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777649

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to bring forward legislation to extend the franchise to UK nationals who have lived abroad for more than 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	109517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Halifax (Ms Lynch) on Thursday 7 September 2017 to written question 6973.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 30/10/2017 15:47:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

777893

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many EU nationals (a) are in UK prisons and (b) have been transferred to prison in their own countries under the EU Prisoner Transfer Directive.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	109565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to removing Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) from the United Kingdom, with a record number of over 6,300 removed from prisons, immigration removal centres (IRCs) and the community in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30 September 2017, 4,125 nationals from other EU countries were held in prisons (including HMPPS, run immigration removal centres) in England and Wales. 2,943 of these were serving sentence of imprisonment. A total of 217 EU nationals have been transferred to prisons in their own country under the EU Prisoner Transfer Framework Decision since it entered into force in December 2011. In 2016/17 we removed 110 prisoners under all transfer arrangements to countries around the world, and this financial year have transferred a further 56 prisoners worldwide. We are continuing to work with governments across the world to drive up these transfer figures further.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/10/2017 17:02:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

776838

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Music
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what the policy is of the Church Commissioners on the playing of secular music in (a) St. Sepulchre-without-Newgate Church and (b) all churches.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	109263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Church of England’s ‘Open and Sustainable Churches’ programme operates through its ChurchCare website [http://www.churchcare.co.uk/churches/open-sustainable]. This programme offers advice and encouragement to churches on how to use imaginative and strategic ways to make their spaces available for purposes as well as worship. These could be community activities, cultural or even commercial events. There is no specific national policy about the use of churches for concerts, as this is usually left to the discretion of the Vicar and the Parochial Church Council.</p><p> </p><p>Following a decision by the Parochial Church Council of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate the church will end its programme of offering hire space to musicians from 2018. In its place, the church will offer monthly Saturday evening concerts in partnership with external musical groups, including classical and choral music both sacred and secular, as well as Monday evening concerts and guest choirs at Evensong.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 November, the Diocese of London will also launch a website that will provide easy access to hire space and booking options for musicians in London, as well as a tool to promote concerts and events.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 30/10/2017 16:19:11 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

776839

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the Local Government Association's financial peer review of Northamptonshire County Council.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	109261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The recent Local Government Association financial peer review, conducted at the request of Northamptonshire County Council, made a number of observations regarding the Council’s budget planning and delivery, and included a series of recommendations. These recommendations were bespoke to the particular circumstances in Northamptonshire, and decisions on how to respond are properly the business of the Council itself.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/10/2017 17:53:24 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 18705 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

776321

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Budget
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated net UK financial contribution to the EU will be in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	901380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2017 forecast for the UK’s gross contribution in 2018-19 was £16.0 billion. They will update the forecast in November 2017. The Office for Budget Responsibility does not provide a forecast for net UK contributions to EU budgets; they do provide a forecast of funds to be received by UK government bodies to administer (£5.6bn in 2018-19 in the March 2017 forecast) although this does not include receipts directly received by the private sector from the EU.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/10/2017 14:08:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

768846

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trespass
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make trespass a criminal offence.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	107085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Aggravated trespass is already a criminal offence under section 68 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. It occurs when a person trespasses on land and intimidates the landowner or others who are lawfully on the land, deterring them from carrying out or engaging in any lawful activity, or does anything to obstruct or disrupt that activity. A person guilty of this offence is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, a fine or both.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/11/2017 16:45:24 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

767690

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Relations: Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to promote the integration into UK society of Pakistani women who are not able to speak English and who do not go out to work.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	106672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>Since 2013, my department has invested £12 million to support 54,000 isolated adults to learn English in community settings, with a specific focus on women with the lowest levels of English who are economically inactive. The forthcoming integration strategy will set out how we will support people in more isolated communities to engage with the wider world, help women in particular into the workplace, and teach more people to speak English.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/10/2017 13:11:55 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

767753

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he plans to take to facilitate closer and freer trading relationships with Jamaica and other Commonwealth nations when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	106591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to seeking continuity in our current trade and investment relationships as we leave the EU. We look forward to working with our friends and allies in the Commonwealth, including Jamaica, to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>We want to increase not only UK trading links with the Commonwealth but also encourage greater intra–Commonwealth trade and investment. This will be a theme of the upcoming Commonwealth Summit in London. By creating a more vibrant and free trading environment globally, the UK will be much better placed to expand existing trade and investment relations, thereby promoting prosperity, stability and security.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/10/2017 16:38:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

759163

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service always considers that racial motivation may be an aggravating factor for seeking higher sentences for conviction for child abuse.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	9841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>The Sentencing Council has issued a definitive guideline on the sentencing of sexual offences. Racial aggravation increases an offender’s culpability under the guideline and therefore the starting point and sentence range for the court to consider.</p><p>Prosecutors should assist the Court as necessary during the sentencing process, including drawing the Court’s attention to any relevant sentencing guidelines and the aggravating and mitigating features of the case.</p><p>Ultimately, sentencing is a matter for the court. Racial aggravation makes an offence more serious and the court has a duty to take this into account when it sentences a defendant.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/09/2017 13:26:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

758139

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of the levels of educational attainment in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	9274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department publishes information related to attainment at a national, regional and local authority level across Key stages 2 and 4 and for 16-18 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent data can be found at the following links:</p><p>Key Stage 2:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2017-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2017-provisional</a></p><p>Key Stage 4 (GCSEs)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>and A-level and other 16 to 18 results</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2015-to-2016-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2015-to-2016-revised</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:40:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone