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1175574

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date	03/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to change the rules on the use of social media by spectators in criminal court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	11486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>Rules on the use of social media by members of the public in the criminal courts are governed by the Criminal Practice Directions, issued by the Lord Chief Justice. Although filming, recording or photographing criminal proceedings is strictly prohibited, an individual may apply to the court to request permission to send live text-based communications, for example through social media platforms. Risks to the administration of justice posed by a member of the public using social media during criminal proceedings would be taken into account by the judge when considering an application. The relevant Practice Direction can be found at CPD 6C: <a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/2015/crim-practice-directions-I-general-matters-2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/2015/crim-practice-directions-I-general-matters-2015.pdf</a> .</p><p>The government is not aware of proposed amendments to this Direction.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, the Attorney General’s Office released a call for evidence on the risks posed by social media to the administration of justice following concerns about an increase in the number of individuals breaching Contempt of Court laws on social media. The response, published in March 2019, can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/783627/Call_For_Evidence_05.03.2019_v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/783627/Call_For_Evidence_05.03.2019_v2.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the government also published its Online Harms White Paper to gather views on the various aspects of the government’s plans for regulation and tackling online harms. It announced that the Law Commission will consider specific recommendations for reform to the criminal law and consultation on this is expected in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/02/2020 14:46:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1175585

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Acquittals: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reimbursing legal costs for defendants acquitted during legal trials.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	11493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has measures in place to reimburse acquitted defendants in the criminal courts. Defendants who have been granted legal aid for representation in the Crown Court are paid back the sum of any income contributions, which they have made, in full upon acquittal.</p><p> </p><p>Acquitted defendants who were financially ineligible for legal aid and who have paid privately for legal representation in the Magistrates’ or Crown Court are entitled to recover their costs at the legal aid rates, via a Defendant’s Cost Order.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 11/02/2020 16:07:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1174879

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	International Criminal Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding was allocated from the public purse to the International Criminal Court in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	10360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Contributions by States Parties to the International Criminal Court are financed in accordance with an agreed scale of assessment, based on the scale adopted by the United Nations for its regular budget, adjusted to take into account the differences in membership between the United Nations and the Court. Based on this agreed scale, the UK's contribution to the International Criminal Court for the last five years are outlined below:</p><ul><li>2015: €10,230,362</li><li>2016: €10,339,152</li><li>2017: €10,759,597</li><li>2018: €10,934,653</li><li>2019: €12,085,392</li></ul> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/02/2020 15:38:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1174882

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	International Criminal Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the meetings that officials in his Department have had with representatives of the International Criminal Court in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	10361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>No meetings have taken place between officials in the Ministry of Defence and representatives of the International Criminal Court in the 12 months to 31 January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 06/02/2020 12:25:39 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1174883

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional financial support her Department provides to vulnerable people who receive universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	10362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Millions of people who move onto Universal Credit from legacy benefits are better off, including around a million disabled households who will gain on average around £100 per month.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes seriously the need to support vulnerable claimants, and wants the application process for Universal Credit to be as quick and easy as possible, ensuring that claimants receive money at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland have supported over 180,000 individuals through the ‘Help to Claim’ provision since April 2019, offering tailored and practical support to help people make a Universal Credit claim up to receiving their first full correct payment on time. ‘Help to Claim’ is available online, on the phone and face-to-face in multiple locations including Jobcentres and Citizen’s Advice Bureaux.</p><p> </p><p>We have listened to feedback on how we can improve Universal Credit to support our claimants and acted quickly, making improvements such as extending advances, removing waiting days, and introducing housing benefit run on. These changes are giving support to those who need it most, whilst at the same time helping people get into work faster</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 8248 question first answered 04/02/2020 17:50:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1173599

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Homelessness: Hendon
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 steps he will take through the Rough Sleeping Strategy to eradicate homelessness in Hendon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. That is why we have committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament and to enforcing the Homelessness Reduction Act. The Government have allocated £437 million to tackle homelessness over 2020/2021. This marks an additional £69 million on what Government provided in 2019/20.</p><p>The Homelessness Reduction Act, the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades, came into force on 3 April 2018. It placed new duties on local housing authorities to take reasonable steps to try to prevent and relieve a person’s homelessness. Government have allocated £5,129,847 to the London Borough of Barnet for 20/21 to support them in delivering their duties under the Act. Barnet have also been allocated £636,845 for 20/21 as part of the Rough Sleeping Initiative. The Rough Sleeping Initiative funding is being used by councils to implement a number of initiatives which includes the following:</p><ul><li>Create street-based services including outreach teams who will locate and support rough sleepers directly on the streets and offer them access to services;</li></ul><ul><li>Establish first stage accommodation such as hostels, Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs and emergency access beds which provide warm and dry shelter, rapid assessment, and support to people who are already - or at risk of - sleeping rough;</li></ul><ul><li>Set up housing support providing stable, affordable accommodation and intensive wrap-around support to help people who are sleeping rough recover from complex issues and sustain their tenancies;</li></ul><ul><li>Introduce specialist support workers including Rough Sleeping Coordinators, navigators, and specialist health and care staff.</li></ul> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/02/2020 16:21:44 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1173601

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Homelessness: Finance
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 much funding has been allocated to tackling homelessness in financial year 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. That is why we have committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament and to enforcing the Homelessness Reduction Act. <br> <br>In 2019/20 £368 million was allocated to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This funding is comprised of programmes such as:</p><ul><li><strong>The Flexible Homelessness Support Grant </strong>which seeks to help local authorities plan and respond to their local homelessness pressures;</li><li><strong>The Rough Sleeping Initiative</strong> which is making an immediate impact on rough sleeping levels by funding local authorities to provide specialist services to help people off the streets and into secure accommodation;</li><li><strong>The Rapid Rehousing Pathway</strong> which puts in place the structures to ensure we prevent and quickly respond to rough sleeping in the longer term via a package of measures. This includes Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs which provide dry shelter, specialist navigators who act as a single point of contact, and funding to help source properties and improve tenancy sustainment.</li></ul><p>The Government have allocated £437 million to tackle homelessness over 2020/2021. This marks an additional £69 million on what Government provided in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/02/2020 16:22:21 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1173662

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional financial support her Department provides to vulnerable people who claim universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Millions of people who move onto Universal Credit from legacy benefits are better off, including around a million disabled households who will gain on average around £100 per month.</p><p> </p><p>The Department takes seriously the need to support vulnerable claimants, and wants the application process for Universal Credit to be as quick and easy as possible, ensuring that claimants receive money at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland have supported over 180,000 individuals through the ‘Help to Claim’ provision since April 2019, offering tailored and practical support to help people make a Universal Credit claim up to receiving their first full correct payment on time. ‘Help to Claim’ is available online, on the phone and face-to-face in multiple locations including Jobcentres and Citizen’s Advice Bureaux.</p><p> </p><p>We have listened to feedback on how we can improve Universal Credit to support our claimants and acted quickly, making improvements such as extending advances, removing waiting days, and introducing housing benefit run on. These changes are giving support to those who need it most, whilst at the same time helping people get into work faster</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 10362 question first answered 04/02/2020 17:50:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1172951

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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	Museums and Galleries: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of national museums charging for specific exhibitions.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>It is government policy to maintain free entry to the permanent collections of the national museums. However, DCMS-sponsored museums are entitled to charge for temporary specific exhibitions. Such exhibitions, in addition to helping generate income, are a vital part of the museums’ visitor offer. At any one time, the public will be able to enjoy a range of free and paid-for exhibitions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/01/2020 17:22:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1171604

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse is of his Department's advertising for High Flying Entertainment on Channel 4's (a) Film 4 (b) E4 and (c) More 4 television channels.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	4723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The cost of a 12 month sponsorship of Channel 4 / E4 High Flying Entertainment programming was £594,332.34 excluding VAT.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/01/2020 15:49:32 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord