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1050545

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date	29/01/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194050 on Crown Prosecution Service: Staff, what the figure was for prosecutions for minor motoring offences (a) at the beginning of that period (b) at the end of that period.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	213930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of prosecuted defendants by twelve Principal Offence Categories, including the category of Motoring Offences.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of summary-only prosecutions at magistrates’ courts allocated to the Motoring Offences category for both the 12 months ending September 2008 and September 2018 and the change in both volume and percent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Year Ending September 2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year Ending September 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume change</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Change</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS Motoring Prosecution Caseload</p></td><td><p>367,905</p></td><td><p>95,726</p></td><td><p>-272,179</p></td><td><p>-74.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: Case Management Information System</p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate figures to show separately the volume and outcome of proceedings for individual offences within the Motoring Offences category.</p><p> </p><p>While the number of overall prosecutions has decreased during the period, the highest fall in caseload has been in magistrates’ courts, where volumes reduced by 54.1%. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/02/2019 13:54:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1050582

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) the CPS employs and (b) who were employed by the CPS in May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	213937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service employed 5,946 staff at 31 December 2018 and 8,569 staff at 30 June 2010. CPS HR management information in relation to staff in post is only available from June 2010.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/02/2019 13:46:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1041761

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the upgrading of old SMETS1 meters so they have SMETS2 functionality, which types of SMETS1 meters will be enrolled into each phase of the upgrade programme; and which types of SMETS1 meters are not included in those plans.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	208764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government expects all significant populations of SMETS1 meters to be enrolled into the national smart metering communications infrastructure run by the Data and Communications Company (DCC).</p><p> </p><p>The Government has put an obligation on energy suppliers to ensure that all consumers with a smart meter will retain smart services upon switching by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/01/2019 15:26:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1038556

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for careless and inconsiderate driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 were made by each police force in each year since 30 September 2008.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	206732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Data held by the Ministry of Justice relates to the number of prosecutions broken down by the police force area where the defendant was dealt with.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prosecutions for careless and inconsiderate driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 broken down by the police force area where the defendants were dealt with in court over the last decade is in the public domain. This information is in the Motoring data tool found here:</p><p><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><ul><li><p>For prosecutions, ensure ‘2: Magistrates’ Court’ is selected in the ‘Court Type’ filter.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Quarterly figures within individual calendar years can be examined by opening the field list and placing the ‘Quarter’ variable under columns.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Move the ‘Motoring offence group’ variable to Filters, and filter it to ‘24. Careless driving offences (excl. mobile phone offences)’. This offence group includes 'Driving without due care and attention', 'Failure to comply with an order to stop a moving vehicle' and 'Other careless driving offences and racing'.</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><p>Drag ‘Police Force Area’ in to the rows section.</p><p> </p></li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/01/2019 16:29:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1038560

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Part-time Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 19 December to Question 203781 on Disabled Students Allowances: Part-time Education, if he will publish a breakdown expenditure under that allowance in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	206733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>As at August 2018, provisional data provided by the Student Loans Company (SLC), shows that £2 million has so far been paid to English part-time students in Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) for equipment. This compares to £1.4 million paid at the same point in the academic year 2016/17.</p><p>Final data for 2016/17 provided by the SLC shows £1.6 million was paid to English domiciled part-time students in DSA for equipment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/01/2019 15:00:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1038562

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Part-time Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 203781 on Disabled Students Allowances: Part-time Education, from which budget was the additional funding for the Disabled Students Allowances in 2017-18 allocated.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	206734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Each year, as part of the Main and Supplementary Estimates process, Parliament approves the total spend against specific objectives (within agreed budgetary limits). It is against these limits that the departmental group, as guided by HM Treasury’s spending control framework, is held accountable for its performance and the use of taxpayers’ funds.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/01/2019 16:58:15 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1035116

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much corporation tax was paid by social enterprises in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	205161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Many social enterprises are liable to Corporation Tax. HMRC does not collect the level of detail on Corporation Tax returns to estimate revenue received from social enterprises. To do so would present an additional compliance burden to businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/01/2019 14:49:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1035117

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend corporation tax rules for social enterprises to include social enterprise social impact costs to be considered under allowances and charges not included in calculation of trading profits and losses.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	205162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises the contribution that businesses can make in addressing social issues in the UK.</p><p>Charities do not pay tax on most types of income, as long as they use the money for charitable purposes. Corporate donations to charities are also deductible from taxable profits.</p><p>Many social enterprises are companies. As such, they are subject to corporation tax on their profits, and eligible for the same tax reliefs as any other company.</p><p>Providing special tax treatment for social impact costs would be costly, complex to administer, difficult to defend against abuse, and could lead to competitive distortions.</p><p>To help address the challenges that social enterprises face raising capital, the government introduced the Social Investment Tax Relief in 2014 to support investment in social enterprises across the UK.</p><p>In April 2017, the government increased the amount of investment that qualifying social enterprises could raise through this relief to £1.5 million.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/01/2019 14:50:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1035118

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will he make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the amount of corporation tax payable by a social enterprise if the amount spent on social impact of the enterprise is 50 per cent or more of that enterprise's previous year’s profits.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	205163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The government recognises the important contribution that businesses can make in addressing social issues in the UK.</p><p>However, providing special tax treatment for social impact costs would be costly, complex to administer, difficult to defend against abuse, and could lead to competitive distortions.</p><p>To help address the challenges that social enterprises face raising capital, the government introduced the Social Investment Tax Relief in 2014 to support investment in social enterprises across the UK.</p><p>In April 2017, the government increased the amount of investment that qualifying social enterprises could raise through this relief to £1.5 million.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/01/2019 14:44:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1035120

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Leasehold: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish the results of the consultation into Implementing reforms to the leasehold system.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	205164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s consultation, “Implementing reforms to the leasehold system”, set out how the Government intends to tackle excessive and unjustifiable practices in the leasehold system. We are currently analysing responses and plan to publish the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2019 15:09:59 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe