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905547

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Instalment Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2018 to Question 141345 on Instalment Credit, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have discussed the feasibility of introducing a total cap on the cost of rent-to-own goods with the Financial Conduct Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	144880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. This includes regular meetings with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to discuss relevant regulatory issues.</p><p> </p><p>The government has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers, including the power to cap the cost of credit, and the FCA can do so if it thinks it is necessary to protect consumers. In 2015, the FCA capped the cost of payday lending, and the FCA has said that it will keep the issue of capping the cost of credit in other markets under review.</p><p> </p><p>The government welcomes the ongoing work of the FCA to review the high-cost credit market, including the rent-to-own sector. The FCA will publish an update later this month.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/05/2018 11:16:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

897979

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Instalment Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the introduction of a cap on the total cost of rent-to-own goods; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	141345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to protecting consumers from unfair lending practises. To this end, the government has given the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) strong powers, including the power to cap the cost of credit, and it will do so if it thinks it is necessary to protect consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is conducting a review of the high-cost credit market, including rent-to-own, and will publish an update later this month. The government will continue to work closely with the FCA to ensure that all customers are treated fairly.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/05/2018 09:12:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

903969

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Arrears
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HM Revenue and Customs press release of 9 May 2018, 200,000 receive back pay as HMRC enforces National Minimum Wage, how much of the £15.6 million of minimum wage arrears identified in 2017-18 was identified through self-correction by employers; and how many of those 200,000 people those arrears self-corrected by employers relate to.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	143732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100 or use the online pay and work rights complaints form on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>. HMRC review all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 HMRC identified over £15.6 million arrears for over 200,000 workers. This included around £5.9 million self-correction arrears affecting around than 72,000 workers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC always takes action to ensure workers receive what they are entitled to, and has robust assurance processes in place to make sure that all employers fully repay their workers. If HMRC believes that the employer has not self-corrected completely, or becomes aware of another NMW risk, the employer will be investigated again</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/05/2018 07:45:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

990401

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times he has been asked to consent to a prosecution; and in how many of those cases he (a) granted and (b) refused consent in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	181270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Law Officers have received 705 applications for consent since 1 January 2013. Consent has been declined in 33 applications. Consent was declined on 14 occasions as there was insufficient evidence and on 19 occasions because a prosecution was not in the public interest.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 25/10/2018 08:42:15 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

990400

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions he has agreed to (a) review and (b) reconsider his consent to prosecution; and on how many of those occasions he withdrew his consent in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	181269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Attorney General will consider requests to review decisions where new evidence becomes available.</p><p>However, the requested information would require the examining of AGO case files and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 25/10/2018 08:40:46 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1023201

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the costs were of all external counsel in the case of R v Brewer and others.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	201163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) can only provide costs in respect of prosecution counsel.</p><p> </p><p>The Case of R v Brewer and others concerns 15 defendants who were convicted after trial of an offence contrary to section 1(2)(b) Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 at Chelmsford Crown Court on 10 December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The case is ongoing and fees are only paid to counsel at the conclusion of the case. However, it is anticipated that the cost of counsel fees in this case, before the sentencing hearing, to be around £134,000. The case is a graduated fees case and therefore paid in accordance with that scheme. The figure is an estimate only and final fees will be subject to scrutiny in accordance with standard practices of the CPS.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/12/2018 12:01:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1129073

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Sub-Group to the Criminal Justice Board and Review of the Criminal Justice Response to Rape and Serious Sexual Offences plans to make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) effect on survivors of rape of the legal guidance issued by the CPS on rape and sexual offence in relation to disclosure of medical records and counselling notes.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	259168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service is working with the police, government departments and third sector stakeholders on the Government’s review into how the criminal justice system responds to rape and serious sexual offences. The Crown Prosecution Service is committed to working with all involved in the Review, including stakeholders, to identify and address any issues that are identified.</p><p>Complainants are entitled to protection from unnecessary and unjustified invasion of their private lives. CPS guidance is clear that where it is a reasonable line of enquiry in the investigation, the police should obtain complainants’ informed consent to gain access to medical records and counselling notes. Prosecutors will robustly apply the relevant statutory provisions when deciding whether such material should be disclosed to the defence.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/06/2019 15:12:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

993548

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to his power to grant his consent to a prosecution, whether he is required to make that decision in accordance with the 1972 Franks Committee memorandum criteria of (a) whether the charge is being brought in appropriate circumstances, (b) the five reasons for the requirement of consent, as set out in that memorandum and (c) the mischief at which the criminal law in question was addressed.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	182735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>For certain offences, Parliament has decided that the Attorney General’s consent is needed to bring a prosecution.</p><p>The Home Office memorandum to the Franks Committee in 1972 gave guidance on the reasons for including a consent requirement when creating a criminal offence. It provided that the basic reason for including a consent requirement is that otherwise there would be a risk of prosecutions being brought in inappropriate circumstances and identified five broader overlapping reasons for including a consent requirement.</p><p>It is a constitutional principle that, when deciding whether to consent to a prosecution, the Law Officers will consider all relevant facts including why it is proposed to bring the prosecution and the mischief which the proposed offence was intended to prevent and apply the well-established prosecution principles of evidential sufficiency and the public interest test.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 31/10/2018 14:56:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1129352

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Audiobooks and Electronic Publishing: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons consumers pay 20 per cent VAT on (a) e-publications, (b) audio-books and (c) online newspapers; if he will make it his policy to implement a zero rating on such e-publications; what assessment he has made of the effect of that 20 per cent VAT rate on access to knowledge for (i) young people and (ii) other groups; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	259170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Until December 2018, a zero rate has only been available under agreed EU law for physical publications. The Government keeps all taxes under review, including Value Added Tax (VAT).</p><p>Any amendments to the VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and publications by other means must be carefully assessed against policy, economic and fiscal considerations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2019 14:34:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1136525

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Ombudsman Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been submitted to the Financial Ombudsman Service in each of the last three years; what the average wait was for a final decision in each of those years; how many complaints are currently outstanding; and what the current average waiting time is for a final decision.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	272805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), which is operationally independent from Government. The question has been passed on to the FOS. The FOS will reply directly to Caroline Lucas MP by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/07/2019 16:01:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas