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909043

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals has the National Crime Agency received from the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to potential criminal activity under (a) section 327-9 and (b) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	146240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The NCA is the lead agency for the response to serious and organised crime in the UK. As described in the NCA’s 2017 / 2018 Annual Plan, the remit of the NCA is particularly focused on tackling criminality at ‘the high end of high risk’. High-end money laundering has been identified as one of the top six national priorities for agencies tackling serious and organised crime – accordingly it is a key priority for the NCA. A range of other agencies are involved in investigating and prosecuting money laundering activity.</p><p>Potential money laundering investigations can be identified and triggered in different ways, such as tips, suspicious activity reports, or referrals from regulatory authorities including the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority; or through parallel investigations into a predicate offence where there are suspected proceeds of crime. The NCA does not routinely comment on specific referrals or the number of investigations underway related to particular offences.</p><p>The NCA’s 2017/2018 Annual Plan can be found here: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/889-nca-annual-plan-2018" target="_blank">www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/889-nca-annual-plan-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 146241 question first answered 25/05/2018 15:47:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

909044

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations are being undertaking by the National Crime Agency into offences committed under (a) section 327-329 and (b) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	146241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The NCA is the lead agency for the response to serious and organised crime in the UK. As described in the NCA’s 2017 / 2018 Annual Plan, the remit of the NCA is particularly focused on tackling criminality at ‘the high end of high risk’. High-end money laundering has been identified as one of the top six national priorities for agencies tackling serious and organised crime – accordingly it is a key priority for the NCA. A range of other agencies are involved in investigating and prosecuting money laundering activity.</p><p>Potential money laundering investigations can be identified and triggered in different ways, such as tips, suspicious activity reports, or referrals from regulatory authorities including the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority; or through parallel investigations into a predicate offence where there are suspected proceeds of crime. The NCA does not routinely comment on specific referrals or the number of investigations underway related to particular offences.</p><p>The NCA’s 2017/2018 Annual Plan can be found here: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/889-nca-annual-plan-2018" target="_blank">www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/889-nca-annual-plan-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 146240 question first answered 25/05/2018 15:47:23 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

909046

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been initiated by the (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office against corporate bodies for offences committed under (i) section 327-329 and (ii) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	146242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>This answer is based on ‎reference having been intended to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 rather than 2017.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions against corporate bodies for offences committed under (i) section 327-329 and (ii) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Nor is it possible to identify whether the defendant was a corporate body. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The SFO has not prosecuted any cases under these sections of the 2002 Act.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/05/2018 14:18:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

909047

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations HMRC is undertaking into corporate bodies, in relation to offences under (a) section 327-329 and (b) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	146243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>HMRC cannot comment on ongoing criminal investigations into individuals or businesses.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC is committed to tackling money laundering, including the abuse of corporate entities, and investigates companies where money laundering can be attributed to individuals who are directing minds of the company.</p><p>HMRC also investigates individuals who are officers of companies but are prosecuted for their personal behaviours rather than that of the company. HMRC’s records do not categorise whether investigations and subsequent convictions are in respect of the individual working as an officer for the company or in relation to their personal activity.</p><p>In the last three years, HMRC has achieved 101 convictions for POCA money laundering and Money Laundering Regulation offences.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC received investment at Autumn Budget 2017 to increase its capability and target the facilitators of tax crime and money laundering, including enforcing provisions in the Criminal Finances Act 2017, which will deliver an additional £700m by 2023.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a strong track record of tackling those who have evaded their responsibilities or those who have facilitated tax evasion and is successful in over 90% of prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/05/2018 15:53:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

909048

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions HMRC have initiated as a result of breaches of the (a) Proceeds of Crime Act 2017 and (b) Money Laundering Regulations 2007 and 2017 by Trust and Company Service providers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	146244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>In 2017/18 HMRC secured 46 Positive Charging Decisions against individuals for POCA money laundering or regulatory offences from the relevant prosecution authorities. Of these 46, three were individuals associated with Trust and Company Service Providers, seven were individuals associated with other regulated business and the remaining 36 were individuals where the money laundering was part of wider criminality.</p><p> </p><p>This reflects HMRC’s multi-faceted role in identifying and tackling money laundering, including abuses of businesses it supervises under the Money Laundering Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecution is but one option available to HMRC, and as part of its wider remit, also focuses on supervisory interventions to ensure businesses are complying with their obligations.</p><p> </p><p>The actions HMRC takes to discharge those supervisory responsibilities and it wider role in tackling financial crime, are described in a recent publication ‘Report on Tackling Financial Crime in the Supervised Sectors 2015-2017’</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/704163/Report_on_Tackling_Financial_Crime_in_the_supervised_sectors_2015_to_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/704163/Report_on_Tackling_Financial_Crime_in_the_supervised_sectors_2015_to_2017.pdf</a></p><p>HMRC has a strong track record of tackling those who have evaded their responsibilities or those who have facilitated tax evasion and is successful in over 90% of prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/05/2018 15:54:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

906402

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	Construction
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 steps his Department is taking to support economic growth in the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	145337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The wider construction sector, including products manufacturing and associated professional services, had a turnover of £370 billion, generating 9% of UK Gross Value Added. It also accounts for around 9% of all employment in the UK. To improve productivity and support growth in the sector, the Government will invest £170m from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund in the Transforming Construction programme, which will be matched by significant industry funding. Two competitions were launched in March, to create an integrated innovation hub to develop and commercialise digital and manufacturing technologies for the construction sector, and to create an active building centre that will develop new energy generation and storage technologies for use in buildings. These competitions will conclude in June. The Transforming Construction programme will also support a range of other R&amp;D and demonstration projects.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Government has published the National Infrastructure &amp; Construction Pipeline, setting out planned investments in infrastructure and construction over the next ten years, to provide the industry with certainty about levels of investment, and to encourage it to invest in skills and new technologies to meet this. Further support for the modernisation of the industry will be provided by the presumption of offsite from 2019 adopted by 5 Government Departments. The Government and the construction sector are also working to develop a Sector Deal for construction, which will also support this objective. We aim to publish the Sector Deal this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/05/2018 15:14:37 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

905639

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on funding from Apprenticeship Levy digital vouchers that businesses did not spend within the two-year time limit.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	144908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In England, we do not use digital vouchers. Employers that pay the apprenticeship levy use funds in their apprenticeship service accounts to pay for training and assessment and to transfer to other employers. The amount of funds they receive does not depend on where in the UK their headquarters or apprenticeship programmes are based but reflects the amount of levy they have declared and the percentage of their workforce based in England. The government then tops this up by 10%. Employers can spend these funds on English apprenticeships as long as the apprentice is based in England for at least 50% of their work. For apprentices based elsewhere in the UK, employers should contact the relevant funding bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who each operate their own apprenticeship programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Employers with apprenticeship service accounts will see funds expire 24 months after they appear in accounts unless they are used on apprenticeship training. 24 months was set to encourage employers to plan and spend in good time whilst also giving them time to adapt and develop their apprenticeship programmes following the reforms introduced in May 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Levy-paying employers can now transfer up to 10% of their apprenticeship service funds to other employers. We are carefully monitoring the implementation of transfers, including how the 10% limit is working.</p><p> </p><p>We do not anticipate that all levy-paying employers will spend all the funds in their apprenticeship service accounts. Unspent funds will be used to support levy-paying employers who spend more than the funds available in their accounts and to fund training for non-levy payers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 144909 144910 question first answered 21/05/2018 14:44:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

905640

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending (a) the number of SMEs to which unspent apprenticeship levy digital vouchers can be transferred to by larger firms and (b) the proportion of unspent digital vouchers that can be transferred.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	144909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In England, we do not use digital vouchers. Employers that pay the apprenticeship levy use funds in their apprenticeship service accounts to pay for training and assessment and to transfer to other employers. The amount of funds they receive does not depend on where in the UK their headquarters or apprenticeship programmes are based but reflects the amount of levy they have declared and the percentage of their workforce based in England. The government then tops this up by 10%. Employers can spend these funds on English apprenticeships as long as the apprentice is based in England for at least 50% of their work. For apprentices based elsewhere in the UK, employers should contact the relevant funding bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who each operate their own apprenticeship programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Employers with apprenticeship service accounts will see funds expire 24 months after they appear in accounts unless they are used on apprenticeship training. 24 months was set to encourage employers to plan and spend in good time whilst also giving them time to adapt and develop their apprenticeship programmes following the reforms introduced in May 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Levy-paying employers can now transfer up to 10% of their apprenticeship service funds to other employers. We are carefully monitoring the implementation of transfers, including how the 10% limit is working.</p><p> </p><p>We do not anticipate that all levy-paying employers will spend all the funds in their apprenticeship service accounts. Unspent funds will be used to support levy-paying employers who spend more than the funds available in their accounts and to fund training for non-levy payers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 144908 144910 question first answered 21/05/2018 14:44:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

905642

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many companies that are headquartered in England were unable to spend all their apprenticeship levy digital vouchers as a result of their apprenticeship programmes being based elsewhere in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	144910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>In England, we do not use digital vouchers. Employers that pay the apprenticeship levy use funds in their apprenticeship service accounts to pay for training and assessment and to transfer to other employers. The amount of funds they receive does not depend on where in the UK their headquarters or apprenticeship programmes are based but reflects the amount of levy they have declared and the percentage of their workforce based in England. The government then tops this up by 10%. Employers can spend these funds on English apprenticeships as long as the apprentice is based in England for at least 50% of their work. For apprentices based elsewhere in the UK, employers should contact the relevant funding bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, who each operate their own apprenticeship programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Employers with apprenticeship service accounts will see funds expire 24 months after they appear in accounts unless they are used on apprenticeship training. 24 months was set to encourage employers to plan and spend in good time whilst also giving them time to adapt and develop their apprenticeship programmes following the reforms introduced in May 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Levy-paying employers can now transfer up to 10% of their apprenticeship service funds to other employers. We are carefully monitoring the implementation of transfers, including how the 10% limit is working.</p><p> </p><p>We do not anticipate that all levy-paying employers will spend all the funds in their apprenticeship service accounts. Unspent funds will be used to support levy-paying employers who spend more than the funds available in their accounts and to fund training for non-levy payers.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 144908 144909 question first answered 21/05/2018 14:44:32 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

905645

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department plans to introduce a single provider model for each T-level; and what contingency measures his Department is putting in place in the event of the failure of a T-level awarding organisation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	144911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>We want to implement all the recommendations from the ‘Sainsbury Report’. One of the recommendations was for the introduction of a licensing approach where the technical qualification would be offered, and awarded, by a single body or consortium.</p><p> </p><p>There are benefits that single licensing will deliver, including a clear choice for learners, employers and parents, and making sure there is one high quality qualification in each technical occupation.</p><p> </p><p>We will put in place rigorous monitoring of progress by the Institute for Apprenticeships. We will also make sure that there are effective exit arrangements at the end of each licence to enable licences to transfer smoothly from one awarding organisation to another. The department will be engaging with awarding organisations on our procurement plans in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/05/2018 15:11:33 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell