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1037847

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	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 many badgers were vaccinated for TB in the last year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	206346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Provisional figures for 2017 show 327 badgers were vaccinated under licence from Natural England. The number of BCG doses made available for badger vaccination was limited in 2017 due to a global shortage and the need to prioritise supplies for human vaccination. Global BCG vaccine supply is now improving and although complete figures for the number of badgers vaccinated in 2018 are not yet available, provisional data returned to date indicate that the number will be higher than in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/01/2019 17:16:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1037858

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
	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 plans his Department has to expand the badger vaccination programme.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	206347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Landowners and private groups across England can apply to Natural England for a licence to vaccinate badgers against TB. Animal &amp; Plant Health Agency (APHA) provides training for those who wish undertake such vaccination and Defra provides financial support for projects within the Edge Area under the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme (BEVS).</p><p>BEVS, relaunched in 2018 following a global vaccine shortage, provides matched funding and training for groups that want to take part. Three groups were successful with their applications in 2018. On 13 September 2018 we re-opened the scheme and asked for expressions of interest from those wishing to apply to vaccinate from 2019. The application process closes on 25 January 2019.</p><p>A long-standing research programme at APHA to identify an oral vaccine and a palatable bait in which to deliver it is also ongoing. An efficacy study is currently in progress, with results due later this year.</p><p>We are currently considering the report of the TB Strategy review, conducted by a team led by Professor Sir Charles Godfray, the scope of which includes badger vaccination. A Government response to the review will be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/01/2019 13:42:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1037867

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on future trade agreements between the UK and non-EU countries of the UK remaining within a WTO-defined customs union with the EU (a) after 29 March 2019, (b) during the transition period and (c) after the transition period ends.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, the UK will be free to negotiate, sign, and ratify FTAs during the Implementation Period.</p><p> </p><p>During the Backstop, if it were ever to come into effect, we would be free to operate our own independent trade policy, including by negotiating our own FTAs, and implementing the areas that don’t affect the functioning of the backstop - including services and investment.</p><p> </p><p>As agreed in the Political Declaration, the UK’s future relationship with the EU must recognise the development of an independent UK trade policy. The government has been clear that we will not be in the Single Market or the Customs Union as part of this.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/01/2019 13:29:24 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037959

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Offenders
	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 foreign national offenders from an EU-27 member state have been prevented from entering the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Border Force prevents travel of known terrorists and serious criminals prior to their arrival in the UK with the use of API and PNR data received from carriers. Through advanced analysis of data and intelligence Border Force devises electronic rules to target persons of interest that can be shared with Border 5 partners and other government departments overseas, to secure borders not only in the country of potential risk, but globally to mitigate any threat.</p><p><br>One of Border Force’s priorities is the management of the Pre-Departure Checks Scheme (PDCS) which is designed to deny boarding to high risk in-dividuals identified by the Security Services and Home Office Special Cases Directorate.</p><p><br>The Authority to Carry Scheme has been in operation since 2015; this ena-bles Border Force to offload a passenger pre-departure, including those passengers that have Exclusion Orders, Deportation Orders or travelling on an invalid document.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2019 15:44:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037961

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal firearms possessed by people living in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) and wider law enforcement regularly assess the volume of illegal firearms used in crime in the UK. NABIS produce quarterly reports on the threat, but their assessment is continuous and key information is shared amongst law enforcement on a real time basis. This information is operationally sensitive and not published.</p><p>We are continuing to deliver the Strategic Defence and Security Review commitment to choke off the supply and availability of illegal firearms to prevent their use by criminal or terrorist groups in the UK. This includes ensuring we have the right intelligence, detection and enforcement capabilities and policies, internationally, at the UK border, and within the UK.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/01/2019 18:30:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037962

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the number of criminal gangs operating across county lines.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency undertakes an assessment of county lines which provides a picture of the scale and scope of the threat.</p><p>The assessments do not include the number of gangs but they do include an estimate of the number of active ‘deal lines’ operating in England and Wales. The anonymous deal lines may be operated by individuals or groups. The previous assessment was published in November 2017 and conservatively estimated that there were at least 720 lines. The latest threat assessment will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2019 16:24:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037965

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures are in place under the terms of the proposed UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement to ensure that the UK can (a) maintain, (b) oversee and (c) carry influence over those matters for which the UK could be held responsible for contingent liabilities after 29 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>We have reached a fair financial settlement with the EU, honouring commitments we made during our period of membership, and have ensured a fair deal for UK taxpayers. The Withdrawal Agreement gives the UK audit rights with respect to the implementation of the financial provisions of the withdrawal agreement, including, contingent liabilities. On the UK’s request, the EU will provide these auditors with information and assistance to allow them to assure the implementation of the financial settlement. The application of these rights will be a significant source of assurance for Parliament in respect of payments under the financial settlement.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/01/2019 14:22:52 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037967

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	CJD
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve diagnosis rates of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Early diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) is challenging as the disorder is rare, and symptoms are non-specific, mimicking those seen in more common neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and infectious disorders. Rapidity of progression and lack of response to treatment often leads clinicians to suspect a CJD diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government fund the National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) to provide inter-disciplinary clinical and laboratory expertise (neurology, neuroradiology, neuropathology, biochemistry, and epidemiology) enabling early and accurate diagnosis of CJD. Clinicians from across the United Kingdom can discuss cases at any time. Highly trained specialists assess suspected cases locally within five days of referral and conduct structured assessments (clinical history, examination, and review of investigation results) before establishing diagnoses based on validated criteria. A consultant neuroradiologist at the NCJDRSU assesses neuroimaging for patients throughout the UK with a suspicion of CJD. The unit also provides a national diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 14-3-3/RT-QuIC service and will arrange collection of CSF samples with prompt results. Information on how clinicians can refer cases to the NCJDRSU is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government have funded the development of diagnostic tests that combined with improved interpretation of neuroimaging has improved diagnostic accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU collects data on the number of people diagnosed with sCJD in the UK; break downs by of data for smaller geographies are not published. The following table shows a breakdown of the number of individuals, by year of death between 2014 and 2017. Date of diagnosis are considered synonymous for the purpose of reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sCJD 2014-18 in the UK by year of death (as at January 2019).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of death</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NCJDRSU: <a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf </a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU presents data regularly at clinical meetings and publishes in peer reviewed medical journals accessed by medical professionals, as well as producing a detailed annual report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU website also provides information on the different types of CJD at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p>sCJD is a rapidly progressive neurological disorder with an average time from first symptom onset to death of four months. The majority (88%) of individuals with sCJD over the past five years were assessed by clinicians from the NCJDRSU in life. After formal referral to NCJDRSU the average time to confirmation of the diagnosis was three days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206320 206323 206326 206327 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:05:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037968

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Planning Permission: Judicial 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, how many planning decisions made by (a) himself and (b) the planning inspectorate have been subject to judicial review proceedings in each of the last five years; and if he will list (a) those cases and (b) their outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>In the past 5 years there have been 60 planning decisions made by the Secretary of State, which have been subject to judicial review proceedings. Over the same period, the Planning Inspectorate have had 42.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/01/2019 16:31:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037969

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	CJD
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the symptoms of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are identified at the earliest opportunity.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Early diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) is challenging as the disorder is rare, and symptoms are non-specific, mimicking those seen in more common neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and infectious disorders. Rapidity of progression and lack of response to treatment often leads clinicians to suspect a CJD diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government fund the National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) to provide inter-disciplinary clinical and laboratory expertise (neurology, neuroradiology, neuropathology, biochemistry, and epidemiology) enabling early and accurate diagnosis of CJD. Clinicians from across the United Kingdom can discuss cases at any time. Highly trained specialists assess suspected cases locally within five days of referral and conduct structured assessments (clinical history, examination, and review of investigation results) before establishing diagnoses based on validated criteria. A consultant neuroradiologist at the NCJDRSU assesses neuroimaging for patients throughout the UK with a suspicion of CJD. The unit also provides a national diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 14-3-3/RT-QuIC service and will arrange collection of CSF samples with prompt results. Information on how clinicians can refer cases to the NCJDRSU is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government have funded the development of diagnostic tests that combined with improved interpretation of neuroimaging has improved diagnostic accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU collects data on the number of people diagnosed with sCJD in the UK; break downs by of data for smaller geographies are not published. The following table shows a breakdown of the number of individuals, by year of death between 2014 and 2017. Date of diagnosis are considered synonymous for the purpose of reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sCJD 2014-18 in the UK by year of death (as at January 2019).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of death</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NCJDRSU: <a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf </a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU presents data regularly at clinical meetings and publishes in peer reviewed medical journals accessed by medical professionals, as well as producing a detailed annual report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU website also provides information on the different types of CJD at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p>sCJD is a rapidly progressive neurological disorder with an average time from first symptom onset to death of four months. The majority (88%) of individuals with sCJD over the past five years were assessed by clinicians from the NCJDRSU in life. After formal referral to NCJDRSU the average time to confirmation of the diagnosis was three days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206318 206323 206326 206327 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:05:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037970

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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 Plans
	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 local plans have been (a) submitted, (b) examined and (c) found to be legally compliant and sound in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Examination (b) spans the time from submission of the plan to issue of the Inspector’s report. As this may take more than 12 months, it is not possible to give that information in the form requested.</p><p>Information on (a) and (c) is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Local Plans submitted for examination (a)</p></td><td><p>Local Plan Inspector’s reports issued (c)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>23 <em>1</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>26 <em>2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>2</em> In addition one report was issued in 2015 finding a plan unsound.</p><p><em>1</em> In addition one report was issued in 2017 finding a plan unsound.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/01/2019 16:30:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037973

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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 Plans
	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 days on average (a) it took for planning inspectors to examine a local plan and (b) there were between a local plan being submitted to a planning inspector and the inspector making a determination on that plan in each of the last five years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The examination stage covers the period from the date of plan submission to the Planning Inspectorate, to the issue of the Inspector’s final report.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average number of days between submission and issue of Inspector's final report (all post - 2004 Local Plans)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/01/2019 16:27:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037974

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	CJD
	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 people were diagnosed with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in (a) Witham constituency, (b) the East of England and (c) England and Wales in the most recent five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Early diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) is challenging as the disorder is rare, and symptoms are non-specific, mimicking those seen in more common neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and infectious disorders. Rapidity of progression and lack of response to treatment often leads clinicians to suspect a CJD diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government fund the National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) to provide inter-disciplinary clinical and laboratory expertise (neurology, neuroradiology, neuropathology, biochemistry, and epidemiology) enabling early and accurate diagnosis of CJD. Clinicians from across the United Kingdom can discuss cases at any time. Highly trained specialists assess suspected cases locally within five days of referral and conduct structured assessments (clinical history, examination, and review of investigation results) before establishing diagnoses based on validated criteria. A consultant neuroradiologist at the NCJDRSU assesses neuroimaging for patients throughout the UK with a suspicion of CJD. The unit also provides a national diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 14-3-3/RT-QuIC service and will arrange collection of CSF samples with prompt results. Information on how clinicians can refer cases to the NCJDRSU is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government have funded the development of diagnostic tests that combined with improved interpretation of neuroimaging has improved diagnostic accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU collects data on the number of people diagnosed with sCJD in the UK; break downs by of data for smaller geographies are not published. The following table shows a breakdown of the number of individuals, by year of death between 2014 and 2017. Date of diagnosis are considered synonymous for the purpose of reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sCJD 2014-18 in the UK by year of death (as at January 2019).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of death</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NCJDRSU: <a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf </a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU presents data regularly at clinical meetings and publishes in peer reviewed medical journals accessed by medical professionals, as well as producing a detailed annual report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU website also provides information on the different types of CJD at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p>sCJD is a rapidly progressive neurological disorder with an average time from first symptom onset to death of four months. The majority (88%) of individuals with sCJD over the past five years were assessed by clinicians from the NCJDRSU in life. After formal referral to NCJDRSU the average time to confirmation of the diagnosis was three days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206318 206320 206326 206327 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:05:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037975

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Garden Communities
	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 plans to undertake a value for money assessment of funding allocated to local authorities for garden settlement projects; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>We have provided or committed £22 million of capacity funding to fund dedicated staff teams and key studies and assessments to underpin delivery of our garden towns and villages. Local authorities are expected to spend capacity funding allocated through the Garden Communities programme on activities for which the funding was awarded. Homes England undertakes day-to-day monitoring of projects on MHCLG’s behalf, and decisions on ongoing funding take account of scheme performance in relation to previous capacity funding awards.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/01/2019 16:32:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037976

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Neighbourhood Plans
	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 he has made of the effectiveness of the process by which neighbourhood plans are agreed; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the timescale to agree neighbourhood plans.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Neighbourhood plans are agreed via local referendums and, to date, there have been over 700 successful referendums. In 2016 the Government introduced reforms through the Housing and Planning Act to speed up and simplify the neighbourhood planning process including setting time limits to ensure local authorities make timely decisions at key stages. These reforms were supported by the publication of sector-led and Government planning guidance. The Government continues to keep these recent reforms to the neighbourhood planning process under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/01/2019 17:30:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037977

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	CJD
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness among medical professionals of the symptoms of (a) sporadic, (b) variant, (c) genetic and (d) Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Early diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) is challenging as the disorder is rare, and symptoms are non-specific, mimicking those seen in more common neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and infectious disorders. Rapidity of progression and lack of response to treatment often leads clinicians to suspect a CJD diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government fund the National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) to provide inter-disciplinary clinical and laboratory expertise (neurology, neuroradiology, neuropathology, biochemistry, and epidemiology) enabling early and accurate diagnosis of CJD. Clinicians from across the United Kingdom can discuss cases at any time. Highly trained specialists assess suspected cases locally within five days of referral and conduct structured assessments (clinical history, examination, and review of investigation results) before establishing diagnoses based on validated criteria. A consultant neuroradiologist at the NCJDRSU assesses neuroimaging for patients throughout the UK with a suspicion of CJD. The unit also provides a national diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 14-3-3/RT-QuIC service and will arrange collection of CSF samples with prompt results. Information on how clinicians can refer cases to the NCJDRSU is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government have funded the development of diagnostic tests that combined with improved interpretation of neuroimaging has improved diagnostic accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU collects data on the number of people diagnosed with sCJD in the UK; break downs by of data for smaller geographies are not published. The following table shows a breakdown of the number of individuals, by year of death between 2014 and 2017. Date of diagnosis are considered synonymous for the purpose of reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sCJD 2014-18 in the UK by year of death (as at January 2019).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of death</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NCJDRSU: <a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf </a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU presents data regularly at clinical meetings and publishes in peer reviewed medical journals accessed by medical professionals, as well as producing a detailed annual report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU website also provides information on the different types of CJD at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p>sCJD is a rapidly progressive neurological disorder with an average time from first symptom onset to death of four months. The majority (88%) of individuals with sCJD over the past five years were assessed by clinicians from the NCJDRSU in life. After formal referral to NCJDRSU the average time to confirmation of the diagnosis was three days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206318 206320 206323 206327 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:05:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037985

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	CJD
	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 average waiting time has been for a diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Early diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) is challenging as the disorder is rare, and symptoms are non-specific, mimicking those seen in more common neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and infectious disorders. Rapidity of progression and lack of response to treatment often leads clinicians to suspect a CJD diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government fund the National CJD Research and Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) to provide inter-disciplinary clinical and laboratory expertise (neurology, neuroradiology, neuropathology, biochemistry, and epidemiology) enabling early and accurate diagnosis of CJD. Clinicians from across the United Kingdom can discuss cases at any time. Highly trained specialists assess suspected cases locally within five days of referral and conduct structured assessments (clinical history, examination, and review of investigation results) before establishing diagnoses based on validated criteria. A consultant neuroradiologist at the NCJDRSU assesses neuroimaging for patients throughout the UK with a suspicion of CJD. The unit also provides a national diagnostic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 14-3-3/RT-QuIC service and will arrange collection of CSF samples with prompt results. Information on how clinicians can refer cases to the NCJDRSU is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/referral-system</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department and the Scottish Government have funded the development of diagnostic tests that combined with improved interpretation of neuroimaging has improved diagnostic accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU collects data on the number of people diagnosed with sCJD in the UK; break downs by of data for smaller geographies are not published. The following table shows a breakdown of the number of individuals, by year of death between 2014 and 2017. Date of diagnosis are considered synonymous for the purpose of reporting.</p><p> </p><p>Number of sCJD 2014-18 in the UK by year of death (as at January 2019).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of death</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NCJDRSU: <a href="https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/figs.pdf </a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU presents data regularly at clinical meetings and publishes in peer reviewed medical journals accessed by medical professionals, as well as producing a detailed annual report at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report26.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The NCJDRSU website also provides information on the different types of CJD at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing" target="_blank">http://www.cjd.ed.ac.uk/surveillance/diagnosis-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p>sCJD is a rapidly progressive neurological disorder with an average time from first symptom onset to death of four months. The majority (88%) of individuals with sCJD over the past five years were assessed by clinicians from the NCJDRSU in life. After formal referral to NCJDRSU the average time to confirmation of the diagnosis was three days.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206318 206320 206323 206326 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:05:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037988

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on future trade agreements and negotiations between the UK and non-EU countries caused by the UK remaining bound by the requirements of the EU's common commercial policy.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>EU law (including the Common Commercial Policy) will apply in the UK during the Implementation Period. We have agreed with the EU that we will be able to negotiate, sign and ratify new trade deals during the Implementation Period.</p><p> </p><p>As recognised in the Political Declaration, the UK’s future relationship with the EU will need to recognise the development of an independent UK trade policy.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/01/2019 13:45:33 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037991

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	Brexit: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, at how many (a) official level and (b) ministerial level meetings between the Government and the EU the Northern Ireland backstop has been discussed; and who has attended each meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Negotiations between the UK and EU were ongoing throughout last year. These negotiations involved both officials and Ministers. They included discussions about setting out a legally operative backstop, as part of the Government’s commitment to avoiding a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, and as set out in the December 2017 Joint Report.</p><p>The outcome of those discussions is reflected in the draft Withdrawal Agreement laid before Parliament on 26 November. This guarantees that in the event that the UK’s future relationship with the EU is not in place by the end of the implementation period, there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, while maintaining the economic and constitutional integrity of the UK.</p><p>As the Government has made clear, however, this would be an insurance policy that neither the UK nor the EU expects to use. We fully expect to bring into force our future relationship or alternative arrangements, which would guarantee no hard border on a permanent basis, by the end of the Implementation Period that the Withdrawal Agreement provides.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 16/01/2019 15:53:38 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037992

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Court Orders: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average value of Compensation Orders issues in the last five years by offence type in the (i) Magistrates' and (ii) Crown Courts.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of compensation orders issued and the amount ordered to pay, broken down by offence type and court type over the last decade is in the public domain. The information can be found in the Criminal Justice Statistics found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant data tools are: Magistrates Court data tool; and Crown Court data tool.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>In the relevant data tool (Magistrates’ or Crown), select the ‘offence group’ of interest and scroll down the table to the ‘Compensation – All’ row.</p></li><li><p>For the average compensation, again select the ‘offence group’ of interest and scroll down the table to the ‘Average Compensation (£)’ row.</p></li><li><p>Similarly, you can observe the number of lowest value compensation orders (£0-£25) and highest value orders (£1000 +) in the rows below in the table.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2019 17:39:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037993

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders who did not receive a custodial sentence for their first sex offence were subsequently convicted of further sexual offences in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206332 206333 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037995

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people on the sex offenders register have been subsequently convicted of further sexual offences by category of offence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206331 206333 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1038001

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders were found guilty of further sexual offences in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206331 206332 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
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1038003

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of victims of forced marriages who have signed emergency loan agreements in each of the last 10 years; and of those people how many have (a) not repaid within six months and (b) been charged the additional 10 per cent surcharge; and what the total value of those surcharges is.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a world-leader in the fight to tackle out the brutal practice of forced marriage, with our joint Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) which leads efforts to combat it both at home and abroad. After careful consideration, the Foreign Secretary has decided that victims of forced marriage who are helped to return to the UK by the FMU will no longer be asked to take out a loan for their repatriation costs.</p><p>From now on, none of those who are assisted by the FMU - and would previously have been offered a loan - will have to cover the costs of their repatriation. Where possible, the Government will continue to seek to ensure the costs fall on the perpetrators by means of Forced Marriage Protection Orders.</p><p>The Government has also agreed to ensure that those victims who have outstanding loans will have no further cost fall to them. Their passports will also be unblocked.</p><p>The FMU provides support and advice for victims, those at risk, and professionals, through its public helpline. The support offered ranges from providing information and guidance to organising rescue and repatriation to the UK for victims overseas.</p><p>Between 2012-2017, the FMU supported almost 1,500 victims of forced marriage who were overseas, of whom 52 took loans. There were nine cases where surcharges were added. The total value of the surcharges was £588.26.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 206338 question first answered 11/01/2019 13:45:01 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
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1038004

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders released from custody on licence have committed further sexual offences during the period that they are under licence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Serious Further Offences (SFO) are rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision are convicted of an SFO. Nonetheless, every single SFO is taken extremely seriously, and in all cases a review is carried out to identify any lessons for the better management of future cases.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the number of convicted sex offenders released from custody on licence who were convicted between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2018 of a SFO sexual offence during the period that they were under licence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of sex offenders released on licence, who committed (convicted of) a sexual SFO, whilst subject to licence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016*</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017*</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018*</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Provisional figures subject to change as outstanding cases are concluded at court.</p><p>An SFO review is undertaken where an offender under statutory supervision in the community is charged with a qualifying offence – a “notification”. Not every offender charged with an SFO will eventually be convicted of an SFO.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/02/2019 16:56:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
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