Written questions

Sir Nicholas Dakin

959 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Convictions: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of different facial composite methods and the subsequent effect on conviction rates.

16 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Police Interrogation: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make it a requirement for police forces to adhere to a structured interview protocol.

16 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Criminal Investigation: Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) feasibility of making video recording standard practice across all investigation stages of a crime.

16 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Witnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the adequacy of witness testimony.

16 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's policies on homicide prevention.

15 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Entrepreneurs' Relief

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the Association of Accounting Technicians' proposal for the Government to abolish Entrepreneurs Relief and invest the £3 billion saving in initiatives or reli

15 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Entrepreneurs' Relief

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) effect and (b) cost effectiveness of the Entrepreneur Relief scheme on incentivising investment in business.

15 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Entrepreneurs' Relief

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the objectives of the Entrepreneur Relief scheme are; and what assessment his Department has made as to whether those objectives are being met.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve rail safety standards, (b) reduce the number of trains which pass through red signals and (c) mitigate the risk of collision when trains pass through red signa

15 Oct 2019 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Energy Supply

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which provider supplies energy to his Department; how much CO2 was emitted through his Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are availabl

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will write to her Cabinet colleagues to (a) inform them that her Department is adopting energy suppliers that solely use renewable energy under the Crown Commercial Service

15 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291002 and to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324, if he will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial

15 Oct 2019 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 290330 and to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324, if she will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy an

15 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290332 and to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324, if he will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324, when a decision was taken to ensure that the Department's electricity will be supplied solely from renewable res

15 Oct 2019 · Cabinet Office

Ministerial Policy Advisers: Security

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what processes the Government has in place to ensure that special advisers continue to comply with requirements of the national security Vetting Decision Framework subseq

15 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Anne Sacoolas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government will make an extradition request to the United States of America for the return of US citizen Anne Sacoolas, in order to assist Northamptonshire Police in their investigation in

15 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Anne Sacoolas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits and feasibility of issuing an Interpol Red Notice against US citizen Anne Sacoolas, as a way of securing her extradition to the UK

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require that specific packaging items must be compostable; and whether she

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits for (a) reducing littering and (b) increasing recycling rates by (i) banning food producers from using using the term bi

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory and consistent (a) UK-wide logo and (b) on pack information for compostable food packaging; a

15 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Police Interrogation: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) police forces, (b) the Royal College of Policing and (c) Police and Crime Commissioners on (i) the potential benefits of the Self-Administered Intervie

15 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Judges: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing mandatory training on memory science for judges; and whether he will introduce mandatory training on memory science for judges.

15 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Convictions: DNA

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many wrongful conviction cases in England and Wales where an individual was exonerated by DNA evidence did the initial conviction involved witness identifications of the defendant.

15 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology Note No. 599 on Early interventions to reduce violent crime, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the 46 per cent incre