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105813

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date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on encouraging businesses to offer apprenticeships to young people.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the then Minister for Skills and Enterprise (Matthew Hancock) met with the four nation Ministers including Dr Stephen Farry, MLA, Minister for Employment and Learning, on 19 June 2014.</p><p>He updated Ministers on the review of apprenticeships and trailblazer reforms in England.</p><p>Dr Stephen Farry informed Ministers that Northern Ireland would be producing a new strategy on apprenticeships and this was formally announced on 24 June 2014.</p><p>Ministers agreed that an official-level group would be beneficial and my Rt. Hon. Friend. the now Minister for Business and Energy Matthew Hancock suggested extending the remit of the UK strategic policy forum to include apprenticeships. The UK Strategic Forum meets approximately one month prior to the four nation Ministerial meetings and the first meeting took place on 4 June 2014.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/11/2014 12:43:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

105844

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Lloyds Banking Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Lloyds Bank since its announcement of 9,000 job losses.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>Details of the Chancellors meetings are published in HMT transparency returns.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s shareholding in Lloyds is managed at arm’s length from HM Treasury by UK Financial Investments Ltd. In accordance with UKFI’s investment mandate, the Government does not seek to intervene in the operational management of Lloyds Banking Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2014 13:50:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

105919

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Power Failures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce the risk of electricity blackouts during winter 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>On 28 October National Grid announced that it will procure 1.1 GW of additional de-rated capacity though Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR) and Demand Side Balancing Reserve (DSBR) for the winter of 2014/15. DECC supports the decisive action taken by National Grid and Ofgem and views the amount procured as a sensible and prudent step in order to provide the necessary degree of resilience for times of very high demand.</p><p>This action will increase capacity margins from around 4% to over 6%; a higher level than we had between 2005/06 and 2007/8 and well within the Government’s reliability standard.</p><p>This means that we will continue to benefit from secure electricity supplies even with further unexpected outages or a very cold winter.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/11/2014 16:08:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

105946

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nigeria: Abduction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of girls and young women abducted by Islamic extremists in north east Nigeria in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text Boko Haram continue to abduct both males and females across north east Nigeria. The security situation in this region makes it difficult to obtain verifiable information on the precise number of abductions that have taken place or the gender of those involved. However, we estimate that since the abduction of the 270 Chibok schoolgirls in April over 350 other people have been abducted by Boko Haram. We continue to engage with Nigerian officials at both Federal and state level on their efforts to secure the release of those abducted and to provide better protection from Boko Haram attacks. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/11/2014 16:21:54 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

105947

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with Chinese authorities about the recent unrest in Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 14 October 2014 (PQ 210244).</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 10/11/2014 13:45:52 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

105948

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Brazil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil since her re-election.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has written to President Rousseff congratulating her on her re-election, and hopes to be able to do so in person at the G20 Summit in Brisbane. Neither the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), nor I, have had any discussions with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff since her re-election on 26 October 2014.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 10/11/2014 13:51:01 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

105971

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ebola
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many UK health workers have gone to West Africa to help tackle the Ebola virus.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Chief Medical Officer wrote to National Health Service medical and nursing directors on 19 September seeking volunteers to help efforts on the ground in West Africa. Currently over 1000 NHS staff and 185 staff from Public Health England have put their names forward through UK MED which runs the <em>UK International Emergency Medical Register </em>(UKIEMR).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme comprises a robust selection process, pre-deployment vaccinations and occupational health and psychological screening, training in the UK with further training and mentoring in Sierra Leone, and advice and support on monitoring health on return. We do not expect everyone on the register to be deployed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not know how many UK health care workers are currently deployed with non-governmental organisations on the ground in West Africa.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/11/2014 17:29:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

106020

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she met the Mayor of Calais during her visit to Westminster on 28 October 2014.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private <br>sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/11/2014 14:56:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

106022

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received about the number of illegal immigrants entering the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly receives written questions and correspondence from Honourable Members and their constituents about this issue. Since 2010, we have clamped down on illegal immigration.<br><br>The Immigration Act 2014 is a landmark piece of legislation which builds on the Government’s ongoing reforms to our immigration system to ensure it works in our national interest.<br><br>The Act will have a major impact on the Home Office’s work to secure our borders, enforce our immigration laws and continue to attract the brightest and the best to the UK.<br><br>The Act puts the law firmly on the side of those who respect it, not those who break it. <br><br>Key measures from the Act which are now in force including the introduction of enhanced duties for registrars to report suspected sham marriages and civil partnerships; new powers to streamline the recovery of illegal working penalties; the ability to remove harmfulindividuals before their appeals are heard if there is no risk of serious irreversible harm.<br><br>The Act also Strengthens requirements for the courts to have regard to Parliament’s view of the public interest in immigration cases raising Article 8-making clear the right to a family life is not to be regarded as absolute and unqualified.<br><br>New powers to revoke the driving licences of known illegal immigrants are also included in the Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/11/2014 15:24:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

106023

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consult the Prison Officers' Association on the work-related well-being of prison staff.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>My officials do consult and will continue to consult the Prison Officers’ Association on the work-related well-being of prison staff within England and Wales. My Ministry launched an Employee Assistance Programme on 6<sup>th</sup> October 2014 that provides: 24 hour helpline including counselling; a health promotion and well being website; trauma support for staff within England and Wales prisons involved in serious incidents; business support for managers; mediation and other services. The POA and other recognised TUS were all aware of the proposals for this service and had opportunities in the Whitley consultative committees to discuss them with the lead officials<strong>. </strong>Please note that the answer provided is only for prisons within England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/11/2014 17:41:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown