The Sentencing Guideline for environmental offences was reviewed and strengthened in 2014. The maximum penalty for indictment for fly-tipping is imprisonment of up to five years or a potentially unlimited fine. The Government will continue to provide information to the Sentencing Council as they monitor the impact of the guidance.<\/p>
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In 2015 we gave local authorities stronger powers to stop and seize vehicles of those suspected of fly-tipping and vehicle seizures have increased in 2016/17 by 34% from the previous year.<\/p>
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The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping on a number of fronts. We have given local authorities the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping in addition to search and seizure powers. It is the responsibility of local authorities to use the powers available to them. The National Fly-tipping Prevention Group has published guidance for local authorities which sets out clearly the powers available to local authorities and other partners when tackling fly-tipping.<\/p>
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Both the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for International Trade have staff working in a wide range of policy development and delivery activities which support small businesses across the UK. The information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-10T12:50:39.453Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants in (1) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and (2) the Department for International Trade, were responsible for small business policy in each year since 2010, broken down by grade.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL2701"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780355", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780355/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
UK-registered companies are subject to UK company law, which includes a statutory requirement under the Companies Act 2006 for medium sized and large companies to produce an annual strategic report. Parent companies that prepare group accounts must produce a consolidated strategic report relating to the undertakings included in the consolidation.<\/p>
In the case of UK-registered quoted companies, the strategic report must include information about the company\u2019s employees, and social, community and human rights issues, including any policies in relation to those matters and the effectiveness of those policies, to the extent necessary to assess the development, performance or position of the company\u2019s business.<\/p>
Additionally, large companies which are public interest entities that employ 500 or more employees must include in the strategic report a non-financial statement containing information on employees and respect for human rights, to the extent necessary for an understanding of the company\u2019s development, performance and position and the impact of its activities.<\/p>
As such, where a UK registered company operates outside of the UK, including through subsidiaries, its strategic report will, to the extent required by the reporting requirement, contain information in relation to its activities abroad.<\/p>
The Government Response to the Corporate Governance Reform green paper consultation, published on 29th<\/sup> August 2017, announced a number of reforms to further strengthen and improve transparency in corporate governance at UK-registered companies, including to introduce secondary legislation requiring companies of a significant size to explain how their directors comply with the existing duty under Section 172 of the Companies Act to have regard to employee and other stakeholder interests.<\/p> The Government has no other current plans to review the corporate governance of UK-registered companies operating in the UK or overseas.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780372/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Information on the range of services available under the Crown Commercial Service\u2019s Technology Services Framework (RM1058) can be found at:<\/p> http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm1058<\/a><\/p> <\/p> A total of £92, 568, 225 has been spent on services through this framework.<\/p> <\/p> The following organisations have used this framework:<\/p> Aberdeen City Council<\/p> Aneurin Bevan University Health Board<\/p> Arena and Convention Centre Ltd<\/p> Army Training Department<\/p> Bank of England<\/p> Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p> Barnfield West Academy<\/p> Barts Health NHS Trust<\/p> Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<\/p> BBC<\/p> BBC Procurement<\/p> Bedford Borough Council<\/p> Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board<\/p> Big Lottery Fund<\/p> Birmingham Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s 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National Audit Office<\/p> National Library Of Scotland<\/p> National Museums Of Scotland<\/p> NHS Blood And Transplant<\/p> NHS Connecting for Health<\/p> NHS Digital<\/p> NHS Forth Valley<\/p> NHS Hertfordshire<\/p> NHS Hillingdon Clinical Commissioning Group<\/p> NHS North and East London Commissioning Support Unit<\/p> NHS South East London<\/p> North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p> North East London NHS Foundation Trust<\/p> North Lanarkshire Council<\/p> North West London Commissioning Partnership<\/p> North Yorkshire Police<\/p> Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust<\/p> Northern Lighthouse Board<\/p> Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p> Nottinghamshire County Council<\/p> Ordnance Survey<\/p> Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<\/p> Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p> Public Health England<\/p> Registers of Scotland<\/p> Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust<\/p> Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council<\/p> Royal 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UK Shared Business Services Limited<\/p> University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust<\/p> University Hospitals of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust<\/p> University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust<\/p> University of Aberdeen<\/p> University of Gloucestershire<\/p> Victoria Health Centre<\/p> Wakefield MDC<\/p> Warrington Borough Council<\/p> Watford Borough Council<\/p> West Midlands Police Authority<\/p> Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council<\/p> Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust<\/p> York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust<\/p> Zero Waste Scotland<\/p> <\/p> To provide information on the cost of each item provided would incur a disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> RM1058 was replaced by Technology Services 2 (RM3804), which came into effect on 6 September 2017. Information on the range of services available under this framework can be found at<\/p>