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1050023

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Lotteries
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 he is taking to support lotteries.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	213468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring both society lotteries and the National Lottery are able to thrive and am currently considering responses to the recent consultation on reforms to society lotteries. The consultation seeks to achieve a balance between enabling growth in the society lottery sector, while also protecting the unique position of the UK-wide National Lottery, which has raised over £39 billion for good causes since it started in 1994.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of supporting the National Lottery, work has begun with the Gambling Commission on preparations for the next licence competition, and this year is an important one for the National Lottery in marking its 25th Anniversary. I am looking forward to supporting those celebrations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 213469 question first answered 31/01/2019 15:13:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1050024

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Lotteries: Prize Money
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the prize limit for society lotteries.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	213469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring both society lotteries and the National Lottery are able to thrive and am currently considering responses to the recent consultation on reforms to society lotteries. The consultation seeks to achieve a balance between enabling growth in the society lottery sector, while also protecting the unique position of the UK-wide National Lottery, which has raised over £39 billion for good causes since it started in 1994.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of supporting the National Lottery, work has begun with the Gambling Commission on preparations for the next licence competition, and this year is an important one for the National Lottery in marking its 25th Anniversary. I am looking forward to supporting those celebrations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 213468 question first answered 31/01/2019 15:13:16 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1048073

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the full list of the goods and services subject to the five per cent VAT rate; and how much revenue has been raised to the Exchequer from each of those goods and services in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	212616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The full list of the goods and services subject to the five percent VAT rate are provided in Schedule 7A Part 1 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994. Additionally, the list can also be viewed online in the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-of-vat-on-different-goods-and-services.</p><p> </p><p>The information on revenue impacts is not available for all items on this list, because information at this level of detail is not requested on the VAT return.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes estimates, using other data sources, of the cost to the Exchequer of some of the main categories of supplies subject to the reduced rate of 5%, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a> and at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a> .</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/01/2019 17:04:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1048076

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Lotteries: Charities
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 assessment he has made of the benefits to charities of the prize limit on society lotteries (a) increasing and (b) increasing to £1 million.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	212617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The De Minimis Assessment which accompanied the society lotteries reform consultation outlined the assessments made of the benefits to good causes of the proposals to increase sales and prize limits, including increasing the per draw prize limit to £1 million (link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720931/society_lottery_dma_pdf_final.pdf).</p><p> </p><p>The assessment shows that increasing these limits in line with the Government’s preferred options is likely to increase the amount of money charities and others can raise for the good causes they support. We are not in a position to quantify this at present, as we do not know how many large society lotteries will increase their sales and prize limits, or change their business models to account for the changes being proposed.</p><p> </p><p>I am currently considering the views expressed in the consultation, from meeting with stakeholders and members, including those in favour and those against these reforms, and I hope to respond in the first half of the year. I am happy to have further meetings with the Rt Hon Member and others before our response is published.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 212618 212619 question first answered 30/01/2019 12:17:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1048077

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Lotteries
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit to good causes of regulatory reforms to society lotteries.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	212618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The De Minimis Assessment which accompanied the society lotteries reform consultation outlined the assessments made of the benefits to good causes of the proposals to increase sales and prize limits, including increasing the per draw prize limit to £1 million (link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720931/society_lottery_dma_pdf_final.pdf).</p><p> </p><p>The assessment shows that increasing these limits in line with the Government’s preferred options is likely to increase the amount of money charities and others can raise for the good causes they support. We are not in a position to quantify this at present, as we do not know how many large society lotteries will increase their sales and prize limits, or change their business models to account for the changes being proposed.</p><p> </p><p>I am currently considering the views expressed in the consultation, from meeting with stakeholders and members, including those in favour and those against these reforms, and I hope to respond in the first half of the year. I am happy to have further meetings with the Rt Hon Member and others before our response is published.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 212617 212619 question first answered 30/01/2019 12:17:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1048078

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	Lotteries
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 representations he has received opposing (a) reforms to society lotteries and (b) proposals to raise the maximum prize limit to £1 million.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	212619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The De Minimis Assessment which accompanied the society lotteries reform consultation outlined the assessments made of the benefits to good causes of the proposals to increase sales and prize limits, including increasing the per draw prize limit to £1 million (link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720931/society_lottery_dma_pdf_final.pdf).</p><p> </p><p>The assessment shows that increasing these limits in line with the Government’s preferred options is likely to increase the amount of money charities and others can raise for the good causes they support. We are not in a position to quantify this at present, as we do not know how many large society lotteries will increase their sales and prize limits, or change their business models to account for the changes being proposed.</p><p> </p><p>I am currently considering the views expressed in the consultation, from meeting with stakeholders and members, including those in favour and those against these reforms, and I hope to respond in the first half of the year. I am happy to have further meetings with the Rt Hon Member and others before our response is published.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 212617 212618 question first answered 30/01/2019 12:17:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1045672

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sex offenders convicted in each of the last five years were sentenced to a (a) non-custodial sentence, (b) custodial sentence of less than six months, (c) custodial sentence of 6-12 months, (d) custodial sentence of one-five years, (e) a custodial sentence of 5-10 years and (f) a custodial sentence of more than 10 years by sexual offence type.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	210626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of offenders sentenced to custody for sexual offences, broken down by offence and length of sentence, is available in the “Outcomes by offence data tool” at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/Government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>To obtain the requested data, carry out the following steps:</p><ul><li><p>Remove the ‘Values’ field from Rows</p></li><li><p>Select 2013 to 2017 in the ‘Year’ field</p></li><li><p>Filter ‘Offence group’ to ‘02: Sexual offences’</p></li><li><p>Drag the ‘Offence’ field into Rows</p></li><li><p>Drag all the ‘Custody’ fields into Values (this can also be done by ticking the boxes for each field and ensuring the ‘Values’ field this creates is in Rows)</p></li><li><p>For each requested sentence length period, combine the values of the relevant custodial sentence lengths</p></li><li>For those sentenced to a non-custodial sentence, drag the ‘Sentenced’ and ‘Total Immediate Custody’ fields into Values and take the difference as the number of non-custodial sentences.</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/01/2019 16:42:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1041251

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Neighbourhood Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Neighbourhood Plan (General) Regulations 2012, what the average time is between submitting an application for designation of a neighbourhood area and the decision on a plan proposal.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	208236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The time taken to produce a neighbourhood plan will depend on its complexity and the resources available within a community. We do not formally monitor the production of neighbourhood plans.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/01/2019 17:08:46 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037867

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on future trade agreements between the UK and non-EU countries of the UK remaining within a WTO-defined customs union with the EU (a) after 29 March 2019, (b) during the transition period and (c) after the transition period ends.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, the UK will be free to negotiate, sign, and ratify FTAs during the Implementation Period.</p><p> </p><p>During the Backstop, if it were ever to come into effect, we would be free to operate our own independent trade policy, including by negotiating our own FTAs, and implementing the areas that don’t affect the functioning of the backstop - including services and investment.</p><p> </p><p>As agreed in the Political Declaration, the UK’s future relationship with the EU must recognise the development of an independent UK trade policy. The government has been clear that we will not be in the Single Market or the Customs Union as part of this.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 15/01/2019 13:29:24 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037959

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of foreign national offenders from an EU-27 member state have been prevented from entering the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	206314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Border Force prevents travel of known terrorists and serious criminals prior to their arrival in the UK with the use of API and PNR data received from carriers. Through advanced analysis of data and intelligence Border Force devises electronic rules to target persons of interest that can be shared with Border 5 partners and other government departments overseas, to secure borders not only in the country of potential risk, but globally to mitigate any threat.</p><p><br>One of Border Force’s priorities is the management of the Pre-Departure Checks Scheme (PDCS) which is designed to deny boarding to high risk in-dividuals identified by the Security Services and Home Office Special Cases Directorate.</p><p><br>The Authority to Carry Scheme has been in operation since 2015; this ena-bles Border Force to offload a passenger pre-departure, including those passengers that have Exclusion Orders, Deportation Orders or travelling on an invalid document.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2019 15:44:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel