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1012396

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: Convictions and Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have been achieved by the (i) Serious Fraud Office and (ii) Crown Prosecution Service for high-end money laundering in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	194668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Sections 327, 328, 329 and 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 create provisions to deal with offences of money laundering. The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions and convictions under POCA where money laundering is the principal offence. There is no legal definition or specific criminal offence of “high end” money laundering. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants prosecuted for, and convicted of these offences. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>CPS holds limited information on the number of offences which were charged and which reached a first hearing in the Magistrates Court. This does not equate to the number of defendants charged as single defendant may be charged with more than one offence. The figures for the period since 2014 are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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><strong>Sections 327 to 330 - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002</strong></p></td><td><p>4,542</p></td><td><p>4,866</p></td><td><p>4,813</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has prosecuted four individuals for money laundering offences since 2014. Two of these prosecutions resulted in a successful conviction in 2018. One of the two individuals unsuccessfully prosecuted was legally qualified.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 194669 question first answered 27/11/2018 15:56:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1012397

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: Convictions and Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many lawyers have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted by the (i) the Serious Fraud Office and (ii) Crown Prosecution Service for high-end money laundering in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	194669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Sections 327, 328, 329 and 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 create provisions to deal with offences of money laundering. The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions and convictions under POCA where money laundering is the principal offence. There is no legal definition or specific criminal offence of “high end” money laundering. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants prosecuted for, and convicted of these offences. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>CPS holds limited information on the number of offences which were charged and which reached a first hearing in the Magistrates Court. This does not equate to the number of defendants charged as single defendant may be charged with more than one offence. The figures for the period since 2014 are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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><strong>Sections 327 to 330 - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002</strong></p></td><td><p>4,542</p></td><td><p>4,866</p></td><td><p>4,813</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has prosecuted four individuals for money laundering offences since 2014. Two of these prosecutions resulted in a successful conviction in 2018. One of the two individuals unsuccessfully prosecuted was legally qualified.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 194668 question first answered 27/11/2018 15:56:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1012534

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 6 December 2017 (HL Deb, col 1051), whether Baroness Vere of Norbiton wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions to ask whether she agrees that the definition of hate crime is broader than what is in statute and on what authority any broadening was based; and if so, what reply she received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL11726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Baroness Vere of Norbiton wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on 13 December 2017. The DPP provided her response on 9 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In her response, the then DPP confirmed that the flagging definition for hate crime was agreed between the CPS and the NPCC (ACPO as it was then) in 2007 and that it is wider than the definition set out in legislation to ensure all relevant cases are captured.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS adopted the recommended definition in the Macpherson report published in 1999 as a result of the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The Macpherson report also recommended that ‘this definition should be universally adopted by the Police, local Government and other relevant agencies’.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations of the Macpherson report were welcomed by the Government at the time and the current Government remains in support of this position. The CPS has worked with police to implement the recommended definition across all strands of hate crime. The CPS takes tackling hate crime seriously and recognises the need to increase public confidence to report. The flagging definition is important in achieving this aim.</p><p> </p><p>In order for a crime to be charged and prosecuted as a hate crime, the CPS uses the legal definitions contained in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (CDA 1998) and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA 2003). This means that not every incident that the victim or another person has perceived to be a hate crime will actually be a hate crime in law.</p><p> </p><p>In her letter, the then DPP also confirmed that the CPS legal guidance recognises the potential impact of prosecutions on Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to freedom of expression). The CPS must balance the rights of an individual to freedom of speech against the duty of the state to act proportionately and to protect the rights of others.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 04/12/2018 13:13:56 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1012289

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Housing Revenue Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191287, Housing Revenue Accounts, whether other relevant directions are in force.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	194601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Since 2012/13 the Secretary of State has issued 23 Directions under section 74(3)(d) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 to individual local authorities which allows properties provided under Part II of the 1985 Housing Act to be accounted for outside the Housing Revenue Account and all these directions remain in force.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:31:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1012290

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November to Question 191291 on Affordable Housing, what the agreed delivery profiles are.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	194602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We do not publish delivery profiles for the Affordable Homes Programme. We are committed to building at least 250,000 additional affordable homes by March 2022, including at least 12,500 homes for social rent in areas of high affordability pressure outside of London. This figure includes at least 116,000 affordable homes which the Mayor will deliver in London by March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/11/2018 16:10:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1012304

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Almshouses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of almshouses charities are registered providers of housing.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	194642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department and the Regulator of Social Housing do not hold this information. The Regulator does not record whether or not a private registered provider of social housing is an almshouse.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/11/2018 15:55:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1012393

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Housing: North of England
	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 he has read the report, The hidden costs of poor quality housing in the North, published in October 2018 by the Northern Consortium; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	194665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>My officials have noted the contents of the Report. The Report recognises that the Decent Homes Standard has made a real difference to the lives of tenants by driving improvements to standards in social housing. Since 2010, the proportion of social homes failing to meet the Decent Homes Standard is down 7 percentage points and the proportion of private rented homes is down 10 percentage points.</p><p>Most landlords provide decent, high quality accommodation, but a minority of them are not keeping their properties in a safe condition. We have strengthened local authorities’ enforcement powers, introduced civil penalties, extended rent repayment orders, introduced banning orders and extended licensing of higher-risk houses in multiple occupation. These measures will go a long way to crack down on landlords who neglect their properties, and rogue landlords will have to improve their properties or leave the business.</p><p>The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) is being reviewed to assess how well it works in practice and whether it needs to be updated. The Government is also supporting the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill which will require landlords to ensure that their properties are free from potentially serious hazards at the start of and throughout a tenancy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/11/2018 16:05:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1012535

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Religious Hatred
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what further support they will give to Nissar Hussain and his family, and others, who have left the Islamic faith and if facing persecution in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL11727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Everyone in Britain has the right to feel safe and at ease in the place where they live. Any individual or group is free to express views and beliefs, but have a duty to behave responsibly and to respect other people’s rights as defined by the law. Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, democracy, the rule of law, and equal rights define us as a society, and the Government is determined to promote these values. Britain has a strong legal framework in place to deal with hate crimes, and these must be reported to the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/12/2018 15:47:58 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1012539

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Public Libraries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether spending on public libraries has fallen for a fifth successive year in 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
	uin	HL11731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The latest data on the total net current expenditure on library services by local authorities across England is shown in the table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Library Service Net Current Expenditure, England 2012-13 to 2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></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> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Net current expenditure (£m)</p></td><td><p>824</p></td><td><p>804</p></td><td><p>762</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>671</p></td><td><p>641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of authorities' data from which the total is calculated *</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Source: Local authorities' Revenue Outturn returns to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>* 152 local authorities in England are responsible for delivering library services. Five did not provide a valid figure in one or more of these years.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 06/12/2018 14:04:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

1012296

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the amount of teaching time for music in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	194567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Music is compulsory in the national curriculum for 5 to 14 year olds. At primary school level, data from the Omnibus Survey in 2017 reveals that the average amount of teaching time in primary schools was broadly similar to the amount of time spent teaching history and geography. At secondary schools, the data from the school workforce census in the table below shows that the proportion of time spent teaching music between 2010 and 2017 has remained broadly stable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Proportion (%) of total teaching hours spent on music in years 7-13 in state-funded secondary schools </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/11/2018 17:05:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching