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1359750

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) company self-referrals, (b) whistleblower, (c) victim, (d) professional advisory, (e) competitor and (f) other referrals have been made to the Serious Fraud Office in each financial year between 2015-16 and 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	57166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) receives a large number of reports and referrals from multiple different sources relating to a wide range of offences. Whistleblower referrals have been routinely published in the SFO Annual Report on Whistleblowing Disclosures since 2017. The figures are set out below:</p><p> </p><ul><li>During the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, the SFO managed 175 whistleblowing disclosures.</li><li>During the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, the SFO managed 128 whistleblowing disclosures.</li><li>During the period from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019, the SFO managed 137 whistleblowing disclosures.</li><li>During the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, the SFO managed 102 whistleblowing disclosures.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The SFO does not hold a detailed breakdown of the number of referrals within each of the other categories requested. However, the total number of all other referrals made to the SFO within the time period requested are set out below:</p><p> </p><ul><li>During the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 the SFO managed 1335 non whistleblower referrals.</li><li>During the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 the SFO managed 1160 non whistleblower referrals.</li><li>During the period from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 the SFO managed 1151 non whistleblower referrals.</li><li>During the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 the SFO managed 1045 non whistleblower referrals.</li><li>During the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 the SFO managed 1397 referrals – including whistleblower reports received in this financial year.</li><li>During the period from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 the SFO managed 2749 referrals – including whistleblower reports received in this financial year.</li></ul> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/10/2021 09:29:02 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1363042

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many referrals the CPS received from the National Crime Agency for charging decisions under the Money Laundering Regulations in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	62777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The number of referrals the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Specialist Fraud Division (SFD) has received from the National Crime Agency (NCA) for charging decisions under the Money Laundering Regulations for the last three years are as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>4 cases received in 2018-19</li><li>2 cases received in 2019-20</li><li>4 cases received in 2020-21</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>CPS data is available through its Case Management System (CMS) and associated Management Information System (MIS). The CPS collects data to assist in the effective management of its prosecution functions. The CPS does not break down figures that constitute official statistics as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.</p><p> </p><p>However, the CPS is not able through either CMS or MIS to breakdown referrals to differentiate whether they were made by the police or other investigative organisations in England and Wales. On this occasion we have been able to provide the data because of a recent manual review, so whilst we have endeavoured to produce figures that are as accurate as possible, this data is subject to human error.</p><p> </p><p>The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and the official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 29/10/2021 11:52:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

754099

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel and Occupied Territories: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart about human rights violations committed against children in military custody in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	6272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>​I raised our concerns over the issue of children in detention with the Israeli authorities during my recent visit to Israel between 22-23 August.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/09/2017 10:56:14 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1520652

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many warning letters have been issued by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation in response to Suspicious Activity Reports of potential sanctions breaches in (a) each financial and (b) calendar years in the last three years including 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	61205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>When individuals or firms report frozen funds or dealing with a designated person to HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), OFSI takes appropriate action depending on the report. Where there may be financial sanctions compliance concerns it investigates accordingly. OFSI’s responses range from no further action, where no breach is found, to monetary penalties where a breach is sufficiently serious.</p><p> </p><p>OFSI may issue a warning letter in a wide range of circumstances, including following enforcement investigations in response to a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR). However, OFSI does not break down referral data for enforcement cases which originate from SARs.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 18/10/2022 15:03:33 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1167922

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on tackling international tax avoidance.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	900305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary meets regularly with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss a broad range of topics.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling tax avoidance and evasion to ensure that everyone, no matter who they are, pays the right amount of tax at the right time.</p><p>Since 2010, the Government has introduced over 100 measures that clamp down on tax avoidance and evasion and has secured and protected an additional £200 billion that would have otherwise gone unpaid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/11/2019 14:59:57 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1167647

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the (a) prosperity and (b) economy of local areas in which armed forces are based of spending by (i) his Department and (ii) those armed forces in each year since 2010; and if he will place that information in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	8266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 November 2019 to the hon. Members for Moray (Douglas Ross), Harrow East (Bob Blackman), Havant (Alan Mak), Angus (Kirsten Hair), Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch), Clacton (Giles Watling), West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin), North East Hampshire (Ranil Jayawardena) and Cheadle (Mary Robinson) to Questions 7761, 7715, 7772, 7783, 7723, 7790, 7738, 7794 and 7796.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/11/2019 11:54:08 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1284806

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will work with regulators to expand the definition of microbusiness in the (a) energy and (b) communications sectors to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises have access to redress.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	150855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>The independent GB regulator, Ofgem, defines a microbusiness as - employing 10 or fewer full-time employees with an annual turnover of 2m Euros or less OR typically spending £10,000-£12,000 per year on gas or electricity.</p><p> </p><p>An energy supply licence obligates suppliers to proactively identify their microbusiness customers and provide information on their formal complaints process. If microbusinesses cannot resolve their complaints in this way, they can complain to the Energy Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom, the independent UK telecommunications services regulator, has put in place general conditions, which all communication providers must follow, that offer protections to businesses of any size relating to specific provisions on contracting, tariff information, billing procedures and number porting. Ofcom's rules also provide additional protections to businesses with fewer than 10 employees, including access to alternative dispute resolution and protections against mis-selling. All providers must be registered with either the Consumer Ombudsman or the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes the view that larger businesses are better able to represent their interests by negotiating contracts for supply, and to make use of approved dispute resolution procedures where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 16/02/2021 15:14:24 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1284807

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Business: Carbon Emissions
	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 recent assessment he has made of the extent to which businesses are on track to meet the Government’s 2050 net zero target.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	150856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>This year, the eyes of the world will be on the UK as we host the G7 and COP26. Business action on climate is vitally important to achieving a successful summit and presidency and meeting net zero emissions by 2050. Together these provide an excellent opportunity to showcase businesses as global leaders in tackling climate change in the year leading up to COP26.</p><p>The Government has appointed my Hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Downs (Andrew Griffith) as the UK Net Zero Business Champion for COP26. Andrew will drive the action needed to encourage UK businesses to sign up to the Race to Zero. This sends the strongest signal to markets, supply chains, governments and consumers that businesses are committed to the Net Zero transition.</p><p>We have met our emissions reductions targets to date, and to monitor emissions across all sectors of the economy, BEIS publishes an annual assessment of projected emissions, including those from business and industry, as part of the department’s Energy and Emissions Projections (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fenergy-and-emissions-projections&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ccarbonbudgets%40beis.gov.uk%7C0ec7696837e34476bdb008d8ccf7abd7%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637484711391084520%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=cZZQnQgQOMGld%2Br92yvGkmm0R1oixI8pFny6fpuk6ks%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections</a>).</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 16/02/2021 15:11:21 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1304950

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2021
	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	What steps his Department is taking to increase renewable energy production.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	913810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government aims to deliver up to double the renewable electricity capacity at the next Contracts for Difference round at end of this year compared to AR3, while spending an estimated £1billion in 2020/21 to encourage the deployment of low carbon heating in homes and businesses through the Renewable Heat Incentive. We have also announced the Clean Heat Grant, the Green Heat Network Fund and will launch the Green Gas Support Scheme later this year.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 23/03/2021 13:11:57 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1352685

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	Heating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Heat and Buildings Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	42002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is planning to publish a Heat and Buildings Strategy in due course. The strategy will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings, as well as our approach to the key strategic decisions needed to achieve a mass transition to low-carbon heat.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/09/2021 16:15:53 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake