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418050

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	Sudan: Peace Negotiations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Sudan begins a credible and inclusive peace process.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	9733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text We continue to call on the Government of Sudan to deliver on the commitment to hold a comprehensive national dialogue and bring an end to the devastating conflicts in Sudan. We welcome the recent decision by the African Union (AU) to renew the mandate of the AU High-Level Implementation Panel to facilitate negotiations and call on the Government of Sudan to engage in these negotiations fully. answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 16/09/2015 14:39:49 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

385047

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulations have been made under section 50 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to identify and support victims of trafficking.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	3739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text No regulations have been made under section 50 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to identify and support victims of trafficking. The Government will consider the introduction of regulations once the proposed changes to the National Referral Mechanism have been tested. answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/06/2015 13:13:12 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

381123

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a Green ISA scheme to encourage public engagement with, and inject capital into, the green economy.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	2408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">The government currently has no plans to introduce a new Green ISA scheme. However, individuals can already invest in green products using the existing ISA structure as we have expanded ISA eligible investments to include a wider range of products such as AIM shares and soon, peer-to-peer loans.</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/06/2015 12:08:39 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

348574

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Consultants: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the maximum daily rate of pay is for consultants (a) directly employed by and (b) employed by contractors working for her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	1106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We use private contractors to deliver aid where they can provide the best results and value for taxpayers' money, which is the sensible approach to take. In the past year alone, this has included building treatment centres to defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone, delivering life-saving aid to Syrian refugees, and providing shelter to people who have lost their homes in the Nepal earthquake. A recent Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) report noted that the rates paid by DFID were “highly competitive”. Individual companies set the rates for their contractors.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 10/06/2015 16:01:34 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

155961

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to improve the support provided to carers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	214632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>We have ensured that carers are central to our proposals for care and support reform. The provisions in the Care Act focus on the carer in their own right. For the first time, local authorities have a duty to meet carers’ eligible support needs and to consider the impact of their caring responsibilities when undertaking an assessment.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We have also ensured that young carers and parent carers of disabled children are supported. Through the provisions of the Children and Families Act, their assessments will be on the same footing as adults caring for adults.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We have provided £400 million to the National Health Service over four years from 2011 for carers to have breaks from their caring responsibilities. The 2015-16 tranche of this funding (£130 million) will be part of the Better Care Fund.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>On 30 October 2014, the Government published an updated action plan for the national Carers Strategy, setting out progress since 2010 and priorities for the next two years through to 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Carers are also central to the work that NHS England is leading to improve the quality of life of people with long term conditions. Their action plan <em>NHS England’s Commitment to Carers</em> includes a series of commitments around eight priorities, including raising the profile of carers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/11/2014 17:24:22 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

155720

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Business: Stafford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses in Stafford constituency have received export support from UK Trade & Investment in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	214630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment supported 47,960 companies in 2013/14 financial year; 31,880 in 2012/13; 26,640 in 2011/12 and 24,550 in 2010/11. However, breakdowns of the data at the constituency level are not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/11/2014 14:32:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

416514

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government spent on climate finance for (a) mitigation and (b) adaptation to developing countries in each year between 2009 and 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	8923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Government support to help people both adapt to the impacts of climate change, and to mitigate its future impacts, is delivered in an integrated way through a range of programmes. Tracking spend on adaptation and mitigation only began in 2011 when the International Climate Fund (ICF) was established. Since 2011/12 approximate funding has been as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Adaptation</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 - £136m</p><p>2012/13 – £212m</p><p>2013/14 – £228m</p><p> </p><p>Mitigation</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 – £199m</p><p>2012/13 - £272m</p><p>2013/14 - £418m</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for 2014/15 and 2015/16 will be published once available.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 11/09/2015 12:10:41 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

175490

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on economic development projects in each year since 2005-06.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	221860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available in the form requested but will be for financial year 2015/16 onwards to track spend against our £1.8billion spend in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 29/01/2015 17:38:17 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

92989

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime: Stafford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of crime in Stafford constituency in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	210228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The table provided shows the number of offences in the Stafford Community Safety Partnership in each of the past five years. <br>According to the latest police recorded crime figures (published on 16th October), crime has fallen by more than 20% over the last five years in the Partnership.<br><br>The data requested are also published on the Home Office website, and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"><strong>Table A: Police Recorded Crime (excluding fraud) in the Stafford Community Safety Partnership, year to June 2009 to year to June 2014</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em><strong>Numbers</strong></em></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Total offences</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2010</td><td>7,200</td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2011</td><td>6,765</td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2012</td><td>6,340</td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2013</td><td>5,286</td></tr><tr><td>Year to June 2014</td><td>5,536</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><em>1. Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office</em></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="2">2. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="6"><p><em>3. Action Fraud have taken over the recording of fraud offences on behalf of individual police forces. This process began in April 2011 and was rolled out to all police forces by March 2013. To enable comparison of data across the five year period, fraud data have been excluded.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 21/10/2014 16:05:58 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

175493

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent in Russia in each year since 2005-06.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	221852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below details bilateral spend DFID disbursed to Russia from 2005/06 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£ thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>£5,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>£5,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£1,507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£1,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 29/01/2015 17:37:38 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy