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1180687

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Railways: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Transport and (b) Welsh Government on the roll-out of the railcard for veterans in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bracknell
tabling member printed	James Sunderland
uin	900910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>We are working closely together on the veterans railcard. My officials continue to work with both the Department for Transport and Welsh Government to ensure that the Veterans’ Railcard is accepted on services for which they are responsible.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 26/02/2020 16:03:27 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4767 label Biography information for James Sunderland

1180218

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women's Centres: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for Women's Centres.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	900827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of the challenges that women’s community services, including women’s centres, face in securing stable funding. Sustainable community provision that provides specialist support for vulnerable women is essential to delivering the Female Offender Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the Strategy in June 2018, we have invested £5.1 million funding in women’s services across England and Wales. With my officials, I am reviewing progress on delivering the Strategy 20 months on from its publication. This will include looking at the question of funding.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 17:48:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1180219

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to ensure legal aid is accessible to people that need it.
tabling member constituency	Bracknell
tabling member printed	James Sunderland
uin	900828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>Last year, the Legal Aid Agency spent around £1.7bn on legal aid for those who need it – this government is committed to maintaining access to justice. Wider than legal aid, we are enhancing the support on offer to litigants in person by providing a further £3m of funding and investing up to £5m in a Legal Support Innovation Fund.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are making a number of changes to legal aid. This includes undertaking a comprehensive review of the means test, improving and simplifying the exceptional case funding scheme, making face-to-face advice more readily available in a number of civil matters, and undertaking an awareness campaign for legal aid and legal support.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/02/2020 17:53:04 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4767 label Biography information for James Sunderland

1180220

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Medomsley Detention Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will commission an independent inquiry into the physical and sexual abuse at Medomsley Detention Centre.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	900829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>This is a highly emotive issue and I understand how difficult it must be for the survivors of abuse and their families.</p><p> </p><p>These matters remain the subject of a criminal investigation and legal action in the civil courts. Therefore, it would be inappropriate at present to commission an inquiry.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 17:50:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1180221

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of delays in the (a) charging and (b) requisitioning of suspects on the outcome of subsequent court cases.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	900832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The government has committed to recruiting 20,000 more police officers, investing £85 million in the CPS and doubled funding for support services to support victims of the most harmful crimes through the criminal justice process. I also welcome the announcement made by the Homes Secretary that the Government will review the use of pre-charge bail.</p><p> </p><p>We’re also working across the CJS to help agencies join up and make processes more effective and efficient.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/02/2020 17:57:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1180222

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that victims of child sexual exploitation have confidence in the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	900833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>Child sexual exploitation is an abhorrent crime and it is essential that specialist support is available to help victims of abuse through the criminal justice system to ensure victims have confidence to come forward. Independent Sexual Violence Advisors provide an important link between support services and criminal justice agencies and may support a victim when attending court and giving evidence. This is why we are an investing an additional £1m in recruiting more.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of special measures to help victims give their best evidence, for example from behind a screen or remotely. A Victim Personal Statement gives victims a voice in the criminal justice process by helping others to understand how the crime has affected them.</p><p> </p><p>We’re also determined to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice, which is why we’re recruiting 20,000 more police officers, investing £85m in more prosecutors and building 10,000 extra prison places.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/02/2020 17:53:55 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

1180223

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Maintenance Service: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of trends in waiting times for Child Maintenance Service appeals.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	900835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>I accept that waiting times for Child Maintenance Service appeals remain higher than we would like. I am pleased to say that we are working on measures to help reduce waiting times for those appealing to the Social Security and Child Support jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>We have recruited three more judges who will be able to hear Child Maintenance appeals in Wales, two of which will be available to sit at the Langstone tribunal venue in Newport. Furthermore, we are spending £1.2 billion on modernising the courts and tribunals system with a view to improving the experience of service users. 129 fee paid judges have been recruited to the SSCS jurisdiction in 2019, which will also greatly assist.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/02/2020 18:00:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1180455

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available from his Department to support local authority schemes on walking.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	20433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The detail of the funding that has been made available to local authorities and other organisations to support walking projects are set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Report to Parliament, published on 07 February 2020. The schemes that the Department has funded include projects to encourage walking to school, as well as improvements to infrastructure and the public realm to support walking in general. Further details will be announced at the Budget and Spending Review of the new funding for cycling and walking that was announced by the Prime Minister on 11 February 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 27/02/2020 15:41:08 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1179719

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Multinational Companies: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with multi-national corporations on their role in reducing carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	19878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering on our world-leading target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050. The UK was the first major economy to legislate for a net zero target, which will end our contribution to climate change.</p><p> </p><p>With our expert scientists, business leaders and innovators, the UK has already excelled at cutting emissions while creating wealth and we will continue to engage with domestic and international businesses of all sizes to look at opportunities to reduce their carbon emissions and also invest in and develop low carbon technologies, services and systems.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/02/2020 11:55:49 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1179724

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Capital Gains Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue that will accrue to the public purse from ending the exemption on primary or sole residences from capital gains tax.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	19883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The estimated cost of the exemption of Capital Gains Tax on gains on the disposal of a person’s main or only residence was £26.7bn for 2017-18. Further information is provided in the official statistics on non-structural tax reliefs that are available here: <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></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/02/2020 11:50:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed