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1184606

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Music: Copyright
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the annual cost to the UK music industry of unpaid copyright payments.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	28637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the annual cost to the UK music industry of unpaid copyright payments. Copyright licensing is a private, commercial matter between the parties concerned and the Government is not involved in these agreements.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/03/2020 13:17:13 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1184607

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Arts: Copyright
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the gross cost to UK artists of copyright payments avoided in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	28638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the gross cost to UK artists of copyright payments avoided in the UK. Copyright licensing is a private, commercial matter between the parties concerned and the Government is not involved in these agreements.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 17/03/2020 13:27:10 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1184608

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Musicians: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of EU-based musicians that have performed in the UK in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	28639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. However, this Government recognises the important contribution made by EU-based musicians to this country’s live music industry. The UK already attracts world class artists, entertainers and musicians and we will continue to do so in the future. Future reciprocal mobility arrangements are subject to negotiation and DCMS has been working closely with the music industry to inform these discussions.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/03/2020 10:36:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1184609

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of music tourists from EU countries that have come to the UK in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	28640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>My department has not made a direct estimate of the number of music tourists from EU countries that have come to the UK in each of the last five years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>VisitBritain research shows that in 2017, over 2.6m international visitors attended a live music event while visiting the UK, representing 7% of the total visitors received.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 17/03/2020 14:35:12 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1184612

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 75 or over have been prosecuted for failure to hold a TV licence in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	28641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of television license fees up to December 2018. The number of prosecutions of individuals aged 75 or over can be found in the accompanying table.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/03/2020 12:30:15 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ_28641table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1184424

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women gave birth (a) inside each prison and (b) on the way from prison to hospital in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (iii) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	28076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>Every effort is made to transfer pregnant women to hospital to give birth. On the rare occasions that births take place in prisons, it is owing to the unpredictability of labour.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not currently collected centrally as a matter of routine. Information on births in prisons is recorded by the prison, and on births in transit from prison to hospital by either the prison or the NHS Trust, depending on the mode of transport used. It would not be possible to collect and collate this information without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>I am able to state, however, on the basis of specific data collection exercises we have conducted, that there were fewer than five births in prison in 2018. We are unable to publish a more specific number because this would risk identifying individuals and therefore confidentiality, which contravenes the Data Protection Act.</p><p> </p><p>We are conducting a review of our policy on Mother and Baby Units, which includes looking at how we can improve the data available in relation to pregnancy and births. This is a complex area and there are sensitive issues relating to use of confidential medical information. The review is due to be published in the summer.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/03/2020 17:02:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1184428

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of pregnant women placed in solitary confinement in each prison in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019; and what the average length of time was for each woman to be placed in solitary confinement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	28080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>HMPPS does not hold people in solitary confinement but there are occasions where, for their own safety or that of others and in line with PSO 1700, prisoners are segregated from the main population of the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Our policy is clear that pregnant women should only be held in segregation exceptionally. Healthcare visits and assessments by a doctor and healthcare staff take place regularly on segregation units to ensure that prisoners can be removed from segregation if there are any physical or mental health grounds to do so. An initial healthcare screen is completed by a doctor or registered nurse within two hours of a prisoner being placed in segregation.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold central data on the number of pregnant women that have been placed in segregation units, although governors of individual prisons will be aware of numbers of pregnant women in segregation in their establishment.</p><p> </p><p>We are conducting a review of our policy on Mother and Baby Units, which includes looking at what information related to pregnancy and birth can be collected centrally and published. The review is due to be published in the Summer.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/03/2020 15:30:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1184456

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Williams Rail Review will be published before the Easter 2020 recess.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	28095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Williams Rail Review white paper is expected to be published before the summer recess.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 16/03/2020 17:16:05 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1183911

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 75 and over were in receipt of pension credit in each year from 2015 to 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	27560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>It is important to highlight that in 2017/18 there were around 1.7 million Pension Credit claimants, receiving around £5.1 billion of Pension Credit payments.</p><p>The Government wants to make sure that all pensioners eligible can claim the Pension Credit to which they are entitled. That is why on the 10 February we launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of Pension Credit. The aim of the campaign is to encourage those over State Pension age to check whether they’re eligible. We want to make it clear that having savings, a pension or owning a home are not automatic barriers to receiving Pension Credit; as well as explaining that even a small award of Pension Credit can provide access to a range of other benefits such as help with rent, council tax reduction schemes and heating costs.</p><p>The campaign includes a short, animated video that is being shown in GP waiting rooms and in Post Offices. It is also being shown to Facebook users over State Pension age and supported by other messaging on social media. We have also made the video and campaign materials available for stakeholders to use, as we know they are often one of the first places people turn to for information about Pension Credit.</p><p>An important part of our overall strategy to promote take-up is engaging with people who may be eligible to benefits at pivotal stages, such as when they claim State Pension or Attendance Allowance or report a change in their circumstances which may mean that they could be eligible for Pension Credit.</p><p>Pension Credit is an income-related benefit, which means that entitlement to the benefit will depend on an individual’s particular circumstances. It is therefore not possible to identify each person that is eligible, which is why we are encouraging people who think they may be eligible for Pension Credit to use the online Pension Credit calculator <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator</a> to check if they are likely to be eligible and get an estimate of what they may receive.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Pension Credit claimants aged 75 and over between the years of 2015 and 2019 is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Pension Credit Claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>926,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>951,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>993,031</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,033,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,102,497</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: Pension Credit is paid per household rather than per person like other benefits, therefore a Pension Credit Claimant can represent more than one person in receipt of Pension Credit. These figures represent the number of claimants as at August each year and represents those households where the main claimant is aged 75 and over and receiving payment.</p><p> </p><p>The information is published and available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/03/2020 10:10:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1183505

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Musicians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she (a) has recently taken and (b) plans to take to engage the music industry on ensuring that the visa and immigration system supports the needs of that sector.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	26847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Free Movement will end on 31 December 2020 with the end of the Transition Period. Following the end of the Transition Period EEA and Swiss nationals will be able to continue to travel to the UK for holidays or short-term trips, without needing a visa. The current Immigration Rules, including those for visitors, contain a wide range of provisions to cater for artists, entertainers and musicians.</p><p>The Home Office continues to engage with DCMS and the creative sector to ensure the future immigration system contributes to the thriving cultural sector in the UK.</p><p>More detailed analysis on the points-based system and individual routes will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/03/2020 16:38:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens