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1648141

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date	27/06/2023
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	Retail Trade: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent charges in addition to the cost of a product from being imposed through online transactions.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (CCRs) require that traders must give full information about the price of the product including any unavoidable extra charges before purchase. These must be given in a clear and comprehensible manner.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has commissioned research on some of the wider issues around ‘drip pricing’ - i.e. traders who unfairly add fees late in the purchasing process. This looks at how widespread the practice is, and the various steps that could be taken to tackle those practices. As part of our review, the Government will consult on ‘drip pricing’ during passage of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill to seek views on which elements of ‘drip pricing’ might need tackling and if further action is required.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 12/07/2023 14:47:10 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648142

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent airlines from seeking additional payments for in person check-in at airports.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK aviation industry operates in the private sector. Airlines choose where to base aircraft, where to fly, what fares to charge, what in-flight service level to provide and which aeroplanes to use.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 requires all airlines to have fair terms and conditions. Contract terms would be deemed unfair if they create significant imbalance in favour of the business. The Civil Aviation Authority is responsible for ensuring that airlines comply with this legislative requirement. It conducted a review of airline contract terms in 2019, which included looking at fees for check-in and printing boarding passes at the airport. The report stated that whilst there is a rational and objective basis for the existence of such rules, they should be aligned to the actual administrative cost of the service. The CAA found that in some cases fees were not proportionate, and recommended that airlines review their fees so that they are more explicitly aligned to the actual administrative cost of providing the function. The CAA keeps the contract terms of airlines under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/07/2023 13:43:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648145

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of Operation Soteria on the level of prosecution for rape offences.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>Operation Soteria is a significant step-change in Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Police ways of working to ensure national consistency in the approach to handling adult rape cases.</p><p>Since the launch of Operation Soteria pilots, the CPS has observed consistent improvements in performance on rape prosecutions.</p><p>For example, in CPS London North we have seen significant improvements in our prosecutions flagged as adult rape, with a 24% increase in the calendar year 2022 compared to 2021. Similarly, charging decisions on cases flagged as adult rape have also increased in CPS London North, by 41% in the calendar year 2022 compared to 2021.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 05/07/2023 09:12:14 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648146

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to adopt a child-first approach to prosecuting people under the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>Each CPS Area has a lead prosecutor for cases involving children, who is equipped to deal with complex casework and provide support to other prosecutors.</p><p>In May 2023, the CPS published the single biggest update to their legal guidance on Children as Suspects and Defendants, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/children-suspects-and-defendants" target="_blank">Children as suspects and defendants | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)</a>. This guidance sets out the approach prosecutors should take when applying the <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/code-crown-prosecutors" target="_blank">Code for Crown Prosecutors</a> when deciding whether to prosecute children. This update incorporates all recent policy, terminology, and legislative updates, and is intended to reflect a ‘Child First’ justice principle.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 04/07/2023 13:57:59 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648147

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the operation of the special mechanism of justice for the investigation and judicial examination of crime by occupiers in Ukraine announced by President Zelensky in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>Accountability for Russia’s actions is one of the key tenets of UK foreign policy on the Ukraine crisis – alongside military, economic, and humanitarian support. The UK is genuinely a practical and thought leader on this.</p><p>There are three broad strands to our work on accountability. First, the UK has provided expert assistance to assist Ukrainian investigators and prosecutors. Second the UK, alongside the international community, will continue to provide the International Criminal Court with the funding, people, and expertise to ensure justice is served. Third, we are exploring options to hold Russia accountable for the Crime of Aggression.</p><p>On 20 January 2023, the Foreign Secretary announced that the UK had accepted Ukraine’s invitation to join a core group of States to shape thinking on how to ensure criminal accountability for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. On 4 March 2023 at the United for Justice conference in Lviv, it was announced that an International Centre for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression against Ukraine will be established in The Hague, within the structure of Eurojust’s Joint Investigation Team for Ukraine. I represented the UK at that conference.</p><p>On 18 April 2023, the Foreign Ministers of the G7 countries issued a joint communiqué stating that they “support exploring the creation of an internationalized tribunal based in Ukraine’s judicial system to prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine.” On 26 June 2023 the Ukrainian Prosecutor General and I attended an event hosted by the Slynn Foundation which considered impunity and justice and accountability for Ukraine.</p><p>I continue to have discussions on the principle and practicalities of accountability mechanisms with Cabinet colleagues, including the Foreign Secretary and Lord Chancellor on a regular basis. In addition, I have regular discussions with our Ukrainian allies and my international counterparts on these issues.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 05/07/2023 09:00:10 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648148

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of prosecution of serious violent crime in London.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>Serious violent crime encompasses many different crime types but is more commonly associated with drug crime, knife crime, gun crime and homicide.</p><ul><li>In 2022, CPS London prosecuted 10,675 defendants allocated the principal offence category of Drugs Offences with a conviction rate of 87.4%.</li><li>In the same period, CPS London prosecuted 255 defendants allocated the principal offence category of Homicide with a conviction rate of 78.0%.</li><li>In 2022, CPS London charged 3,734 knife crime offences under Section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and 2,624 offences under Section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953.</li><li>In 2022, CPS London charged 1411 firearms offences under the Firearms Act 1968.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 05/07/2023 14:44:28 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648150

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the names of companies that have not complied with measures contained in the Building Safety Act 2022 with regard to remediating historical building safety defects.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>Once the Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023 are in force, the Secretary of State will prepare, maintain and publish a list of any persons who are subject to the prohibitions set out in those regulations.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 05/07/2023 10:01:46 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648151

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Essential Tremor: Magnetic Resonance Imagers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for Essential Tremor.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not assessed the average patient waiting time for Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) thalamotomy. This is a specialised area of treatment and data on waiting times is not collected by NHS England at this level.</p><p> </p><p>Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) thalamotomy is recommended for the treatment of medication refractory essential tremor, in patients that are not eligible for deep brain stimulation, within the criteria set out in this policy which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/transcranial-magnetic-resonance-guided-focused-ultrasound-thalamotomy-for-treatment-of-medication-refractory-essential-tremor/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/transcranial-magnetic-resonance-guided-focused-ultrasound-thalamotomy-for-treatment-of-medication-refractory-essential-tremor/</a></p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that there will be up to 150 patients that meet the inclusion criteria per annum in England. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (London) and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (Liverpool) provide this treatment in England and can meet the patient demand associated with this treatment in line with the policy set out by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 191295 191296 question first answered 04/07/2023 14:34:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648153

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Essential Tremor: Magnetic Resonance Imagers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many facilities have a MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound treatment for Essential Tremor in the UK as of June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not assessed the average patient waiting time for Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) thalamotomy. This is a specialised area of treatment and data on waiting times is not collected by NHS England at this level.</p><p> </p><p>Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) thalamotomy is recommended for the treatment of medication refractory essential tremor, in patients that are not eligible for deep brain stimulation, within the criteria set out in this policy which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/transcranial-magnetic-resonance-guided-focused-ultrasound-thalamotomy-for-treatment-of-medication-refractory-essential-tremor/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/transcranial-magnetic-resonance-guided-focused-ultrasound-thalamotomy-for-treatment-of-medication-refractory-essential-tremor/</a></p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that there will be up to 150 patients that meet the inclusion criteria per annum in England. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (London) and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (Liverpool) provide this treatment in England and can meet the patient demand associated with this treatment in line with the policy set out by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 191294 191296 question first answered 04/07/2023 14:34:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1648154

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Essential Tremor: Magnetic Resonance Imagers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average patient waiting time for treatment using MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound treatment for essential tremor (a) was in each of the last two years and (b) is as of 27 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department has not assessed the average patient waiting time for Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) thalamotomy. This is a specialised area of treatment and data on waiting times is not collected by NHS England at this level.</p><p> </p><p>Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) thalamotomy is recommended for the treatment of medication refractory essential tremor, in patients that are not eligible for deep brain stimulation, within the criteria set out in this policy which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/transcranial-magnetic-resonance-guided-focused-ultrasound-thalamotomy-for-treatment-of-medication-refractory-essential-tremor/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/transcranial-magnetic-resonance-guided-focused-ultrasound-thalamotomy-for-treatment-of-medication-refractory-essential-tremor/</a></p><p> </p><p>It is estimated that there will be up to 150 patients that meet the inclusion criteria per annum in England. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (London) and The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (Liverpool) provide this treatment in England and can meet the patient demand associated with this treatment in line with the policy set out by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 191294 191295 question first answered 04/07/2023 14:34:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord