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577425

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Witnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what advice is given to prosecutors about the appropriateness of applying for a witness summons in a criminal case; whether there are (a) indicators and (b) factors that would make it more or less appropriate to apply for such a summons; and what evidence prosecutors are advised to pass on to the court to enable the court to decide whether a witness summons is appropriate.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will only apply for a witness summons in order to secure the attendance of a witness where it is necessary and appropriate to do so.</p><p>A witness summons application will be based on the specific facts of the case. Prosecutors will carefully consider whether a summons is in the public interest, taking proper account of any specific vulnerability, disability or mental health issues on the part of the witness. Prosecutors seek advice from the police, and any relevant specialist support services, to assist in assessing the appropriateness of such an application to ensure that the witness and any dependents will not be endangered by the decision nor caused any unnecessary distress.</p><p>A prosecutor will submit to the Court all relevant information including any medical report, risk assessment or advice from police or specialist support services.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/09/2016 10:06:39 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

577426

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases involving female perpetrators of domestic violence have been prosecuted in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of people prosecuted in those cases were found guilty.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The volumes and proportions of female defendants prosecuted for domestic abuse in each of the last 10 years, together with the conviction rates, can be found within the table at Annex A.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/09/2016 10:47:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name Annex A.pdf title Annex A
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

577427

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Courts: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to ensure that courts receive the latest Police National Computer details for defendants when cases are being dealt with electronically.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) provides an electronic copy of the Police National Computer (PNC) details for defendants to the court and defence as part of their initial disclosure of the prosecution case. Any subsequent updated versions of the defendant’s PNC received during the course of the case are provided to the CPS by the police, either at their instigation or at the request of the CPS, for use at court.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/09/2016 10:13:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

577428

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Arrests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average time from arrest to charge in each category of offence was in the latest year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	45486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold this information. Individual police forces may report on average arrest to charge statistics but this information is not held by the CPS. Furthermore, many cases are charged by the police directly or by other bodies, and never come to the CPS.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/09/2016 10:11:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

577429

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	World War II: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on providing compensation to people whose parents were mistreated whilst interned in Britain during the Second World War.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	45463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide an answer to this question as to do so would exceed the cost limit. This is not part of the Home Office current policy portfolio and will require in-depth archive research by officials to provide an accurate and comprehensive response, diverting resources from current and existing priorities.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/10/2016 15:19:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

577430

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have registered to vote in the UK since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	45474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government holds figures for the number of applications to register, but not for the number of additions or deletions from each local register resulting from such applications. This data is only held by Electoral Registration Officers.</p><p>Since 23 June 2016, 783,834 applications to register have been made. Of these, 642,701 applications were made online, through the Government’s Register to Vote (RTV) website. The remainder - 127,232 applications - were submitted on paper.</p><p>A breakdown of these applications by type (e.g. home movers, name changes, corrections or first-time applications) is not possible. It can be assumed that the vast majority of these applications relate to general churn in the system, with the annual canvass now well underway.”</p><p>These figures will include re-registrations from people moving house, as part of the normal churn of electoral registration over time.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/09/2016 15:36:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

577431

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who is responsible for taking action against data users who misuse personal data; and what sanctions are available to that body.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	45524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner is the UK's independent authority responsible for administering and enforcing information rights, and provides guidance and advice to individuals and organisations on, among other things, the Data Protection Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner has a number of tools at its disposal to take action against those that breach the legislation. These powers include the ability to conduct audits, serve enforcement notices and impose civil monetary penalties of up to £500,000.</p><p> </p><p>Further information about the Information Commissioner can be found on the Information Commissioner’s Office’s website at: www.ico.org.uk</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/09/2016 12:08:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

577433

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the resources for the Department for Exiting the European Union have been drawn from the administration budget allocated in the 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	45412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Detailed work is underway to establish the budget required to fulfil the department’s set-up and responsibilities. The budget of the Department will be set out to the House and approved as part of the supplementary estimates in the new year, as is standard practice.</p><p>The new Department for Exiting the European Union is appropriately resourced for its work.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 45413 question first answered 12/09/2016 12:33:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

577434

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to draw additional resources needed for the Civil Service to prepare and negotiate for Britain's exit from the EU from the administration budget allocated in the 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	45413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Detailed work is underway to establish the budget required to fulfil the department’s set-up and responsibilities. The budget of the Department will be set out to the House and approved as part of the supplementary estimates in the new year, as is standard practice.</p><p>The new Department for Exiting the European Union is appropriately resourced for its work.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 45412 question first answered 12/09/2016 12:33:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

577435

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons there is a difference between the 30-day and the 42-day limit for HM Revenue and Customs and Concentrix to reply to mandatory reconsideration requests.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	45416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>Since the beginning of the contract between SYNNEX-Concentrix and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), in November 2014, to 11 September 2016, Concentrix has adjusted around 103,000 cases. HMRC does not hold information on how many are full adjustments or partial adjustments. The total savings in Annually Managed Expenditure have been £284.1 million since commencement of the contract in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p>As of 12<sup>th</sup> September 2016 there are currently 2197 applications for Mandatory Reconsiderations of a Concentrix tax credit decision awaiting determination.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has received the following volume of Mandatory Reconsiderations relating to tax credit decisions made by Concentrix since January 2016:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>653</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>1047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>1205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Up to 12<sup>th</sup> September 2016</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number of Mandatory Reconsiderations received is about 1.6% of all Concentrix decisions made.</p><p> </p><p>The number of independent tribunal cases that have been received challenging Mandatory Reconsiderations of tax credit decisions by Concentrix in each month since the contract began have been:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Up to 12<sup>th</sup> September 2016</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number of tribunal appeals received is about 0.08% of all decisions Concentrix made in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC and Concentrix have the same target for processing Mandatory Reconsiderations. Both HMRC and Concentrix inform customers that they have 30 days to submit a Mandatory Reconsideration after receipt of their award notice. After receipt of the request for a Mandatory Reconsideration, HMRC and Concentrix aim to deal with them in 42 days. This time period includes any time that it takes to request and receive further information from the claimant.</p><p> </p><p>Concentrix currently reviews a number of tax credit case types on HMRC's behalf. Specifically Concentrix looks at cases where there is a potential undeclared partner, or potential inaccuracies with work and hours and/or child care charges. HMRC staff carry out a wider range of checks based on a different set of parameters and risk factors.</p><p> </p><p>Since the beginning of the contract, the average time taken by Concentrix to conduct Mandatory Reconsiderations for tax credits decisions is 23 days.</p><p> </p><p>The shortest time for dealing with Mandatory Reconsiderations was 6 days in 2014/15, 1 day in 2015/16 and 5 days in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The longest time for dealing with Mandatory Reconsiderations was 261 days in 2014/15, 330 days in 2015/16, 122 days in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>As discussed during the responses on the floor of the House on 14 September regarding this issue, HMRC is no longer passing new cases to Concentrix. Concentrix is instead working to improve the service it provides to claimants and to resolve outstanding cases.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 45417 45418 45419 45420 45421 45467 question first answered 16/09/2016 09:35:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen