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49459

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, if she will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of her Department to Brighton; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	197445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to bring forward such proposals.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

48916

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what advice the Electoral Commission has given to electoral registration officers on the necessity of conducting local government data matching for the purposes of transition to individual electoral registration.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	197127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it has published comprehensive guidance for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) on their duties to maintain the electoral registers under Individual Electoral Registration (IER), including on using local data to identify and target potential electors and to verify and validate data held on the registers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission also informs me that the Lord President of the Council has issued Ministerial guidance on IER which EROs must, by law, have regard to. This includes guidance on using local data as part of the confirmation process of data-matching existing electors' details and the verification process for verifying applicants' identity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission's guidance, which incorporates the Ministerial guidance, is available on its website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/electoral-administrator/running-electoral-registration" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/electoral-administrator/running-electoral-registration</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

48917

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, columns 305-6W, on electoral register, if the Electoral Commission will start to collect the number of visits that ERO's staff make to individual non-responding households as part of their activities to maintain the electoral register.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	197057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that as part of its monitoring of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) it will collect data from all EROs at key stages during the transition which will demonstrate the progress EROs are making in implementing IER in their local area. This will not, however, include detailed operational information that EROs will record and monitor locally about the specific interactions they have with individual electors, including the numbers of household visits made by their staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

48918

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 766W, on electoral register, in which cases numbers of electors registered to vote in the transition from individual electoral registration will be monitored at an electoral ward level.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	197056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it will collect and publish the results of the confirmation data matching process for all electoral wards in Great Britain. These will be available in late-summer 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission also informs me that subsequently data will be collected and published at a local authority level. This will take place after the publication of the December 2014 register and at the time of the 2015 UK parliamentary general election. However, the Commission may choose to ask for more detailed ward statistics from individual EROs if it has concerns around the implementation of individual electoral registration in a particular area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission also expects electoral registration officers to be monitoring their own data on registrations at ward level, or below, throughout the transition to individual electoral registration, and to communicate them locally to elected representatives and others.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

47759

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the percentage cost over-run established by the management board for any budget in the Scotland Office to merit being tabled at the departmental management board; and how many times in the last 12 months that has occurred.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Scotland Office does not have a cost overrun established by its management board above which it merits a budget being tabled at its management board. No overruns have been reported to the management board in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

49614

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with his Australian counterpart on (a) climate change and (b) the agenda for the G20 Leaders' Summit to be held in Brisbane in November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	197696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>I discussed Climate Change policy with the Australian Prime Minister (Paul Abbott) in January this year, at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. We also discussed the G20 agenda and the need to use the G20 to secure continued and sustainable growth in the global economy.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

47314

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the amount of compensation paid to offenders for assaults which took place during their incarceration in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	195418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisoners can pursue civil litigation claims for any assault in prison, but we robustly defend all cases as far as the evidence allows. Each case is dealt with on its own merits and we successfully defend two-thirds of claims brought by prisoners. In those occasions where compensation is awarded to an individual, the law requires that it be paid direct to them and cannot be used for other purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The most effective way to reduce compensation is to reduce violence and NOMS has clear policy in place to achieve this. The most recent statistics show prisoner assaults falling, and at their lowest for many years. Notwithstanding this reduction, a comprehensive review of the management of violence is being undertaken and improved guidance will be implemented later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total compensation paid to prisoners following assaults by other prisoners over the last four financial years as a result of civil claims, by way of out of Court settlement or by Court award. The figures exclude private prisons. The figures are drawn from financial management information and as with any large scale recording system data may be subject to possible error in entry and processing of transactions against accounting code.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£119,359</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£187,867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>£224,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 195417 195419 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

47315

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy that compensation awarded to prisoners is put towards legal costs and compensation for victims.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	195419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisoners can pursue civil litigation claims for any assault in prison, but we robustly defend all cases as far as the evidence allows. Each case is dealt with on its own merits and we successfully defend two-thirds of claims brought by prisoners. In those occasions where compensation is awarded to an individual, the law requires that it be paid direct to them and cannot be used for other purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The most effective way to reduce compensation is to reduce violence and NOMS has clear policy in place to achieve this. The most recent statistics show prisoner assaults falling, and at their lowest for many years. Notwithstanding this reduction, a comprehensive review of the management of violence is being undertaken and improved guidance will be implemented later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total compensation paid to prisoners following assaults by other prisoners over the last four financial years as a result of civil claims, by way of out of Court settlement or by Court award. The figures exclude private prisons. The figures are drawn from financial management information and as with any large scale recording system data may be subject to possible error in entry and processing of transactions against accounting code.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£119,359</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£187,867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>£224,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 195417 195418 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

47316

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent offenders receiving compensation for assault which occurred during their incarceration.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	195417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisoners can pursue civil litigation claims for any assault in prison, but we robustly defend all cases as far as the evidence allows. Each case is dealt with on its own merits and we successfully defend two-thirds of claims brought by prisoners. In those occasions where compensation is awarded to an individual, the law requires that it be paid direct to them and cannot be used for other purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The most effective way to reduce compensation is to reduce violence and NOMS has clear policy in place to achieve this. The most recent statistics show prisoner assaults falling, and at their lowest for many years. Notwithstanding this reduction, a comprehensive review of the management of violence is being undertaken and improved guidance will be implemented later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total compensation paid to prisoners following assaults by other prisoners over the last four financial years as a result of civil claims, by way of out of Court settlement or by Court award. The figures exclude private prisons. The figures are drawn from financial management information and as with any large scale recording system data may be subject to possible error in entry and processing of transactions against accounting code.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£119,359</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£187,867</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>£224,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 195418 195419 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

48647

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many packages containing books were received by prisoners in each of the last four years; and what proportion of such packages contained contraband.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	196678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the introduction of the revised Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) national policy framework in November 2013, prisoners are not allowed to receive parcels sent to them. Prisoners are not allowed to receive parcels sent to them. Prisoners are able to order books from reputable suppliers which they can receive via the prison shop, or they can borrow books from the prison library. This limits the opportunity for contraband to be sent into the prison and reduces the operational resource required to search all packages received in the prison.</p><p> </p><p>The number of packages received by prisoners, prior to the introduction of the revised IEP national policy framework, is not recorded centrally and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 8006 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan