Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been made under the Hunting Act 2004 in each year since 2010,
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
For prosecutions under the Hunting Act 2004, please see response to PQ 105521.
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under Section 30 of the Game Act 1831 between 2010 and 2021 across the following data tools:
2010-2016: Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2020.
2017-2021: Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2021.
Please note, ‘119 Day Poaching’ includes offences under both section 30 and section 31 of the Game Act 1831. However, no prosecutions were made under section 31 offences during this time period.
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under the Deer Act 1991 and under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 between 2013 and 2021 across the following data tools:
2013-2016: Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool.
2017-2021: Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2021.
The number of prosecutions for offences under the Deer Act 1991 between 2010 and 2012 has been provided in Table 1 and 2. The Home Office does not collect data on the number of charges for this offence.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that members of the public who sell solar powered energy back to the state are reimbursed in a timely way.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Under the market-led Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), it is for suppliers to determine the frequency of payments they make to householders exporting excess electricity to the grid. Suppliers are required to have a process in place to deal with complaints relating to their SEG obligations.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes in Croydon Central constituency were installed with solar power panels by 31 January 2023.
Answered by Graham Stuart
At the end of January 2023, there were 815 domestic installations of solar panels recorded in Croydon Central constituency.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with Ofwat to help ensure that water companies deliver year-on-year reductions in the number of pollution incidents with a target of zero serious incidents by 2030.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Our Strategic Policy Statement (SPS) for Ofwat sets clear priorities for the water sector in England. This includes an expectation that Ofwat will challenge water companies to demonstrate how they will achieve zero serious pollution incidents by 2030 and we will continue to work with the regulator to ensure this happens.
The Environment Act 2021 gave Ofwat increased powers to modify water company licence conditions to improve water companies’ performance. This means Ofwat can modify company licenses.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that water companies do not discharge sewage during dry spells.
Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Environment Agency guidance requires that storm overflows are designed so that the they do not spill in dry weather. It is the responsibility of water companies to comply with their permits and to avoid polluting the environment. If overflows operate outside of permit conditions, the Environment Agency has a range of enforcement powers, including criminal prosecution for which there can be unlimited fines.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals are provided with publicly-funded support for glasses associated with the Myopia Nystagmus condition as of 6 December 2022.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding is spent on providing glasses for patients with the myopia nystagmus condition annually.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK suffer from Myopia Nystagmus.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was provided to police forces through (a) the DCLG grant, (b) the Welsh grant and (c) other grants in 2010/11.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The information requested is available online, on the Government website, at the link listed below. The tables show police forces’ funding allocations for 2010-11 which contain information on the DCLG grant, Welsh grant and other grants.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2009-11-26/debates/09112628000414/PoliceGrants
It is not possible to make direct comparisons between current police funding figures and police funding in the years before 2015-16 due to a number of significant changes in the structure of police funding and the structure of policing over the period.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Criminal Behaviour Orders were issued at all courts in each year since 2014.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The number of Criminal Behaviour Orders issued at all courts in England and Wales on an all offence, all disposal basis has been provided in Table 1; these show where Criminal Behaviour Orders were recorded in one of the four most severe disposals.