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1519101

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Cammell Laird: Strikes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions (a) Ministers, and (b) senior officials in his Department had on the 1984 Cammell Laird shipyard dispute between 1997 and 2007 with (i) other Government departments, (ii) representatives of the GMB trade union, and (iii) other stakeholders; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	59270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>In respect of discussions within Government, by convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside of Government. This protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice.</p><p>In respect of discussions between the then Attorney Generals and officials and those outside of Government, I can confirm that we have no record of any discussions in relation to the 1984 Cammell Laird shipyard dispute between 1997 and 2007.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 24/10/2022 16:45:23 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1581465

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to increase the proportion of cases relating to violence against women and girls that are prosecuted.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	903444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women and girls remains one of the government’s top priorities, and we are doing all we can to make our streets and homes safer.</p><p>We’re prioritising prevention, supporting survivors, and strengthening the pursuit of aggressors.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/02/2023 13:56:48 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

423840

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to promote the use of credit unions in the work of the Law Officers' Departments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	13503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to question 13524 on the 2<sup>nd</sup> of November by my Hon. Friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/11/2015 15:15:12 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599323

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, which agreed EU directives have not yet been transposed directly into UK law; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office does not have departmental responsibility for the transposition of directives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/10/2016 11:50:18 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

662784

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers' Departments permits its employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>I can confirm my department does have a facility that allows staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/01/2017 11:51:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

90584

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) the Law Officers' Departments and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	208301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following tables contain details on the highest and lowest payments made to full-time equivalent civil servants in the Law Officers’ Departments between 2010-11 and 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£18,000 - £18,500</p></td><td><p>£18,000 - £18,500</p></td><td><p>£20,000 - £20,500</p></td><td><p>£21,000 – £21,500</p></td><td><p>£20,500 - £21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£160,000 – £164,999</p></td><td><p>£160,000 – £164,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* TSol data also covers the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000- £20,500</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£165,000 - £169,999</p></td><td><p>£165,000 - £169,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£15,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£210,000 -£215,000</p></td><td><p>£210,000 -£215,000</p></td><td><p>£195,000 – £200,000</p></td><td><p>£195,000 – £200,000</p></td><td><p>£200,000 -£205,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The source data for this question has been extracted from the CPS ‘Trent’ database using the base data report as of 05/09/14. Consequent change to data input may mean that this data could change at some point in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with standard reporting requirements and for protection of personal data the salary for the highest paid individual has been shown within a £5K boundary and a £500 range has been applied for lower paid staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/09/2014 13:33:15 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1586174

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Cammell Laird: Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many former employees from Cammell Laird are still in receipt of British Shipbuilders pensions; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	146756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>British Shipbuilder pensions were transferred to Legal &amp; General on 1 December 1994. His Majesty’s Government does not hold any data on the number of former employees from Cammell Laird in receipt of pensions.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 27/02/2023 15:42:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1586206

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Rules of Origin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Rules of Origin agreement with the European Union until 2027; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	146757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Rules of Origin we negotiated with the EU were developed in close consultation with stakeholders and designed to reflect the needs of UK-EU supply chains. For some sectors, such as electrified vehicles and batteries, we negotiated transitional rules until 2027 to help industry adapt to these new requirements. It is not current Government policy to seek any extensions to the Rules of Origin with the EU, however, Department for Business and Trade officials are in regular dialogue with industry in these sectors to understand their readiness for any upcoming changes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/02/2023 13:00:09 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1586497

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Missions: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the most recent date on which one or more representatives of the English language teaching (ELT) sector were (a) invited on and (b) able to attend a trade mission organised by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	146758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The most recent trade mission in which representatives from the English language teaching (ELT) sector were invited and attended was to Malaysia from 20-23 February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The projected number of students participating in the English language teaching sector for 2023 - 2025 is 385,000 per year [Source: English UK).</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with English UK, who are members of the Education Sector Advisory Group, co-chaired by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and Department for Education ministers. We have provided support for English UK’s English with Confidence campaign, including through the production of promotional material and hosting around 50 overseas ELT agents during a familiarisation visit in September 2022. We will continue to ensure that the ELT sector’s recovery and ambition is captured in the Government’s International Education Strategy. DBT will be supporting English UK’s Study World event and will support the sector at ICEF (International Consultants for Education and Fairs) Berlin, alongside considering ELT mission destinations for the next 15 months.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 146759 146760 question first answered 27/02/2023 13:15:44 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1586498

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	English Language: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if her Department will make a estimated projection of the number of students participating in the English language teaching sector in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	146759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The most recent trade mission in which representatives from the English language teaching (ELT) sector were invited and attended was to Malaysia from 20-23 February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The projected number of students participating in the English language teaching sector for 2023 - 2025 is 385,000 per year [Source: English UK).</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with English UK, who are members of the Education Sector Advisory Group, co-chaired by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and Department for Education ministers. We have provided support for English UK’s English with Confidence campaign, including through the production of promotional material and hosting around 50 overseas ELT agents during a familiarisation visit in September 2022. We will continue to ensure that the ELT sector’s recovery and ambition is captured in the Government’s International Education Strategy. DBT will be supporting English UK’s Study World event and will support the sector at ICEF (International Consultants for Education and Fairs) Berlin, alongside considering ELT mission destinations for the next 15 months.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 146758 146760 question first answered 27/02/2023 13:15:44 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas