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	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Share Fishermen: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the HMRC criteria for determinations to continue or discontinue the pursuit of tax debts by share fishermen are.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	267780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>All taxpayers should pay what they owe in order to fund public services. Therefore HMRC will seek to pursue tax that is rightly owed wherever that is possible. There are, however, situations where it is not possible to make recoveries, for example, where the customer is unable to pay, has no assets, and has ceased trading, or where HMRC is not able to locate the customer (for example, they have no fixed address or where HMRC is not able to trace their location).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/07/2019 16:16:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1133876

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Share Fishermen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion and number of share fishermen participated in the share fisherman scheme in each year from 2007 to 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	267781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>There have been no such discussions between HM Treasury and HM Revenue &amp; Customs to date.</p><p> </p><p>The information regarding what proportion and number of share fishermen participated in the share fisherman scheme in each year from 2007 to 2017 is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC are able to report that as of October 2018, there were 964 fishermen registered for the National scheme and 242 fishermen registered for the Scottish scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 267782 question first answered 01/07/2019 16:13:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1133874

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the (a) administrative and (b) programme budget is for the Government Equalities Office in (a) 2019-20 and (b) any subsequent financial years for which a budget has been allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	267766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2019 answer text <p>For the 2019-20 financial year, GEO has an administrative budget of £5.8m and a programme budget of £12.2m.</p><p>GEO's budgets in future financial years are subject to the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/09/2019 16:44:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1133904

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Manchester Arena
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether businesses that have been adversely affected by the Manchester bombing of 22 May 2017 are entitled to support through the victim's compensation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	267752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the statutory Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is to make compensatory awards to individual persons who have sustained a serious physical and/or mental injury as a direct result of a violent crime, and to family members of those killed. Businesses impacted by the Manchester Bombing of 22 May 2017 do not fall under the ambit of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Crimes of violence for the purposes of the Scheme include physical and sexual assault, acts of a violent nature that cause physical injury, and threats against a person causing fear of immediate violence (in circumstances which would cause a person of reasonable firmness to be put in such fear).</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme provides for awards based upon a tariff of serious physical and mental injuries. Only injuries which are listed on the tariff can be compensated.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 15:25:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1133857

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	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	Buildings: Insulation
	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 17 June 2019 to Question 262396, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) tower blocks and (b) other buildings covered in HPL cladding since being made aware of the failed BS 8414 test.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	267773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not currently formally collect data on High-Pressure Laminate (HPL) cladding use. The Department has engaged with local authorities, housing associations and industry to understand the use of HPL on high rise residential buildings; and to remind them of the Departments advice on ensuring the fire safety of external wall systems.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/07/2019 15:51:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 125408 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1133867

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his Department's policy is on the reimbursement of travel expenses to people who have been in the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	267721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>It is essential that victims are supported in the criminal justice system, and the Government has made this a key priority. The reimbursement of travel expenses can be made to those who have been called as a witness in the Criminal Justice System.</p><p> </p><p>The payment of expenses and allowances to prosecution witnesses, where the Crown Prosecution Service is the prosecuting authority, is governed by the Crown Prosecution Service (Witnesses’ etc. Allowances) Regulations 1988. Full guidance on expenses and allowances for prosecution witnesses can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/witness-expenses-and-allowances" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/witness-expenses-and-allowances</a></p><p> </p><p>The rates or scales of expenses for defence witnesses are determined by the Ministry of Justice. The payment of expenses incurred by those called as a witness on behalf of a defendant are set out in Regulations made under Sections 19 and 20 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. Full guidance on expenses and allowances can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/592291/guide-allowances-under-part-v-costs-criminal-cases-general-september-2016.doc" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/592291/guide-allowances-under-part-v-costs-criminal-cases-general-september-2016.doc</a>. In addition, any acquitted defendant whose costs are ordered by a court to be paid out of central funds may be allowed the same travelling and subsistence allowances as if they attended to give evidence (i.e. an ordinary witness subsistence allowance, plus travelling expenses).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/07/2019 10:35:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson