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93651

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	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 estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the proportion of (a) male and (b) female electors in each ethnic grouping for which data is held who do not have a national insurance number.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	210788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission has made no such estimate. National Insurance Numbers are allocated by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Commission does not hold any data on this process.</p><p> </p><p>Under individual electoral registration, there is an exceptions process which enables individuals who do not have a National Insurance Number to register to vote.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/10/2014 16:50:03 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

93650

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	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, if the Electoral Commission will issue advice to hon. Members on the procedures for registering electors who do not have a national insurance number under individual electoral registration.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	210786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>There is an exceptions process which enables individuals who do not have a National Insurance Number to register to vote. Ministerial guidance has been provided for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) which sets out the framework for administering this process.</p><p>The Commission is currently producing a guide to support anyone interested in promoting electoral registration. This guide will make clear that any individual who does not have a National Insurance Number should be directed to their ERO for advice on what they need to do to register.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 27/10/2014 16:48:47 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

100469

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	House of Commons Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what funding was (a) allocated to the Commission in 2010 and (b) will be so allocated in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	211644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The House of Commons Commission initially committed itself to a reduction in the Administration Resource Estimate in December 2009. The following year this was restated as an intention to reduce the Estimate to £210 million by 2014/15 from a baseline of £231 million for 2010/11.<sup>(a) </sup>Taking forecast inflation into account, this represented a reduction of 17% in real terms. In December 2013 the Commission agreed an Administration Estimate for 2014/15 of £201.3 million – allowing for transfers between Estimates and other adjustments, this was £2 million below the target set in 2010.</p><p>The Finance and Services Committee will, on Tuesday 28 October, be publishing its first report of the session, entitled <em>House of Commons Financial Plan 2015–16 to 2018–19, including draft Estimates for 2015–16</em> (HC 757), which provides further detail. I shall be approaching the Backbench Business Committee to request a debate on the report before the Committee gives its advice on the 2015/16 Estimate to the Commission in December. This would give all hon. Members a chance to discuss and contribute to the financial plan.</p><p>Note: (a) In December 2009 the Commission agreed an Estimate for 2010/11 of £258 million. However, having taken account of the transfer of staff to IPSA and various accounting adjustments, this was reduced to £231 million. Agreement of an initial, in-year savings package by the Commission in June 2010 meant that it actually laid an Estimate for 2010/11 of £219 million.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 27/10/2014 10:29:27 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

93862

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the statement made by the then Prime Minister to the House on 2 March 1972 on the use of the five techniques relating to interrogation of prisoners is still the policy of the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	210845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>None of the five techniques which the 1972 Committee considered is permissible under current law. <br><br>UK police forces are required to adhere to the provisions PACE Code H and Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000, which deal respectively with the detention of individuals who are suspected of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism and the procedures which must be followed in those cases. <br><br>Independent Custody Visitors, lay individuals who visit designated places of detention of terrorist suspects additionally review and report on the condition of their detention, to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation who annually reports on the operation of the Terrorism Acts. The Independent Reviewer plays a vital role in scrutinising UK counter-terrorism legislation to ensure that it is fair, effective and proportionate.<br><br>In 2010, the Government published the ‘Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel on the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees Overseas, and on the Passing and Receipt of Intelligence Relating to Detainees’. This guidance set out the principles, consistent with UK domestic law and international law obligations, which govern the interviewing of detainees overseas and the passing and receipt of intelligence relating to detainees. This guidance must be adhered to by officers of the UK’s intelligence and security agencies, members of the UK’s Armed Forces and employees of the Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:20:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

93594

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Free Movement of People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to limit the free movement of people into the UK from other EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	210822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>We have been clear that free movement is an important principle of the EU but it cannot be unqualified. Freedom of movement is not, and cannot be, a freedom to claim benefits. Across Government we have introduced a series of tough domestic reforms to tackle the abuse of free movement rights and to ensure that our controls on accessing benefits and services are amongst the tightest in Europe. <br><br>The Prime Minister has made clear that further steps are needed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:18:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

100214

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any (a) request by the UK to participate in the activities of Frontex and (b) any offer by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available to Frontex has been refused by the Management Board of Frontex in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	211292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK does not participate fully in Frontex by virtue of its decision not to join the external borders part of Schengen agreement. The Frontex Regulation was nevertheless drafted in such a way to require Frontex to facilitate operational cooperation between the UK and Member States on a case by case basis (Article 12(1) of the Frontex Regulation). The nature of Frontex lends itself to UK involvement on a case by case basis.<br><br>As a result there have been no occasions within the last five years when the Management Board of Frontex has refused an offer made by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available for Frontex activities.<br><br>Over the last five years, the UK has provided experts in air borders, returns and fraudulent documents as well as debriefers, interpreters, screeners and a heartbeat detector with operator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:22:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 24153 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

100444

	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	101 Calls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department's contract for provision of the 101 non-emergency number is due to be reviewed.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	211491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The contract for the 101 service is due to expire on 31 March 2016. The Department plans to start the process of evaluating options for the future <br>delivery of the service in January 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/10/2014 16:48:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 24344 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

100448

	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	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to make it possible for asylum seekers to make a complaint without it costing them money to call from their mobile phones.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Ian Swales
	uin	211425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Complaints regarding the operation of the Asylum system can be made by email or in writing to UK Visas and Immigration. <br><br>Information regarding the UK Visas and Immigration complaints procedure and how to contact the Complaints Allocation Hub is available to the public at the following website link:<br><br><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration/about/complaints-procedure</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:27:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4045 label Biography information for Ian Swales

99892

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to improve the level of transparency in the Government's use of personal data.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	211039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK has one of the most transparent regimes in the world in relation to the use of investigatory powers, which involve the accessing of personal data. The Interception of Communications Commissioner provides robust, independent oversight of the use of these investigatory powers and provides a published annual report to Parliament. This report includes statistics on public authorities’ use of interception and communications data powers, and his 2013 report contained more statistics than ever before. The Government remains committed to looking at what more can be done to enhance the transparency of our regime. The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014, which was passed in July, requires the Interception of Communications Commissioner to report on a twice yearly basis in the future. In addition, the Act provides for a review of investigatory powers to be conducted by the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, David Anderson QC. This review will be completed by 1 May 2015 and its findings will be reported to Parliament. The Government also announced, alongside the Act, the publication of an annual Government Transparency Report on investigatory powers.<br><br>The Government is fully committed to supporting a safe and secure online environment. That is why it is crucial that our law enforcement and <br>intelligence agencies have strictly regulated powers to ensure that those that would seek to do harm online, as well as in the real world, cannot carry out their activities with impunity. There are limits to what could be said publically about operational investigative techniques, as to do so would potentially help criminals to evade detection. However, crucial capabilities to access communications data are degrading because of rapidly changing technology and the increasing use of internet communications, whether or not those communications utilise encryption or anonymity techniques. Legislation is needed urgently to ensure that public authorities have the powers they need to investigate crime, safeguard national security and protect the public. We cannot allow cyberspace to become a haven for criminals, terrorists and paedophiles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 211040 question first answered 27/10/2014 12:21:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

100449

	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	Compass Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure complaints submitted by asylum seekers to G4S sub-contractors have been passed on to G4S by those sub-contractors.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Ian Swales
	uin	211426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The COMPASS contract lays down requirements for accommodation standards and for the receipt of enquiries and complaints from service users. The providers are contractually required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation to comply with relevant mandatory and statutory requirements in relation to housing, including the Housing Act 2004 and the Decent Home standards. <br><br>G4S provide a 24-hour helpline which provides support, advice and opportunity to raise complaints for service users. In addition, G4S and the Home Office conduct regular accommodation inspections across G4S’ property portfolio which presents the opportunity to ensure appropriate accommodation standards are being met and that service users are getting the right level of service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:25:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4045 label Biography information for Ian Swales