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418667

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism and Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding the Government has allocated to (a) defence and (b) counter-terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence’s budget for the current financial year is £34.6bn. Spending on Counter Terrorism across government for this financial year totals more than £2bn spent by a range of departments, agencies and the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government announced at the Summer Budget that the MOD’s budget will rise by 0.5% per year in real terms from 2016/17 to 2020/21. There will also an additional £1.5bn per year by 2020/21 to spend on the military and intelligence agencies. The Government also committed to protect Counter Terrorism spending of more than £2bn in real terms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further details on funding allocations will be announced in the Spending Review on 25<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/09/2015 12:47:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

418759

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households were in receipt of housing benefit totalling up to (a) £10,000, (b) £25,000, (c) £50,000, (d) £75,000 and (e) £100,000 per annum in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p><p>To obtain the information divide the yearly amounts requested by 52.18 to give the weekly amount of housing benefit in payment. A search can then be made in Stat-Xplore for the number of cases with those weekly amounts in payment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2015 11:33:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

418011

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2015 to Question 4115, how many (a) offences in West Yorkshire were committed by offenders on bail and (b) offenders in West Yorkshire committed offences whilst on bail in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2011, (iv) 2012 and (v) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Police forces use local systems to record offences committed on bail, and there is no requirement to report data centrally. The complete information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/09/2015 12:52:18 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417510

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Homicide: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, in how many murder trials the issue of the loss of control of the defendant was raised in each year since 2010; and if he will estimate in how many such trials (a) female and (b) male defendants were not convicted of murder on those grounds.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does hold records identifying the number of defendants prosecuted, at the Crown Court, where the Principal Offence has been identified as homicide. However, it does not maintain a separate central record of defendants prosecuted specifically for murder or of cases where the issue of loss of control has been raised as a live issue. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/09/2015 16:33:04 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417570

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Media and Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations owned the largest market share of (a) national radio, (b) local radio, (c) digital radio, (d) television other than pay-per-view, (e) pay-per-view television, (f) telecommunications and (g) newspapers in (i) 2000, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2015; and what that market share was in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom have provided data for these markets, including information from its published annual Communications Market Reports.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Radio</strong></p><p><strong>Share of all radio (analogue and digital) listening hours (all adults 15+)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BBC network services</p></td><td><p>39.8%</p></td><td><p>43.1%</p></td><td><p>46.3%</p></td><td><p>46.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BBC nations/local services</p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td><td><p>10.9%</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td><td><p>7.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National commercial stations</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td><td><p>11.1%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local commercial services</p></td><td><p>38.8%</p></td><td><p>33.8%</p></td><td><p>31.5%</p></td><td><p>28.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (incl. community radio)</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ofcom CMR/RAJAR; figures may not equal 100% due to rounding</p><p> </p><p><strong>Share of all radio industry revenues</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All BBC</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All National commercial</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Local commercial</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsorship (commercial)</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total commercial</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (community radio)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ofcom CMR/RAJAR</p><p> </p><p><strong>Television</strong></p><p><strong>TV Households (millions)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2001</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pay digital satellite (Sky)</p></td><td><p>4.20</p></td><td><p>7.14</p></td><td><p>10.07</p></td><td><p>9.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free to view digital satellite (Freesat)</p></td><td><p>0.11</p></td><td><p>0.55</p></td><td><p>0.60</p></td><td><p>2.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital cable (Virgin)</p></td><td><p>2.02</p></td><td><p>2.98</p></td><td><p>3.80</p></td><td><p>3.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Analogue cable</p></td><td><p>1.61</p></td><td><p>0.30</p></td><td><p>0.09</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital Terrestrial only (Freeview)</p></td><td><p>0.86</p></td><td><p>5.04</p></td><td><p>10.34</p></td><td><p>10.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Analogue Terrestrial Only</p></td><td><p>14.88</p></td><td><p>9.16</p></td><td><p>1.45</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total (millions)</p></td><td><p>23.69</p></td><td><p>25.17</p></td><td><p>26.33</p></td><td><p>25.59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ofcom CMR</p><p><strong>PPV television</strong></p><p>Ofcom do not collect market share information for PPV television. Based on estimated household subscription figures Netflix is the largest service with 4.3 million households in Q1 2015 (source: Ofcom CMR/BARB Establishment Survey)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Telecommunications</strong></p><p><strong>Retail fixed voice revenues</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1 - 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT was the largest provider in each year</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ofcom</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Retail fixed broadband services (number of subscribers)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT was the largest provider in each year</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ofcom CMR</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>O2 (inc Tesco)</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>24.3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Talkmobile (inc Virgin)</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>31.2 EE (inc Virgin)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orange</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Mobile Connections (million) by operator</strong></p><p>Source: Ofcom CMR * Ofcom no longer collect this data</p><p> </p><p><strong>Newspapers</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>News UK</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Note – covers national newspaper circulation, dailies and Sundays. As the calendar year 2015 is not yet complete, the figures relate to the 12 months ending in April of each named year.</p><p>The organisation that is now News UK had the largest share of circulation in each of these years.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/09/2015 16:05:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417571

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC Radio
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the BBC's overall market share of (a) national, (b) local and (c) digital radio was in the most recent year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The data is set out in the annual Ofcom Communications Market Report, which was last published in August 2015. Ofcom uses data collected and published quarterly by RAJAR Ltd (Radio Joint Audience Research). The RAJAR figures for Q1 2015 covering the reach and share of radio listening for BBC radio stations and commercial radio services are set out in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Percentage reach of the population (all adults 15+)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>All BBC radio 65.2%</p></td><td><p>All commercial radio 63.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All BBC network services 59.2%</p></td><td><p>All National commercial 32.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All BBC nations/local services 16.5%</p></td><td><p>All local commercial radio 50.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br><br></p><p><strong>Table 2: Share of all radio listening hours (all adults 15+)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total 100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BBC network services 46.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BBC nations/local services 7.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National commercial 14.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local commercial 28.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (incl. community radio) 2.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Details of the BBC’s share of all digital radio listening were not published by Ofcom in the latest CMR report. Ofcom have provided DCMS with an analysis of the Q2 2015 RAJAR figures for all digital radio listening which are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 3 Share of all radio listening hours (all adults 15+)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>All digital radio 39.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BBC network services 19.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BBC nations/local services 1.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National commercial 8.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local commercial 7.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not stated 3.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/09/2015 08:54:54 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417576

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men were found to be using a television without a licence by inspectors in the most recent year for which information is available; and what proportion of (i) women and (ii) men were subsequently prosecuted for a television licence offence.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>According to TV Licensing's data, in 2014 232,290 women and 114,347 men were interviewed under caution by TV Licensing officers in the course of investigating TV licence offences.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people prosecuted for licence fee evasion in 2014 is published here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls</a> From “offence” drop down list select 191A Television licence evasion. From “sex” drop down list select the male or female.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 11 men and 28 women were committed to prison for non-payment of a fine where the registered fine was for non-payment of the TV Licence. The average time spent in prison was 18 days for men and 20 days for women.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 9632 question first answered 16/09/2015 10:42:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417577

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2015 to Question 6921, what the monetary values were of the successful applications in each year in the tables provided.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The figures in the tables represent total numbers of applications to the open-access Grants for the arts programme - classified in part, or mainly focused, on Brass or Opera in the years since 2012/13 to 2015/16 to date (09/09/15).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>BRASS AND SILVER BANDS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Decision Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/2016 YTD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL 12/13 - 15/16 YTD</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Applications</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offers Made</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ Value</p></td><td><p>£87,929</p></td><td><p>£290,244</p></td><td><p>£165,457</p></td><td><p>£249,531</p></td><td><p>£793,161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average award value</p></td><td><p>£10,991</p></td><td><p>£19,350</p></td><td><p>£10,341</p></td><td><p>£24,953</p></td><td><p>£16,187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Unsuccessful</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Success Rate</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>*OPERA / MUSIC THEATRE</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Decision Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015/2016 YTD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL 12/13 -15/16 YTD</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Applications</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>99</p></td><td><p>486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offers Made</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>34</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ Value</p></td><td><p>£652,976</p></td><td><p>£1,094,321</p></td><td><p>£1,138,012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£996,459</p></td><td><p>£3,881,768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average award value</p></td><td><p>£20,406</p></td><td><p>£23,790</p></td><td><p>£16,493</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£29,308</p></td><td><p>£21,446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Unsuccessful</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>65</p></td><td><p>305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Success Rate</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>34%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*</strong> <em>Opera is contained in those applications for musical theatre, which is defined as a genre of drama in which singing and dancing play an essential part.</em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/09/2015 09:01:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

417629

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to reduce the financial penalties imposed by the European Commission on her Department relating to the Common Agricultural Policy; and what estimate she has made of the likely level of such penalties in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Complexity in CAP rules and the interpretation that EU auditors place on regulations is the root cause of many disallowance corrections. Since 2010, steps taken by Defra have allowed the disallowance penalties incurred in England to be steadily managed at around £50m per year. Throughout this period the Government has challenged claims for disallowance through mediation in the EU and since 2010 reduced the amount of disallowance levied by €285m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts provides provisions of £64.5m for future disallowance related to historical audits. While future disallowance penalties are difficult to predict, the Government is concerned that the new Horizontal Regulation amends the way that penalty rates are calculated, introducing a ratchet effect, which could greatly increase proposed disallowance penalty corrections, even if the same standards of implementation are maintained. The UK Government believes that a proportionate penalty scheme in the Horizontal Regulation is a priority for CAP simplification and the mid-term review of CAP regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/09/2015 15:54:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

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registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Trials: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to ensure that the police make prosecutors aware of the overseas criminal convictions of (a) foreign and (b) UK citizens appearing in court for the purposes of bail and sentencing.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Criminal Procedure Rules place the responsibility for alerting the court to any defendant’s previous convictions, both domestic and overseas, whether for the purposes of bail or for the purposes of sentencing, on the prosecutor. Courts must give consideration to that information when it is available but rely on the Police to obtain and provide it.</p><p>In the last five years, the Government has made huge progress in requesting and obtaining criminal record data from other countries about foreign nationals who are arrested in the UK. Since 2010 checks on foreign nationals going through the UK criminal justice system have increased by nearly 1,500%, helping us to take more foreign criminals off our streets and making our communities safer.</p><p>Work is under way to improve processes used by the police when relaying overseas convictions to prosecutors. Digitisation of these processes will enable officers to flag up whether a check has been completed and whether detained persons have any overseas convictions. To assist the courts, the Government will shortly be providing guidance to Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service on obtaining and using overseas conviction data in criminal proceedings.</p><p>The ACRO Criminal Records Office has also been looking to improve access to the overseas convictions of UK nationals convicted abroad and, where appropriate, this information is placed onto the Police National Computer so that it is available in the event that the subject appears before the courts.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/09/2015 15:27:02 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies