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1201579

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans his Department has to increase access to justice.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	902974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Access to justice is a fundamental right and this government is committed to ensuring that everyone can get the timely support they need to access the justice system.</p><p> </p><p>We announced our vision for resolving legal problems earlier and increasing access to justice through the Legal Support Action Plan, including the role technology can play in identifying legal problems.</p><p> </p><p>Despite various real demands of Covid-19 on the MoJ, we have continued to prioritise a new £3.1m grant that will further enhance legal support for litigants in person over the next two years.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/06/2020 17:57:38 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1190866

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans she has for the allocation of the additional £85 million to the CPS.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	901905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is investing across the justice system.The additional £85 million to the CPS will enable the CPS to respond effectively to any increase in caseload resulting from the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers; to better meet their disclosure obligations; to work with investigators to pursue all reasonable lines of inquiry; and to deliver much needed changes to external counsel fees. Investing in the CPS to meet these pressures demonstrates that this Government is commitment to ensuring that justice is served.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/04/2020 13:26:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1185074

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Renewable Energy
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 discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for renewable sources of energy.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	901650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Ministers regularly discuss issues including renewable energy, including as part of the Government’s commitment to meeting net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019, the Government set a legally binding-target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050. We agree with the Committee on Climate Change’s view on the importance of a diverse mix of power generation sources to achieve that with renewables providing the majority of our electricity by 2050 alongside firm low carbon power from sources such as nuclear, and gas or biomass generation with carbon capture and storage. The Government has introduced many initiatives to increase the supply of renewable energy production in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed up to £557m of annual support for future Contracts for Difference, providing developers with the confidence they need to invest in bringing forward new projects and we are supporting our world-leading offshore wind industry through the 2019 sector deal.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support smaller scale renewable electricity generation, the Government introduced the Smart Export Guarantee on 1 January, which gives small scale low-carbon electricity generators, such as homes with solar panels, the right to be paid for the renewable electricity they export to the grid.</p><p> </p><p>The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) supports the transition to low-carbon heating in the UK, helping generate renewable heat for schools, hospitals and more than 12,000 social housing properties. The scheme is designed to bridge the gap between the cost of fossil fuel heat sources and renewable heat alternatives through financial support for owners of participating installations. The RHI helps to sustain and build the supply-chains needed to deliver our aspirations for renewable heat in 2020 and beyond</p><p> </p><p>Meeting our net zero target will require virtually all heat in buildings to be decarbonised, and heat in industry to be reduced to close to zero carbon emissions. This will involve large-scale transformation, including disruption to consumers and wide-ranging change to energy systems and markets: the way heating is supplied to over 28 million homes, businesses and industrial users will need to change.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to develop a new policy framework for the long-term decarbonisation of heat. This will set out the programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions on how we achieve mass transition to low carbon heating.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 19/03/2020 17:53:41 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1172549

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what comparative assessment he has made of (a) the number of cases the CPS agreed to pursue came to court and (b) the average waiting time for those cases to be heard when the CPS was (i) based in Gloucester and (ii) based in Bristol.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	6660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The South West regional area of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) covers three police force areas: Avon &amp; Somerset, Devon and Cornwall and Gloucestershire. The Area is based in Bristol, Exeter and Truro following the closure of the Gloucester office in April 2014. In 2013-14, prior to the closure of the Gloucester office, CPS South West prosecuted 11,826 cases where the CPS had authorised charge. In 2018-19 they prosecuted 9,279. This reduction is consistent with the falling caseload for the CPS nationally.</p><p>The CPS does not hold any records relating to the average waiting time at court. However, data is available showing the average time (in calendar days) from the date the decision to charge a suspect was made to the date the prosecution case was finalised. In 2013-14 this was 140.3 days for CPS South West and 139.2 days in 2018-19. For cases referred by Gloucestershire Police the average time taken between decision to charge and finalised prosecution has dropped from 176.5 days in 2013-14 to 142.5 days in 2018-19.</p><p>The average timeliness of a prosecution case is measured from the date charges are authorised by the CPS to finalisation. The average time includes the period between the date the CPS authorise the charge, to the date the suspect was charged by the police, to date of the first listed hearing and subsequent finalisation of the defendant’s case. It is not possible to disaggregate the average timeliness between these stages. The data includes cases which are completed in magistrates’ courts and, more serious and complex, cases which proceed to the Crown Court. The precise time to charge a defendant is a matter for the police and similarly the time to list a case in court is a matter for HM Courts and Tribunals Service. The length of time cases take in court depends on the nature and complexity of the matters in question and whether matters are admitted or contested by the defendant.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 30/01/2020 17:50:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1172360

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Gloucester constituency and (b) the UK (i) applied for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) (ii) had their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claim rejected and (ii) successfully contended a rejected Personal Independence payment (PIP) claim at appeal in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	6085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>The table below provides the information requested for initial decisions following a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment for the Gloucester Parliamentary constituency and Great Britain in 2018-19:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Initial decisions in 2018-19</p></td><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP initial decisions following a PIP assessment</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>630,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which, disallowed</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>222,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of those disallowed at initial decision</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Award changed at Mandatory Reconsideration (MR)</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>15,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Award unchanged at MR and decision overturned at a tribunal hearing</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Award unchanged at MR and appeal lapsed</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who have received benefit decisions more recently may not yet have had time to complete the claimant journey and progress to appeal.</p><p> </p><p>A lapsed appeal is where DWP changed the decision in the customer’s favour after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Irish Assembly has devolved responsibility for social security benefits. The responsibility for statistics in Northern Ireland lies with the Department for Communities:</p><p><a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/01/2020 17:25:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1142785

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the female offender strategy.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	284426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Female Offender Strategy set out our vision to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system and in custody, and better conditions for those women who need to be in custody. The strategy launched an ambitious programme of work which will take will take several years to deliver. We are committed to monitoring progress over time and taking action to deliver the outcomes we set out to achieve.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken stock of progress in the first year and published an update on our progress in a Written Ministerial Statement on 27 June 2019: https://www.parliament.uk/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-06-27/HCWS1662 . A number of key achievements are set out below:</p><p>• In December 2018, we published a new Women’s Policy Framework to replace Prison Order 4800. It sets out the duties, rules and general guidance for prison and probation staff who work with women</p><ul><li>A new modular training package, POWER, has been devised and rolled out to develop the skills and knowledge of staff working with women in a custodial and community setting.</li><li>New female pathways have been introduced by NHS England within their Liaison and Diversion services.</li><li>On 18 June 2019, we published Lord Farmer’s Review on the importance of family ties for women. We commissioned Lord Farmer to undertake a follow-up review into the importance of family ties for female offenders.</li><li>Across government, we have invested £5m in women’s centres and other community services for women in 2018/19 and 2019/20. This includes funding to support the almost 60% of female offenders who have experienced domestic abuse. This funding will help to sustain and enhance existing services, and will create new services where there is currently a gap.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the impact of the strategy and be scrutinised on progress in its delivery through the Advisory Board on Female Offenders, a minister-led board of external stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 11:34:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1127749

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	NHS: BioMarin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the progress of talks on procuring medicines between the NHS and Bio Marin.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	256971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. Discussions about commercial agreements for medicines are rightly held between NHS England as an independent body and the manufacturer concerned. The Department plays no role in such discussions.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/05/2019 10:48:36 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1124756

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
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	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve support and treatment for people with a gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	910735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>We want to reduce gambling-related harm, protect the vulnerable and make sure that those experiencing problems are getting the help they need. The NHS Long Term Plan set out our commitment to invest in expanding National Health Service specialist clinics to help more people with serious gambling problems.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 07/05/2019 16:19:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1109975

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment has he made of effect of online gambling on vulnerable gamblers.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	241420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>All operators providing gambling facilities to consumers in Great Britain must be licensed by the Gambling Commission and comply with licence conditions, which include the protection of vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling. Operators are required to prevent underage gambling, to intervene when a customer shows signs of being at risk of harm and to offer the facility to self-exclude. Online operators must also offer a ‘time out’ facility and can make other tools available to help players manage their gambling, such as setting time or spend limits.</p><p> </p><p>In May last year the Government published its response to the Consultation on proposals for changes to Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures, which set out a comprehensive package to strengthen protections across all forms of gambling, including online. Next month, the Gambling Commission will bring in new rules requiring operators to complete age and identity verification before consumers can deposit money and gamble, or play free-to-play demo games.</p><p> </p><p>The Gambling Commission is also currently consulting on proposals to strengthen the requirement for operators to interact with consumers who may be experiencing gambling related harm. They are also reviewing whether gambling online with credit cards should be restricted, and will explore the potential consequences of doing so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/04/2019 08:54:42 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1109976

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received on the updated guidelines on relationships and sex education.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	241421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department conducted a consultation on the draft regulations, statutory guidance and regulatory impact assessment for relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education between July and November 2018.</p><p>The Department was contacted by over 40,000 individuals and organisations during the consultation process. Prior to the consultation, the key decisions were informed by a thorough engagement process. The public call for evidence received over 23,000 responses and the Department engaged directly with 90 organisations, including parents, young people, headteachers, teachers, governors, subject specialists, teaching unions, charities and faith groups.</p><p>The Government response to the call for evidence can be found here: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/pshe/relationships-education-rse-health-education/supporting_documents/180718%20Consultation_call%20for%20evidence%20response_policy%20statement.pdf" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/pshe/relationships-education-rse-health-education/supporting_documents/180718%20Consultation_call%20for%20evidence%20response_policy%20statement.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Government response to the consultation can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/relationships-and-sex-education-and-health-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/relationships-and-sex-education-and-health-education</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/04/2019 15:13:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham