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106349

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sexting: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases including the sending of a nude or sexually explicit electronic image of an individual under the age of 18 where the perpetrator of the crime is under the age of 18 have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service in the last three years; how many such cases have been taken forward for prosecution; and how many such prosecutions have been successful.
	tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
	tabling member printed	Maria Miller
	uin	213364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect specific data on suspects referred to the CPS for a charging decision where the sending of sexually explicit images of children is alleged. However, data is available to indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ courts, for offences of involving indecent images of children.</p><p> </p><p>The two main offence provisions for the prosecution of offences relating to indecent images of children are section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 (making, distributing, showing or advertising indecent images of children) and section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (possession of indecent images of children).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of offences charged by way of the above legislation, in each of the last three years, in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection of Children Act 1978 { 1 }</p></td><td><p>15,599</p></td><td><p>14,694</p></td><td><p>15,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice Act 1988 { 160 }</p></td><td><p>3,885</p></td><td><p>3,849</p></td><td><p>4,265</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate offences which relate to indecent images sent by way of an electronic device as opposed to other indecent image offences, cases where a conviction was obtained or the age of the perpetrator without reviewing individual case files incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/11/2014 11:21:16 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

105828

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	213080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Information on departments’ handling of FOI requests is published on a quarterly basis by the Ministry of Justice and is available at GOV.UK under the series Government FOI Statistics.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 10 July 2014 to UIN: PQ204306-PQ20470.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213093 213101 213114 question first answered 07/11/2014 11:47:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106367

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department and agencies are taking to ensure alternative provision for people unable or unwilling to use digital services.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	213231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department remains committed to providing multiple channels for access to its services to ensure they are available to people who remain either unable or unwilling to use digital services. It does so whilst being mindful of reducing the cost to taxpayers by encouraging the take-up of digital services to as wide a group of users as possible. It does this by making them as easy-to-use as possible in conformance with the Government Digital Service’s Digital-by-Default Service Standard published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Before going live every Digital by Default Service developed by the Department for Transport is also required to make sure appropriate Assisted Digital (AD) support is in place to extend the reach of digital services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/11/2014 10:23:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

106462

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
	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 4 November 2014 to Question 212594, what the cost has been of each (a) direct award and (b) franchise extension since September 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	213446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The costs of negotiating the Direct Awards and Franchise Extensions since September 2012 are shown in the table below. Except where noted, figures include staff costs, advisers and “non-pay” administrative costs (for example, IT facilities, training and travel expenses). All figures include VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Franchise</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£K)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Comments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Coast (2012)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>See Note 1 below</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C2C</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>Estimated adviser costs – staff costs and “non-pay” not included – see Note 2 below</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First Capital Connect</p></td><td><p>424</p></td><td><p>Staff costs and “non-pay” not included – see Note 2 below</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Western</p><p>(First Direct Award)</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>Estimated adviser costs – staff costs and “non-pay” not included – see Note 2 below</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern</p></td><td><p>1,536</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Anglia</p></td><td><p>1,088</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Coast (2014)</p></td><td><p>842</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southeastern</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 1: The bulk of the costs relating to the 2012 West Coast franchise extension were charged to the re-franchising project and have not been scored separately.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 2: The initial Direct Awards (C2C, First Capital Connect and Great Western First Direct Award) were negotiated using resources redirected from elsewhere in the Department. We therefore have limited specific information relating to the costs of negotiating these deals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/11/2014 10:37:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

106436

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	North Korea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the human rights situation in North Korea.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	213444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is one of 28 Countries of Concern included in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's annual Human Rights Report. We continually monitor the situation on the ground and, as with other Countries of Concern, publish assessments on the GOV.UK website every three months to highlight key human rights developments in-country and internationally, and to report on actions that the UK has taken.</p><p>Our most recent update covering the period between July and September 2014 notes little discernible improvement in the human rights situation. It is available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-dprk-country-of-concern/democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-dprk-country-of-concern. Despite recent suggestions by the DPRK that it might be willing to engage in a dialogue with the EU and UN on human rights issues, they have not acknowledged the extent of the international community’s concern, nor have they taken any practical actions to improve their human rights performance.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 07/11/2014 11:25:08 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

105935

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money was pledged by the UK Government at the recent International Donor Conference for Gaza held in Egypt.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
	uin	213121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>At the Gaza reconstruction conference on 12 October, which I attended alongside the Minister of State for International Development, the UK pledged £20m.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2014 11:34:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

105936

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed with his Israeli counterpart the planned building of 1,000 new houses in Jerusalem.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
	uin	213120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>I issued a statement on 29 October condemning the announcement of plans for 1,060 new housing units in East Jerusalem. I made it clear that this was an ill-judged and ill-timed decision, which makes it harder to achieve a two state solution with Jerusalem as a shared capital. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have raised this issue with the Israeli National Security Adviser, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political-Military Adviser, senior contacts at the National Security Council and the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2014 11:24:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

105941

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Territorial Waters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to declare a contiguous zone around the coastline of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	212953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to declare a contiguous zone. A working group of government officials, led by the National Crime Agency, will meet in December to start considering the case for introducing the domestic powers which would be required before any contiguous zone could be enforced.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2014 11:17:37 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

106301

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of international efforts to assist the Yazidi people; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	213227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text UK aid is reaching displaced people across Iraq, including in the Kurdish region, where many Yazidis have fled to. In August, the UK conducted seven air drops to provide life-saving aid to Yazidi people trapped on Mount Sinjar. Through these airdrops, the Department For International Development (DFID) provided over 80 tonnes of aid, including 9,400 reusable water purification containers filled with clean water, 1,000 solar lanterns, and 1,000 shelter kits for the people stranded on the mountain. DFID continue to assess the humanitarian situation. They have provided £23 million of aid to Iraq including £17.5 million of funding to UN agencies, Non Governmental Organisation partners and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to ensure displaced people get the basic assistance they need - including food, shelter, water, sanitation and medical care. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2014 10:30:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

106435

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Iran
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the human rights situation in Iran.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	213443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Iran's human right's situation remains dire. We are particularly concerned by the sharp rise in the number of executions over the past year, the ongoing suppression of freedom of expression and treatment of religious and other minority groups. There have been some limited positive steps under President Rouhani’s government, but we are clear much more needs to be done to ensure all Iranians enjoy the rights and freedoms they are entitled to.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2014 10:52:13 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans