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40172

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan on 11 December 2013, column 224, on Civil Service (union facility time), in which Departments the trade union officers who were promoted in post while doing no work as a civil servant were employed; and in which Department the officer who was promoted twice was employed.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	189659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to provide further details to protect the identities of the individuals involved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

45700

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce which stations will receive (a) access for all funding and (b) national station improvement programme funding between 2014 and 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	194262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We plan to announce the stations that will receive Access for All funding in April.</p><p> </p><p>The responsibility for deciding which stations will benefit from the next phase of the National Stations Improvement Programme rests with the industry Local Delivery Groups (LDGs) and not the Department.</p><p><br>The LDGs are in the process of developing their plans and will in due course be able to confirm which schemes they are progressing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

45701

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he expects all peak services provided by Southeastern to be formed of 12 car trains.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	194263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not expect all peak services provided by Southeastern to be formed of 12 car trains as demand on some routes does not require this level of capacity provision. It is for the Train Operating Company running the service to best match its rolling stock with passenger demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the Government's Rail Investment Strategy we are investing in additional capacity across the country, for where it is most needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

45702

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on platform lengthening on the Integrated Kent Franchise routes in each year since 2000, by station.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	194264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is Network Rail who has funded and delivered the platform lengthening on the Integrated Kent Franchise routes. The Department has no detailed information on individual station costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

46960

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 591W, on Southeastern network, what estimate he has made of demand on routes on the Southeastern network; which routes his Department believes require increased capacity provision on peak services; and when he expects capacity to be increased on these routes.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	195204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department holds information collected by Southeastern about the level of demand on each of its routes. However, this data is held by DfT on a commercially confidential basis and so cannot be released. As part of its Long Term Planning Process, Network Rail will undertake a Kent Route Study during 2015/16 to identify which routes may require increased capacity provision. On the basis of this work, Ministers will consider priorities for funding capacity enhancements during railway Control Period 6 (2019-2024).</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

48500

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department collects on children missing education; what information schools are expected to record in the Lost Pupil Database, part of his Department's school2school site; and how many pupils' records were held in the Lost Pupil Database on 1 February (a) 2014, (b) 2013, (c) 2012, (d) 2011 and (e) 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	196657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect data on children missing education. Section 436A of the Education Act 1996 places a duty on local authorities to have arrangements that enable them to establish the identities of children in their area who are not registered pupils at a school, and are not receiving suitable education through a means other than at a school. Local authorities may decide as part of this duty to collect information on children who may be missing education or at risk of doing so. The Department's statutory guidance to local authorities advises that they must have robust procedures in place to fulfil their legal duty.</p><p>The 'lost pupils database' (LPD) records the transfer records of pupils whose correct destination is not known. Files are retained whenever a child leaves a school for a destination outside the maintained school sector. Examples of these destinations include ‘gone to an independent school', ‘gone sick', ‘moved abroad with parents' or 'moved on without reason'.</p><p>The LPD is not used by Children Missing Education (CME) officers to record CME data. The primary function of the Department's School to School (S2S) secure data transfer website is to provide schools and Local Authorities (LAs) with a mechanism for the secure and ongoing transfer of thousands of statutory child-level data files per week to new schools/LAs when children move school.<br><br>The details required for the Lost Pupil Database are:</p><p>File Name<br>Source school<br>Source LA<br>UPN<br>Surname<br>Forename<br>DOB<br>Gender<br>Former UPN<br>Former Surname<br>Middle Names<br>Ethnicity<br>FSM eligibility<br>In Care<br>Care Authority<br>SEN status<br>Start Date<br>Postcode<br>Sessions Possible<br>Sessions Attended<br>Sessions Unauthorised<br>First Language</p><p>LPD records are stored for a minimum of 12 months. The last ‘clear down' took place in October 2013 which means monthly additions are only held back to October 2012. At 1 February 2014, 15,128 records were held on the system. Records are not removed from the system until the general ‘clear down', so the figure does not represent pupils missing from education at any given time.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

48605

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to implement the Bling-Back scheme recommended in Baroness Newlove's report, Our Vision for Safe and Active Communities, published in March 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	196647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There has been a scheme since 2004 whereby a proportion of the proceeds of <br>crime recovered from drug dealers and other criminals are returned to law <br>enforcement agencies. The money returned to law enforcement has been used to <br>support a continued increase in the amounts recovered from criminals and can be <br>invested in community projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

49551

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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 his most recent estimate is of the average cost of housing an individual in (a) a probation hostel and (b) approved premises for 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	197611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>On release from custody, offenders who meet the referral criteria may be accommodated in an Approved Premises (AP). (APs were formerly known as Probation &amp; Bail Hostels.)There are 100 APs in England &amp; Wales, providing supervised accommodation for offenders under probation supervision. They also house a small number of defendants on bail.</p><p> </p><p>Most APs are managed by probation trusts and funded out of the total grant paid to the trust by the National Offender Management Service. The AP element is not separately identified. Because of this funding arrangement, it is not possible to provide the information requested without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

50425

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 461W, on NHS: insolvency, when he plans to place in the Library the minutes of the meeting on 2 April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	198242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text We plan to place a final copy of the minutes of the meeting on 2 April in the Library in due course, once the terms of reference for the Committee have been finalised. answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

49550

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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, on how many occasions the Prison Service Gold Command has been opened in each of the last 36 months; and what the nature was of each incident that caused it to be opened.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	uin	197468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A Gold Command Suite (GCS) is located at National Offender Management Service (NOMS) headquarters in London. It provides strategic assistance in the managing of serious prison incidents to the Governor of a prison in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reason</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hostage</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Concerted indiscipline</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Escape</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Action</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Barricade</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Disturbances</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>At Height</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Barricade</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Although there has been an increase in the number of times the GCS was opened, the number of callouts of Tornado staff (a mutual aid arrangement between prisons who respond to the most serious incidents that cannot be managed locally) is half of what it was in 2007. There has been no rise in the number of serious incidents being attended.</p><p> </p><p>A large part of the increase in the number of times the GCS was opened was for hostage incidents. Many incidents that we manage as “hostage” we believe to be acts of collusion between the alleged perpetrator and victim(s) in attempts to have their demands met. NOMS National Tactical Response Group, which has the specialist skills required to deal with such incidents, is frequently called to attend as a precautionary measure. Many of these incidents are dealt with very quickly with minimal disruption to the prison.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander