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Gareth Bacon
CON✓ Current MP
🏛️ Orpington
📅 2020–2026
245 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 93.64% (#4 of 650 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.40%
📝 Topics: Rents: Appeals, Training: Taxation, Tax Avoidance
🤝 Member of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to ensure audit requirements are (a) accessible and (b) affordable for small and mid-sized quoted companies.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of economic growth that will be created by small and medium-sized enterprises in the next five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report entitled Labour's Plan to Make Work Pay, published on 24 May 2024, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the policies set out in that report.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department is taking to improve the requirements for annual reporting for small and mid-sized quoted companies.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to (a) increase the level and (b) promote the use of trade union facility time in the private sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what services are outsourced by his Department.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether it is his policy that trade unions should be able to initiate industrial action across all employers in a sector subject to collective bargaining.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, in which sectors his Department plans to introduce sectoral collective bargaining.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost to employers of plans to introduce statutory rights for trade union equality representatives.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government's plans to legislate on employment law within 100 days, what his planned timetable if for consulting on those legislative proposals.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many separate Government consultations are planned to support implementation of the proposals relating to worker's rights; and what the planned scope of each consultation is.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for each consultation relating to worker's rights.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on whether secondary picketing would apply in sectors subject to sectoral collective bargaining.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether civil servants in his private office will have the right to switch off on (a) weekends and (b) evenings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to allow workplace voting for trade union ballots; and whether he plans to introduce changes to secret trade union ballots.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on electronic voting for trade union ballots; and if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of cyber security for electronic voting.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the contribution of the betting and gaming industry to the economy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing gambling taxes on employment in (a) high street bookmakers, (b) high street adult gaming centres and (c) bingo halls.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what modelling her Department has done to assess the potential impact of an increase in machine gaming duty on bingo halls.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes in the level of machine gaming duty on high streets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support the land-based gambling industry.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Gambling White Paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published in April 2023, what steps her Department is taking to engage with the land-based gambling industry following the publication of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the impact of the land-based gambling industry on the economy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Gambling White paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published on 27 April 2023, what her timeline is for publishing the findings of consultations on that White Paper.
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing proposals for a growth and skills levy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the growth and skills levy on non-levy paying companies.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of the proposed growth and skills levy on (a) non-levy paying companies, (b) the apprenticeship budget and (c) overall apprenticeship spending.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the economic impact of growth and skills levy proposals to allow levy-paying companies to retain 50% of their contributions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 18 October 2023 to Question 201370 on Apprentices: Finance, how she plans to fund the policy of allowing levy-paying companies to retain 50% of their contributions under the Growth and Skills levy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding the retention of 50% of the contributions of apprenticeship levy-paying companies.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to introduce an extended producer responsibility scheme for the textile sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s consultation on Consistency in household and business recycling in England, for what reason her Department has not yet published (a) the results of and (b) her Department’s response…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her proposed reforms to waste collection services of the ability of local authorities to purchase (a) new vehicles, (b) containers and (c) other necessary…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to group local authorities for funding purposes as part of her reforms to the collection of waste; and whether local authorities will be able to challenge how they have been grouped.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to fully fund any additional costs incurred by local authorities arising from her proposed reforms to waste collection.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her proposed reform of waste collection practices will include a requirement that local authorities provide a free garden waste collection service.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to the London Borough of Bromley as compensation for the potential loss of income from the sale of recyclates arising from her proposed reforms to waste collection…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide guidance to all local authorities on minimum service standards following her proposed reforms to waste collection services.
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) ports and (b) shipping companies to (i) cut emissions and (ii) transition to clean fuels.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to retain passive provision for the HS2 junction at Fradley/Streethay.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to retain passive provision for the HS2 junction north of Birmingham Interchange.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which body will have the directing role in confirming operational timetables exploiting released capacity.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to make train service options for the West Coast Main Line after introduction of HS2 services Old Oak Common to Birmingham available for discussion and consultation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to make train service options for the West Coast Main Line after introduction of HS2 services Old Oak Common to West Coast Main Line locations beyond the West Midlands available for discussion and consultation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to permit the earliest possible operation of some HS2 services into the Euston terminus, even on a temporary basis.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether current (a) northbound and (b) southbound calling patterns will be (i) maintained and (ii) increased at (A) Tamworth, (B) Lichfield, (C) Nuneaton, (D) Rugby and (E) Milton Keynes stations following the commencement of HS2 services between London…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that more than ten HS2 services can be accommodated at Euston station when required.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to renew the land purchase powers contained in the HS2 West Midlands to Crewe hybrid Bill before they expire in February 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to fund operational trials of zero-emission aircraft.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the level of investment in (a) operational trials and (b) infrastructure development for zero-emission aviation by (i) the UK and (ii) other countries.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to facilitate the commercialisation of hydrogen-powered aircraft for passengers; and whether she is allocating additional resources for that process.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the CrossCountry performance remedial agreement with XC Trains Ltd made (a) in August 2024 and (b) at any subsequent date.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 18188 on Railways: Employers' Contributions, whether she plans to increase regular contract payments in line with the cost of changes to employer National Insurance contributions made at the Autumn…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish her Department’s plans to decarbonise (a) shipping and (b) the wider maritime sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to provide funding for support for maritime training beyond March 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has (a) met and (b) had discussions with her counterpart in Scotland since July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 12975 on Department for Transport: Data Processing, what the operational scope is of her Department's Organisational AI programme; and which Departmental area it is placed within.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) she and (b) her predecessor has had with her counterpart in the Welsh government since July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 13063 on High Speed 2 Line: Construction, what information her Department holds on levels of compliance by contractors with the HS2 Environmental Minimum Requirements.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to use rail freight to help support the building of new homes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the future of rolling stock leasing agreements.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps National Rail is taking to ensure the adequacy of cyber security at train stations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that cash payment remains an option for rail passengers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timetable is for reopening the Northumberland Line between Newcastle and Ashington.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timetable is for opening (a) Bedlington, (b) Blyth Bebside and (c) Northumberland Park station on the Northumberland Line.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what penalties can be applied to rail operators for failure to provide adequate support for disabled passengers to access train services; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing further potential penalties.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to publicly-owned rail operators for the cost of changes to employer National Insurance contributions made at the Autumn Budget 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed expansion of Stansted airport on regional airports.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have made journeys using the £2 cap on bus fares.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is planning to take to ensure that the final Equality Impact Assessment for the prostate cancer screening recommendation does not (a) continue and (b) worsen existing health inequalities for black men.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Screening Council plans to review its advice on Prostate Specific Antigen testing.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times his Department has made an estimate of the savings to the public purse attributable to charity air ambulance services in the last five years.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, the dates of each occasion that (a) ministers and (b) officials engaged with Tufan Erhurman in the previous 12 months.
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will maintain the five-year settlement period for legacy Turkish European Communities Association Agreement holders.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of preserving the Turkish European Communities Association Agreement pathway from proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain in the Earned Settlement policy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on whether asylum (a) claimants and (b) applicants have previously successfully claimed asylum in an EU member state.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology she will use to assess progress in halving violence against women and girls within 10 years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how and (b) with what frequency does her Department plan to report progress in delivering its target of halving violence against women and girls within 10 years.
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Ministry of Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Ukraine on the security impact of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Israel on the security impact of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in undertaking a viability assessment for the use of (a) an alternative body and (b) a mechanism to make initial rent determinations in cases of Section 13 rent appeals.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with his Scottish counterpart on the experience of Rent Services Scotland to inform the development of (a) an alternative body and (b) mechanism to make initial rent determinations in cases…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the cumulative costs associated with the RRA on the new PRS supply.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made of the need for the PRS database to allow block-registrations to accommodate large-scale landlords.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Local Government organisations on the administration of Selective Licensing schemes and how learnings from those schemes are informing development of the PRS database.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2025 to Question 92754, what planned improvements he has discussed with the Secretary of State for Justice to ensure readiness; and whether those improvements will be in place prior to…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his department is taking to engage with HM Courts & Tribunals Service to ensure central recording of the average time for the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber to consider, process and rule upon rent appeal…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the outcome of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on local authorities in London.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the outcome of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 on the London Borough of Bromley.
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2025 to Question 92757, what steps he is taking to ensure sufficient capacity to meet the anticipated additional demand; and whether those improvements will be in place prior to implementation of the Renters' Rights…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rent appeal cases were brought to each English regional residential property First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber by tenants each year over the past three full years, and what was the average time for the Tribunal to consider, process, and rule…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that HM Courts & Tribunals Service centrally record the average time for the First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber to consider, process and rule upon rent appeal cases brought by tenants; and whether this will…
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We continue to work closely with partners across the criminal justice system to inform them of the availability and capability of electronic monitoring conditions for court bail as an alternative to remand in custody.In August 2023, we published a new Electronic Monitoring Court Bail Protocol to…
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Data showing the number of defendants and offenders given new electronically monitored orders by cohort and in total, since April 2017, is available in Table 1.2 of the Data Tables accompanying the most recent Electronic Monitoring Statistics Publication:…
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The Ministry of Justice has an ambitious programme in place to expand the use of electronic monitoring, as well as building the evidence base for the effective future use of the technologies in helping to protect the public and reduce reoffending. Our latest published data shows at 31 March 2024…
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Unlike Labour, who in Government reduced the prison time served by all Standard Determinate Sentence prisoners (including rapists and serious violent offenders) from two thirds of their sentence to half, we have taken a robust approach to increasing both the sentence length of rapists and the…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders found guilty of criminal offences in England and Wales, up to June 2023, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2023. Information on whether offenders were…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders found guilty of criminal offences in England and Wales, up to June 2023, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2023. Information on whether offenders were…
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HM Courts & Tribunals Service is responsible for the administration of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration & Asylum Chamber) and has been working with the Ministry of Justice to increase capacity in the justice system in preparation for the commencement of the Illegal Migration Act.An additional 25…
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We remain committed to tackling the outstanding caseloads across our courts and tribunals and have introduced a range of measures to achieve this aim.While the listing of cases is an independent judicial function, we have consistently invested in judicial recruitment to ensure we have the capacity…
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The Ministry of Justice holds data on convictions for illegal working covering the period requested and this can be viewed in the Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023.The offence ‘illegal working’ can be found using the following HO code; 19464.This can be accessed by navigating to the…
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On 1 April 2024, the Sentencing Council for England and Wales introduced a new mitigating factor ‘difficult and/or deprived background or personal circumstances’ across all offence specific guidelines, following consultation. As a statutory consultee, the Lord Chancellor made clear in…
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The decision to remand an individual in custody or to grant bail is solely a matter for the independent judiciary acting in accordance with the law. The Ministry of Justice therefore cannot intervene in any decision made by the court and cannot assess whether remands to custody or bail are more…
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Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent judiciary and, by law, courts are required to be satisfied that the offence committed is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified, and even when that threshold is met, courts are able to consider whether a community…
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It is not possible to provide the information requested without detailed examination of individual records for more than 220 courts, across two Prisoner Escort and Custody Services contract generations (Generation 3, 2011 – 2020, and Generation 4, 2020 – 2030), and this would incur…
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The Ministry of Justice attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of Parliamentary Questions (PQs) and the Department remains committed to providing the highest level of service.I sincerely apologise for the delay in responding to these PQs. The information requested in these…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of convictions for criminal offences, including various assault offences, covering the time period requested. The latest data available, until year ending June 2023, can be obtained in the following published tool: Outcomes by Offence tool: June…
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The number of contractual delays at the Crown Court attributable to the two PECS suppliers, in each month from September 2023 to February 2024, is shown in the table below.Contractual delays include both failure to deliver a prisoner, and delay in bringing a prisoner to court. In contractual terms,…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of prosecutions and convictions in England and Wales for the following offences: 13711 - Reckless and dangerous driving by pedal cyclist - Contrary to section 28(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 of the Road Traffic Offenders…
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The Government keeps the effectiveness of all parts of the sentencing framework, including the operation of extended determinate sentences, under constant review. We do not keep statistical information on the link between extended determinate sentences and the specific types of offending or issues…
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The sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was abolished in 2012. For those still serving the sentence, it is for the independent Parole Board to determine whether to release an IPP prisoner by considering the evidence presented and applying the statutory release test.On 16 October…
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The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The below detail is provided as background information.A 2019 Ministry of Justice analysis of a matched cohort of over 30,000 offenders shows that those who serve sentences of immediate custody of less than 12 months…
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The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. The below detail is provided as background information.A 2019 Ministry of Justice analysis of a matched cohort of over 30,000 offenders shows that those who serve sentences of immediate custody of less than 12 months…
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The information requested is not held centrally. However, our data shows that from January 2021 to June 2023, 182 cases in the Crown Court were sentenced in absence of the defendant where the defendant was remanded in custody. However, the data does not provide the reason for non-attendance and…
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The priority when it comes to electronic monitoring is public protection, hence why they can be accompanied by tough curfews and exclusion zones. However, Serco’s health and safety policy ensures that the physical and mental wellbeing of those subject to electronic monitoring is also…
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A person cannot receive a custodial sentence for TV licence evasion, but may be committed to prison for wilfully refusing to pay the fine or culpably neglecting to pay. Imprisonment is only pursued as a matter of last resort.The number of people admitted to prison for failing to pay fines in…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders convicted for offences relating to assault on emergency worker, covering the period requested. The latest data available, up to the year ending June 2023, can be obtained with the following data tool: Outcomes by Offence tool:…
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I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 29 February to Question 15067: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-21/15067.
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The Ministry of Justice holds information on prosecutions for non-payment of TV licence fees, covering the period requested. The latest data available, until year ending June 2023, can be obtained in the following published tool: Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023.In the data tool, navigate to the…
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Data on the identified needs of offenders serving custodial sentences is captured in the Offender Assessment System (OASys). In June 2023, of the prisoner serving a custodial sentence of less than 12 months:11,600 (60%) had a drug misuse need7,500 (39%) had an alcohol misuse need Mental health…
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Espionage offences dealt with under the National Security Act 2023 received royal ascent in July 2023, and are therefore not yet available in the source data. Convictions relating to espionage offences prior to the act (under the Official Secrets Acts 1911, 1920 and 1989), up to June 2023, will…
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Published data held by the Ministry of Justice shows that no landlords were prosecuted in relation to renting properties to individuals without the right to reside in the country in the last 5 years under the following offences in the Immigration Act 2016, and consequently there have been no…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions for possession of cannabis, covering the period requested and this can be viewed in the following data tool: Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023 Navigate to ‘Prosecutions and Convictions’ tab, and use the ‘Offence’…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the proportion of defendants remanded in custody at magistrates' courts in England and Wales, in the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly publication. The latest data available, for year ending June 2023, can be viewed in Chapter 4 of the following…
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Alcohol monitored, electronic monitoring subjects by gender, England and Wales, at month's end, from March 2021. Source: AMS Contractor data. Mar-21Mar-22Mar-23 Males and Females NumberFemales7116248NumberMales287781,991NumberOther..49Total numberTotal358982,248 Males and Females Proportion of…
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There have been two equalities impact assessments, both of which considered offenders’ sex, prior to the Department’s introduction of alcohol monitoring.An Equalities Impact Assessment was carried out on the alcohol monitoring measures introduced by the Legal Aid Sentencing and…
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All murder convictions must result in a life sentence. When a life sentence is imposed, the Judge will calculate the minimum term by selecting the appropriate starting point as set out in legislation – namely Schedule 21 of the Sentencing Act 2020. When sentencing adult offenders, the…
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Hospital Orders and the provisions around them are set out in the Mental Health Act 1983 and ensure regular access for patients to a review of their detention by an independent court which will determine whether the criteria for detention continue to be met.This Government is committed to ensuring…
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Sentencing guidelines are developed by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales, as required by statute.As an independent body, the Sentencing Council decides on its own priorities and work plan for producing and reviewing guidelines. Therefore, the Government cannot require the…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under human trafficking laws, from 2010 to 2022, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022, and from year ending June 2011 to the year ending June 2023, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool:…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions, convictions and sentence outcomes in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2023 including offences as set out in the Offence Group Classification. The total number of individuals convicted and sentence outcomes for offences under the…
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The Government has no plans to publish an assessment of the implications of this publication, as the findings of the College of Policing’s report entitled ‘Imprisonment and other custodial sanctions’ support the findings of Ministry of Justice research.A 2019 MoJ analysis of a…
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We do not centrally hold data on other hate crime offences. This information may be recorded by individual police forces and in court records, however the information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. There are 79,456 offenders in the latest reoffending cohort (October…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions in England and Wales for the following offences:19522 - Selling a blade to a person aged under 18 years19520 - Summary offences under Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 and Criminal Justice Act 1988These can be…
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As set out in the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act 2022, the Government legislated for a reformed two-tier cautions framework in England and Wales. We have consulted on a draft Code of Practice to support future implementation. This covers the use, administration, and scrutiny of…
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We do not centrally hold data on offences motivated by hostility or prejudice towards an individual based on a personal characteristic. This information may be held on court record, however, the information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.The latest data on the number of…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants convicted for offences relating to assault on prison officers, from 2010 to 2022, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022, using the following HO codes:10504 – Assaulting a prisoner custody officer or…
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National guidance issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Adult Conditional Cautions states that they are not considered suitable for offences involving hate crime. However, there are rare cases when, because of the nature of the crime or the circumstances of the offender, exceptionally a…
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The Ministry of Justice only collects information on how many defendants are prosecuted and convicted for each offence in any given year. Currently, information is not collated on whether that prosecution or conviction relied on the law of joint enterprise.The feasibility of collecting data on…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants sentenced to immediate custody for theft offences, common assault and battery, and assault of an emergency worker in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022. To see how many defendants were sentenced to immediate…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions for criminal offences, however to identify offenders that were ‘Libyan armed forces personnel trained at Bassingbourn barracks’ would require examination of individual court records, which would be of…
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The College of Policing Report entitled ‘Imprisonment and other custodial sanctions’ looks at the relationship between custodial sentences and reoffending. The findings are in line with a 2019 Ministry of Justice study entitled ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of prosecutions for criminal offences, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool. This information can be further broken down by offence group and specific offences using the appropriate filters (for knife crime offences, select ‘10D…
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The sentencing framework is kept under constant review by the Government. However, sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent courts in accordance with the sentencing guidelines, developed by the independent Sentencing Council.The Government created the offence of Controlling…
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The Ministry of Justice does not hold the data requested. Offences involving domestic abuse can take various forms and are prosecuted under the offence in law that best reflects their nature and circumstances, for example, assault or harassment. These offences can take the form of domestic abuse or…
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Where the presumption to suspend short sentences applies, the courts will still impose a sentence of immediate custody where there are exceptional circumstances which would justify not passing a suspended sentence. It will be for the independent judiciary to determine what constitutes exceptional…
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The Sentencing Council’s Overarching Principles: Domestic Abuse guideline, which came into force in May 2018, identifies the principles relevant to the sentencing of cases involving domestic abuse.The Sentencing Council is independent of Parliament and Government. It is responsible for the…
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The government has no plans to create a specific offence of manslaughter caused by coercive or controlling behaviour.The common law offence of manslaughter can already cover circumstances where death results from controlling or coercive behaviour or other unlawful acts. A person who intentionally…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under the Hunting Act 2004, in England and Wales, covering the period requested up to December 2022, and this can be viewed in the following data tool: Outcomes by Offence data tool.Navigate to the…
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The average age of a prison van is 9 years old.The oldest prison van is 16 years old.
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The proportion of the prison population that was on remand in each year since 2015 can be calculated from the figures for the total remand population and those for the total prison population (males and females) that are set out in Table A1.1 of the latest published Offender Management Statistics…
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We recognise that the presumption to suspend custodial sentences of 12 months or less has implications for the Probation Service, which is why we are committed to ensuring that Probation can meet any additional demand.We have increased funding for the Probation Service by an additional £155m a…
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The independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales has a statutory duty to develop sentencing guidelines and monitor their use. These guidelines provide the Court with guidance on factors that should be considered, which may affect the sentence given. They set out different levels of sentence…
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Data on the number of prisoners serving sentences for burglary offences are routinely published within the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication. Please see annual Tables A1.5i (Row 64; for data for 2015 onwards) and A1.5ii (Row 18; for data covering 2010 - 2014).Data on the number…
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The Sentencing Bill, introduced on 14 November, will ensure that rapists and serious sexual offenders serve their full custodial term in prison. This expands on the current situation, whereby these offenders, when sentenced to four years’ imprisonment or more, serve two thirds of their…
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There is persuasive evidence that community orders and suspended sentence orders are more effective than sentences of immediate custody in reducing reoffending, in certain circumstances.The department’s latest published reoffending statistics (Proven reoffending statistics - GOV.UK…
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Since 2010, average sentence lengths have risen by 56% and this Government have introduced tougher punishments for the worst offenders – including extending whole-life orders to premeditated child murders. This Government increased the point at which those convicted of rape and serving a…
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Our Criminal Justice Bill will give judges new powers to order offenders to attend their sentencing hearings and to punish those who refuse to do so without reasonable excuse. An offender in breach of this order will face up to a further 24 months’ prison time. The measure will apply to all…
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This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs. It is not possible to interrogate the original data set provided under the previous answer so as to provide the specific answers requested. Defendants may be tried for multiple…
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The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions of animal cruelty offences in relation to animal fighting, in each year since 2010, on principal offence basis, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022. However, it is not possible to provide information about…
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people who will settle their disguised remuneration liabilities as a result of the McCann Review into Loan Charge settlement terms.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering the same terms to be given to those facing the Loan Charge to those who have previously settled with HMRC.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the the value for money of the Loan Charge.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing its response to the consultation entitled VAT Treatment of Private Hire Vehicles, which closed on 8 August 2024.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of applying VAT to private hire journeys outside London on the private hire industry.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to exempt GPs who provide more than 90% of their services to the NHS from the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to allow GP practices to claim Employment Allowance.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help increase (a) investment and (b) listings for small and medium-sized businesses.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to incentivise companies to remain listed in London.
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What recent assessment she has made of the impact of levels of borrowing on public finances.
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