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767317

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 25 September (HL1605), whether the Building Control Department of a local authority would be deemed an independent scrutiny body when signing off work carried out by contractors working for that same local authority.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Building Act 1984 requires local authorities to carry out the building control function unless the person carrying out the building work has chosen to employ an approved inspector as the building control body. A local authority may act as the building control body in respect of work being carried out by or on behalf of the same local authority.</p><p>Local authorities are required by the Building Regulations 2010 to take all reasonable steps to be satisfied that building work complies with all applicable requirements in the Building Regulations whoever is carrying out the building work. The Government has published a set of Building Control Performance Standards to provide guidance to building control bodies on how to avoid any possible conflicts of interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 30/10/2017 15:08:29 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

767318

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 15 February (HL5165), what are the greenhouse gas emissions targets, broken down by local authority; and what assessment they have made of progress against each of those targets over the last seven years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Local Authorities are not mandated to have greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets. However, many cities and places have set their own targets following the Paris Agreement. Over 30 places are members of international agreements such as the Covenant of Mayors and, within the UK, over 70 places have now signed up to UK100 with a political commitment to use 100% clean energy by 2050.</p><p>The Government has recently announced support for every Local Enterprise Partnership to develop their own energy strategy and we are developing plans to support local places to build the capacity to deliver more local low carbon projects across England over the next two years.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/10/2017 12:33:31 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

767319

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Road Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many traffic police by police region there were in England and Wales in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the primary function of police officers, as part of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a> (see attached table )These data include officers whose primary function is “Road Policing”. Officers with multiple responsibilities are recorded under their primary function.</p><p>Some forces are unable to make a clear distinction between certain functions and therefore record the majority of, or all, employees under one function. In particular, some forces have employees who work within units whose function is to provide both roads policing and armed policing. Reclassification of roles within a force can lead to fluctuations in the number of officers in a particular role between years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/10/2017 14:53:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb - HL1737.xls title Table - HL1737
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

767320

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, of the court prosecutions for traffic offences in 2016, how many (1) were generated by camera enforcement or initiated by police officers, and (2) ended with (a) disposals by use of National Driver Offender Retrainer Schemes, and (b) Fixed Penalty Notices.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of motoring offences dealt via a fixed penalty notice (FPN) in the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins. Data up to 2015 can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Data on FPNs for motoring offences issued in 2016 will be published in the next edition of the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. This bulletin is scheduled for release on Thursday 26<sup>th</sup> October.</p><p>Offences that come under ‘neglect of traffic directions’ and ‘speed limit offences’ may be detected by the police or by traffic enforcement cameras.</p><p>Data on these offences, up to 2015, can be found in the following table broken down by camera detected and non-camera detected:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561976/fixed-penalty-notices-police-powers-procedures-hosb1516-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561976/fixed-penalty-notices-police-powers-procedures-hosb1516-tables.ods</a></p><p>When an individual receives a FPN for a motoring offence, there are a number of outcomes they could face: pay a fine, receive points on their driving licence, attend a driver retraining course or face court action which may lead to prosecution. Once an individual faces court action they lose the option of attending a driver retraining course.</p><p>The Home Office has previously only published FPNs which resulted in a fine or points on a drivers licence. In the next edition of the ‘Police powers and procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin the Home Office has widened the scope of the data it publishes to include the additional outcomes (such as driver retraining courses).</p><p>Information on convictions for motoring offences is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/10/2017 16:38:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

767321

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 December 2016 (HL4034), what progress has been made in collecting and publishing figures for the prosecution of incidents of drink driving which involve a casualty.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government are not yet in a position to publish any robust data in this area. Although preliminary work to develop suitable methodologies has taken place, it has not yet been possible to develop these into a data set that can be generated in a regular or systematic way. Both departments will continue to keep this area under close review going forwards.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/10/2017 13:42:05 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

767322

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions there were in 2016 for causing death by driving; and of those, how many resulted in a conviction.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Defendants proceeded against and found guilty at all courts in England and Wales 2016 for offences of causing death by driving are in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Defendants prceeded againt at magistrates' courts and offenders found guilty at all courts of causing death by driving <sup>(1)</sup> in England and Wales 2016 <sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>Procecuted at Magistrates' courts</p></td><td><p>Found guilty<sup>(4)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01. Causing death by dangerous driving</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02. Causing death by careless driving under influence of drink or drugs</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03. Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03a. Causing death by driving without due care / consideration while over prescribed limit - specified controlled drug</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04. Causing death by driving unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05. Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- ' = Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(1) defined as Sections 1, 3 (a)(b)(c) Road Traffic Act 1988 and 12A of the Theft Act 1968.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(4) Convictions may exceed prosecutions in a given year because defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ HL 1740</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/10/2017 12:29:31 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

764319

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Protest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why Gwent Police Officers are policing anti-fracking protests at Preston New Road in Lancashire; and who is paying the salaries of those officers while they are in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The role of the police in managing demonstrations is to preserve the peace, to uphold the law and to prevent the commission of offences. Police tactics and decisions on how to achieve these objectives, and the resources required, are matters for the independent operational judgement of chief officers.</p><p> </p><p>If the required resources exceed a police force’s own capacity, mutual aid assistance may be requested from other forces. The decision to seek and assist with mutual aid deployments are operational decisions for the police and the cost of the officers provided are met by the requesting police force.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/10/2017 11:16:59 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

764320

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number people (1) killed, and (2) injured, in 2016 in cases where the driver failed to stop after a collision; and how many of those cases resulted in a prosecution.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2016 there were 70 fatal and 1,173 serious casualties where the driver failed to stop after a collision. Prosecutions are a matter for the Ministry of Justice. Details of prosecutions are published on the Ministry of Justice website.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/10/2017 14:01:50 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

764321

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many drivers were prosecuted in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016, for failure to stop after a collision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of drivers prosecuted for offences of failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic accident.</p><p>The offence of failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic accident is created by Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 which imposes obligations on drivers of mechanically propelled vehicles who are involved in road accidents.</p><p>Although it is not possible to identify the number of <em>people</em> charged with particular offences, records are held by the CPS showing the overall number of <em>offences</em> in which a prosecution conducted by them commenced in the magistrates’ courts. The table below therefore shows the number of <em>offences</em>, rather than <em>defendants</em>, charged by way of Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 during 2015 and 2016. It should be noted that a single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 170 }</p></td><td><p>9,825</p></td><td><p>9,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It should further be noted that failures to stop at the scenes of traffic accidents are specified proceedings. These are offences which the police prosecute in order to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and ensure swifter justice. The CPS will only prosecute a specified offence in cases where a not guilty plea has been entered. It may also be the case that the CPS will prosecute this offence when the defendant is charged with other more serious associated offences (for example, failing to stop and dangerous driving or driving under the influence of alcohol). The figures in the table above do not include those specified cases prosecuted by the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/10/2017 16:55:40 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

764322

registered interest
date	02/10/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Driving Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were killed or injured as a result of driving offences in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016; what was the victim’s road user mode in each case; and where those statistics are reported.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>A number of offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 involve causing death by driving, or may result in injury.</p><p>While the CPS does not maintain a central record of the number of people killed or injured as a result of driving offences, or the victim’s mode of transport at the time the offence or offences were committed, the table below shows the number of <em>offences</em>, (rather than defendants) charged under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Act 1988 during 2015 and 2016. It should be noted that a single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 1 } <em>Causing death by dangerous driving</em></p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 1A } <em>Causing serious injury by dangerous driving</em></p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 2B } <em>Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving</em></p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3A } <em>Causing death by careless driving: drink or drugs</em></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZB } <em>Causing death by driving: unlicensed or uninsured drivers</em></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZC } <em>Causing death by driving: disqualified drivers</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZD } <em>Causing serious injury by driving: disqualified drivers</em></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Other road traffic offences can also involve death or injury which does not form part of the charge.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/10/2017 16:50:32 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb