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1051329

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential costs to the public purse of implementing changes to universal credit's automated systems in response to the High Court decision in R (Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart) v SSWP CO/1552/2018.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	214622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>I understand that the Department for Work and Pensions is carefully considering the High Court’s Judgment and it is therefore not appropriate to comment on this case, which is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/02/2019 09:22:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1051339

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the regulations and guidance on Relationship Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education will be available for schools by July 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	214530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>Following the consultation which closed in November 2018, the Department is currently finalising the regulations and guidance for the new subjects of Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education.</p><p>The Department plans to publish the Government response to the consultation in Spring 2019 and lay the regulations for debate in Parliament. Once the regulations have completed the Parliamentary process, they will be available to schools and other stakeholders along with the final guidance.</p><p>Schools will be encouraged and supported to start teaching the new subjects from September 2019 on a voluntary basis, and will then be required to do so from September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/02/2019 17:37:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1051360

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Cheshire and Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the caseload of Merseyside-Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service has been in each year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the volumes of completed prosecutions, or caseload, by outcome as a count of the number of defendants and collates the data collected in financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of finalised prosecutions and convictions in the Merseyside and Cheshire CPS Area during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-Convictions</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>39,902</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p>7,402</p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>47,304</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>35,074</p></td><td><p>86.4%</p></td><td><p>5,537</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>40,611</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>31,528</p></td><td><p>87.9%</p></td><td><p>4,322</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>35,850</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>31,971</p></td><td><p>88.8%</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>35,988</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>28,129</p></td><td><p>87.2%</p></td><td><p>4,123</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>32,252</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>26,017</p></td><td><p>87.3%</p></td><td><p>3,801</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>29,818</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>26,545</p></td><td><p>87.7%</p></td><td><p>3,720</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>30,265</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>25,037</p></td><td><p>86.6%</p></td><td><p>3,875</p></td><td><p>13.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>28,912</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the volume of prosecutions in the Area have fallen by 39% during the 8 year period, it is important to be aware that the types of cases prosecuted by Merseyside and Cheshire CPS have changed significantly in the period between 2010 and 2018. The Area is prosecuting more serious and complex cases as evidenced by a 21% increase in homicide, a 23% increase in offences against the person and a 62% increase in sexual offences cases. During this period, minor motoring cases have fallen by 52% in the Area. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 214504 question first answered 07/02/2019 12:31:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051361

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Cheshire and Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the overall staffing level of Merseyside-Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service was in each year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The overall staffing levels of the Crown Prosecution Service in Merseyside Cheshire from 2010 to 2018 are listed in the table below. Following an organisational restructure in 2011, the separate Areas of Crown Prosecution Service Merseyside and Crown Prosecution Service Cheshire combined under a single Chief Crown Prosecutor leadership to form the Area of Crown Prosecution Service Mersey Cheshire.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Head Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>223</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>233</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Mersey Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>282</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Merseyside</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>250</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Merseyside</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Cheshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 December 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>103</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> (Data Source Trent HR Database as at 31/01/2019)</em></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/02/2019 12:41:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051363

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Cheshire and Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions have been achieved in the Mersey-Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service area for each year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	214504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the volumes of completed prosecutions, or caseload, by outcome as a count of the number of defendants and collates the data collected in financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of finalised prosecutions and convictions in the Merseyside and Cheshire CPS Area during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-Convictions</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>39,902</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p>7,402</p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>47,304</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>35,074</p></td><td><p>86.4%</p></td><td><p>5,537</p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>40,611</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>31,528</p></td><td><p>87.9%</p></td><td><p>4,322</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>35,850</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>31,971</p></td><td><p>88.8%</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>35,988</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>28,129</p></td><td><p>87.2%</p></td><td><p>4,123</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>32,252</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>26,017</p></td><td><p>87.3%</p></td><td><p>3,801</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>29,818</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>26,545</p></td><td><p>87.7%</p></td><td><p>3,720</p></td><td><p>12.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>30,265</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p>25,037</p></td><td><p>86.6%</p></td><td><p>3,875</p></td><td><p>13.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>28,912</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>While the volume of prosecutions in the Area have fallen by 39% during the 8 year period, it is important to be aware that the types of cases prosecuted by Merseyside and Cheshire CPS have changed significantly in the period between 2010 and 2018. The Area is prosecuting more serious and complex cases as evidenced by a 21% increase in homicide, a 23% increase in offences against the person and a 62% increase in sexual offences cases. During this period, minor motoring cases have fallen by 52% in the Area. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 214502 question first answered 07/02/2019 12:31:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1051367

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Exploitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of being unable to access public funds on the ability to leave exploitative employment of workers under the (a) seasonal agricultural workers scheme pilot and (b) proposed 12-month short-term work visa scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	214632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Seasonal Workers pilot will use scheme operators to ensure that migrant workers are matched with suitable UK employers.</p><p>The short-term work visa proposals set out in the recent White Paper are consistent with our approach to our existing mobility arrangements, which do not permit access to public funds.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2019 16:56:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1051372

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the consultation on his 19 December 2018 White Paper entitled The UK’s future skills-based immigration system will include the two proposed short-term work visas described in chapter 6 of that paper; and when that consultation will (a) begin and (b) conclude.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	214634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government published its White Paper “The UK’s future skills-based immigration system” (Cm 9722) on 19 December 2018. The Home Office is launching a 12-month engagement process to enable businesses and other stakeholders to shape the final details of policy and processes contained within the White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2019 16:54:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1051377

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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	Air Pollution
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 are the main sources of particulate matters in (a) urban and (b) rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	214604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not break down pollution sources into urban and rural areas; however, we do publish pollution emission maps, which are available on BEIS National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory website: <a href="http://naei.beis.gov.uk/emissionsapp/" target="_blank">http://naei.beis.gov.uk/emissionsapp/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The main emissions sources of fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) on a national scale are domestic solid fuel burning (38% in 2016), industrial sources (16%) and road transport (12%), including brake and tyre wear.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/02/2019 11:01:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1051397

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond with a date for the request from the hon. Member for Shipley for a meeting with Lord Agnew of Oulton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System has offered a meeting with Vicky Beer CBE, the Regional Schools Commissioner for Lancashire and West Yorkshire, in the first instance, which he will follow up with a phone call. Officials have contacted my hon. Friend, the Member for Shipley, to ensure this is acceptable before agreeing a convenient date and time for the meeting and are currently waiting for a response.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 07/02/2019 10:03:16 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1051401

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls: Derbyshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the 101 service response times were for Derbyshire in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	214594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. The handling of 101 calls, including response times and performance targets, is an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/02/2019 12:07:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup