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901284

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many animal cruelty (a) offences and (b) convictions there have been in Kent in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	142831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty of offences under Sections 4 to 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in the Kent Police Force area, from 2010 to 2017, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/05/2018 12:02:09 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee attachment 1 file name PQ 142831 (table).xlsx title Table
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

901285

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of animal rescue homes in the South East.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	142832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>We have no estimates on the number of such establishments in the South East because they are not subject to a specific regulatory regime.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 16:30:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

867300

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the CPS is taking to increase the effectiveness of prosecutions for hate crimes.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	904519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Tackling hate crime is a priority for the CPS and it has taken a number of steps to improve the effectiveness of prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS Hate Crime Annual Report shows that the proportion of cases where the CPS was successful in achieving uplifted sentences for hate crime perpetrators increased dramatically last year. The proportion rose from 33.8% in 2015/16, to 52.2% in 2016/17 – reaching 58.2% in the final quarter.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has delivered mandatory face to face disability hate crime training and racially and religiously aggravated hate crime training, and is in the process of delivering homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime training. In August 2017, the CPS published revised legal guidance for prosecutors on all strands of hate crime. The revised legal guidance and training support prosecutors to more effectively deal with hate crime cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/03/2018 14:33:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

861164

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Psychiatry: Children and Young People
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 NHS child and adolescent psychiatrists have been employed in Kent in the last two years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	132313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/03/2018 12:06:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

856109

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Breast Cancer: Kent
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 increase the level of breast cancer screening in (a) Kent and (b) Medway.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	131275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning breast screening services to meet programme standards including coverage. They are committed to improving coverage and reducing variation between all age groups and catchment areas.</p><p> </p><p>The National Service specification for breast screening requires providers to have systems in place to ensure women who do not respond are provided with an opportunity not to miss screening. The efforts to increase the uptake include: reminders, second timed appointments, ensuring that women are invited every three years, and tailored information for women with learning difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>Further information is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/service-spec-24.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/service-spec-24.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/03/2018 11:47:28 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

856110

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Breast Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the Public Health England budget was spent on awareness campaigns to encourage more women to take up their invitation to a breast cancer screening in (a) 2015-2016 and (b) 2016-2017.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	131276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Be Clear on Cancer Breast Cancer campaign, which targets women over 70, does not directly encourage uptake of screening but instead aims to increase awareness of both the age-related risk of developing breast cancer and the symptoms that women need to be aware of.</p><p> </p><p>The campaign has run three times at a national level (from February to March 2014; from July to September 2015; and is currently live, running from February to March 2018).</p><p> </p><p>The public facing leaflet for the Be Clear on Cancer campaign contains information on the screening programme and informs women over 70 that they are able to self-refer for screening.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has not run a specific campaign to encourage more women to take up their invitation to a breast cancer screening.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/03/2018 11:49:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

828328

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fly-tipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to reduce rates of fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	903551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>The penalties for fly-tipping are on summary conviction: imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine or both; and on conviction on Indictment: imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine or both. The removal in 2015 of the £5,000 cap for maximum fines that magistrate’s courts can impose, means that magistrates can hand down a potentially unlimited fine for a fly-tipping summary offence. In May 2016 we introduced fixed penalty notices of up to £400 for small-scale fly-tipping. This provides local authorities with an alternative to prosecutions and take a more proportionate enforcement response.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014 the Sentencing Council introduced new sentencing guidelines for environmental crimes, including fly-tipping. The guidelines were published to ensure a consistent approach to these offences is taken by courts in England and Wales. Requests for further guidance were received by the Sentencing Council from the National Fly Tipping Prevention Group, chaired by Defra, and the Environment Agency. This was due to concerns that the fines were not high enough to reflect the seriousness of the offences committed or to have a deterrent effect, and that there was an inconsistency in fine levels across the country. The guidelines encourage magistrates to make more use of the highest levels of fines for some of the more serious offences that come before the courts. It also helps sentencers more easily pitch a fine that is proportionate to the means of the offender.</p><p> </p><p>The Sentencing Council reviewed the effectiveness of the guidelines in 2016. The assessment showed that the level of fines for organisations has risen, but fines for individuals have not seen the same increase. We are looking into this and intend to work with the appropriate people in the court system for a consistent application of the guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 26/01/2018 14:49:52 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

828329

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Religion: Education
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 discussions the Church of England has had with the Department for Education on ensuring that religious studies remains a priority in schools.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	903525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Education Office of the Church of England is in regular dialogue with the Department for Education and is a member of the ‘Faith Providers’ group, which meets frequently with the Department to discuss a range of issues connected with schools of a religious character. One of the issues that the Office has raised in those discussions is the concern that Religious Education is not included within the EBacc.</p><p>The Education Office has also submitted written and oral evidence to the Commission on Religious Education and, following the publication of its interim report, has discussed its findings with the Commissioners. The Education Office is part of a programme run by the Theos Think Tank, bringing together leading players in RE with officials from the Department for Education and also the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government to discuss a range of issues including RE.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 25/01/2018 16:35:23 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

809956

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	903067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of sentences considered by the Solicitor General and I has more than doubled since 2010 – from 342 to 837 requests in 2016. Last year we took 190 of these cases to the Court of Appeal for consideration. The Court of Appeal agreed to increase the sentences of 141 offenders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/12/2017 11:39:10 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

802218

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Livestock: Antibiotics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to increase penalties for animal antibiotic or drug abuse for animals destined for food.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	117905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to increase penalties for such offences, which are covered by the Veterinary Medicine Regulations and the Animals and Animal Products (Examination for Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Veterinary Medicines Directorate operates a UK-wide surveillance programme in accordance with the requirements of Council Directive 96/23/EC, which analyses over 30,000 samples from food producing animals every year for residues of veterinary medicinal products and unauthorised substances, including antibiotics.</p><p> </p><p>Where non-compliance with the legislation is found during a follow-up investigation, the producer or keeper presenting the animals or animal produce for the food chain can be referred to the Rural Payments Agency, which can deduct a proportion of their single farm payment for breaching EU CAP cross-compliance rules. Prosecution is considered in the most serious breaches of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Results show that the majority of farmers, in conjunction with their advising veterinarians, are using veterinary medicines responsibly.</p><p> </p><p>Results and a summary of follow-up investigations into non-compliant samples are on Gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/residues-of-veterinary-medicines-in-food-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/residues-of-veterinary-medicines-in-food-2017</a>. These are updated every two months. A summary of annual results for 2011-2017 is at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/residues-statutory-and-non-statutory-surveillance-results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/residues-statutory-and-non-statutory-surveillance-results</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/12/2017 15:26:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti