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767391

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Social Media: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there were for abusive behaviour on social media platforms in each of the last three years; and how many of those prosecutions resulted in a conviction.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	106636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions or convictions for abusive behaviour on social media platforms. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 17/10/2017 16:03:59 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767392

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for violence in a domestic setting there were in each of the last three years; and how many of those prosecutions resulted in a conviction.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	106624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants flagged as involving domestic abuse that were prosecuted and convicted through its Case Management System.</p><p>The table below shows the volume and proportion of domestic abuse prosecutions and convictions during each of the last three years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014 - 15</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015 - 16</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016 - 17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>68,601</p></td><td><p>73.9%</p></td><td><p>75,235</p></td><td><p>74.5%</p></td><td><p>70,853</p></td><td><p>75.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unsuccessful</p></td><td><p>24,178</p></td><td><p>26.1%</p></td><td><p>25,695</p></td><td><p>25.5%</p></td><td><p>22,737</p></td><td><p>24.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>92,779</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>100,930</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>93,590</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/10/2017 10:08:02 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767393

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of domestic violence were reported to police authorities in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	106625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publishes information on the number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police. This information is published in a cross government statistical bulletin ‘Domestic abuse in England and Wales: year ending March 2016’, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/domesticabuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/domesticabuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2016</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/10/2017 09:30:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767394

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	General Election 2017: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost to the public purse of holding the general election 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	106643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office notified Parliament of the forecast cost<br>of the UK general election of £140,850,000 in a Written Ministerial Statement on 13<br>September 2017 (Hansard Volume 628, reference HCWS130).</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 11:07:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

767395

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average broadband download speed is across the Government estate (a) in and (b) outside London.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/10/2017 14:40:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

767396

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the Civil Service workforce in his Department dedicated to planning for (a) the UK leaving the EU and (b) projects relating to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	106568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>EU Exit is an all-of- government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and coordinating planning.</p><p>Members of staff across the Department may at times be required to provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues as required. But given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/10/2017 16:02:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

767397

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to introduce legislation to restrict promoters of tax avoidance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	106451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The government has taken significant steps to tackle the promoters of tax avoidance schemes. It introduced the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS) regime in Budget 2013 to tackle high-risk promoters, and Finance Bill 2017-2019 goes further by introducing a new penalty on the enablers of tax avoidance.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/10/2017 11:27:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

767398

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Empty Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many buildings owned by government departments are empty in (a) West Sussex and (b) Mid Sussex constituency; which those buildings are; to which departments those buildings belong; and what plans he has for the future use of those buildings.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	106506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government Property Unit is responsible for minimising vacancy by supporting departments to sell, sublet, find alternative use, and to do early surrenders. Interventions such as these have contributed significantly to minimising the vacancy rates and cost to the taxpayer.</p><p>As shown in the State of the Estate Report 2015-16 published in February 2017, total vacant space represents 1.4% of the entire Central Estate, a drop of 2% from 2014–15. This is well below the average in the private sector of 8.9%.</p><p>No buildings appear on the unit’s electronic property system as vacant in the Mid-Sussex area. The buildings listed below are currently listed for disposal in the West Sussex region. There are no other records marked as surplus, or offering vacant space in West Sussex, or the Mid-Sussex constituency:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Property Name</p></td><td><p>Address</p></td><td><p>Department</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHICHESTER COMBINED COURT<br><br></p></td><td><p>SOUTHGATE, CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX, PO19 1SX</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Justice<br><br><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHICHESTER MAGISTRATES COURT<br><br></p></td><td><p>MARKET AVENUE, CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX, PO19 1YE</p></td><td><p><br>Ministry of Justice<br><br><br><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/10/2017 10:19:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

767399

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's policy is on the grounds on which government files are allowed to be exempt from the 30 year rule.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	106722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Public Records Act (1958) requires central government departments, and certain other public bodies, to identify records of historical value and transfer them for permanent preservation to The National Archives, or to another appointed place of deposit. In 2013 the government began its move towards releasing records when they are 20 years old, instead of 30. We are currently in the middle of the transition from 20 to 30 years, with 2 years’ worth of government records being transferred each year until 2022.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with Section 3(4) of The Public Records Act, departments may retain records if ‘they are required for administrative purposes or ought to be retained for any other special reason’. The Advisory Council on National Records and Archives is an independent body established by The Public Records Act that advises the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on issues related to transfer of public records that are over 20 years old. Departments apply to the Advisory Council giving their reasons to retain records using the commonly cited grounds for retention, set-out in guidance published by The National Archives (link below). The Advisory Council will then make a recommendation to the Secretary of State, who signals her approval by issuing a Retention Instrument which allows departments to legally retain their records for a specified period of time.</p><p> </p><p>Records transferred to The National Archives will be open at transfer, unless exempt under Freedom of Information legislation. Access to closed records is considered under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, Environmental Information Regulations and the Data Protection Act.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/retention.pdf</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/10/2017 16:18:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

767400

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the freezing of the rate of local housing allowance on the rate at which housing benefit recipients (a) fall into rent arrears and (b) become homeless.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	106777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The effect of the local housing allowance freeze on the rate at which housing benefit recipients fall into arrears and become homeless has not been assessed. There is currently no clear evidence to suggest that the LHA freeze is contributing to increased arrears or homelessness.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics show that the number of homelessness acceptances in England has decreased slightly over the past year and the figures are very similar to the homelessness acceptances when the freeze commenced.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/10/2017 12:29:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff