Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of new-build properties purchased by (a) owner-occupiers and (b) buy-to-let landlords in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The Department does not hold this data.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned an independent assessment on the need for more animal rendering plants; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by George Eustice
The Government has no plans to commission an assessment on the need for more animal rendering plants.
The UK has around 40 rendering plants which perform an important role in protecting public and animal health. Decisions on the need for additional plants are guided by market demand and local planning policy.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the average fine was for convictions for offences relating to hare coursing in each police area in England in each year from 2014 to the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Robert Buckland
Data on fines is recorded by the Ministry of Justice for these offences, rather than the AGO. Officials at the MoJ have advised us that there were no fines in 2014; four in 2015 and none in 2016. The MoJ does not provide information on amounts of fines when the samples are statistically this small.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Section 59 warnings were issued in each area in England each year from 2014 to the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office does not hold data on the number of Section 59 warnings issued by the police in England and Wales.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dogs and vehicles relating to hare coursing were confiscated in each police area in England in each year from 2014 to the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Home Office does not hold the information requested.
The enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004 is an operational matter for the police.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences relating to hare coursing led to a conviction in each police area in England in each year from 2014 to the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Hunting Act 2004 introduced a prohibition against hare coursing. Under Section 5 of the Act, a person commits an offence if they participate in, attend, knowingly facilitate, or permit land owned by them to be used in a hare coursing event.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of Section 5 of the Hunting Act 2004 which covers England and Wales.
The table below shows the number of these offences prosecuted and the police force area, in each of the last three years.
- | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 |
Essex | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Norfolk | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Sussex | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 8 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System | |||
There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been for offences relating to hare coursing in each police area in England in each year from 2014 to the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Hunting Act 2004 introduced a prohibition against hare coursing. Under Section 5 of the Act, a person commits an offence if they participate in, attend, knowingly facilitate, or permit land owned by them to be used in a hare coursing event.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of Section 5 of the Hunting Act 2004 which covers England and Wales.
The table below shows the number of these offences prosecuted and the police force area, in each of the last three years.
- | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 |
Essex | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Norfolk | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Sussex | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 8 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System | |||
There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
What steps his Department is taking to modernise the courts system.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
We remain committed to our £1b modernisation programme, which has already started improving life for those who use and need our courts.
There are already a number of active pilots, including trialling the online filing of applications, which are saving applicants significant time.