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	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, against what corporate defendants the Serious Fraud Office has brought enforcement actions in the last 10 years; what the outcome of each such action was; what civil recovery was ordered in each successful case; what criminal fines were imposed in each successful case; and under what primary legislation each case was brought.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	192848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has brought enforcement actions against 11 corporate defendants in the last ten years, as set out in the table below.</p><p>Before 2008, all successful SFO prosecutions were of individuals. The following table shows the fines and civil recovery orders (CROs) in SFO cases involving corporates since then.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p><em>Case</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Penalty</em><sup>(<em>1</em>)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2008</p></td><td><p>Balfour Beatty plc</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£2.25 million CRO</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2008</p></td><td><p>Severn Trent Water Ltd</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£2 million fine</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2009</p></td><td><p>AMEC plc</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£4.94 million CRO</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2009</p></td><td><p>Mabey and Johnson Ltd</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£3.5 million fine</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td><p>BAE Systems plc</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£500,000 fine</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Innospec Ltd</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>$12.7 million fine</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td><p>De Puy International Ltd</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£4.8 million CRO</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td><p>MacMillan Publishers Ltd</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£11.3 million CRO</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td><p>M W Kellogg Ltd</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£7 million CRO</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Mabey Engineering (Holdings) Ltd</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£131,000 CRO</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Oxford Publishing Ltd</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£1.9 million CRO</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><sup> (1)</sup> Figures are rounded</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The above proceedings marked “CRO” were commenced in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.</p><p>Severn Trent Water Ltd pleaded guilty to an offence under the Water Industry Act 1991.</p><p>Mabey and Johnson Ltd pleaded guilty to offences under the Criminal Law Act 1977, the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 and United Nations Act 1946.</p><p>BAE Systems plc pleaded guilty to an offence of failing to maintain adequate accounting records under the Companies Act 1985.</p><p>Innospec Ltd pleaded guilty to an offence under the Criminal Law Act 1977.</p><p>In 2006, the SFO brought charges against five companies in relation to alleged price fixing of pharmaceutical products. The five companies were Kent Pharmaceuticals, Norton Healthcare Ltd, Generics (UK) Ltd, Ranbaxy (UK) Ltd, and Goldshield Group plc. In 2008, a judge ordered the acquittal of all five companies.</p><p>If a company is to be prosecuted, it is usually necessary cases to demonstrate that the controlling minds of a company were knowing participants in the criminality being alleged. This can be difficult to prove, especially in complex cases, and so most SFO prosecutions have been of individuals rather than companies. Other outcomes are also possible. In 2010, BAE Systems plc agreed to make a £29.5 million payment for the benefit of the people of Tanzania, following a settlement with the SFO and the US Department of Justice. Last year, Oxford University Press (owners of Oxford Publishing Ltd) unilaterally offered to contribute £2,000,000 to not-for-profit organisations for teacher training and other educational purposes in sub-Saharan Africa.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1650920

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sports: Further Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 2.6 of Reforms to subcontracting education for learners over 16, what steps she has taken to develop a good practice guide for sports provision with the Football Association and the Association of Colleges.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	192848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>The department has updated the subcontracting rules to stipulate that when a subcontractor wants to appoint and work with a third party, which could include a sports club, it is the provider who must have a direct contractual relationship with the third party and not the subcontractor (point 86). This rule is monitored through the standard subcontracting reporting and audit requirements, including the individualised learner record and subcontracting declaration, which from 2022 must also include the declaration of subcontracting of any employability, enrichment and pastoral activity. The department has also introduced the subcontracting standard which Education Skills and Funding Agency (ESFA) providers must meet if the aggregate total of all subcontractors delivering ESFA funded provision exceeds or is anticipated to exceed £100,000 in any single funding year.</p><p>The department is reviewing sports provision with the Football Association and the Association of Colleges. All subcontracted sports provision must adhere to the relevant subcontracting rules.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 192847 question first answered 14/07/2023 12:59:40 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1010239

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	University Royal Naval Units: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost of running the University Royal Naval Unit in Aberdeen was in each year between 2008 and 2012.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	uin	192848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Due to a change in Navy finance procedures the annual costs for each University Royal Navy Unit (URNU) are only held centrally for the period 2008 – 2014. The information for the years after 2014 could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The costs for Devon URNU, established in 2017, are therefore not available. The information held is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>URNU</p></td><td><p>2007-08 £</p></td><td><p>2008-09 £</p></td><td><p>2009-10 £</p></td><td><p>2010-11 £</p></td><td><p>2011-12 £</p></td><td><p>2012-13 £</p></td><td><p>2013-14 £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>216,600</p></td><td><p>231,300</p></td><td><p>213,000</p></td><td><p>211,100</p></td><td><p>188,500</p></td><td><p>190,900</p></td><td><p>208,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>194,300</p></td><td><p>220,600</p></td><td><p>222,800</p></td><td><p>202,300</p></td><td><p>242,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>192,000</p></td><td><p>180,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>182,100</p></td><td><p>166,600</p></td><td><p>187,400</p></td><td><p>187,700</p></td><td><p>176,600</p></td><td><p>161,500</p></td><td><p>192,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>178,300</p></td><td><p>244,200</p></td><td><p>221,200</p></td><td><p>194,300</p></td><td><p>183,700</p></td><td><p>184,300</p></td><td><p>210,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>228,500</p></td><td><p>211,500</p></td><td><p>211,900</p></td><td><p>203,600</p></td><td><p>176,800</p></td><td><p>149,300</p></td><td><p>195,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>199,400</p></td><td><p>173,500</p></td><td><p>205,100</p></td><td><p>194,600</p></td><td><p>182,800</p></td><td><p>200,200</p></td><td><p>171,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>266,200</p></td><td><p>249,100</p></td><td><p>303,300</p></td><td><p>211,500</p></td><td><p>187,300</p></td><td><p>218,500</p></td><td><p>232,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>211,500</p></td><td><p>253,700</p></td><td><p>237,900</p></td><td><p>256,200</p></td><td><p>235,700</p></td><td><p>128,300</p></td><td><p>215,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbrian</p></td><td><p>211,300</p></td><td><p>187,700</p></td><td><p>203,500</p></td><td><p>213,400</p></td><td><p>211,100</p></td><td><p>214,600</p></td><td><p>197,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>195,200</p></td><td><p>230,000</p></td><td><p>231,500</p></td><td><p>203,900</p></td><td><p>187,000</p></td><td><p>212,200</p></td><td><p>229,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>248,600</p></td><td><p>213,700</p></td><td><p>200,000</p></td><td><p>190,400</p></td><td><p>218,700</p></td><td><p>247,600</p></td><td><p>199,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 192849 192850 192851 192852 192853 192854 192855 192856 192857 192858 192859 192860 question first answered 27/11/2018 15:48:31 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie