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1198200

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bradford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when (a) Network Rail and (b) the East Coast Franchise Operator first notified his Department that the scheduled additional train services between London Kings Cross, Shipley and Bradford would not meet the 2019 timescale set out in the franchise.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department became aware in late 2018 that the additional train services would not be delivered in May 2019 due to delays to the delivery of the IEP fleet and as a consequence of the revised industry approach to timetable development following the May 2018 timetable change. Following our recent meeting on this issue, I look forward to working with my Honorable Friend to ensure these services are delivered as soon as is feasible.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/06/2020 14:57:02 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198201

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bradford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the additional train services between Kings Cross, Shipley and Bradford as set out in the East Coast franchise will be fully delivered.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>An additional service between Kings Cross, Shipley and Bradford will be delivered in July 2020. The outstanding committed services will be delivered as soon as capacity is available<em>.</em></p><p>The introduction of the additional services was originally delayed from May 2019 because of delays to the introduction of LNER’s new Azuma trains, in line with guidance from the Industry Programme Management Office Steering Group established following the May 2018 timetable issues. Since then it has become clear that capacity constraints in the Bradford area mean that integrating the LNER services with the existing, intensive Northern commuter services, while protecting their reliability, will be challenging. Infrastructure upgrades may be needed to resolve these capacity constraints</p><p>I and my officials met by video conference with Network Rail and LNER, with the Honourable Member present, on 1 June 2020.</p><p>The Department has not made a specific recent estimate of the cost to the public purse. The additional services were contracted as part of an overall package in 2015 from Virgin Trains East Coast, the then franchisee, and delivery of them was not affected by the transfer of services to LNER. LNER expects the additional services to be revenue generative, and to have additional wider economic benefits for the areas and communities they serve</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 51751 51752 51753 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:39:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198202

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bradford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason there has been a delay in the provision of additional train services between London Kings Cross, Shipley and Bradford as set out in the East Coast Franchise.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>An additional service between Kings Cross, Shipley and Bradford will be delivered in July 2020. The outstanding committed services will be delivered as soon as capacity is available<em>.</em></p><p>The introduction of the additional services was originally delayed from May 2019 because of delays to the introduction of LNER’s new Azuma trains, in line with guidance from the Industry Programme Management Office Steering Group established following the May 2018 timetable issues. Since then it has become clear that capacity constraints in the Bradford area mean that integrating the LNER services with the existing, intensive Northern commuter services, while protecting their reliability, will be challenging. Infrastructure upgrades may be needed to resolve these capacity constraints</p><p>I and my officials met by video conference with Network Rail and LNER, with the Honourable Member present, on 1 June 2020.</p><p>The Department has not made a specific recent estimate of the cost to the public purse. The additional services were contracted as part of an overall package in 2015 from Virgin Trains East Coast, the then franchisee, and delivery of them was not affected by the transfer of services to LNER. LNER expects the additional services to be revenue generative, and to have additional wider economic benefits for the areas and communities they serve</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 51750 51752 51753 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:39:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198203

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bradford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department last met with (i) Network Rail and (ii) LNER to discuss additional train services between London Kings Cross, Shipley and Bradford.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>An additional service between Kings Cross, Shipley and Bradford will be delivered in July 2020. The outstanding committed services will be delivered as soon as capacity is available<em>.</em></p><p>The introduction of the additional services was originally delayed from May 2019 because of delays to the introduction of LNER’s new Azuma trains, in line with guidance from the Industry Programme Management Office Steering Group established following the May 2018 timetable issues. Since then it has become clear that capacity constraints in the Bradford area mean that integrating the LNER services with the existing, intensive Northern commuter services, while protecting their reliability, will be challenging. Infrastructure upgrades may be needed to resolve these capacity constraints</p><p>I and my officials met by video conference with Network Rail and LNER, with the Honourable Member present, on 1 June 2020.</p><p>The Department has not made a specific recent estimate of the cost to the public purse. The additional services were contracted as part of an overall package in 2015 from Virgin Trains East Coast, the then franchisee, and delivery of them was not affected by the transfer of services to LNER. LNER expects the additional services to be revenue generative, and to have additional wider economic benefits for the areas and communities they serve</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 51750 51751 51753 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:39:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198204

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bradford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse to provide the additional train services between London Kings Cross, Shipley and Bradford as set out in the East Coast franchise.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>An additional service between Kings Cross, Shipley and Bradford will be delivered in July 2020. The outstanding committed services will be delivered as soon as capacity is available<em>.</em></p><p>The introduction of the additional services was originally delayed from May 2019 because of delays to the introduction of LNER’s new Azuma trains, in line with guidance from the Industry Programme Management Office Steering Group established following the May 2018 timetable issues. Since then it has become clear that capacity constraints in the Bradford area mean that integrating the LNER services with the existing, intensive Northern commuter services, while protecting their reliability, will be challenging. Infrastructure upgrades may be needed to resolve these capacity constraints</p><p>I and my officials met by video conference with Network Rail and LNER, with the Honourable Member present, on 1 June 2020.</p><p>The Department has not made a specific recent estimate of the cost to the public purse. The additional services were contracted as part of an overall package in 2015 from Virgin Trains East Coast, the then franchisee, and delivery of them was not affected by the transfer of services to LNER. LNER expects the additional services to be revenue generative, and to have additional wider economic benefits for the areas and communities they serve</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris grouped question UIN 51750 51751 51752 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:39:57 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198577

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police Service's Handling of Non-recent Sexual Offence Investigations Alleged against Persons of Public Prominence Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to paragraph 2.4.137 in the report entitled The Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations alleged against persons of public prominence, published on 4 October 2019, what assessment the CPS has made of the potential merits of seeking the prosecution of the two individuals referred to as potential witnesses A and B for perverting the course of justice and wasting police time.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes criminal cases that have been investigated by the police and other investigative organisations in England and Wales. If a crime is reported it is for the police to decide whether to investigate.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has not been asked to consider any charges against witness A or B, nor have they provided any early investigative advice to the police. It is a matter for the police as to whether they pursue an investigation in to witness A and witness B.</p><p> </p><p>Once a case is referred to the CPS, any decision to prosecute is made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, and must meet the evidential and public interest tests.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/06/2020 14:51:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198578

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police Service's Handling of Non-recent Sexual Offence Investigations Alleged against Persons of Public Prominence Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to paragraph 1.37 of the report entitled The Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations alleged against persons of public prominence, published 4 October 2019, how many of the 159 cases of false allegations of rape or domestic violence were prosecuted; and how many of the (a) referrals and (b) subsequent prosecutions were related to (i) rape and (ii) domestic violence charges.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police Review refers to 159 cases of false allegations of rape and/or domestic violence made between January 2011 to May 2012. These were cases that had been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for a charging decision. The Review erroneously refers to the period as being between 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The 159 cases were reviewed by the DPP and the Crown Prosecution Service published a report of these cases, entitled ‘‘Charging Perverting the Course of Justice and Wasting Police Time in Cases involving allegedly False Rape and Domestic Violence Allegations’ in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 159 cases referred for a charging decision,</p><p> </p><ul><li>121 related to an allegedly false allegation of rape – of these 35 were prosecuted; 25 for perverting the course of justice and ten for wasting police time;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>27 related to allegedly false allegations of domestic violence (the term in use at the time) – six were prosecuted for perverting the course of justice and one for wasting police time.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>11 related to allegedly false allegations of both rape and domestic violence – three were prosecuted, all for perverting the course of justice.</li></ul><p> </p><p>During the period of the review there were 5,651 prosecutions for rape and 111,891 for domestic violence by the Crown Prosecution Service across England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/06/2020 15:20:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198579

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of allegations of domestic abuse that are upheld in courts and result in convictions after trial.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the data requested centrally and information could only be identified by manually searching case records at disproportionate cost. . Offences involving domestic abuse can take various forms and are prosecuted under the offence in law that best reflects their nature and circumstances, for example, harassment, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, a public order offence. These offences can take the form of domestic abuse or non-domestic abuse and data collected centrally from courts does not distinguish between the two.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/06/2020 09:44:59 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198851

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to recommence the Partner Delivery Programme competition on probation contracts.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Probation reform remains a top priority for the Department. We set out plans last year to strengthen probation by building on the changes introduced by Transforming Rehabilitation, while addressing some of the challenges in the system. Under these plans, contracts for Community Rehabilitation Companies will end in June 2021. We are currently reflecting on the implications of COVID-19 for the future probation model, and the competitive process for Probation Delivery Partner contracts was suspended on 26 May 2020 to allow time for this consideration. We will provide an update shortly.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 51758 51759 question first answered 09/06/2020 12:12:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198852

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to encourage (a) private sector and (b) third sector involvement in the delivery of probation services.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Probation reform remains a top priority for the Department. We set out plans last year to strengthen probation by building on the changes introduced by Transforming Rehabilitation, while addressing some of the challenges in the system. Under these plans, contracts for Community Rehabilitation Companies will end in June 2021. We are currently reflecting on the implications of COVID-19 for the future probation model, and the competitive process for Probation Delivery Partner contracts was suspended on 26 May 2020 to allow time for this consideration. We will provide an update shortly.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 51757 51759 question first answered 09/06/2020 12:12:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies