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709129

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for standardising licence and fee arrangements across England and Wales applying to dealers in scrap metals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
uin	HL5886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The licensing fee charged to scrap metal dealers is set by each local authority on a cost recovery basis, to provide them with the funding they need to administer their licensing arrangements and to ensure compliance. While we are looking at the issue of licensing as part of the current review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, it will be important to ensure that the arrangements continue to meet the costs of local authorities in administering their licensing arrangements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/03/2017 15:36:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

601110

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many scrap metal dealers have had their scrap metal licences revoked for not displaying a copy of their licence (a) at each site identified in the licence and (b) on any vehicle that was being used in the course of the dealer's business in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	48633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Information about extant scrap metal dealer licences, both collector and site licences, is available in Wales on the Natural Resources Wales public register of scrap metal dealers and in England on the Environment Agency’s public register.</p><p>These licences are issued by local authorities and the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of licences issued, renewed, modified or revoked by local authorities.</p><p>Similarly, the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of warrants to enable the police or an officer of a local authority to enter premises for the purposes specified in section 16(5) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 48546 48547 48548 48592 question first answered 20/10/2016 12:45:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

601130

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many scrap metal (a) site and (b) collectors licences have been (i) renewed and (ii) revoked in each year since 2013 in each local authority.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	48547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Information about extant scrap metal dealer licences, both collector and site licences, is available in Wales on the Natural Resources Wales public register of scrap metal dealers and in England on the Environment Agency’s public register.</p><p>These licences are issued by local authorities and the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of licences issued, renewed, modified or revoked by local authorities.</p><p>Similarly, the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of warrants to enable the police or an officer of a local authority to enter premises for the purposes specified in section 16(5) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 48546 48548 48592 48633 question first answered 20/10/2016 12:45:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

601131

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many scrap metal (a) site and (b) collectors licences have been issued in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	48548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Information about extant scrap metal dealer licences, both collector and site licences, is available in Wales on the Natural Resources Wales public register of scrap metal dealers and in England on the Environment Agency’s public register.</p><p>These licences are issued by local authorities and the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of licences issued, renewed, modified or revoked by local authorities.</p><p>Similarly, the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of warrants to enable the police or an officer of a local authority to enter premises for the purposes specified in section 16(5) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 48546 48547 48592 48633 question first answered 20/10/2016 12:45:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

601133

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many scrap metal (a) sites and (b) collectors licences have been modified because of a change of trading name in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	48592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Information about extant scrap metal dealer licences, both collector and site licences, is available in Wales on the Natural Resources Wales public register of scrap metal dealers and in England on the Environment Agency’s public register.</p><p>These licences are issued by local authorities and the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of licences issued, renewed, modified or revoked by local authorities.</p><p>Similarly, the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of warrants to enable the police or an officer of a local authority to enter premises for the purposes specified in section 16(5) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 48546 48547 48548 48633 question first answered 20/10/2016 12:45:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

601151

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Metals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what convictions have been secured against people for not displaying a copy of their scrap metal licence (a) at each site identified in the licence and (b) on any vehicle that was being used in the course of the dealer's business in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	48591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and offenders found guilty and sentenced at all courts for accepting cash payment for Scrap metal under section 6 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, in England and Wales, from 2013 to 2015, can be viewed in table 1.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Table 1: Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013<sup>(1)</sup>, England and Wales, 2013 to 2015<sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Offence</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Prosecuted</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Found guilty</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Sentenced</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Fine</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Make payment for scrap metal other than by cheque / electronic transfer - site manager</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Make payment for scrap metal other than by cheque / electronic transfer when acting for scrap metal dealer</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Make payment for scrap metal other than by cheque / electronic transfer - site manager</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Make payment for scrap metal other than by cheque / electronic transfer when acting for scrap metal dealer</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Make payment for scrap metal other than by cheque / electronic transfer - site manager</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Make payment for scrap metal other than by cheque / electronic transfer when acting for scrap metal dealer</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>'-' = Nil</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) Includes Contrary to sections 12(1), (4) and (6) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Convictions may exceed prosecutions in a given year because defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Ref: PQ 48545</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and offenders found guilty and sentenced at all courts for not displaying a copy of their scrap metal licence (a) at each site identified in the licence and (b) on any vehicle that was being used in the course of the dealer's business in England and Wales, from 2013 to 2015, can be viewed in table 2.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 2: Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences under Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013<sup>(1)</sup>, England and Wales, 2013 to 2015<sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Offence</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Prosecuted</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Found guilty</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Sentenced</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Fine</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Holder of a scrap metal dealers site licence fail to display a copy of the licence prominently in a public area</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holder of scrap metal dealers collector's licence fail to display copy of licence in business vehicle so it can be read</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Holder of a scrap metal dealers site licence fail to display a copy of the licence prominently in a public area</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holder of scrap metal dealers collector's licence fail to display copy of licence in business vehicle so it can be read</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Holder of a scrap metal dealers site licence fail to display a copy of the licence prominently in a public area</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holder of scrap metal dealers collector's licence fail to display copy of licence in business vehicle so it can be read</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>'-' = Nil</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(1) Includes Contrary to sections 10(1),(2),(3),(4),(5)and (6) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Convictions may exceed prosecutions in a given year because defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Ref: PQ 48591<strong><br></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 21/10/2016 13:52:39 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

50316

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of applicants for scrap metal dealer's licences who were not known to their local authority under the previous registration system.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	198269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No estimate has been made of the proportion of applicants for scrap metal <br>dealer's licences who were not known to their local authority under the <br>previous registration system</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones