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1110194

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	Coal Fired Power Stations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timeframe is for each active coal-fired power stations in the UK to stop producing electricity; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	242074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>In January 2018 we set out that all coal-fired power stations in GB will need to close by 1 October 2025 unless they invest to reduce their emissions to 450g CO2 per kWh. The exact timing of closure decisions or investments in abatement technology is a commercial matter for the relevant plant owner.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2019 08:54:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1110192

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	Coal: Mining
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) name and (b) location of surface coal mines in the UK that are producing coal for all purposes; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	242072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The list of surface coal mines and their locations is below, as of March 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of mine</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradley</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brenkley Lane</p></td><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Pit East Revised</p></td><td><p>Neath Port Talbot</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ffos-y-Fran</p></td><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Field House</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glan Lash</p></td><td><p>Carmarthenshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton-Le-Gate</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrington Reclamation</p></td><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>House of Water</p></td><td><p>East Ayrshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nant Helen</p></td><td><p>Powys</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shotton Surface Mine</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shotton SW &amp; Triangle</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2019 08:52:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1110193

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	Coal: Mining
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) names and (b) locations of surface coal mines in the UK that are scheduled to cease producing coal for all purposes; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	242073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The list of surface coal mines, their locations and the date of when they are currently licensed until is below, as at March 2019. To note applications can be made to extend licences so the licence date shown is not necessarily when a mine will cease production of coal.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of mine</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Currently Licensed Until </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradley</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>17/08/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brenkley Lane</p></td><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>01/09/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Pit East Revised</p></td><td><p>Neath Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>21/10/2104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ffos-y-Fran</p></td><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil</p></td><td><p>04/02/2097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Field House</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>07/11/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glan Lash</p></td><td><p>Carmarthenshire</p></td><td><p>31/03/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton-Le-Gate</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>04/07/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrington Reclamation</p></td><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>07/01/2025</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>House of Water</p></td><td><p>East Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>04/12/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nant Helen</p></td><td><p>Powys</p></td><td><p>08/07/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shotton Surface Mine</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>31/01/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shotton SW &amp; Triangle</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>31/01/2020</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2019 08:53:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122853

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to introduce tougher community sentences.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The sentencing framework already gives courts the flexibility to select community order requirements which are a robust alternative to custody, and are tailored to address the specific issues that contribute to reoffending. Community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective in reducing reoffending, and therefore keeping the public safe. We must ensure the public and judiciary have confidence in effective community orders, including those which address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and substance misuse needs and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p><p> </p><p>We are rolling out GPS enabled location monitoring in addition to the existing curfew monitoring technology, which will provide the courts with an additional option when imposing community sentences.</p><p> </p><p>Some requirements aim to reduce reoffending by addressing the issues that contribute to the underlying causes of offending. We are working with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Public Health England, in addition to the relevant local authorities, on protocol to support the greater use of community sentences with treatment requirements in courts in five testbed sites across the UK. The Community Sentence Treatment Requirement protocol sets out what is expected from all relevant agencies to ensure improved access to treatment for offenders who need it</p><p> </p><p>We are taking action to improve probation delivery and enforcement of community requirements. We recently consulted on a range of reforms to probation and we will set out detailed plans shortly. As part of those reforms we want to make sure that judges and magistrates get the right information on what probation services are available locally.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:45:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122854

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	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 19 March 2019 to Question 230697 on prison sentences, how many community orders each of those offenders had previously been given before being sent to prison.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Answer of 19 March 2019 to Question 230697 provided data, broken down by males and females, on the highest number of previous offences committed by an offender who received their first immediate custodial sentences between year ending September 2014 and year ending September 2018. Pursuant to this answer data on how many community orders each of those offenders had previously been given before being sent to prison can be viewed in the table.</p><p>This analysis relates to a small number of offenders and so the information provided can be volatile and change significantly depending on the offender selected for each year. It should be noted that figures looking at the highest number of previous offences or disposal types are not representative of the majority of the offending population.</p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all the circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p>However, sentences should also rehabilitate. There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 involved around 350,000 sentencing occasions over 4 years and used 130 different variables to construct matched groups of offenders and examine the effect of short sentences relative to community sentences. This study found a reduction of around 3 percentage points in proven reoffences if offenders receiving sentences of less than 12 months were to get a community order instead. This is statistically significant and equates to around 30,000 proven reoffences in total over a one-year period. This means fewer victims of crime.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2019 17:11:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ246974 - Response Table.xlsx title PQ246974 - Response Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122855

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	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 19 March 2019 to Questions 230698-230707 and 231412-231416 on prison sentences, how many community orders each of those offenders had previously been given before being sent to prison.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Answer of 19 March 2019 to Questions 230698-230707 and 231412-231416 was on the highest number of previous offences committed, for different offence items, before being given an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last three years. Pursuant to this, the answer regarding how many community orders each of those offenders had previously been given before being sent to prison can be found in the table attached. As benefit fraud offences are not prosecuted by the police, it is not possible to answer Question 230707.</p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p>However, sentences should also rehabilitate. There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 involved around 350,000 sentencing occasions over 4 years and used 130 different variables to construct matched groups of offenders and examine the effect of short sentences relative to community sentences. This study found a reduction of around 3 percentage points in proven reoffences if offenders receiving sentences of less than 12 months were to get a community order instead. This is statistically significant and equates to around 30,000 proven reoffences in total over a one-year period. This means fewer victims of crime.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:52:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of 20190426 - PQ246975 - Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122856

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of steps taken to tackle breaches and non-compliance of community orders.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Protection of the public is our key priority. This includes taking effective action to ensure that court orders are properly enforced. In the event of two unreasonable failures to comply with the requirements of a community order or suspended sentence order, Probation Instruction 06/2014 (Enforcement of Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders) requires both the National Probation Service and the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to return the offender to court. Where offenders are not complying with their sentences, probation providers must take swift and robust action, with offenders returned to court for breach proceedings where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>We have robust systems in place to manage the effectiveness of our enforcement practices. NPS managers are required to monitor the timely enforcement of cases and to take appropriate action when necessary. Our contract management team closely monitors CRCs to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to maintain service delivery, reduce re-offending, protect the public and provide value for money to taxpayers. This includes enforcing orders where offenders fail to comply. Our internal assurance mechanisms are reviewed regularly to ensure there is adequate oversight of probation performance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 246977 246979 question first answered 03/05/2019 12:41:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122857

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure offenders who breach their community orders are returned to court to face breach proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Protection of the public is our key priority. This includes taking effective action to ensure that court orders are properly enforced. In the event of two unreasonable failures to comply with the requirements of a community order or suspended sentence order, Probation Instruction 06/2014 (Enforcement of Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders) requires both the National Probation Service and the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to return the offender to court. Where offenders are not complying with their sentences, probation providers must take swift and robust action, with offenders returned to court for breach proceedings where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>We have robust systems in place to manage the effectiveness of our enforcement practices. NPS managers are required to monitor the timely enforcement of cases and to take appropriate action when necessary. Our contract management team closely monitors CRCs to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to maintain service delivery, reduce re-offending, protect the public and provide value for money to taxpayers. This includes enforcing orders where offenders fail to comply. Our internal assurance mechanisms are reviewed regularly to ensure there is adequate oversight of probation performance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 246976 246979 question first answered 03/05/2019 12:41:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122858

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	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 who were given a community order in each of the last three years breached their order and (a) the order was allowed to continue, (b) were re-sentenced to immediate custody, (c) were re-sentenced to a suspended sentence and (d) were re-sentenced to a different disposal.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The number and proportion of offenders who were given a community order in each of the last three years who breached their order and (a) the order was allowed to continue, (b) were re-sentenced to immediate custody, (c) were re-sentenced to a suspended sentence and (d) were re-sentenced to a new community order can be found in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:50:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 246978 response table Breach.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122859

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what testing his Department does to ensure that systems to deal with breaches of community orders are working correctly.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	246979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Protection of the public is our key priority. This includes taking effective action to ensure that court orders are properly enforced. In the event of two unreasonable failures to comply with the requirements of a community order or suspended sentence order, Probation Instruction 06/2014 (Enforcement of Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders) requires both the National Probation Service and the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to return the offender to court. Where offenders are not complying with their sentences, probation providers must take swift and robust action, with offenders returned to court for breach proceedings where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>We have robust systems in place to manage the effectiveness of our enforcement practices. NPS managers are required to monitor the timely enforcement of cases and to take appropriate action when necessary. Our contract management team closely monitors CRCs to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to maintain service delivery, reduce re-offending, protect the public and provide value for money to taxpayers. This includes enforcing orders where offenders fail to comply. Our internal assurance mechanisms are reviewed regularly to ensure there is adequate oversight of probation performance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 246976 246977 question first answered 03/05/2019 12:41:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies