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620029

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	date tabled	24/10/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	25/10/2016 15:15:12 27/10/2016 14:17:02
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions there have been for tobacco smuggling in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	50019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) does not break down statistics for tobacco prosecutions to separate out those solely resulting from smuggling activity. Total prosecutions for tobacco offences for the last complete five years for which figures are available were as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Acquittals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong> <strong>(Convictions + Acquittals)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for previous years are not available, as they belong to the prosecuting authorities and are not on a comparable basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2016 13:45:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

619906

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	date tabled	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	24/10/2016 21:57:03 27/10/2016 12:07:05
	hansard heading	Family Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court pilots to date.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	50020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme has enabled approaches like the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) to be tried and tested in order to develop and spread new and more effective ways of supporting vulnerable children.</p><p>We recognise the positive results the FDAC achieves as evidenced in the latest research report published by Lancaster University[1]. This research published in September – and funded by the Department for Education Innovation Unit - found that mothers reunited with their children after care proceedings in the FDAC are more likely to stay off drugs and alcohol for longer and their family life less likely to be disrupted when compared with cases heard in ordinary care proceedings. A linked study, also published in September, indicated that the FDAC model is being successfully implemented in different courts around the country, and the local Judges were unanimous in their support for the FDAC approach. The department has not carried out any cost benefit analysis, but earlier this year, evidence from the Centre for Justice Innovation revealed that FDAC saves the taxpayer £2.30 for every £1 spent.</p><p>I met with Judge Nick Crighton and members of the FDAC National Unit on 19 October to discuss the latest research reports and progress on implementing the FDAC project.</p><p>No decision has been taken on future Government funding for the FDAC project.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://fdac.org.uk/better-outcomes-children-parents/" target="_blank">http://fdac.org.uk/better-outcomes-children-parents/</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 50021 50022 50023 question first answered 27/10/2016 11:35:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

619907

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	date tabled	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	24/10/2016 21:57:07 27/10/2016 12:07:04
	hansard heading	Family Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what cost benefit analysis her Department has carried out of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court pilots to date.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	50021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme has enabled approaches like the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) to be tried and tested in order to develop and spread new and more effective ways of supporting vulnerable children.</p><p>We recognise the positive results the FDAC achieves as evidenced in the latest research report published by Lancaster University[1]. This research published in September – and funded by the Department for Education Innovation Unit - found that mothers reunited with their children after care proceedings in the FDAC are more likely to stay off drugs and alcohol for longer and their family life less likely to be disrupted when compared with cases heard in ordinary care proceedings. A linked study, also published in September, indicated that the FDAC model is being successfully implemented in different courts around the country, and the local Judges were unanimous in their support for the FDAC approach. The department has not carried out any cost benefit analysis, but earlier this year, evidence from the Centre for Justice Innovation revealed that FDAC saves the taxpayer £2.30 for every £1 spent.</p><p>I met with Judge Nick Crighton and members of the FDAC National Unit on 19 October to discuss the latest research reports and progress on implementing the FDAC project.</p><p>No decision has been taken on future Government funding for the FDAC project.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://fdac.org.uk/better-outcomes-children-parents/" target="_blank">http://fdac.org.uk/better-outcomes-children-parents/</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 50020 50022 50023 question first answered 27/10/2016 11:35:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

619908

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	date tabled	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	24/10/2016 21:57:04 27/10/2016 12:07:03
	hansard heading	Family Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what future funding she plans to make available for the Family Drug and Alcohol Court project.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	50022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme has enabled approaches like the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) to be tried and tested in order to develop and spread new and more effective ways of supporting vulnerable children.</p><p>We recognise the positive results the FDAC achieves as evidenced in the latest research report published by Lancaster University[1]. This research published in September – and funded by the Department for Education Innovation Unit - found that mothers reunited with their children after care proceedings in the FDAC are more likely to stay off drugs and alcohol for longer and their family life less likely to be disrupted when compared with cases heard in ordinary care proceedings. A linked study, also published in September, indicated that the FDAC model is being successfully implemented in different courts around the country, and the local Judges were unanimous in their support for the FDAC approach. The department has not carried out any cost benefit analysis, but earlier this year, evidence from the Centre for Justice Innovation revealed that FDAC saves the taxpayer £2.30 for every £1 spent.</p><p>I met with Judge Nick Crighton and members of the FDAC National Unit on 19 October to discuss the latest research reports and progress on implementing the FDAC project.</p><p>No decision has been taken on future Government funding for the FDAC project.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://fdac.org.uk/better-outcomes-children-parents/" target="_blank">http://fdac.org.uk/better-outcomes-children-parents/</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 50020 50021 50023 question first answered 27/10/2016 11:35:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

619909

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	date tabled	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	24/10/2016 21:57:08 27/10/2016 12:07:02
	hansard heading	Family Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from members of the judiciary on the effectiveness of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	50023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme has enabled approaches like the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) to be tried and tested in order to develop and spread new and more effective ways of supporting vulnerable children.</p><p>We recognise the positive results the FDAC achieves as evidenced in the latest research report published by Lancaster University[1]. This research published in September – and funded by the Department for Education Innovation Unit - found that mothers reunited with their children after care proceedings in the FDAC are more likely to stay off drugs and alcohol for longer and their family life less likely to be disrupted when compared with cases heard in ordinary care proceedings. A linked study, also published in September, indicated that the FDAC model is being successfully implemented in different courts around the country, and the local Judges were unanimous in their support for the FDAC approach. The department has not carried out any cost benefit analysis, but earlier this year, evidence from the Centre for Justice Innovation revealed that FDAC saves the taxpayer £2.30 for every £1 spent.</p><p>I met with Judge Nick Crighton and members of the FDAC National Unit on 19 October to discuss the latest research reports and progress on implementing the FDAC project.</p><p>No decision has been taken on future Government funding for the FDAC project.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://fdac.org.uk/better-outcomes-children-parents/" target="_blank">http://fdac.org.uk/better-outcomes-children-parents/</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 50020 50021 50022 question first answered 27/10/2016 11:35:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton