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1466101

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date	26/05/2022
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	World Heritage Sites
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 steps she is taking to support bids for the Tentative List for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	900247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>My officials, supported by advisers from Historic England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, have been running open information sessions and workshops for applicants to provide advice and support, ahead of the 15th July deadline.</p><p>There has been interest from a fascinating range of prospective sites from across the UK and Overseas Territories and I look forward to their applications.</p><p>We encourage heritage related projects to apply to grant schemes available through the Government’s Arm’s Length Bodies and partners where eligible, such as Historic England or through the National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Heritage Memorial Fund.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/05/2022 09:48:06 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1466102

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Arts: Community Development
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 steps the Government is taking to support community arts projects.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	900249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>DCMS provides funding to community arts projects in England through our arm’s-length body, Arts Council England.</p><p>They are committed to supporting community arts projects, and have identified &quot;Cultural Communities&quot; as a key focus of its 10 year strategy “Let’s Create”.</p><p>One recently funded project is in Bath constituency; Bath Carnival CIC were recently awarded £79,000 from National Lottery Project Grants to support their 2022 community carnival inspired by the theme ‘Natural Habitats’.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/05/2022 09:47:02 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1466103

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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	Arts: North of England
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 steps she is taking to promote and strengthen creative industries in the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	900251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>We strongly believe that our booming creative industries can drive growth in towns and cities across our country, including in the north of England.</p><p>We have a number of initiatives underway to strengthen those industries, including £17.5m to expand the Creative Scale Up programme, supporting access to finance for high growth creative firms outside London. This builds on the successful pilot that has supported over 200 businesses in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and West of England. I was in Manchester this month to meet some of the alumni from that.</p><p>Seven places in the North have received funding from the Cultural Development Fund to support creative initiatives, including Wakefield, Grimsby, Barnsley, Berwick-on-Tweed, Middlesbrough, Rochdale and Stockport.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 26/05/2022 12:44:54 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1466110

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the CPS in ensuring access to justice for the victims of crime.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	900268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, the CPS prosecuted: 69 alleged terrorists of which 63 were convicted. Over 19,000 alleged violent crimes, with a conviction rate of over 75%. Over 10,000 hate crimes, nearly 11,000 domestic abuse crimes and in that same year the Government introduced a Victims Code to ensure that victims are placed at the heart of the criminal justice system and that their voices are heard.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/05/2022 15:54:55 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1466111

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Economic Crime: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Government is taking to improve prosecution rates for (a) fraud and (b) economic crime.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	900269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>In the year ending September 2021, the CPS prosecuted 7,609 defendants where Fraud and Forgery were the principal offence. 84.9% of those defendants were convicted. In the last five years, the SFO secured reparations for criminal behaviour for organisations it investigated totalling over £1.3bn.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS deploy a network of prosecutors around the world to help extradite suspects and secure the evidence needed to bring criminals to justice in this jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced the Online Safety Bill, requiring all companies to take robust action against illegal content. Companies will need to remove material that amounts to an offence in the UK regardless of where in the world it originated.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/05/2022 15:50:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1466112

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for (a) sexual assault and (b) rape offences.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	900270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>This Government is determined to increase the number of rape and sexual assault cases going to court.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS is undertaking extensive work to drive up and improve prosecutions through its Joint National RASSO Action Plan with the police, the Rape Strategy, and the Operation Soteria Path Finders, which are testing methods for best practice in six CPS Areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since publication of its strategy, the CPS has continued to see increases in the number of rape charges, prosecutions and convictions.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/05/2022 15:53:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1466298

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Rail Industry Associations criteria for the new railway body, Great British Railways, what steps he has taken to ensure the implementation of Great British Railways will result in no hiatus to current work.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department and the Great British Railways Transition Team are continuing to work with the rail sector, including private companies, to ensure a common understanding of the vision, establish the phases of delivery, and work collectively with the sector to design our new guiding mind for the railways, Great British Railways. The Department will continue to work with Network Rail (NR) to deliver current workstreams, including the Control Period 6 programme of work, the schemes outlined in the Integrated Rail Plan including the next phase of the Midland Mainline electrification.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 06/06/2022 11:28:01 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1466300

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Rail Industry Associations criteria for the new railway body, Great British Railways, what steps his Department taking to ensure they are clear and transparent with rail suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department and the Great British Railways Transition Team are continuing to work with the rail sector to ensure a common understanding of the vision, establish the phases of delivery, and work collectively with the sector to design our new guiding mind for the railways, Great British Railways. We are ensuring this engagement is as open and transparent as possible.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 06/06/2022 11:30:30 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1466301

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Rail Industry Associations criteria for the new railway body, Great British Railways, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Great British Railways leave a positive legacy, including in safety, decarbonisation, exports and the economy.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	9979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department and the Great British Railways Transition Team are working with the rail sector to design and establish the new guiding mind for the railways, Great British Railways, to ensure our railway meets the future needs of passengers, freight customers and the wider economy.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 06/06/2022 10:28:39 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1466306

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dredging: Port of Tyne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of evidence from the Port of Tyne’s Response to Proposed Changes in CEFAS Action Levels for Sea Disposal of Dredged Sediment (January 2022), and the British Ports Association’s Proposed Cefas Guideline Action Levels - Review of Cost Implications (May 2021) both of which suggest that the proposed Action Levels would have an adverse impact on the region.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	10024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Defra is reviewing information provided from the Port of Tyne and other stakeholders in response to proposals for changes to Action Levels for sea disposal of dredged sediment, as well as evidence from work carried out by Cefas, and no decision has yet been made. Officials will continue to engage with stakeholders including those from the River Tyne to ensure we fully understand the impacts of the proposals for the region. Before implementing any proposed changes, an impact assessment will be completed. We will communicate the next steps in the review of Action Levels shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The sediment transport pathways in the Tyne means that there is both a legacy contamination issue and transport of pollutants down the catchment where they are contributing to the issues. Action is therefore being taken via the Water and Abandoned Metal Mines Programme to control inputs of metals which pollute more than 150kms of rivers in the Tyne catchment and to alleviate problems in the estuary. This is supported by our proposed target tackling metal pollution under the Environment Act to reduce the length of rivers and estuaries polluted by target substances from abandoned metal mines, which we are currently consulting on.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 10025 10026 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:28:12 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne