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105846

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date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are also available in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/02/2015 14:16:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105876

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations he has received from the Afghan government on the use of the Royal Air Force to provide close air support for the Afghan National Security forces.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	213144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>To date, the Afghanistan Government has made no formal representations to the Secretary of State on the use of the Royal Air Force to provide close air support to the Afghan National Security Forces.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois grouped question UIN 217756 218556 question first answered 17/12/2014 17:35:53 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 29876 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

105878

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The Civil Service Commission recognises that in some circumstances it may be right to allow appointments to be made outside of the principle of selection on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. Those exceptions are designed to provide a flexible way of recruiting staff where this is necessary in the interests of the Civil Service; for example, to meet a short-term need for specialist skills.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is contained in the table below.The Ministry of Defence does not hold records of appointments by exception prior to Financial Year 2012-13. For data protection purposes, name of individuals appointed to roles cannot be disclosed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of appointments</strong></p><p><strong>made by exception</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (to 31 October)</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/12/2014 16:49:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 29877 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105887

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence operates a Minor Award Scheme, which recognises performance over and above that is normally required in a specific task. The table below shows the number of awards and their total value for Financial Years (FY) 2012-13 and 2013-14. The information is not held by calendar year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p>Total Value</p></td><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td><td><p>Total Value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Awards</p></td><td><p>5,348</p></td><td><p>£344,471.14</p></td><td><p>3,701</p></td><td><p>£284,272.43</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of awards does not equate to the number of officials who received them; awards can be made to individuals or teams of individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/12/2014 16:26:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 29873 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105954

registered interest
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	EU External Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will urge the European Commission to make public the negotiating mandate for the Trade in Services Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	212862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the new Trade Commissioner’s desire to bring greater transparency to trade negotiations. Official EU documents pertaining to trade negotiations should, in the Government’s view, as a matter of principle be published when to do so would not impact negatively on the EU’s ability to secure the best possible deal for Europe.</p><p>We have welcomed moves by the European Commission proactively to publish information on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). For the first time the Commission has published the full text of the EU initial offer and the proposal papers put forward by the EU during the negotiations. You may find the FAQs on this site a useful initial source of information. The website address is as follows; <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa</a>.</p><p>It is the Government’s view that publication of the TiSA mandate at this stage could hinder these important negotiations but we will keep this under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/11/2014 14:16:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

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