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1671971

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of online illegal gambling sites accessible from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>There are inherent difficulties in accurately estimating the scale of the unlicensed gambling market in this country. We are not aware of any robust estimates for precisely how many unlicensed sites are accessible from the UK, and this is further complicated by the high churn in black market operations.</p><p>However, the Government is aware of a number of studies including from the industry which suggests that the black market accounts for less than 2.5% of bets. Data from the Gambling Commission also suggests that the scale of the black market has remained low and stable, with little variation in the number of complaints it has received about illegal gambling websites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/11/2023 15:37:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671972

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential revenue lost from illegal gambling.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics are published annually and are available at: Measuring tax gaps - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">Measuring tax gaps 2023 edition: tax gap estimates for 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>HMRC does not separately estimate a betting and gaming duty tax gap; it forms part of the ‘other excise duties’ tax gap, namely betting and gaming, cider and perry, spirits-based ready-to-drink beverages and wine duties gaps.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 28/11/2023 14:57:03 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671483

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Suspended Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide specific examples of exceptional circumstances relating to the (a) offence and (b) offender under the proposed duty to impose suspended sentence orders for sentences of 12 months or less in the Sentencing Bill.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>Where the presumption to suspend short sentences applies, the courts will still impose a sentence of immediate custody where there are exceptional circumstances which would justify not passing a suspended sentence.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for the independent judiciary to determine what constitutes exceptional circumstances in this context.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 15/12/2023 09:24:23 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671484

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of knife crime offences were sentenced to immediate custody of 12 months or less in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon grouped question UIN 2548 2549 question first answered 24/05/2024 11:16:48 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671485

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes against the Person: Domestic Abuse
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 people convicted of assault in a domestic context who were charged with the offence of common assault under Section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the data requested. 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, assault or harassment. These offences can take the form of domestic abuse or non-domestic abuse and data collected from courts does not distinguish between the two.</p><p>This Government continues to take concerted action to pursue perpetrators of domestic abuse. We have:</p><ul><li>Introduced a new wider statutory definition of domestic abuse, recognising all forms of abuse beyond physical violence, such as emotional and economic abuse, in law for the first time.</li><li>Created new offences such as non-fatal strangulation or suffocation, and extended the coercive and controlling behaviour offence to include former partners.</li><li>Extended the time in which victims are able to report domestic abuse-related assaults, so that more can seek justice.</li></ul> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 15/12/2023 09:25:49 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671486

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by people sentenced to immediate custody of 12 months or less in each of the last three years, broken down by offence group.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon grouped question UIN 2546 2549 question first answered 24/05/2024 11:16:48 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1671487

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were sentenced to immediate custody of 12 months or less in each of the last three years, broken down by offence group.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon grouped question UIN 2546 2548 question first answered 24/05/2024 11:16:48 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1670703

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Shipley to her predecessor, dated 27 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	2291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Markham) replied to the hon. Member on 20 November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/11/2023 12:54:04 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1661175

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Redundancy Pay
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 13 September 2023 to Question 197731 on Schools: Redundancy Pay, if she will take steps to ensure that all severance payments over £50,000 for school staff are approved by her Department or the Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	199888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The responsibilities for academy trusts on severance pay and exit packages are set out in the Academy Trust Handbook (ATH), which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/academy-trust-handbook" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/academy-trust-handbook</a>. Where the academy trust is considering a staff severance payment, including a non-statutory/non-contractual element (also referred to as a special severance payment) of £50,000 or more, the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s (ESFA) prior approval must be obtained before making any offer to staff. The ESFA will refer such transactions to HM Treasury. Additionally, in accordance with HM Treasury’s Guidance on Public Sector Exit Payments, academy trusts must obtain prior ESFA approval before making a non-statutory/non-contractual staff severance payment where: an exit package, which includes a non-statutory/non-contractual severance payment, is at, or above, £100,000; and/or the employee earns over £150,000. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-sector-exit-payments-guidance-on-special-severance-payments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-sector-exit-payments-guidance-on-special-severance-payments</a>.</p><p>The ATH is also clear that staff severance payments should not be made where they could be seen as a reward for failure, such as gross misconduct or poor performance.</p><p>The responsibility for maintained schools’ severance and exit payments sits with the school and the Local Authority.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/10/2023 12:21:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1661092

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of capacity in the independent health sector which can be used to help reduce waiting times in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	199712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Elective Recovery Taskforce heard that service planning in the independent sector, including to help reduce waiting times, is best informed by close working relationships with local systems and confidence in patient flows. To better inform planning and capacity utilisation in the independent sector, we are working with NHS England to enhance the patient choice offer. At the point of referral, patients will be actively offered a list of providers, including local independent sector providers, which are clinically appropriate for their condition.</p><p>From October 2023, all patients waiting over 40 weeks who have not had a first outpatient appointment booked, or where a decision to treat a patient has been made but the patient does not have a date for their treatment, will be able to initiate a request to transfer to another provider via the Patient Initiated Digital Mutual Aid System. This will include independent sector providers where appropriate.</p><p>To reduce waiting times for diagnostic tests, NHS England recently announced 13 Community Diagnostic Centres run by the independent sector, creating capacity, and enabling treatments to be started sooner.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 16/10/2023 08:18:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies