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1086510

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with possession of cannabis in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	230860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely publishes information on charges and other resolutions, such as cannabis warnings, of crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. Offences involving the production and distribution of cannabis are subsumed within the general category of “Trafficking in controlled drugs” and data on the number of such offences that have resulted in a charge or summons between 2010 and 2018 are available in the Crime Outcomes open data tables at <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables%20." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables .</a></p><p>The same tables provide data on the number of possession of cannabis offences that have resulted in a charge or summons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 230902 230903 question first answered 19/03/2019 14:58:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1086712

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals charged with crimes involving the production of cannabis for each year between 2010 to 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	230902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely publishes information on charges and other resolutions, such as cannabis warnings, of crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. Offences involving the production and distribution of cannabis are subsumed within the general category of “Trafficking in controlled drugs” and data on the number of such offences that have resulted in a charge or summons between 2010 and 2018 are available in the Crime Outcomes open data tables at <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables%20." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables .</a></p><p>The same tables provide data on the number of possession of cannabis offences that have resulted in a charge or summons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 230860 230903 question first answered 19/03/2019 14:58:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1086713

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his department has made of the number of individuals charged with crimes involving the distribution of cannabis for each year between 2010 to 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	230903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely publishes information on charges and other resolutions, such as cannabis warnings, of crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. Offences involving the production and distribution of cannabis are subsumed within the general category of “Trafficking in controlled drugs” and data on the number of such offences that have resulted in a charge or summons between 2010 and 2018 are available in the Crime Outcomes open data tables at <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables%20." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables .</a></p><p>The same tables provide data on the number of possession of cannabis offences that have resulted in a charge or summons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 230860 230902 question first answered 19/03/2019 14:58:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1086714

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Cannabis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the rate of recidivism for individuals charged with crimes involving the possession of cannabis for each year between 2010 to 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	230904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Please see the relevant tables attached. Note in the data that reoffending is measured using a one-year follow-up period and a further six month waiting period. Rates are, therefore, only available for cohorts up until January to March 2017.</p><p>For those whose offences are linked to cannabis usage, NHS England and Local Health Boards in Wales, who are responsible for commissioning substance misuse services in prisons, offer a broad range of services to address substance misuse. It is for health providers to decide the appropriate treatment on a case by case basis.</p><p>Further, for prisons in England the updated April 2018 NHS England Substance Misuse Service Specification for prisons sets out evidence-based services that should be commissioned to address the health and justice needs of prisoners, including the prevention of re-offending.</p><p>Those convicted of possession, production or supply of cannabis may also be suitable for an accredited offending behaviour programme or similar intervention which addresses needs related to an individual’s offending, for example attitudes, thinking and behaviour.</p><p>In addition, we are addressing some of the barriers to rehabilitation through the Education and Employment strategy we published last May. For example, we are giving governors local power and control, enabling them to commission education provision that leads to work; through the New Futures Network (NFN), we are engaging with employers to take on ex-prisoners; and we have consulted on proposals to increase the opportunities available to prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces through Release On Temporary Licence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 230905 230906 230907 230908 230909 question first answered 19/03/2019 17:35:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQs 230904-230906.xlsx title Table for 230904 - 230906
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1086715

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Cannabis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his department has made of the rate of recidivism for individuals charged with crimes involving the production of cannabis for each year between 2010 to 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	230905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Please see the relevant tables attached. Note in the data that reoffending is measured using a one-year follow-up period and a further six month waiting period. Rates are, therefore, only available for cohorts up until January to March 2017.</p><p>For those whose offences are linked to cannabis usage, NHS England and Local Health Boards in Wales, who are responsible for commissioning substance misuse services in prisons, offer a broad range of services to address substance misuse. It is for health providers to decide the appropriate treatment on a case by case basis.</p><p>Further, for prisons in England the updated April 2018 NHS England Substance Misuse Service Specification for prisons sets out evidence-based services that should be commissioned to address the health and justice needs of prisoners, including the prevention of re-offending.</p><p>Those convicted of possession, production or supply of cannabis may also be suitable for an accredited offending behaviour programme or similar intervention which addresses needs related to an individual’s offending, for example attitudes, thinking and behaviour.</p><p>In addition, we are addressing some of the barriers to rehabilitation through the Education and Employment strategy we published last May. For example, we are giving governors local power and control, enabling them to commission education provision that leads to work; through the New Futures Network (NFN), we are engaging with employers to take on ex-prisoners; and we have consulted on proposals to increase the opportunities available to prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces through Release On Temporary Licence.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 230904 230906 230907 230908 230909 question first answered 19/03/2019 17:35:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQs 230904-230906.xlsx title Table for 230904 - 230906
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1086722

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	National Drug Treatment Monitoring System
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money from the public purse was allocated to the national drug treatment monitoring system by the Government in each year from 2010 to 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	230911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Data on how much money from the public purse was allocated to the National Drug Treatment Monitoring Service by the United Kingdom Government for each year from 2010 to 2018 is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/03/2019 16:25:39 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1082731

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2019 to Question 210707 on electromagnetic fields: health hazards, whether the independent Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation plans to make an assessment of the effect on health of (a) developments and advances in the use and coverage of wireless signals across the UK since 2012 and (b) the roll out 5G networks.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	229277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The independent Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation (AGNIR) came to an end in 2017. Further information can be seen at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/advisory-group-on-non-ionising-radiation-agnir" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/advisory-group-on-non-ionising-radiation-agnir</a></p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) continues to monitor the health-related evidence in respect of electromagnetic fields, including the radio waves from developing wireless communication systems such as 5G. PHE remains committed to delivering expert review reports on non-ionising radiation topics, as and when sufficient new evidence has accumulated.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/03/2019 13:24:18 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1081922

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which non-UK countries UK pensioners (a) receive and (b) do not receive an annual uprating to their state pension in accordance with the triple lock.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	228166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>A list of overseas countries where the State Pension is up-rated annually is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pensions-annual-increases-if-you-live-abroad/countries-where-we-pay-an-annual-increase-in-the-state-pension" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pensions-annual-increases-if-you-live-abroad/countries-where-we-pay-an-annual-increase-in-the-state-pension</a></p><p> </p><p>A list of countries where State Pensions are in payment but are not uprated can be generated by accessing: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/03/2019 10:21:23 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1060587

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Trees: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Category A trees with Heritage Tree status there are throughout the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	221005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>‘Category A Heritage Tree’ is an industry standard for undertaking arboricultural assessments, as set out in British Standard (BS) 5837 of 2012 on ‘Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction’ policy.</p><p> </p><p>As this is an industry standard rather than an official Government one, central Government does not keep records of how many such trees there are.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently consulting on a ‘Duty to Report’ on tree planting and felling for local government. The consultation closes on 28 February.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/02/2019 15:33:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1060588

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Trees: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the location of protected trees throughout the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	221006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Woodland Trust manages the Ancient Tree Inventory (ATI), which is a database recording over 150,000 ancient, veteran or notable trees across the UK. This is a volunteer database, with verified records, which does not have complete or consistent coverage across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Records for trees protected through Tree Preservation Orders (TPO) are held by local authorities, not by central government. Local planning authorities are also responsible for trees in conservation areas.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/02/2019 15:48:40 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi