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770069

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review the rules on Disclosure and Barring Service checks that cover the criminal convictions of children being carried over into adulthood.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	107718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government keeps the framework governing the disclosure of criminal records under constant consideration in order to ensure the disclosure and barring arrangements continue to strike the right balance between safeguarding vulnerable groups and enabling offenders, including those who have received a conviction or caution aged under 18, to put their offending behind them.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/10/2017 12:00:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

770088

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse to date is of the Boundary Commission for England's 2018 Review.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	107681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The cost to the public purse of the Boundary Commission for England’s 2018 Review to date is £3.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/10/2017 09:58:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

769624

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking under the (a) UK statutory and (b) international legal framework to improve rates of prosecution for British Citizens for participation in (i) acts of genocide and (b) war crimes committed abroad.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	107313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>On 21 September 2017, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to adopt UK-proposed Daesh Accountability Resolution 2379, which requests the UN Secretary General to establish an Investigative Team headed by a Special Adviser to collect, preserve and store evidence of Daesh crimes, beginning in Iraq.</p><p>The UK will work alongside the UN, Government of Iraq and other partners to implement Resolution 2379, ensuring that everything possible is done to hold Daesh to account for their crimes. This could potentially include the Team sharing evidence of crimes committed by British citizens in Iraq with UK authorities.</p><p>Within the CPS, all allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are dealt with by a team of specially trained prosecutors in the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD). CTD work closely with the war crimes team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) under well established guidelines, details of which can be found here <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html#b" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html#b</a></p><p>Each case investigated by the police which is referred to the CPS is considered on its own merits. A charging decision is then made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/10/2017 10:22:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

769668

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate the Government has made of the amount her Department will receive from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in each year from 2018 to 2022; what proportion of that funding will be allocated to (a) the PE and Sport Premium, (b) the Healthy Pupils Capital Programme and (c) any other related sport and healthy living initiative in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	107382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The government wants all pupils to be healthy and active. Every penny of England’s share of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy will be spent on projects that improve child health. The Department for Education will receive £575m from the levy, with revenue used to:</p><ul><li>Double funding for the Primary PE and Sport Premium to £320m a year from 2017 to 2020. £415m of the funding for the doubled premium will be provided through the Soft Drinks Levy across FY17-18 to FY19-20.</li></ul><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 2017-18</p></td><td><p>£95m*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Funding for premium is paid in academic years, with 7/12ths of the funding paid in the autumn term and the remaining 5/12ths in the summer term. This is the autumn payment of the 17/18 AY. Figures have been rounded.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY 2018-19</p></td><td><p>£160m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2019-20</p></td><td><p>£160m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li>Provide £100m in 2018/19 for a new healthy pupils’ capital fund.</li><li>Provide £60m to other relevant projects, for example breakfast clubs. The profile for this funding is yet to be agreed.</li></ul><p>Funding for 2020-21 onwards will be assigned at the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/10/2017 08:31:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

769722

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has of the potential merits of introducing a licensing system for online purchases of knives for certain trades.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	107316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>We have no plans to introduce a licensing system for the online purchases of knives. We have published a consultation on new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons, which includes proposals to prevent knives sold online being delivered to a private residential address, and ensuring instead they are collected in person at a place where age ID can be checked.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/10/2017 11:58:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

769723

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to meet knife manufacturers and suppliers in advance of the proposed changes to regulation of the sale of knives online.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	107315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>I have no plans to meet specific knife manufacturers and suppliers in relation to the proposals outlined in the consultation launched on 14 October. We invite interested parties to provide their views to the consultation, which will be taken into account in our response. The consultation is available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/10/2017 11:56:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

769725

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to issue consultation on the sale of knives online.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	107319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The consultation on proposed new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons has been published on 14 October. The consultation is available in gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/10/2017 11:57:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

769731

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons hon. Members' telephone access to UK Visas and Immigration has been reduced.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	107358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The UKVI MP Account Management teams offered a reduced phone service from 11am -1.30pm and 2.00– 4pm since the beginning of summer recess to enable them to respond to an unprecedented increase in written enquiries from Members of Parliament. Hon. Members continue to be able to contact their MP Account Managers direct to raise urgent enquiries outside of these operating times.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing the operational hours of the service has helped ensure that the teams continue to deliver a balanced level of service both on the phones and in writing. Records show that the teams are handling similar call volumes in the reduced operating hours.</p><p> </p><p>From 10 October the phone service hours were increased to 11am to 4pm and they will continue to be reviewed weekly with a view to returning to the full service hours of 9am – 5pm.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/10/2017 11:47:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

769734

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to ensure that bona fide business and personal visitors from African countries to the UK receive an efficient and courteous visa service.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	107377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>UKVisas and Immigration continually reviews its global visa operation to improve performance, incorporating customer and partner feedback to ensure value for money while maintaining excellent customer service.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/10/2017 11:35:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

769741

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the extent of use of .50 calibre rifles in incidents of criminal activity.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	107492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>On 14 October we published the paper ”Consultation on new legislation on offensive and dangerous weapons”. This included the proposal to make 0.50 calibre rifles subject to the controls on section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968. This is in response to concerns about such a powerful rifle only being subject to the controls in section 1 of the Firearms Act 1968 and the nature of the current threat to security we are facing. We are aware of one criminal incident involving the theft of such a firearm which was subsequently recovered.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/10/2017 16:11:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew