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1611727

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date	18/04/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debt Collection: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the effectiveness of existing regulations relating to debt collection agencies for (a) vulnerable people and (b) financially insecure people.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	181271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The independent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for the regulation of debt collection activity. Where debt collection firms take steps to recover debts that have arisen under consumer credit agreements, they are required to do so according to the FCA’s principles, rules and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, firms are required to treat customers fairly and to have policies in place for the fair and appropriate treatment of vulnerable customers. Additional requirements apply in relation to the recovery of debt from customers with mental capacity limitations.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA has published guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. In 2023-24, the FCA plans to evaluate the action firms have taken and whether we see improvements in the outcomes experienced by vulnerable consumers. The guidance can be found in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fca.org.uk%2Fpublications%2Ffinalised-guidance%2Fguidance-firms-fair-treatment-vulnerable-customers&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crajesh.kapoor%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb860737e8fba4436348108db40fd10d3%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638175228146403015%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8Kx5gz%2BRHm0bzF5xgLrDbFEYkAiYIFii%2BVYTyAC7MP4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/finalised-guidance/guidance-firms-fair-treatment-vulnerable-customers</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, earlier this year the FCA wrote to all firms operating in this sector to set out their expectations of how firms should provide a higher standard of care to customers in the context of the Consumer Duty. The letter can be found in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fca.org.uk%2Fpublication%2Fcorrespondence%2Fconsumer-duty-portfolio-letter-dpca.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7Crajesh.kapoor%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cb860737e8fba4436348108db40fd10d3%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638175228146559233%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ru4KlKrKIx5fUwOi6lBHsrnc7tvPGjdhs5kjBm5sq%2B0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/correspondence/consumer-duty-portfolio-letter-dpca.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Duty builds on the FCA’s guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers – that sets out what firms should do to ensure that customers in vulnerable circumstances experience outcomes as good as those for other customers.  Falling below the standard set out in that guidance is likely to be a breach of the Consumer Duty.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans either by the Government or the FCA to review legislation or existing FCA requirements in this area. But the FCA will continue to monitor the activities of debt collection firms, including the steps they have taken to ensure they are compliant with the Consumer Duty, in accordance with their usual supervisory processes.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 25/04/2023 13:03:47 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1611728

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news story entitled Police given more time to focus on solving crimes and protecting public published by her Department on 13 April 2023, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed reporting changes on (a) trends in the level of crimes recorded and (b) the accuracy of recorded crime statistics.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	181272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The best measure of trends in crime experienced by the general public, according to the independent Office for National Statistics, is the Crime Survey for England and Wales which is unaffected by changes to the Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR) for recorded crime.</p><p>The HOCR is a victim-based recording system and the changes return us to a position where when a victim reports several crimes to the police at the same time which were committed by the same offender only a “principal crime” is reported to the Home Office. The Police will continue to be expected to log the details of all relevant offences disclosed by the victim within the principal crime record. The Government continues to expect the Police to investigate all crimes reported to them regardless of the fact that many will not be reported to the Home Office, and this position remains unchanged.</p><p>The changes in the HOCR will give a more accurate picture of police caseload and better hold them to account for their response.</p><p>As well as reducing bureaucracy, the latest changes are designed to help provide a clearer picture of the actual levels of crime that are being reported to the police and to free up more of their time to support victims, pursue perpetrators and prioritise the investigation of crimes which matter most to the public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 181274 181275 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:17:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1611730

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news story entitled Police given more time to focus on solving crimes and protecting public, published by her Department on 13 April 2023, if she will take steps to assess the impact of the proposed reporting changes on (a) trends in the level of crimes recorded and (b) the accuracy of recorded crime statistics.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	181274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The best measure of trends in crime experienced by the general public, according to the independent Office for National Statistics, is the Crime Survey for England and Wales which is unaffected by changes to the Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR) for recorded crime.</p><p>The HOCR is a victim-based recording system and the changes return us to a position where when a victim reports several crimes to the police at the same time which were committed by the same offender only a “principal crime” is reported to the Home Office. The Police will continue to be expected to log the details of all relevant offences disclosed by the victim within the principal crime record. The Government continues to expect the Police to investigate all crimes reported to them regardless of the fact that many will not be reported to the Home Office, and this position remains unchanged.</p><p>The changes in the HOCR will give a more accurate picture of police caseload and better hold them to account for their response.</p><p>As well as reducing bureaucracy, the latest changes are designed to help provide a clearer picture of the actual levels of crime that are being reported to the police and to free up more of their time to support victims, pursue perpetrators and prioritise the investigation of crimes which matter most to the public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 181272 181275 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:17:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1611731

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news story entitled Police given more time to focus on solving crimes and protecting public published by her Department on 13 April 2023, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) it will be possible to extract details of non-principal offences from individual incident records and (b) all reported crimes related to a single incident will be published in national statistics.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	181275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The best measure of trends in crime experienced by the general public, according to the independent Office for National Statistics, is the Crime Survey for England and Wales which is unaffected by changes to the Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR) for recorded crime.</p><p>The HOCR is a victim-based recording system and the changes return us to a position where when a victim reports several crimes to the police at the same time which were committed by the same offender only a “principal crime” is reported to the Home Office. The Police will continue to be expected to log the details of all relevant offences disclosed by the victim within the principal crime record. The Government continues to expect the Police to investigate all crimes reported to them regardless of the fact that many will not be reported to the Home Office, and this position remains unchanged.</p><p>The changes in the HOCR will give a more accurate picture of police caseload and better hold them to account for their response.</p><p>As well as reducing bureaucracy, the latest changes are designed to help provide a clearer picture of the actual levels of crime that are being reported to the police and to free up more of their time to support victims, pursue perpetrators and prioritise the investigation of crimes which matter most to the public.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 181272 181274 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:17:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1611732

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
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 potential impact of any changes agreed by the International Telecommunication Union at the World Radiocommunications Conference in November-December 2023 on the UK's military capabilities.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	181276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a team that engages regularly with the World Radiocommunication Conference process, throughout its four-year lifecycle, to ensure the MOD's views are fully represented. This includes engagement with our NATO and Five Eyes partners. Extensive work is undertaken to understand and assess the impact of any changes on Defence capabilities both before and after regulatory changes have been agreed. We are actively engaging with international partners on the topics for the World Radiocommunication Conference in November-December 2023, to ensure these are acceptable to the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/04/2023 16:20:19 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones