, including protection from fire and injury. In order to be eligible for the Government’s Feed-in Tariff, installers must also meet the requirements of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme, which provides quality assurance of installers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2018 14:42:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

939968

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	Rented Housing: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on tenants in rented accommodation who have asked for solar panels to be removed because of safety concerns; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	163507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on tenant requests to remove solar panels.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2018 14:40:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

939973

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals in response to the Supreme Court's recent ruling on heterosexual civil partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	163584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to undertake further work to inform a decision on civil partnerships and resolve the difference in treatment between same-sex and opposite-sex couples. We will bring forward legislative proposals on this issue in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/07/2018 13:32:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

939993

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	UK Relations with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to chapter 1 paragraph 76(a) of the White Paper, The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, Cm9593, what the Government's definition is of talented people.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	163578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s White Paper on the Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union is clear that free movement of people, as defined in European law, will end as the UK leaves the EU. The UK’s future immigration arrangements will set out how those from the EU and elsewhere can apply to come and work in the UK. The UK will want to continue to attract the brightest and the best, to support our public services and enhance the UK’s attractiveness for research, development and innovation. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report, due in September 2018, will provide important evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy to inform this.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK will also make a sovereign choice in a defined number of areas to seek reciprocal mobility arrangements with the EU, building on current World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) commitments. Trade agreements that exist globally covering trade in services include provisions on the mobility of people for the provision of services (known as ‘Mode 4’ commitments). These provisions enable businesses to provide services and to move their talented people, for example as an intra-corporate transfer. The exact scope and definition of such provisions in any future agreement between the UK and EU will be a matter for negotiation.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 20/07/2018 15:00:03 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

939996

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	Fires: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has received reports of concerns regarding solar panels fitted to domestic properties which have caught fire or exploded; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	163508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is aware of some previously reported incidents of fires involving photovoltaic panels / solar panels and that is why we commissioned the Building Research Establishment in 2015 to conduct a study on this issue. The interim findings of this study were published in July 2017 and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-involving-solar-panels" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-involving-solar-panels</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2018 14:43:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

940007

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	Boilers: Standards
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 assessment he has made of the compliance of boilers sold in the UK with minimum efficiency requirements.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	163480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Boiler standards fall under Building Regulations, and are a devolved matter. In England the current installation standards for boilers came into force in April this year. The Department engaged closely with the industry for two years before setting the standard to ensure the balance was right between ambition and deliverability. Our market assessment in 2017 found that two thirds of boilers available in the market already complied with the new standard. Since coming into force there is no evidence of boilers being sold below the 92% efficiency requirement. We will conduct an assessment in 2019 to ensure standards continue to be met, and a full review within five years.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/07/2018 15:18:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

940013

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	Fuel Poverty
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 steps his department are taking to (a) reduce fuel poverty and (b) prevent excess winter deaths in the winter of 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	163560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>The best long-term solution to tackling fuel poverty is to improve energy efficiency to bring the cost of heating homes down. That’s exactly what we’re doing through the Energy Company Obligation where £450 million of the £640 million per year scheme is currently directed towards low income and vulnerable households. We recently announced that we will focus the whole of the scheme on low income and vulnerable households from later this year. We also announced that we will increase the size of ‘flexible eligibility’, which enables Local Authorities to work with partners such as the health sector to determine which households are most in need of support. In addition, initially up to 10% of the scheme will be focused on innovation, bringing forward new technology that will help tackle fuel poverty over the long term.</p><p> </p><p>In order to help low income and vulnerable households with the cost of keeping warm each winter, the Warm Home Discount provides over 2 million households with a £140 rebate off their energy bill. In addition, Winter Fuel Payments provide all pensioner households, who can be some of the most vulnerable to the impacts of living in a cold home, with a payment of between £100 and £300 each winter.</p><p> </p><p>Also, the current Safeguard Tariff caps energy prices for 4 million pre-payment meter customers, and 1 million households in receipt of the Warm Home Discount, two groups who are known to be among the most vulnerable in society. The Domestic Gas &amp; Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act 2018 will require Ofgem to temporarily extend these protections to a further 11 million customers on standard variable and default tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/07/2018 13:01:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis