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1156102

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Greece: Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the Paraskevopoulos Law in Greece.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	4993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>​We are concerned about the implications of the Paraskevopoulos Law, which allows early release of potentially dangerous convicted criminals in Greece. The European Parliament raised concerns in February this year about the Law's effect on security within the Schengen area.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/11/2019 11:33:22 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1156103

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Greece: Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she (a) has taken or (b) plans to take steps to prevent the entry of convicted criminals and terrorists who have been released early from prison in Greece under that country's Paraskevopoulos Law.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	4994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has the power to exclude a non-EEA national on the grounds that it is conducive to the public good. An EEA citizen or their non-EEA family member can be excluded or refused admission on the grounds of public policy or public security. Exclusion is normally used in circumstances involving national security, criminality, international crimes (war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide), corruption and unacceptable behaviour, such as glorification of terrorist violence.</p><p>The Immigration Rules also provide for the refusal of entry on the grounds of previous criminal convictions or the individual’s character, conduct or associations, on general grounds, regardless of the category in which the application is made.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/11/2019 11:35:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1156104

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Greece: Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons released from Greek prisons under the Paraskevopoulos Law have subsequently entered the UK.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	4995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold information on individuals released from Greek prisons under the Paraskevopoulos Law.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 12:22:55 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1156164

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his department has made of (a) the implications for his policies of the WHO report entitled Global Tuberculosis Report 2019 and (b) the potential effect of a new TB vaccine on achieving the (i) SDG target of ending the TB epidemic by 2030 and (ii) WHO End TB Strategy of reducing TB deaths by 95% and cutting new cases of TB by 90% between 2015 and 2035.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	4996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Global Tuberculosis Report 2019 provides important evidence on the challenge in tackling tuberculosis as an issue of global public health importance. We remain committed to the global effort and the World Health Organisation End Tuberculosis Strategy. We are proud to be at the forefront of work to prevent, detect and treat tuberculosis, including funding research to develop new treatments to tackle drug resistant tuberculosis. Our commitment to provide £1.4 billion to the latest replenishment of the Global Fund will help provide tuberculosis treatment and care for over 2 million people.</p><p> </p><p>A new tuberculosis vaccine could potentially have a significant effect on reducing tuberculosis deaths, and there is cautious optimism about the results for one potential vaccine, although there is still a very high degree of uncertainty for this high-risk research. DFID carefully considers robust data on specific vaccines before taking a view on its role in tackling a disease, including its relative impact alongside other established interventions.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/10/2019 13:21:08 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1150339

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) compliance of the Government of the United States with the 2003 UK-US extradition treaty and (a) effectiveness of that treaty for UK purposes.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK-US extradition treaty is fair and balanced. The United States is fully compliant with its obligations under the treaty and it is effective for the purpose of extraditing wanted persons to the UK.</p><p>Where someone in the UK is wanted by any country, the courts are able to exercise appropriate scrutiny over any request.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/10/2019 12:07:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1150340

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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	Workplace Pensions: Scunthorpe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Scunthorpe constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as at end of September 2019<sup>2</sup>:</p><p> </p><p>In the Scunthorpe constituency since 2012, approximately 9,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1370 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/10/2019 17:00:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149855

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's policies on homicide prevention.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>On 17 October, the Office for National Statistics published the latest crime statistics for the year ending June 2019. These show a 5% decrease in police recorded homicide compared to the previous year. There was also a 5% decrease in attempted murder offences in the latest year compared to the previous year. The Government will continue to take decisive action to bear down on all forms of serious violence, including knife crime and domestic abuse, by giving the police the resources and powers they need to tackle and investigate these crimes. In addition, we have introduced a landmark Domestic Abuse Bill and a wide-ranging package of non-legislative measures to improve the protection available to victims and to strengthen the use of Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs), ensuring that the learning from DHRs is effectively shared and put into practice to avoid future homicides.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/10/2019 11:12:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149856

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the adequacy of witness testimony.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to helping all witnesses give their best possible evidence so that offenders are brought to justice. As part of the cross-government Victim’s Strategy (published in September 2018), the Government committed to the wider provision of special measures for vulnerable and intimated witnesses, both when giving evidence and during cross-examination.</p><p>These measures include:</p><ul><li>the use of video recorded police interviews (called ABEs – Achieving Best Evidence)</li></ul><p>instead of written statements;</p><ul><li>the removal of wigs and gowns by judges and barristers;</li><li>cross examination at court via a live video link</li><li>video-recorded evidence-in-chief and cross examination behind a screen or curtain, so</li></ul><p>that they are shielded from sight of the defendant</p><ul><li>the support of a Registered Intermediary for witnesses who require communication assistance when giving evidence.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Victim’s Strategy also reaffirmed our commitment to rolling out pre-recorded cross examination, as provided for in section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, for vulnerable witnesses such as child witnesses under 16 or witnesses vulnerable due to physical or mental disability. By June 2019 this has commenced at nine Crown Court centres in England and Wales. In June 2019 we also extended section 28 to intimidated witnesses who are a victim of crime in sexual and modern slavery offences by testing the provision in the Crown Court centres at Leeds, Liverpool, and Kingston upon Thames.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/10/2019 15:50:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149857

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation: Video Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) feasibility of making video recording standard practice across all investigation stages of a crime.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Codes E and F of the Policing and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 governs the conduct video and audio recording of interviews of non-terrorism suspects, including appropriate safeguards. All interviews of terrorist suspects in England and Wales must be audio and visual recorded. The use of video recording for other stages of the investigatory process is an operational matter for the police. Research has not been conducted on the impact of broader recording practices.</p><p>The College of Policing published research on the impact of body worn video on outcomes. <a href="https://whatworks.college.police.uk/Research/Documents/BWV_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://whatworks.college.police.uk/Research/Documents/BWV_Report.pdf</a> This found that a significantly higher proportion of incidents attended by officers wearing a camera resulted in a charge rather than other criminal justice outcomes (e.g. cautions).</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/10/2019 11:55:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149858

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Interrogation: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make it a requirement for police forces to adhere to a structured interview protocol.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The use of specific techniques, within lawful bounds, remains an operational matter for chief constables. We will continue to support the police to ensure they can effectively investigate crime and protect the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/10/2019 17:23:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin