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	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which local authorities in England have taken part in the Weekly Collection Support Scheme; how many authorities took part in the expression of interest process; which have subsequently received financial support, and how much; and of those, which have reinstated weekly collections of general (“grey” or “residual”) waste, which have used the support to collect food waste separately, and which have used it in other ways.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>In March 2012, my Department received initial expressions of interest from 151 lead local authorities, which resulted in bids from 113 local authorities. Some local authorities submitted multiple expressions of interest which were consolidated before final bid stage. The final bids were then assessed in line with the published criteria, and recipients then awarded funding.</p><p>A detailed table listing the schemes that are being supported is attached and on my Department’s website.</p><p> </p><p>It may be helpful to the noble Lord to outline what this Government has delivered since 2010:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Safeguarded weekly collections for 6 million households through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme as well as championing innovation and best practice; the answer of 14 May 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, House of Commons 646W, outlined how 14 million households in England have some form of weekly collection of smelly rubbish.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Issued the first ever Whitehall guidance on weekly bin collections, demolishing the myths that fortnightly bin collections are needed to save money or increase recycling. This best practice was directly informed by the Weekly Collections Support Scheme;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Supported over 40 innovative reward schemes to back recycling through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme (as pledged in the Coalition Agreement); the winning bids for a further Recycling Rewards Scheme for 2015-16 will be announced shortly;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Stopped the Audit Commission inspections which marked down councils who do not adopt fortnightly rubbish collections, and rejected the Audit Commission guidance which advocated fortnightly collections (“Waste Management: The Strategic Challenge and Waste Management Quick Guide”);</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Abolished the Local Area Agreements and National Indicator 191 imposed by Whitehall which created perverse incentives to downgrade waste collection services;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Scrapped the Whitehall requirement for municipal Annual Efficiency Statements, which allowed a reduction in the frequency of a household rubbish collection service to qualify as a “valid efficiency” and allowed revenue from bin fines to classed as a “cashable efficiency gain”;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Scrapped the imposition of eco-towns which would have had fortnightly bin collections and/or bin taxes as part of the “eco-standards”;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Through the Localism Act, revoked the 2008 legislation that allowed for the imposition of new bin taxes;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Issued guidance to stop the imposition of illegal ‘backdoor bin charging’ on households bins;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Stopped funding the ‘Waste Improvement Network’ which told councils to adopt fortnightly collections as best practice;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Challenged the incorrect interpretation by some bodies that European Union directives require fortnightly collections, and resisted the imposition of bin taxes by the European Union;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Removing powers of entry and snooping powers from bin inspectors and scrapped guidance telling councils to rifle through families’ bins;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Changed building regulations and planning guidance to tackle ‘bin blight’, and worked with the NHBC Foundation to produce new best practice guidance for house builders;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Changing the law through the Deregulation Bill to scrap unfair bin fines.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Without our active support, Ministers are clear that weekly collections would have disappeared across England. This Government’s approach can be contrasted with the devolved Labour-led Administration in Wales, where fortnightly bin collections are official policy, and pilots of monthly bin collections are being actively encouraged.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmed question first answered 12/02/2015 14:39:13 question first ministerially corrected 16/02/2015 17:33:13 answering member 3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed attachment 1 file name PQ HL4187 List of successful bidders to the Weekly Collection Support Scheme.xls title List of Supported Schemes previous answer version 45064 answering member printed Lord Ahmed answering member 3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed attachment 1 file name 150203 PQ677818 Lord Greaves - Attachment.pdf title List of Supported Schemes
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

443231

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's services departments are rated as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) inadequate; and which such departments are subject to intervention measures.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2016 11:45:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38541 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443235

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's services departments have been subject to multi-agency inspections since 2010; and what the results were of each such inspection.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ofsted have run a number of pilot inspections since 2010:</p><ul><li>5 multi-agency child protection inspection pilots;</li><li>2 joint (with CQC) children looked after inspection pilots;</li><li>2 Integrated inspection pilots; and</li><li>1 Joint targeted area inspection, undertaken in November/December 2015.</li></ul><p>Following the pilot in November/December 2015, Ofsted intends to conduct up to six Joint Targeted Area Inspections by the summer of 2016.</p><p>There are 152 local authority children’s services departments. Of these three are rated ‘outstanding’, 53 are rated ‘good’, <del class="ministerial">39</del> <ins class="ministerial">36</ins> are rated ‘adequate’, <del class="ministerial">75</del> <ins class="ministerial">39</ins> are rated ‘Requires improvement’ and 21 are rated ‘Inadequate’. A table that has been attached to this answer sets out the most recent Ofsted rating for each local authority and indicates whether the authority is subject to intervention for its children’s social care services. All local authorities rated as ‘Inadequate’ are subject to intervention measures.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/01/2016 17:58:50 question first ministerially corrected 14/01/2016 15:09:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 21474 and 21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11.01.2016.docx title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016 previous answer version 38539 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ21474 and PQ21475 appendix Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 01 2016.doc title Table of Ofsted Inspection Ratings as at 11 1 2016
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

448274

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care: Care Leavers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in care are currently subject to Staying Put arrangements in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	24560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Young people who ceased to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday during the year ending 31 March 2015, who are eligible for care leaver support</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; NE Somerset</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford Borough</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NE Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar &amp; Cleveland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton on Tees</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del><ins class="ministerial">15*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,560</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>1. England total has been rounded to the nearest 10. Other numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>x. Figures not shown in order to protect confidentiality.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">*Since the publication of PQ 24560, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets has notified the Department of a correction to their figure for the ‘Number remaining with their former foster carers 3 months after their 18th birthday’. Tower Hamlets submitted data stating this figure as 0, when it should have been 15 (rounded).</ins></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/02/2016 17:37:18 question first ministerially corrected 24/02/2016 09:56:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 42550 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

100044

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they notified the European Commission of the draft regulations for possible standardised packaging for tobacco products without waiting for the results of the recent consultation that closed on 7 August.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL2250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The consultation on introducing regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco ran between 26 June and 7 August 2014. All substantive responses were then considered before the regulations were notified in draft to the European Commission as technical standards under the procedures of Directive 98/34/EC. They were notified to the Commission on 29 August 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/11/2014 11:54:12 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

100045

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish a revised impact assessment on standardised packaging of tobacco products following the comments of the Regulatory Policy Committee.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL2251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The consultation-stage impact assessment on standardised packaging of tobacco products is being updated following the public consultation, which ran between 26 June and 7 August 2014. The updated Impact Assessment takes into account previous comments from the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) and will be re-submitted to the RPC for their consideration before it is published.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/11/2014 11:55:04 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

100290

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many employees of the Crown Prosecution Service have been trained on the law on stalking to date; and what further such training is planned.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	211538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has developed two online e-Learning courses on all types of stalking. The “Cyber Crime: Cyber Stalking” course includes cyber stalking, non-cyber stalking and harassment. The “Stalking and Harassment” course (which was released in April 2014) deals specifically with stalking and harassment offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS maintains a central record of the number of employees who have been trained on the law on stalking by way of the e-Learning courses. 1581 of its employees in post on 23 October 2014 have completed all elements of either of the e-Learning courses in the period between 1 November 2012 (the month when the Cyber Stalking e-Learning module was revised to include the new stalking offences) and 23 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014 the CPS issued follow-up, face-to-face training material on the Stalking and Harassment offences. It can be used flexibly at a local CPS level; accordingly, its delivery is not recorded on a central database.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although there are no current plans for new training products to be launched, the CPS will continue to train its staff in this critical area of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/10/2014 13:15:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

100459

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in England and Wales have been trained on the law on stalking to date; and what further such training is planned.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	211539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2014 answer text <p>The College of Policing sets standards and provides relevant training products and services to police forces. This includes a College of Policing training package on stalking, which was completed 56,748 times between October 2012 and 30 September 2014 by police officers and staff in England and Wales, and continues to be available.<br><br>Neither the College of Policing nor the Home Office holds information which breaks this figure down by the number of police officers and staff in England and Wales that have completed the training.<br><br>In 2013-14, 743 prosecutions were commenced under the new stalking legislation. This is a significant increase from 2012-13 and shows that the legislation is taking effect. <br><br>We are also working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to raise awareness and improve professional knowledge. <br><br>To ensure prosecutors’ knowledge is continuously refreshed, in April 2014, the CPS launched a specific e-learning module on stalking which focused on victim support, working with the police and ensuring a strong case is built from the start. The College of Policing is also undertaking a review of how stalking incidents are investigated by the police. This will include how the police understand what constitutes a course of conduct in policing, how the police support victims, and further training on the appropriate use of Police Information Notices.<br><br>Since April 2014, offences of stalking and harassment are being reported separately in Police Recorded Crime figures. This will allow us to monitor the impact of the legislation more effectively. <br><br>Convicted stalkers will already be captured on the Police National Computer. We are working to make better use of existing databases and improve connectivity and information sharing rather than creating new databases or registers for each and every offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 211541 211543 question first answered 31/10/2014 15:06:20 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

100460

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of stalking were recorded by the police in England and Wales in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	211537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of crimes recorded by the police but not how many complaints the police receive. <br><br>Prior to 1 April 2014, offences relating to stalking recorded by the police were included in the offence classification of harassment and cannot be <br>identified separately. From the 1 April 2014 these offences have been supplied to the Home Office as a separate classification of stalking. Therefore data are only available for the months April to June 2014, when the police recorded 695 offences. They are published in the quarterly Office for National Statistics publication of ‘Crime in England and Wales’. <br><br>The most recent data are available in Table A4 of the appendix tables in this link:<br><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/period-ending-june-2014/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/period-ending-june-2014/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 30/10/2014 11:51:07 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

100480

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what further training is planned for (a) the probation service, (b) magistrates and (c) judges on the new stalking laws.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	211540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>(a)</strong> The National Probation Service is a new organisation that has only been in existence since June 2014. The Professional Skills Training team are in the process of putting together the national training plan and stalking awareness will be part of this.</p><p> </p><p>(<strong>b</strong>) &amp; <strong>(c)</strong> The responsibility for judicial training for courts judiciary lies with the Lord Chief Justice as head of the judiciary and is exercised through the Judicial College. Magistrates sit with legal advisers in court who advise them on the law.</p><p> </p><p>The new stalking laws came from the amendments made to the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 by the Protection of Freedom Act 2012. The Judicial College provides regular updates to judges and legal advisers on any changes to the law via a jurisdictional electronic internal newsletter, and did so in respect of these provisions in June 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office also issued a circular [Ref: 018/2012] on the new provisions in October 2012. This was issued to the Association Of Chief Police Officers (in England And Wales And Northern Ireland), Association Of Magisterial Officers, Central Council Of Magistrates Courts, Justices Clerks Society, Law Society, Magistrates Association, Ministry of Justice, and the Judicial College.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Justices Clerks Society also issued a circular to their members outlining the new provisions in December 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Judicial College regularly assesses judicial training needs and how to meet them. Ultimately, judges use the law to make independent decisions based on the evidence and information provided to them in court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 03/11/2014 16:40:29 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries