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347101

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	UK Membership of the EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK citizens living overseas will be eligible to vote in the planned referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The franchise for the EU referendum is based on the UK Parliamentary franchise with the addition of Members of the House of Lords and Commonwealth citizens in Gibraltar. This includes those who are 18 or over on the day of the poll and who are either British citizens resident in the UK; qualifying Commonwealth and Irish citizens who are resident in the UK; and British citizens who have lived overseas for fewer than 15 years and were registered to vote before they left the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 02/06/2015 14:55:25 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347102

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	UK Membership of the EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the franchise for the planned referendum on the UK's continued membership of the EU will exclude (a) citizens of EU member states who are resident in the UK and are eligible to vote in elections to the European Parliament and (b) 16 and 17 year olds; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The franchise for the EU referendum is based on the UK Parliamentary franchise with the addition of Members of the House of Lords and Commonwealth citizens in Gibraltar. This includes those who are 18 or over on the day of the poll and who are either British citizens resident in the UK; qualifying Commonwealth and Irish citizens who are resident in the UK; and British citizens who have lived overseas for fewer than 15 years and were registered to vote before they left the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 02/06/2015 14:56:43 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

167063

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people arrived at accident and emergency departments in each NHS foundation trust in London during the last weekend of November 2014; and how many such people were not admitted, discharged or transferred within four hours of their arrival.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	216714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The information is not currently available in the format requested. NHS England currently publishes on its website the total number of weekly accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances for all NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts, showing the number of attendees discharged, admitted or transferred within four hours of arrival. NHS England will publish data relating to A&amp;E attendances for the week ending 30 November 2014 on 5 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/12/2014 16:23:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

156123

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has concluded any deferred prosecution agreements with any companies charged with fraud or corruption offences.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	214476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) became available to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on 24 February 2014. To date the SFO has not concluded any DPAs.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2014 12:44:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

155387

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud prosecutions were carried out in England and Wales in each Crown Prosecution Service business area.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	214293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted and finalised in 2013-14 by the Crown Prosecution Service in each business area and the Central Casework Division, where the Principal Offence was categorised as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The category of ‘Fraud and Forgery, comprises a number of offences including offences prosecuted by way of the Fraud Act 2006, fraudulently evading income tax, VAT, excise duty or national insurance, bankruptcy offences, money laundering, forgery or using a false instrument and obtaining property, services or pecuniary advantage by deception.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>3,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Casework Division</p></td><td><p>6,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong><strong> &amp; Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,042</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Central Casework Division includes ‘Fraud and Forgery’ prosecutions previously undertaken by the prosecution function of the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution to indicate the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged at the time of finalisation. It is not possible to disaggregate the outcomes of individual offences, such as fraud, without undertaking a manual search of case records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/11/2014 15:32:39 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

155390

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions under section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 have been (a) brought and (b) successful in each year since the introduction of that offence.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	214408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ courts.</p><p> </p><p>Section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 creates the offence of knowingly employing an adult subject to immigration control who has not been granted leave to enter or remain or whose leave to remain is invalid, has ceased to have effect or is subject to a condition preventing him from accepting the employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of offences in each year since the introduction of the offence, charged by way of Section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Offences Charged</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate which of these offences resulted in a successful outcome without reviewing individual case files which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/11/2014 15:33:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

155395

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Employment Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints on employment agency practices were received by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	214212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) inspectorate received 675 complaints, which related to breaches of the Conduct of Employment Agency and Employment Business Regulations (2003), between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014. Not all complaints received require a physical inspection in order to resolve them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>EAS sometimes receives additional complaints on employment agency practices which are outside of the scope of the legislation. EAS signposts these complainants to the most appropriate organisation to pursue that complaint.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/11/2014 16:12:53 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

155396

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Employment Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) inspections, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions were conducted by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	214216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) inspectorate carried out 130 visits to employment agencies between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014. These are split into four categories:</p><p> </p><p>Visits not related to a specific complaint – 22</p><p> </p><p>Visits related to a specific complaint – 36</p><p> </p><p>Targeted visits relating to a specific sector or geographic area – 46</p><p> </p><p>Visits related to a specific complaint which included a full inspection – 26</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During the same period, EAS brought seven prosecutions in the Magistrate’s Court, and in five of these obtained convictions against the individuals and companies involved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During this period EAS also brought proceedings at the Employment Tribunal, to prohibit two individuals from being involved in running or owning employment agencies or employment businesses. Both were successful with one individual being prohibited for a period of seven years and the other for 10 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/11/2014 16:11:47 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

155462

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gangmasters have been prosecuted for offences created by the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 in 2014 to date; and what the results were of those prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	214228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>To date in 2014, a total of 15 people have been charged with, or summons in relation to, a section 12 offence for acting as a gangmaster without a licence. <br><br>Of these, only one case has been concluded and resulted in a conviction. The individual received a £500 fine and was ordered to pay £46 costs and a £15 offender’s levy. The other cases are still progressing through the legal system.<br><br>A further case was concluded in 2014 of a section 12 offence by an individual whose prosecution started in 2013. The result of this prosecution was a Community Payback Order for 180 hours to be completed within a nine month period.<br><br>GLA enforcement activity has also resulted in charges for a range of other offences, for example trafficking and fraud, during 2014. Over time the GLA has undertaken a reduced number of more complex investigations which focus more effectively on serious and organised crime. This reflects a targeting and risk-based enforcement approach by the GLA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/11/2014 14:57:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

114913

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what offences and under what circumstances police officers of Staffordshire Police, West Yorkshire Police and Leicestershire Police will be required to seek permission of the Crown Prosecution Service before issuing the community resolutions and suspended prosecutions being piloted in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	213567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We plan to put an end to the cautions culture and to replace the conditional caution with the suspended prosecution. Before doing so, Staffordshire Police, West Yorkshire Police and Leicestershire Police are piloting a new, two-tier framework for out of court disposals based on the conditional caution and the community resolution.</p><p> </p><p>Police officers in these areas, as in other parts of England and Wales, may in exceptional circumstances administer a conditional caution for an indictable only offence and must seek the permission of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) before doing so. There is no requirement for police officers to seek the approval of the CPS before administering a community resolution.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:52:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry