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1178908

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date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the level of threat of violent attacks on shop workers; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government carried out a Call for Evidence on violence and abuse against shop staff to better understand the scale of the issue and the measures which may help prevent these crimes. We published the Government response to these findings on 7 July: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/priti-patel-to-tackle-violence-and-abuse-against-shopworkers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/priti-patel-to-tackle-violence-and-abuse-against-shopworkers</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/07/2020 14:45:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179318

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of section 22A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Section 176 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 inserted Section 22A into the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980. Under this provision, shoplifting of goods worth £200 or less is treated as a summary only offence, unless the defendant elects to be tried in the Crown Court. These cases can now be handled as police-led prosecutions.</p><p>Police-led prosecutions were introduced to provide a simpler and more proportionate response to high-volume, low-level offences where the case is uncontested, increasing police discretion to tackle crime in their area, freeing up CPS resource to focus on more complex cases, and generating efficiencies in the criminal justice system. The Ministry of Justice does not maintain statistics on police-led prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 13:02:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179319

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
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 effect of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on the demand for custodial resources; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>Attacks against our brave emergency workers who protect us are appalling and cowardly. That is why we doubled the maximum penalty for assaulting an emergency worker and gave judges the powers to aggravate the sentences for crimes committed against them.</p><p> </p><p>In the year ending September 2019, 1,205 people had been sentenced to immediate custody for the new offence of assault on an emergency worker, with custodial sentences averaging around 2-3 months over the period.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/866997/emergency-workers-table-sept-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/866997/emergency-workers-table-sept-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/02/2020 14:56:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179470

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the recipients were and what the purpose was of each (a) grant and (b) loan of funding under the Ports Infrastructure Resilience and Capacity Fund in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The recipients of grants under the Ports and Infrastructure Resilience and Connectivity Fund were: Bristol, Dover, Felixstowe, Harwich, Heysham, Hull, Immingham, Liverpool, London Gateway, Newhaven, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Sheerness, Southampton and Teesport. These grants were for a range of infrastructure projects contributing to more resilient handling of traffic and freight at maritime ports. This fund was set up in 2019, so no grants were awarded in previous years.</p><p>No loan funding has been awarded through this fund.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/03/2020 17:34:24 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179519

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Cuba
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what further steps she is planning to take to promote trade with Cuba.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department of International Trade (DIT) is committed to building our relationships across the world as part of our Global Britain agenda.</p><p> </p><p>We have appointed Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner to Latin America and the Caribbean (LatAC) to promote UK trade interests across the region including Cuba where we have a team based at the British Embassy. A LatAC Roadshow is planned in March for several UK regions to promote trade opportunities to UK companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/02/2020 17:11:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179520

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Business: Cuba
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) British and (b) European businesses who have not received payment (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 24 months after the completion of their contracts in Cuba; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>DIT Havana are aware of 5 UK companies who have not been paid. The team is working with all parties to address payments issues. We do not hold information on European businesses.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/03/2020 17:59:30 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1179521

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Cuba: Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings the British Ambassador to Cuba has had with the Cuban Government on non-payment by Cuban authorities for work undertaken by (a) UK and (b) European businesses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Our Ambassador to Cuba has raised the issue of non-payment of debts to British and European businesses in various meetings with Cuban Government ministers and officials on numerous occasions, and we continue to press Cuban authorities to repay all outstanding debts.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 02/03/2020 14:34:17 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas