First elected: 29th November 2012
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To make provision about the oversight and management of the appropriate use of force in relation to people in mental health units and similar institutions; to make provision about the use of body cameras by police officers in the course of duties in relation to people in mental health units; and for connected purposes.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 1st November 2018 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to amend Part 8 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to make provision about maternity and paternity leave for parents of babies born prematurely; and for connected purposes.
Clean Air (No. 2) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Chris Philp (Con)
Child Maintenance (Assessment of Parents' Income) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Heidi Allen (LD)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of cases of possessing a weapon which could not proceed because a victim no longer supports the prosecution. |
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of robbery cases stopped because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of cases of possessing a weapon which could not proceed because a victim no longer supports the prosecution. |
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of fraud cases stopped because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of theft cases stopped because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 created the offence of harassment and latterly, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, stalking. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 25 November 2012 and introduced two new offences of stalking, by way of Section 2A and Section 4A, into the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants charged with and prosecuted for offences of stalking or the number of these who were previously convicted of similar offences. However, management information is held showing the number of offences of stalking in which a prosecution commenced from each year from 2013/14. The table below shows the number of these offences to the latest available year, 2021/22.
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of suspects charged with domestic abuse offences after having been previously convicted of similar offences. The CPS does not hold any data on recidivism. Proven reoffending statistics are held, maintained, and published by the Ministry of Justice. |
CPS DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGE VOLUME AND RATE | ||
Financial Year | Charged | % Charged of Legal Decisions |
2005-2006 | 31,392 | 71.6% |
2006-2007 | 44,917 | 69.1% |
2007-2008 | 50,089 | 69.3% |
2008-2009 | 55,509 | 71.1% |
2009-2010 | 62,087 | 70.1% |
2010-2011 | 68,927 | 70.4% |
2011-2012 | 66,186 | 71.8% |
2012-2013 | 60,190 | 71.0% |
2013-2014 | 72,905 | 73.0% |
2014-2015 | 84,711 | 72.1% |
2015-2016 | 82,158 | 73.2% |
2016-2017 | 79,417 | 74.8% |
2017-2018 | 77,726 | 75.9% |
2018-2019 | 67,469 | 74.3% |
2019-2020 | 55,567 | 73.1% |
2020-2021 | 50,838 | 70.1% |
2021-2022 | 43,836 | 72.7% |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System |
The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and the official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 created the offence of harassment and latterly, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, stalking. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 25 November 2012 and introduced two new offences of stalking, by way of Section 2A and Section 4A, into the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants charged with and prosecuted for offences of stalking or the number of these who were previously convicted of similar offences.
However, management information is held showing the number of offences of stalking in which a prosecution commenced from each year from 2013. The table below shows the number of these offences to the latest available year, 2021.
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 2A(1) and (4) } | Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) } | Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) } | |
2013 | 416 | 41 | 103 |
2014 | 700 | 128 | 258 |
2015 | 637 | 141 | 337 |
2016 | 519 | 83 | 336 |
2017 | 782 | 134 | 490 |
2018 | 1,208 | 290 | 622 |
2019 | 1,260 | 320 | 680 |
2020 | 1,281 | 407 | 743 |
2021 | 1,618 | 488 | 967 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System |
The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data are held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of suspects charged with domestic abuse offences who have previously been convicted of similar offences.
However, management information is held which shows the number of suspects involved in allegations of domestic abuse where the CPS decided to charge and prosecute in each year from 2006. The table below shows the number and proportion of suspects charged from 2006 to the latest available year, 2021.
Charged | % Charged | |
2006 | 42,675 | 69.8% |
2007 | 49,233 | 68.7% |
2008 | 54,352 | 70.6% |
2009 | 60,176 | 70.7% |
2010 | 68,029 | 70.1% |
2011 | 67,284 | 71.1% |
2012 | 60,942 | 71.9% |
2013 | 68,819 | 72.3% |
2014 | 83,208 | 72.3% |
2015 | 82,222 | 72.9% |
2016 | 80,186 | 74.1% |
2017 | 79,203 | 75.8% |
2018 | 70,600 | 75.0% |
2019 | 57,408 | 73.4% |
2020 | 52,817 | 70.8% |
2021 | 43,945 | 71.8% |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System |
The CPS publishes guidance on various matters relating to its criminal prosecutions, which is
available for the public to view on the CPS website.[1] CPS guidance is reviewed and updated periodically, especially when there is a significant change in law or policy.
(a) The CPS has published guidance on the application of the joint enterprise doctrine since 2012. The 2012 guidance, titled Joint Enterprise charging decisions: Principal, secondary and inchoate liability, was published following a public consultation.
The guidance was revised in 2018, to reflect a significant change in the law brought about by the Supreme Court’s decision in R v Jogee. The revisions were informed by another public consultation and the title of the guidance was changed to Secondary Liability: charging decisions on principals and accessories, to reflect the terminology used by the Court.
The guidance was revised further in 2019, following a stakeholder consultation. The main revision related to guidance in respect of children and persons with learning disabilities, autism and mental health issues.
(b) The CPS guidance ‘Decision making in ‘gang’ related offences' is regularly reviewed and was last updated in November 2021. The guidance urges caution about the use of the word ‘gang’, explaining how it can properly be deployed in a prosecution, where substantiated by the evidence and relevant to a matter in issue in the proceedings. In drafting the guidance, the CPS assessed the potential effect of using ‘gang’ in proceedings and identified that the term is used in legislation and by criminal justice partners.
The guidance clearly sets out that, given the negative connotations of the term ‘gang’, prosecutors should not refer to a group as a ‘gang’ in proceedings unless there is evidence to support the assertion. However, prosecutors must also ensure that where there is admissible evidence of gang membership, the case is put on a basis that reflects the often very serious gravity of the offending.
[1] https://www.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has delivered all but one of the CPS recommendations in the Lammy review into ‘Black and Ethnic Minority Representation in the Criminal Justice System’.
The Lammy Review recommended that the CPS introduce ‘race-blind’ charging decisions, whereby identifiers of ethnicity are removed from material considered by the police when reaching a charging decision. The CPS rejected this recommendation as it was operationally not feasible. They instead committed to publishing data on ethnicity and charging decisions to monitor disproportionality as part of quarterly performance data.
The data for Q4 2021-22 will be published on the CPS website on 21 July 2022.
I am pleased to report that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has had considerable success in using Modern Slavery legislation to increase prosecutions of modern slavery cases involving the criminal and sexual exploitation of vulnerable young people.
Prosecutors work closely with law enforcement and give early investigative stage in all cases of modern slavery to build robust cases with the aim of lessening or removing the need to rely solely upon the evidence of vulnerable victims. The CPS will try to build victimless prosecutions where possible and has obtained convictions without reliance on the victim’s evidence.
The CPS will also, where possible, apply for Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders (STPOs) on conviction of a defendant. This enhances the court’s ability to place restrictions on individuals, ensuring that even after they have served their sentence any future risk of similar criminality is effectively managed. In cases involving unconvicted defendants, the CPS will also work with law enforcement agencies to obtain Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders (STROs) where there is a risk of harm to potential victims or to the public.
The total number and proportion of prosecutions for cases that have stopped post-charge because a victim did not provide evidence or has withdrawn, is not publicly available for each crime type by region and local justice area of England and Wales, in the format that has been requested. Figures for victim attrition for all crime by region are included in the local criminal justice scorecards, which can be found at www.criminal-justice-scorecard.justice.gov.uk/.
Tackling Fraud is a top priority for this government and requires a sophisticated multi-agency approach, coordinating with domestic and international partners. As prosecuting agencies, both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) play a vital part in that response.
Last year the CPS published its first ever Economic Crime Strategy, which affirms its commitment to improve criminal justice outcomes in this area and support victims. In the year ending September 2021, the CPS prosecuted 7,609 defendants, in cases where Fraud and Forgery was recorded as the principal offence. The conviction rate was 84.9%.
Taking into account judicial resolutions such as DPAs, the SFO’s successful judicial outcomes rate is 85% by case and 50% by defendant over the past four financial years [2018/19 – 2021/22].
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants whose prosecution was dropped where the Principal Offence Category allocated at finalisation was Fraud and Forgery. This information can be further disaggregated to show the number in each CPS Area and further into each Local Criminal Justice Area.
The tables below show the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence of Fraud and Forgery whose prosecution was dropped during each of the last five years.
(a) Fraud and Forgery Prosecutions Dropped in each CPS Regional Area
| 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 |
Cymru Wales | 60 | 44 | 62 | 56 | 32 |
Eastern | 82 | 47 | 54 | 41 | 47 |
East Midlands | 92 | 78 | 89 | 76 | 80 |
London North | 172 | 124 | 118 | 109 | 78 |
London South | 201 | 163 | 135 | 113 | 79 |
Merseyside & Cheshire | 38 | 44 | 80 | 82 | 55 |
North East | 61 | 70 | 47 | 33 | 31 |
North West | 59 | 75 | 72 | 48 | 31 |
South East | 76 | 53 | 55 | 41 | 35 |
South West | 49 | 43 | 39 | 28 | 45 |
Thames and Chiltern | 72 | 74 | 75 | 48 | 31 |
Wessex | 51 | 32 | 79 | 98 | 67 |
West Midlands | 161 | 154 | 149 | 93 | 95 |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 92 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 68 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System |
The table above excludes prosecutions dealt with by the central specialist casework teams.
(b) Fraud and Forgery Prosecutions Dropped in each Criminal Justice Area
| 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 |
Avon & Somerset | 20 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 20 |
Cambridgeshire | 8 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 11 |
Cheshire | 10 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 11 |
Cleveland and Durham | 23 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 17 |
Cumbria | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
Derbyshire | 27 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 22 |
Devon & Cornwall | 21 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 16 |
Dorset | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Dyfed-Powys | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
East Midlands | 63 | 63 | 68 | 51 | 58 |
Essex | 47 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 20 |
Gloucestershire | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Greater Manchester | 35 | 48 | 38 | 25 | 14 |
Gwent | 11 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
Hampshire | 28 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 7 |
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire | 37 | 34 | 48 | 25 | 14 |
Humberside | 12 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 18 |
Kent | 31 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 14 |
Lancashire | 17 | 24 | 28 | 16 | 19 |
London | 397 | 302 | 274 | 248 | 156 |
Merseyside | 30 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 12 |
Norfolk and Suffolk | 24 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
North Wales | 15 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 6 |
North Yorkshire | 17 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
Northumbria | 37 | 48 | 32 | 22 | 14 |
South Wales | 29 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 15 |
South Yorkshire | 18 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 13 |
Staffordshire | 22 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 8 |
Surrey | 29 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 14 |
Sussex | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 |
Thames Valley | 38 | 39 | 27 | 21 | 16 |
Warwickshire | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
West Mercia | 16 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 9 |
West Midlands | 47 | 39 | 30 | 18 | 22 |
West Yorkshire | 45 | 47 | 38 | 33 | 29 |
Wiltshire | 9 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System |
The table above excludes prosecutions originating from other investigatory authorities such as the Department of Work and Pensions or HM Revenue and Customs.
The Fraud and Forgery category includes offences created by the Fraud Act 2006, forgery or copying false instruments, bribery, money laundering, bankruptcy offences and cheating the public revenue. It is not possible to separately report prosecution outcomes by the individual offences allocated to this category.
During the last five years, the CPS has prosecuted 67,817 defendants for fraud and forgery offences and convictions have been obtained against 58,671 (86.5%) of these defendants.
The total number and proportion of prosecutions for cases that have stopped post-charge because a victim did not provide evidence or has withdrawn, is not publicly available for each crime type by region and local justice area of England and Wales, in the format that has been requested. Figures for victim attrition for all crime by region are included in the local criminal justice scorecards, which can be found at www.criminal-justice-scorecard.justice.gov.uk/.This shows that the percentage of prosecutions that are stopped post-charge because a victim did not provide evidence or has withdrawn ranges from 11% in South West to 26% in North East in Q3 2021.
The Prosecutor Pathway Programme provides a unique career and development route for our people into the legal profession and ultimately that of a qualified criminal lawyer trained and suitable for deployment in the role of Crown Prosecutor. This sponsored programme seeks to promote development opportunity for those who might otherwise have been unable to consider a career in law due to socio-economic, cultural, or early life opportunities and assure an inclusive and diverse profession for the future.
The Crown Prosecution Service has not made any assessment of the potential cost to the Secretary of State for Justice’s Department through its use of the Prosecutor Pathway Programme.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of cases of fraud which have been discontinued. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.
While no data is held reporting the number of cases of fraud prosecuted, records are collated providing the number of defendants whose prosecution was completed where the case was marked as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.
During the last five years, the CPS has prosecuted 67,817 defendants for fraud and forgery offences and convictions have been obtained against 58,671 (86.5%) of these defendants.
The table below shows the number of defendants with cases marked as ‘Fraud and Forgery’ where the prosecution was dropped during each of the last five years.
| 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | |
Prosecutions Dropped | 1,639 | 1,556 | 1,433 | 1,056 | 811 |
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Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System |
The Fraud and Forgery category includes offences created by the Fraud Act 2006, forgery or copying false instruments, bribery, money laundering, bankruptcy offences and cheating the public revenue. It is not possible to separately report prosecution outcomes by the individual offences allocated to this category.
The below table sets out the number and percentage of Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cases over the last five years where a non-conviction outcome occurred due to complainant/victim issue.
| 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | |
Complainant/Victim Issues | 20,774 | 17,811 | 15,399 | 11,713 | 9,609 |
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% of Total Prosecutions | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
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Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System |
Non-conviction outcomes involving complainant/Victim issues occur when one or all of the following apply: failure to attend or refusal to be called to give evidence, withdrawal of a complaint, including cases where complainants/victims have been intimidated but it is inappropriate to compel them to attend court and if the evidence of a complainant/victim fails to support the prosecution of the defendant, including issues of credibility, but there has been no retraction.
The CPS Case Management System does not capture specific data on the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS). This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records all offences charged under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and within those, the offences that involve child abuse are flagged. Since the Act came into force and up to the end of September 2019, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System
There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences, 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.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) publishes a detailed breakdown of prosecutions for all cases flagged as modern slavery and child abuse within the 2018-19 Violence against Women and Girls Report. This is supplemented by the quarterly Data Bulletins, which are available on the CPS Website.
The CPS reviews their data publication policy periodically throughout the year and at the beginning of the financial year. As part of this review the CPS will consider what data it will publish in 2020/21.
The CPS records all offences charged under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and within those, the offences that involve child abuse are flagged. Since the Act came into force and up to the end of September 2019, the CPS has prosecuted 59 Modern Slavery Act offences involving child abuse.
Cases referred to the CPS by the police as modern slavery are often prosecuted under other legislation. The CPS has prosecuted 209 defendants for human trafficking offences involving child abuse, from 2015/16 to September 2019.
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.
As of 31 January 2020, there are no apprentices in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). This is 0% of the total staff employed within the department.
As of 31 November 2019, there are 39 apprentices in Government Legal Department (GLD). This is 1.53% of the total staff employed within the department.
As of 31 December 2019, 3.7% of staff employed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are on an apprenticeship scheme.
As of 31 December 2019, there are 4 apprentices in the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). This is 0.85% of the total staff in the department.
As of 31 November 2019, there are no apprentices at HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). This is 0% of the total staff employed within the department.
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 8th February is attached.
A response to the hon. Member’s question of 29 November 2022 was deposited in the House Libraries on 14 December 2022. However, due to an administrative error this was not sent to the hon. Member and the response to Question 98786 was not updated on the Parliament website.
I would like to apologise to the hon. Member for this error and assure him that it has been addressed and a copy of this response has been submitted to Parliament. Cabinet Office officials are also reviewing practices to ensure this type of administrative error does not happen again.
I refer the Hon Member to PQ99865. It would not be appropriate to comment on an ongoing independent investigation.
I refer the Hon Member to PQ92230. The Prime Minister has appointed Adam Tolley KC to conduct an independent investigation into formal complaints which have been made about the conduct of the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.
The Terms of Reference for the investigation have been published on gov.uk.
Following the establishment of the independent investigation, and the Cabinet Office receiving a further formal complaint relating to Mr Raab's conduct at the Department for Exiting the European Union, the Prime Minister has additionally asked the investigator to establish the specific facts surrounding this complaint, in line with the Terms of Reference for the existing investigation.
Appointments to an inquiry panel are made in accordance with the statutory provisions of the Inquiries Act 2005 and in consultation with the chair. Any representations on the composition of the panel will be duly considered by the Government. Moreover, the inquiry’s terms of reference require it to “listen to and consider carefully the experiences of bereaved families and others who have suffered hardship or loss as a result of the pandemic".
Levelling Up is at the heart of this government’s agenda to build back better after the pandemic and to deliver for citizens in every part of the UK. The detail of bold new policy interventions to improve livelihoods and opportunity in every part of the UK will be published later in the year, as part of our landmark Levelling Up White Paper.
I refer the hon. Member to my response to PQ179137, answered on 15 April 2021 which confirmed that details of departmental expenditure and contracts are published on GOV.UK.
Crown Representatives help the government to act as a single customer. They work across departments to:
ensure a single and strategic view of the government’s needs is communicated to the market;
identify areas for cost savings or operational improvements;
act as a point of focus for cross-cutting supplier-related issues.
Crown Representatives cover all sectors of service provision including small and medium enterprises, voluntary sector organisations, mutually owned organisations, large suppliers and specific sectors. All Crown Representatives complete Conflict of Interest declarations every six months.
Information about the Crown Representative programme, including a list of the current Crown Representatives and strategic suppliers is available on GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-suppliers
We will write to the hon. Member with further information and place a copy of the letter in the House Library.
As has been the case with successive administrations, Government routinely works with suppliers to provide polling and market research work so as to understand public attitudes and behaviours to inform policy-making. Details of departmental expenditure and contracts are published on GOV.UK.
Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.
Primary legislation states that the elections will go ahead in May 2021.
We continue to work closely with the electoral community, including electoral suppliers, and public health bodies to resolve challenges and ensure everyone will be able to cast their vote safely and securely - and in a way of their choosing.
Measures are planned to support absent voting at short notice. Guidance will be published in good time ahead of the polls and this matter will be kept under review. The House will be kept updated.
The Government has also engaged with the Parliamentary Parties Panel to ensure that views from political parties are taken on board.
The Cabinet Office publishes guidance on the use of confidentiality clauses in the Civil Service. This is publicly available here. It makes clear that such clauses should not be used to prevent staff from raising or discussing allegations of bullying, harassment or discrimination.
As part of the Government's evidence for the Women and Equalities Committee report on the use of non-disclosure agreements in discrminination cases, we provided details on the number of non-disclosure agreements used in the Civil Service including those that were used in cases of alleged discrimination. This represents the latest data we have available.
The Cabinet Office publishes guidance on the use of confidentiality clauses in the Civil Service. This is publicly available here. It makes clear that such clauses should not be used to prevent staff from raising or discussing allegations of bullying, harassment or discrimination.
As part of the Government's evidence for the Women and Equalities Committee report on the use of non-disclosure agreements in discrminination cases, we provided details on the number of non-disclosure agreements used in the Civil Service including those that were used in cases of alleged discrimination. This represents the latest data we have available.
The Cabinet Office publishes guidance on the use of confidentiality clauses in the Civil Service. This is publicly available here. It makes clear that such clauses should not be used to prevent staff from raising or discussing allegations of bullying, harassment or discrimination.
As part of the Government's evidence for the Women and Equalities Committee report on the use of non-disclosure agreements in discrminination cases, we provided details on the number of non-disclosure agreements used in the Civil Service including those that were used in cases of alleged discrimination. This represents the latest data we have available.
Ministers publish details of their government meetings with external individuals and organisations on GOV.UK.
The Government does not collate details of whether such individuals or organisations have made donations to any political party in the past.
This would not be a material consideration in deciding whether to hold any meeting, nor with the topics discussed.
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has yesterday published a comprehensive statement to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee on the manner in which the Westferry planning appeal was determined, and released a comprehensive collection of associated documents into the public domain; and I also refer the Hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s speech in the Opposition Day Debate.
The Cabinet Secretary has not undertaken an investigation; he has written to the Hon. Member in relation to this matter in reply to his letter. Given the Hon. Member publicly released his original letter, I am placing a copy of this reply in the Libraries of the House.
The Government Digital Service (GDS) - acting as the data controller for the shielded patient list (SPL) (ie persons who are medically extremely vulnerable to covid-19), as supplied by the NHS - has provided data of individuals on this list to local authorities. GDS initially provided data from the ‘registered list’ to local authorities in late March. From 2 April GDS provided the entire SPL, which was updated by the NHS on 9 April and 6 May, and then on a rolling basis.
Individual local authorities are only able to access SPL records where the postcode matches their relevant area.
The number of NHS SPL individuals was 2,232,175 as at 26 May 2020 and the number of 'registered list' individuals was 1,190,213 as at 26 May 2020. Note that the ‘registered list’ is broadly a subset of the SPL, not additional to it.
The Inquiries Act 2005 empowers the Chair of an Inquiry to require the production of evidence, including from witnesses. The Prime Minister has received no requests for a witness statement from the Chair of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. The London Fire Commissioner (which replaced LFEPA in 2017) is a core participant in the Inquiry.
The Government continues to assess the impact of Covid-19 and is reviewing any implications for the delivery of public services on an ongoing basis. Our approach has been, and will continue to be, guided by the evidence and latest advice from medical experts, including the Chief Medical Officer.
We are currently working to facilitate the local, mayoral, and Police and Crime Commissioner elections on 7 May going ahead as planned.
We will of course continue to monitor the situation, and we are developing our responses and contingency plans as necessary.
Data regarding the number of apprentices in each Government Department is published yearly as part of routine Government transparency. The most recent report was published in September 2019, covering the 2018-2019 financial year, and can be found on GOV.UK:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2018-to-2019
Data regarding the number of apprentices in each Government Department is published yearly as part of routine Government transparency. The most recent report was published in September 2019, covering the 2018-2019 financial year, and can be found on GOV.UK:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2018-to-2019
Details of ministerial meetings are published and available on the gov.uk website; no such Ministerial meeting took place.
Details of ministerial meetings are published and available on the gov.uk website; no such Ministerial meeting took place.
This Government responded to the pandemic with over £400 billion in support for business and British jobs. Thanks to the action we took we’re now seeing a thriving jobs market with record numbers in work and our economy growing faster than many expected.
I note at the time the Government announced its support package many, including the Labour Party, were calling for the Government to lower protections.
Our latest estimate is contained in the Department’s 2020-21 Annual Report.