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172747

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217619, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 10 November 2014, reference MC2014/04463; and what the reason was for the time taken to respond.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	220231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I have responded to the hon. Member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/01/2015 17:48:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

172837

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of differential pricing on provider behaviour in the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Under differential pricing, a provider will receive higher levels of funding for supporting a harder to help claimant into work. This incentivises providers to support all claimants</p><p> </p><p>Provider performance has improved for many groups which receive higher payments under differential pricing. For instance, of those completing a year on the programme, 1 in 10 ESA New Claimants have had at least three months in work since joining the scheme – this compares to 1 in 25 for the earliest cohorts.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2015 17:15:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172836

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 122 of work programme evaluation: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department on 18 December 2014, for what reasons the performance management approach applied in the Work Programme was replaced by a more prescriptive system.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is committed to achieving the best possible performance from Work Programme providers and is continually reviewing our approach to performance management. For some providers this may require closer monitoring of performance and increased activity, working with providers to identify the best approach to increased performance.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2015 16:58:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172838

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 28 of work programme evaluations: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department on 18 December 2014, what assessment he has made of the finding that only a small proportion of subcontractors were positive about the commerical attractiveness of their contracts with the primes.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The payment terms for Work Programme ensures value for money for tax payers: providers are paid for successful outcomes only, which drives our contractors to work harder. Overall the research found that prime providers were broadly positive about the financial model of upfront investment with later reward from outcome and sustainment payments. The research also found that subcontractors are increasingly positive about the financial model. Over two-thirds of subcontractors in 2014 indicated they would sustain or increase their involvement in the programme.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2015 16:54:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172180

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Natural Gas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits to local economies in which there will be deep gas winning and underground coal gasification operations.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	uin	219878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Gas produced by underground coal gasification has the potential to provide benefits to the UK including new jobs as well as decreasing our reliance on foreign energy imports. The Department has established a working group to examine, amongst other things, the research and feasibility work carried out to date in the UK related to underground coal gasification.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 219879 question first answered 13/01/2015 15:38:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

172181

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Natural Gas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the local environment of areas with deep gas winning and underground coal gasification.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	uin	219879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Gas produced by underground coal gasification has the potential to provide benefits to the UK including new jobs as well as decreasing our reliance on foreign energy imports. The Department has established a working group to examine, amongst other things, the research and feasibility work carried out to date in the UK related to underground coal gasification.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 219878 question first answered 13/01/2015 15:38:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

172768

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Fracking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received on regulations relating to hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	220147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives representations regarding regulation relating to shale gas development and exploration and we have produced a range of guidance material which set out how these concerns are addressed. These can be found at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk</a></p><p>We have a strong regulatory framework in place to ensure a comprehensive regime for exploratory activities, and the UK has over 50 years of experience in oil and gas drilling. All of the right regulations are in place to ensure on-site safety, prevent water contamination, air pollution and mitigate seismic activity.</p><p>In June 2012 the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering published an independent review of the scientific and engineering evidence on risks associated with UK shale gas development. Their report concluded that environmental (and health and safety) risks can be managed effectively in the UK, when operational best practices are implemented and enforced through regulation.</p><p>In June 2014 Public Health England published a report that evaluated available evidence on issues including air quality, radon gas, naturally occurring radioactive materials, water contamination and waste water. They concluded that “the risks to public health from exposure to emissions from shale gas extraction are low if operations are properly run and regulated.”</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 13/01/2015 15:39:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

173276

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses worked in the NHS (a) in 2010 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Sir Tony Baldry
	uin	906966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>There are over 6,000 more nurses on our hospital wards since May 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Surrey answering member printed Mr Jeremy Hunt question first answered 13/01/2015 15:13:46 answering member 1572 label Biography information for Jeremy Hunt
	tabling member	93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry

156402

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how long on average a retired prison officer draws their pension.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	214920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government Actuary Department have advised that from the data they hold in respect of Civil Service Pensions they are unable to determine for how long on average a retired prison officer draws their pension and seeking to manipulate the data in this way would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has not commissioned any reviews in the last five years on the longevity of prison officers once they have retired from service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 214919 question first answered 13/01/2015 14:45:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

156393

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2014 to Questions 208711 and 208714, for what reason there were releases in error where the offence is listed as Unknown in Table 1.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	214959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Releases in error are infrequent events with errors occurring in less than 1 in a 1000 releases. They are all taken seriously and each case is subject to investigation with follow up-action taken to tighten processes.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the reason for release in error for those incidents listed in table 1 of the answer of 21 October 2014 where the prisoner has an offence type of “unknown”.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>REASON</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>BAIL CONDITION NOT APPLIED</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CALCULATION ERROR</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ERROR AT COURT</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FAIL TO APPEAR WARRANT OVERLOOKED</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IDENTITY ISSUE</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MISFILED WARRANT</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RECALL ISSUE</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RELEASE CONDITION NOT MET</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>REMAND ISSUE</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNCLEAR</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNRESOLVED IMMIGRATION ISSUES</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the specific offences that are included in the category “Other” for each year in table 1 of the answer of 21 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Year Original offence of prisoner released in error.</p><p>2009/10 AWAITING EXTRADITION</p><p>2009/10 FAIL TO SURRENDER</p><p>2009/10 VIOLENT DISORDER</p><p>2009/10 BREACH SOPO</p><p>2009/10 CRIMINAL DAMAGE</p><p>2009/10 OTHER</p><p>2009/10 HOLDING WARRANT</p><p>2009/10 NON PAYMENT OF COUNCIL TAX</p><p>2010/11 FINE</p><p>2010/11 POSSESSION OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p><p>2010/11 OFFENSIVE COMMUNICATION</p><p>2010/11 FAIL TO SURRENDER</p><p>2010/11 ARSON</p><p>2010/11 FAIL TO SURRENDER</p><p>2010/11 IMMIGRATION DETAINEE</p><p>2010/11 AFFRAY</p><p>2010/11 MALICIOUS CALLS</p><p>2010/11 DAMAGE</p><p>2010/11 BREACH BAIL</p><p>2010/11 BREACH RESTRAINING ORDER</p><p>2010/11 FTA</p><p>2010/11 FAIL TO SURRENDER</p><p>2011/12 EXCESS ALC</p><p>2011/12 BREACH CSO</p><p>2011/12 ENTERING INTO ILLEGAL CONTRACT</p><p>2011/12 USING THREATENING ABUSIVE ETC</p><p>2011/12 POSS OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p><p>2011/12 BREACH CSO</p><p>2011/12 BREACH ORDER</p><p>2011/12 FAIL TO SURRENDER</p><p>2011/12 BREACH SUSPENDED SENTENCE</p><p>2011/12 BREACH LICENCE</p><p>2011/12 POSS OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p><p>2011/12 BREACH MOLESTATION ORDER</p><p>2011/12 FAIL TO SURRENDER</p><p>2011/12 HOLDING WARRANT</p><p>2012/13 CHILD CRUELTY</p><p>2012/13 POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED FIREARM</p><p>2012/13 DESTROY/DAMAGE PROPERTY</p><p>2012/13 OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p><p>2012/13 SHOPLIFTING COMMON ASSAULT</p><p>2012/13 BREACH OF SUPERVISION ORDER</p><p>2013/14 IMMIGRATION DETAINEE</p><p>2013/14 POSSESSION OFFENSIVE WEAPON</p><p>2013/14 MONEY LAUNDERING</p><p>2013/14 FINES</p><p>2013/14 CRIMINAL DAMAGE</p><p>2013/14 BREACH RESTRAINING ORDER</p><p>2013/14 ABSCOND</p><p>2013/14 CRIMINAL DAMAGE</p><p>2013/14 DEATH BY CARELESS DRIVING</p><p>2013/14 DETAINEE</p><p>2013/14 BREACH OF BAIL CONDITIONS</p><p>2013/14 THREATENING TO KILL</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of offenders not returned to custody as of 20 November 2014 by offence type for those releases in error shown in table 1 of the answer of 21 October 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Offence Type</p></td><td><p>Number not returned to custody (as of 20 October 2014)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known/not recorded</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the 7 offenders remaining at large as of 20th November 2014, the table below shows how much of each such offender's sentence was left to serve.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offender </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Period left to serve of custodial period</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td><td><p>No time left to serve of custodial period – released from IS91**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Durham</p></td><td><p>9 days remaining to serve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Norwich</p></td><td><p>No time left to serve of custodial period – released from IS91**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Dorchester</p></td><td><p>No time left to serve of custodial period – released from IS91**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Elmley</p></td><td><p>7 days remaining to serve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hull</p></td><td><p>3 days remaining to serve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Cardiff</p></td><td><p>1 day remaining to serve</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>**IS91 is an Immigration Detention Warrant to detain a person of interest and is served at the end of the custodial period; once the IS91 is served the person becomes a Detainee.</p><p> </p><p>The two cases of release in error listed as “outstanding absconders” in Table 3 of the answer of 21 October 2014 have both been returned to custody.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 214960 214961 214967 question first answered 13/01/2015 14:32:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies