Tag: Philip Davies

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-04-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on improving the processes used by the police in relaying the overseas convictions of offenders to prosecutors in court.

James Brokenshire

No figures are held centrally to show the proportion of cases in which previous overseas conviction records of arrested foreign nationals were checked by the police. However, the UK is rolling out nationally a semi-automated process so that when an arrest record is created in a custody suite, an overseas criminal conviction request is prompted. The aim is to ensure that in all cases overseas criminal convictions will be obtained when a foreign national is arrested in the UK.

In the last three years (2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16) 39,028, 60,226, and 95,156 requests respectively, were made by the police to EU Member States for previous convictions of foreign nationals under the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), an increase of over 140% in that time. In those same years, 19,018, 34,549 and 38,890 requests respectively were made by the police to countries outside the EU for previous convictions of foreign nationals, an increase of over 100% in that time.

No figures are held on the numbers of overseas criminal records which are subsequently passed on to the courts. However, to increase the amount of overseas criminal conviction information available to the courts, the Digital First programme, led by the National Police Chiefs Council, is working to improve the information on Digital Case Files to prompt police to ensure that overseas criminal convictions are obtained and passed on to the courts to inform criminal proceedings and sentencing.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female offenders were found guilty in (i) magistrates’ courts and (ii) Crown courts for each category of offence in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr Shailesh Vara

The number of offenders found guilty at magistrates’ courts and in the Crown Courts, by offence category and sex, in England and Wales, in 2014 (the latest available), is available on the Ministry of Justice website at the below link, from which the percentage of male and female offender can be calculated.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations will be represented in the UK delegation to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in India in 2016.

Jane Ellison

The United Kingdom will be represented at the 7th Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, to be held in November 2016. The composition of the UK’s delegation has not yet been decided. The delegation will be led by the Department and there is no intention to include representatives from organisations outside of Her Majesty’s Government.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th May 2016 to Question 37256, on the WHO framework convention on tobacco control, when he expects to take a decision on whether the delegation will be led by Ministers in his Department.

Jane Ellison

The next meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will be held in India from 7 to 12 November 2016. The composition of the United Kingdom’s delegation has not yet been decided.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-07-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2016, to Question 41982, which nations receive direct foreign aid from the UK.

Rory Stewart

DFID has now stopped providing general budget support in all countries with the exception of Pakistan. This year DFID only anticipates providing sector budget support in Ghana, Nepal, Pakistan and Zambia.

We also support partner governments to deliver development objectives in other ways including technical assistance and support to build their core systems. This ensures appropriate safeguards for UK taxpayers’ resources are in place.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-09-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of offenders who breached a Supervision Default Order were (i) sent to prison and (ii) not sent to prison since the introduction of such Orders.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014, which introduced post sentence supervision for those serving short custodial sentences, applies to offences committed on or after 1 February 2015. Statistics on the number of offenders starting post sentence supervision and the number of offenders committed to custody for breach of post sentence supervision conditions is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/541247/probation-q1-2016.xlsx.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Disabled Facilities Grant was given to Bradford Council in each of the last three years.

Mr Marcus Jones

The Disabled Facilities Grant funding allocated to Bradford Council in each of the last 3 years is provided in the table below:

2014-15	£1,634,703
2015-16	£1,929,235
2016-17	£3,519,468
Total	£7,083,406

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2015 to Question 9384, on Reoffenders, if he will list the offences committed by those people numbered in the violence against the person category.

Andrew Selous

A fixed-term recall is used only in respect of offenders who are assessed as not posing a risk of serious harm to the public at the point at which they would be re-released automatically. A fixed term recall will not be given in cases where an offender has been charged with a further serious offence, such as a sexual or violent offence or where an offender’s behaviour suggests that he presents a risk of serious harm to the public. Such offenders would receive a standard recall, which means they are liable to remain in prison until the end of their sentence

In appropriate cases, a fixed-term recall allows preventative measures to be put in place to stop the offender breaching their licence again

The table below provides a list of the offences committed by 546 offenders who received a fixed term recall in 2014 and who were serving a sentence for violence against the person.

Violence against the person

Murder

Manslaughter

Other and attempted homicide

Wounding

Assaults

Other violence against the person

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organisations submitted applications for his Department’s tender for the provision of the tobacco control legislation enforcement contract awarded in 2013.

Jane Ellison

Section A7 of Schedule One, entitled ‘Grounds for discretionary rejection’ is available at:

https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/1072169/

The schedule does not describe a review.

Two applications were submitted for the current tobacco control legislation enforcement contract.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2015-11-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of adult education courses in helping people into work.

Nick Boles

The Department commissioned econometric research to estimate the labour market impact of Further Education (FE), which found that FE generates significant economic effects, resulting in sustained higher earnings and increased employment chances. This report was published in December 2014 and is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-comparing-labour-market-economic-benefits-from-qualifications-gained

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