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1726087

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Community Policing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) police forces prioritising community engagement at the neighbourhood level, (b) public meetings,(c) ward walks, (d) strengthening relationships with key stakeholders and (e) deploying specialist (i) youth and (ii) other engagement teams on public confidence in the police.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	John Slinger
uin	3407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to restoring confidence in policing, so it is vital that we rebuild the connection between the police and the communities they serve.</p><p>Research shows there is strong evidence that community engagement is important for building trust in the police and that higher visibility of local police increases public confidence, see for example the Home Office <em>Public perceptions of policing: A </em><em>review of research and literature.</em></p><p>That is why the Government has committed to strengthening neighbourhood policing as part of its Safer Streets Mission. We will be working with policing to introduce a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, restoring patrols to town centres, recruiting thousands of extra police officers, PCSOs and Special Constables, and providing every community with a named local officer to turn to.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 09/09/2024 14:15:46 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	5127

1723914

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase public trust and confidence in policing.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	John Slinger
uin	900123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">For far too long, violence against women and girls has been treated as an inevitability rather than the national emergency that it is. Our mission is to halve violence against women and girls within a decade, using every tool at our disposal to protect victims and to get dangerous offenders off the streets.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">That must start with drastically improving the policing and criminal justice response, ensuring that every force has the specialist capability to respond swiftly and robustly to these devastating crimes, and we will be bringing forward plans shortly to drive up standards across policing.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It is essential that the public can have confidence in the police; the government has committed to restoring confidence in policing to record levels, alongside halving violence against women and girls and halving knife crime over a decade. These are core aims of the government's mission to take back our streets.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The government is also committed to improving police standards by strengthening the police misconduct system and introducing mandatory national vetting standards.</ins></p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 29/07/2024 15:43:55 question first ministerially corrected 14/08/2024 14:57:06 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson previous answer version 1282 answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips answering member 4370
tabling member	5127

1700649

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of fees for firearms licences.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	902339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Fees for firearms licences were last increased in 2015 and the Government is currently considering proposals for new firearms licensing fees.</p><p>I hope to make an announcement about fees shortly.</p><p>Income received from firearms licensing fees should be invested into ensuring forces’ licensing teams are adequately resourced, trained and equipped.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/04/2024 14:57:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1681998

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Fluorinated Gases: Regulation
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 his Department's planned timescale is for the (a) consultation and (b) review of F gas regulations.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	9502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>We undertook a joint review of the GB F gas Regulation and published our assessment report in December 2022 (available online). We are now in the process of developing policy proposals for reform and intend to consult on these in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/01/2024 16:39:52 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1672951

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	900294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime and tackling it remains a top priority for this Government.</p><p>We remain committed to delivering our Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and complimentary Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan. We have doubled funding for the National Domestic Abuse Helpline and added violence against women and girls - including domestic abuse - to the revised Strategic Policing Requirement elevating it to a national threat for police forces to respond to accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 27/11/2023 15:53:34 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1655906

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the £10,000 penalties for the sale of illicit tobacco products to illicit e-cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	195993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The current Track and Trace system only covers illicit tobacco. However, we are currently exploring a range of new measures to tackle illicit vapes as part of response to youth vaping call for evidence. We will publish our response to this shortly.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 08/09/2023 10:59:25 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1655907

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 11 April 2023, HCWS710, on Achieving Smokefree 2030: cutting smoking and stopping kids vaping, when his Department plans to create the illicit vapes enforcement squad.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	195994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>The new illicit vapes enforcement unit, led by National Trading Standards, is now operational. The two-year, £3 million funded project commenced work in early summer 2023. National Trading Standards is gathering data and intelligence, training staff, and bolstering capacity, and will begin field work operations in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 08/09/2023 11:00:31 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1655908

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Electronic Cigarettes: Environment Protection
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 discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on its review into the environmental impact of disposable vapes.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	195995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>There have been no meetings held between the Defra ministers and Scottish Ministers, so far. However, there are plans to hold discussions on this area in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 11/09/2023 16:03:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1650080

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice of 16 May 2023, Official Report, col 695, when his Department plans to publish a call for evidence on motoring offences.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	192297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government will confirm any next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 10/07/2023 10:48:23 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1646323

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to support (a) hospitality, (b) public house and (c) other businesses with energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	190570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to supporting the whole business sector including hospitality, public houses and other businesses. The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) provides all eligible businesses and other non-domestic energy users with a discount on high energy bills for 12 months from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2024. It also provides businesses in sectors with particularly high levels of energy use and trade intensity with a higher level of support.</p><p> </p><p>Wholesale gas prices have now fallen to levels before Putin’s invasion. The new EBDS therefore strikes a balance between supporting businesses for a further 12 months and limiting taxpayer’s exposure to volatile energy markets. This provides long term certainty for businesses and reflects how the scale of the challenge has changed since September last year.</p><p> </p><p>The government has had to make some difficult decisions this Budget to maintain economic stability and secure the public finances. The government has provided a series of cuts and freezes on alcohol duties in the past decade. The most recent freeze from Autumn Budget 2021, including the extension to 1 August 2023, represents a total tax cut of £2.7 billion over the next 4 years. Whilst we are raising rates by RPI, we have increased the value of Draught Relief to support pubs, meaning a pint of draught beer sold in a pub will not pay more duty from August.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided extensive support to the hospitality and tourism sector through an over £8 billion reduction in VAT during the pandemic, and are also increasing and extending business rates support with a tax cut worth over £2 billion in 2023-24 for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors. This will support around 230,000 businesses, including pubs, with 75 per cent relief off their business rates bill, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business. Pubs will also benefit from the freeze to the business rates multiplier for 2023-24, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion over the next 5 years, meaning all bills are 6% lower than without the freeze.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 28/06/2023 14:20:32 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey