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750684

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	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 restrict drone access over prisons; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	4266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We take a zero tolerance approach to smuggling of contraband into prisons and work closely with the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to ensure those caught are prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a range of methods to counter the threat posed by drones are being trialled and evaluated for their effectiveness across the prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>We have already introduced new legislation to further strengthen our powers, making it illegal to land a drone in a prison or to use a drone to drop in contraband.</p><p> </p><p>We have had successful prosecutions due to intelligence led operations and working closely with the local police forces to prevent the use of drones to smuggle contraband into prisons.</p><p> </p><p>To date, there has been a total of 35 arrests and 11 convictions of criminals involved in drone activity – resulting in those convicted sentenced to a total of more than 40 years in jail.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/07/2017 15:33:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

785118

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	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	Animal Breeding: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish draft regulations on single animal establishment licences.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>We intend to lay draft regulations on animal activity licensing schemes before Parliament early next year. Since the end of the public consultation last year and the publication of the Next Steps document setting out the way forward in February 2017, Defra has been working closely with key sectors and stakeholders to refine the regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/11/2017 16:17:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

759289

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will announce per-school figures under the new National Funding Formula for (a) England and (b) Crawley; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	9736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>We announced the allocations for all schools in England under the National Funding Formula, on 14 September.</p><p>Full details are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/09/2017 09:50:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

785151

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The unduly lenient sentence scheme provides a valuable way to ensure that sentences for serious crimes can be challenged where they are considered to be unduly lenient. In 2016, the Attorney General referred 190 cases to the Court of Appeal, and in 141 of these the Court of Appeal increased the sentence.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/11/2017 16:28:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

752760

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of non-molestation orders were issued by (a) courts in England and (b) Horsham County Court in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	5185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the numbers of non-molestation orders issued by courts in England and, specifically, by Horsham County Court in 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 1. Number of domestic violence non-molestation orders issued in England and Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Horsham County Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>23,482</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16</p></td><td><p>23,335</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-17</p></td><td><p>23,724</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:15:48 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

765633

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Court Orders: Sussex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non molestation orders and prohibited steps orders were issued by the Sussex family courts of (a) Brighton, (b) Chichester, (c) Eastbourne, (d) Hastings, (e) Horsham and (f) Worthing for the first and second quarters of 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	105808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the numbers of non-molestation orders and prohibited steps orders issued by Brighton, Chichester, Eastbourne, Hastings, Horsham and Worthing family courts in the first and second quarters of 2017:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of non-molestation and prohibited steps orders issued in Sussex Family Courts in 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-Molestation</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Prohibited Steps</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1-5</p></td><td><p>1-5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horsham</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worthing</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1-5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/10/2017 15:15:16 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

780403

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: West Sussex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce which local authority areas will be piloted for 100 per cent business rates retention; what representations he has received from councils in West Sussex on that pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	110238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The local authorities selected to pilot 100 per cent business rates retention for 2018/19 will be announced at or in advance of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement. Councils in West Sussex have made an application.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 17:47:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

785139

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cancer: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths resulted from (a) breast, (b) cervical and (c) prostate cancer in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	111847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 15/11/2017 16:14:26 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ111847 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

752761

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Non-molestation Orders: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-molestation orders were issued that led to legal aid funding being granted at (a) courts in England and (b) Horsham County Court in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	5186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/07/2017 14:16:11 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

765283

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Transplant Surgery: Stem Cells
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to psychological support for patients recovering from a stem cell transplant.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	105451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The impact of cancer continues beyond the initial treatment. Patients may experience physical, financial, social and psychological issues.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England are rolling out the Recovery Package, which will ensure patients have more personal care and support from the point they are diagnosed and once treatment ends. For patients this means working with their care team to develop a comprehensive plan outlining their physical needs and other support they may need, such as help at home or financial advice.</p><p> </p><p>By 2020 NHS England wants all cancer patients to have access to the Recovery Package and is committed to implementing this in collaboration with charities, professionals and patients themselves.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/10/2017 15:28:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith