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1691321

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings he has had with]Action Fraud since November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	15493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office is working closely with City of London Police to replace Action Fraud with a more efficient new system that will improve the support services and reporting tools for victims and intelligence provided to forces.</p><p>The Home Office and key stakeholders across the victim support landscape, law enforcement agencies, and other relevant bodies are consulted regularly on the development of the service by CoLP. This includes regular official as well as Ministerial level engagements from the Home Office.</p><p>Oversight of Action Fraud falls within the remit of the Security Minister, who recently visited City of London Police to learn more about the replacement service.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 04/03/2024 17:04:16 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1691323

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Technology: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the (a) implications for her policies and (b) potential impact on investment in the UK by high-growth technology SMEs of the agreement between the European Investment Fund and Inveready Asset Management, signed on 6 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	15439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The agreement between the European Investment Fund and Inveready Asset Management is not expected to have a significant impact on UK tech investment given its scale and focus on Spanish companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken significant action over the last year to generate additional investment into high-growth UK companies. This includes the Mansion House Reforms, which could unlock up to £75bn, establishing the British Business Bank Growth Fund, and announcing the Long-term Investment for Technology and Science initiative worth £250m.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 04/03/2024 15:07:35 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1691324

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cars: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of policing of car theft.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	15494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime.</p><p>The latest estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows there were 726,000 incidents of vehicle-related theft in the year ending September 2023. This represents a 39% fall, when compared with the year ending March 2010, when there was an estimated 1,198,000 such incidents.</p><p>The Government is working closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group, chaired by ACC Jennifer Sims, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime, to take forward a programme of work to prevent and reduce vehicle crime nationally. This includes training police officers on methods used to steal vehicles, encouraging vehicle owners to secure their vehicles and working with industry to prevent theft. A network of vehicle crime leads has been established in every police force in England and Wales, ensuring forces share information about emerging trends in vehicle crime and are better able to tackle regional issues.</p><p>We are legislating through the Criminal Justice Bill to create two new offences where a person possesses, makes, adapts, supplies or offers to supply electronic devices where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they will be used in vehicle theft. The legislation will make it easier for police to prosecute criminals making and supplying these devices, as well as vehicle thieves.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales publishes annual estimates on the proportion of stolen vehicles returned to owners which can be found within the ‘Nature of crime: Vehicle related thefts’. The latest available figures from the 2019/20 CSEW, estimated that in 28% of thefts the vehicle was returned to its owner, 34% in the 2018/19 survey and 40% in the 2017/18 survey.</p><p>No assessment has been made of the number of vehicles stolen by under 18s and there are currently no plans to publish the minutes of meeting on car theft since November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 15495 15496 15497 15519 question first answered 04/03/2024 16:35:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1691325

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cars: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce car theft.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	15495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime.</p><p>The latest estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows there were 726,000 incidents of vehicle-related theft in the year ending September 2023. This represents a 39% fall, when compared with the year ending March 2010, when there was an estimated 1,198,000 such incidents.</p><p>The Government is working closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group, chaired by ACC Jennifer Sims, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime, to take forward a programme of work to prevent and reduce vehicle crime nationally. This includes training police officers on methods used to steal vehicles, encouraging vehicle owners to secure their vehicles and working with industry to prevent theft. A network of vehicle crime leads has been established in every police force in England and Wales, ensuring forces share information about emerging trends in vehicle crime and are better able to tackle regional issues.</p><p>We are legislating through the Criminal Justice Bill to create two new offences where a person possesses, makes, adapts, supplies or offers to supply electronic devices where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they will be used in vehicle theft. The legislation will make it easier for police to prosecute criminals making and supplying these devices, as well as vehicle thieves.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales publishes annual estimates on the proportion of stolen vehicles returned to owners which can be found within the ‘Nature of crime: Vehicle related thefts’. The latest available figures from the 2019/20 CSEW, estimated that in 28% of thefts the vehicle was returned to its owner, 34% in the 2018/19 survey and 40% in the 2017/18 survey.</p><p>No assessment has been made of the number of vehicles stolen by under 18s and there are currently no plans to publish the minutes of meeting on car theft since November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 15494 15496 15497 15519 question first answered 04/03/2024 16:35:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1691326

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	15425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is responsible for the provision and management of up-to-date IT infrastructure and applications for the Attorney General’s Office (AGO).</p><p>The CPS does not currently maintain any legacy IT infrastructure on behalf of the AGO.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 27/02/2024 15:34:32 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1691327

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to ban school pupils from using phones on the way to and from school.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	15489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The department has published new guidance on the use of mobile phones in schools. This sets out that all schools should develop and implement a policy that creates a mobile phone free environment by prohibiting the use of mobile phones and other smart technology with similar functionality to mobile phones throughout the school day.</p><p> </p><p>Each school is responsible for deciding how they apply this new guidance and how to accommodate the needs of their pupils. It is for school leaders to develop and implement a tailored policy on the use of mobile phones and other similar devices.</p><p>If a decision is made to prohibit mobile phones from the school premises entirely, schools should consider the impact on children travelling to and from school where not having a mobile phone poses a risk or the perception of a risk. Schools are encouraged to consult with parents to develop such a policy, considering ways to mitigate specific concerns and build support for this approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 29/02/2024 12:58:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1691328

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cars: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of cars being stolen by people under 18.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	15496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime.</p><p>The latest estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows there were 726,000 incidents of vehicle-related theft in the year ending September 2023. This represents a 39% fall, when compared with the year ending March 2010, when there was an estimated 1,198,000 such incidents.</p><p>The Government is working closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group, chaired by ACC Jennifer Sims, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime, to take forward a programme of work to prevent and reduce vehicle crime nationally. This includes training police officers on methods used to steal vehicles, encouraging vehicle owners to secure their vehicles and working with industry to prevent theft. A network of vehicle crime leads has been established in every police force in England and Wales, ensuring forces share information about emerging trends in vehicle crime and are better able to tackle regional issues.</p><p>We are legislating through the Criminal Justice Bill to create two new offences where a person possesses, makes, adapts, supplies or offers to supply electronic devices where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they will be used in vehicle theft. The legislation will make it easier for police to prosecute criminals making and supplying these devices, as well as vehicle thieves.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales publishes annual estimates on the proportion of stolen vehicles returned to owners which can be found within the ‘Nature of crime: Vehicle related thefts’. The latest available figures from the 2019/20 CSEW, estimated that in 28% of thefts the vehicle was returned to its owner, 34% in the 2018/19 survey and 40% in the 2017/18 survey.</p><p>No assessment has been made of the number of vehicles stolen by under 18s and there are currently no plans to publish the minutes of meeting on car theft since November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 15494 15495 15497 15519 question first answered 04/03/2024 16:35:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1691329

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cars: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the minutes of meetings he has had on car theft since November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	15497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime.</p><p>The latest estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows there were 726,000 incidents of vehicle-related theft in the year ending September 2023. This represents a 39% fall, when compared with the year ending March 2010, when there was an estimated 1,198,000 such incidents.</p><p>The Government is working closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group, chaired by ACC Jennifer Sims, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime, to take forward a programme of work to prevent and reduce vehicle crime nationally. This includes training police officers on methods used to steal vehicles, encouraging vehicle owners to secure their vehicles and working with industry to prevent theft. A network of vehicle crime leads has been established in every police force in England and Wales, ensuring forces share information about emerging trends in vehicle crime and are better able to tackle regional issues.</p><p>We are legislating through the Criminal Justice Bill to create two new offences where a person possesses, makes, adapts, supplies or offers to supply electronic devices where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they will be used in vehicle theft. The legislation will make it easier for police to prosecute criminals making and supplying these devices, as well as vehicle thieves.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales publishes annual estimates on the proportion of stolen vehicles returned to owners which can be found within the ‘Nature of crime: Vehicle related thefts’. The latest available figures from the 2019/20 CSEW, estimated that in 28% of thefts the vehicle was returned to its owner, 34% in the 2018/19 survey and 40% in the 2017/18 survey.</p><p>No assessment has been made of the number of vehicles stolen by under 18s and there are currently no plans to publish the minutes of meeting on car theft since November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 15494 15495 15496 15519 question first answered 04/03/2024 16:35:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1691330

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
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	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q102 of the oral evidence given by Lorraine Jackson to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 31 January 2024, HC 148, when the constant review of statutory sick pay began; what steps his Department is taking to conduct this review; and what sources of information are included in this review.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	15462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>As with all government policy, Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) policy is kept under review. The department through the Joint work and Health directorate, monitors feedback from correspondence and reviews evidence from a range of organisations. The rate of SSP is also reviewed each year as part of the annual uprating exercise.</p><p> </p><p>The government reviewed SSP as part of both the ‘Work, health and disability green paper: improving lives’ consultation (2017) and the ‘Health is Everyone’s Business consultation’ (2019, HiEB). In response to the HiEB consultation (2021) we maintained that SSP provides an important link between the employee and employer but Ministers confirmed it was not the right time to introduce changes to the sick pay system.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 04/03/2024 14:30:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1691331

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
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	Private Rented Housing: Energy
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 ensuring that private rental residential landlords provide energy meters that are compliant with the European Measuring Instruments Directive for each property they let.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	15491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Legislation is in place, under the Electricity Act 1989 and the Gas Act 1986, which requires all meters used for billing purposes to be approved. This includes sub meters used for secondary billing, such as in a landlord-tenant situation. This means that the government has already ensured that where landlords intend to bill their tenants, approved meters must be used. <br> <br> Meters in use will have been required to demonstrate compliance with the UK Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 which implement the relevant requirements of the European Measuring Instruments Directive, or earlier GB national legislation if their installation pre-dates that legislation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 15492 question first answered 04/03/2024 13:31:01 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter