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60713

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:51:02
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:19:15
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	199705
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/07/2014 14:32:13
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to the public purse was of external consultants employed by (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199705
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199705
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The following table contains details on the expenditure on external consultants by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) during the past four complete financial years. Both organisations financial reporting systems are configured to provide information based on financial rather than calendar years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>External Consultants Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p>SFO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£684,314</p></td><td><p>£1,557,887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£13,347</p></td><td><p>£856,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£9,793</p></td><td><p>£31,142*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£960</p></td><td><p>£48,228 (subject to audit)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The expenditure listed for 2012-13 was actually incurred in 2011-12 but not paid until the following year.</p> question first answered 08/07/2014 14:32:13 answering member 69
	creator	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

60748

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:51:12
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:22:34
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy
	house id	1
	identifier	199752
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 14:30:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many current suitably qualified and experienced personnel positions are (a) required and (b) vacant in (i) Type 23 and (ii) Type 45 ship crews.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199752
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199752
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested, as at 1 May 2014, is shown in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>Required Positions</td><td>Vacant Positions</td></tr><tr><td>Type 23</td><td>2,060</td><td>180</td></tr><tr><td>Type 45</td><td>1.010</td><td>80</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: All figures are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. All numbers over 100 are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias. Numbers under 100 are rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p>None of the existing vacancies is in a post categorised as safety critical and no ship would go to sea without the minimum required complement of suitably qualified and experienced personnel.</p><p> </p> question first answered 26/06/2014 14:30:16 answering member 3938
	creator	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

60837

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:51:31
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:30:57
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Syria
	house id	1
	identifier	199799
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 12:23:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what evidence his Department holds on whether the Syrian government was responsible for the chemical weapons attack in Kafr Zita.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199799
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199799
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK was amongst the first to express concern at allegations that chemical weapons had again been used in Syria, and called for them to be investigated. <br><br>On 29 April the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director General announced he was establishing a Fact Finding Mission to determine the truth behind recent allegations of chemical weapon use in Syria. The UK has continued to stress the importance of this mission determining the full facts.</p><p>We are aware of at least 9 attacks in April in which the use of chemical weapons has been alleged. We consider it likely that chemical weapons have been used on at least some of these occasions. There are a number of pieces of information that suggest that only regime could have been responsible for these attacks, including the use of helicopters to deliver bombs to their targets and the fact that the attacks took place in opposition controlled areas. We have shared the information we hold with the OPCW.</p><p>We condemn the attack on the convoy carrying inspectors to Kafr Zita and urge all parties to the conflict to ensure that inspectors are given secure and unrestricted access to all relevant sites to enable the full facts to be established.</p> question first answered 25/06/2014 12:23:51 answering member 1415
	creator	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

60638

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:50:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:12:10
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	identifier	199578
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/07/2014 15:43:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discusssions she has had with the Passport Office about the updating of advice on timescales during busy periods for (a) the renewal of a passport and (b) the time it will take for staff to call an applicant back.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199578
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199578
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Ministers have held frequent recent discussions with Her Majesty's Passport Office.<br><br>Current advice for customers on expected service standards is published on <br>https://www.gov.uk.<br><br>The current guideline for returning calls to customers is to do so within 48 <br>hours. Her Majesty's Passport Office gives priority to those with the most immediate <br>travel plans.</p><p> </p> question first answered 07/07/2014 15:43:14 answering member 1530
	creator	605 label Biography information for John Robertson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60792

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:51:21
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:26:46
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	identifier	199677
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/06/2014 15:45:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the issuing of passports; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199677
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199677
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Numerous representations have been made both about the general passport issuing <br>process as well as on behalf of individual applicants. They have been received <br>from Members of Parliament and the public. Those with concerns about imminent <br>travel plans for individuals will be prioritised. All will receive a reply. On <br>12 June my Rt. Hon. Friend the Home Secretary, made a statement in the <br>House where she announced the arrangements we are putting in place to <br>deal with the current level of demand for passports.</p><p> </p> question first answered 30/06/2014 15:45:20 answering member 1530
	creator	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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60436

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	06/06/2014
	date tabled	06/06/2014
	ddp created	06/06/2014 16:10:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:59:32
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	1
	identifier	199523
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/09/2014 11:59:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many German nationals have been extradited to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant in each of the last 10 years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199523
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199523
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>Due to the way data was recorded prior to 2009, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of surrenders of German nationals for the years prior to 2009/2010. <br><br>According to information obtained from the National Crime Agency, between the 2009/2010 and 2013/2014 business years, two German nationals were extradited to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant from Germany.<br><br>The individuals were Frank Schaper and Michael Luck.</p><p /> <p>Schaper was wanted for the fraudulent evasion of excise duty after entering the UK driving a lorry containing 8,435,200 cigarettes. No duty had been paid on the cigarettes, and the duty evaded totalled £1,242,080. After failing to attend court in the UK, Schaper was arrested in Germany in September 2009 and extradited back to the UK on 18 September 2009. <br><br>Luck was involved in a collision which resulted in the death of another lorry driver in the UK. He failed to appear at a police station as instructed, and <br>was thought to have fled to Germany. When Luck was eventually located in Germany, he was found to be serving a sentence for another offence. The German authorities subsequently agreed to his temporary surrender and he was returned to the UK on 17 June 2011 to stand trial. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment. He was transferred back to Germany on 17 October 2011 to serve both his remaining German sentence, and his UK sentence.<br><br>Figures for 2013 indicate that the main ground for refusal of extradition by Germany to all EU countries, not just the UK, was under Article 4(6) of the <br>European Arrest Warrant Framework Decision. This provides that where the person has been requested to serve a sentence, the executing state may refuse to extradite its nationals and residents, and instead enforce the sentence in that state</p><p /> question first answered 11/09/2014 11:59:12 answering member 1530
	creator	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

60443

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	06/06/2014
	date tabled	06/06/2014
	ddp created	06/06/2014 16:10:26
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:00:13
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	identifier	199498
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/07/2014 13:58:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the causes of delays in issuing passports; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199498
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199498
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) is dealing with the highest level of <br>demand for passports over the first six months of 2014 than in any comparable period over <br>the last 12 years. To date, HMPO has received over 4.4 million applications <br>and has issued over 3.8 million passports. HMPO has progressively introduced <br>contingency measures since January 2014 to ensure passport production matches <br>the high level of applications. The Home Secretary announced on 12 June to the <br>House a range of additional measures to ensure that people who need to travel <br>get their passports in good time.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/07/2014 13:58:54 answering member 1530
	creator	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

60639

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:50:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:12:14
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	identifier	199574
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/07/2014 15:41:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average waiting time for people (a) applying for a passport renewal and (b) waiting for a call back from the Passport Office.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199574
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199574
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is as follows:<br><br>(a) Expected service standards for passport renewals are published at <br>https://www.gov.uk.<br>(b) The current guideline for returning calls to customers is to do so within <br>48 hours. Her Majesty's Passport Office gives priority to those with the <br>most immediate travel plans.</p><p> </p> question first answered 07/07/2014 15:41:17 answering member 1530
	creator	605 label Biography information for John Robertson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60791

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:51:21
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:26:40
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	identifier	199676
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/09/2014 15:03:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is taken to renew an existing passport and issue a new one.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199676
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199676
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A straightforward renewal application, where the customers provide the required supporting documentation at the outset, is usually dealt with within three weeks. Expected turnaround times for applications made in the UK and on a country by country basis for overseas applications are set out on www.gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 30/09/2014 15:03:04 answering member 1530
	creator	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

60618

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:50:42
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:10:19
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Open Prisons
	house id	1
	identifier	199720
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/07/2014 16:19:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in open prisons were returned to closed prisons in each of the last three years by (a) reason for their return and (b) type of offence originally committed.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199720
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199720
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We do not centrally hold data on the individual reasons for determinate sentence prisoner transfers, including transfers following re-categorisation and when prisoners have been returned to closed conditions from open prisons. Where this is available, the information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would involve a manual trawl through the records of every prisoner to identify if they have ever been held in open conditions and subsequently returned to closed conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the information, in part, is centrally available in respect of indeterminate sentence prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 provides the number of indeterminate sentence prisoners who have been returned from open conditions to closed conditions and where the transfer occurred between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2014, grouped by year and by reason for transfer. The data has been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide a breakdown of this information by index offence as this information is not held centrally; to obtain it would require a manual trawl through every case and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>REASON FOR RETURN TO CLOSED PRISON</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abscond</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antisocial Behaviour</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Breach of Licence Conditions</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drink/Drugs</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FNP</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare issues</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New charges/offences</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non compliance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prisoner request</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Psychology concerns/issues</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious breach of prison rules</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>698</p></td><td><p>921</p></td><td><p>2,087</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The main purpose of open conditions is to test prisoners in conditions more similar to those that they will face in the community. Time spent in open prisons affords prisoners the opportunity to find work, re-establish family ties, reintegrate into the community and ensure housing needs are met. For many prisoners who have spent a considerable amount of time in custody; these can assist in their successful reintegration in the community and protecting the public.</p><p>We make no apologies for taking a firm approach in returning prisoners to closed conditions wherever we need to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of temporary release failures remains very low; less that one failure in every 1,000 releases and about five in every 100,000 releases involving alleged offending, but we take each and every incident seriously. The Government has already ordered immediate changes to tighten up the system as a matter of urgency. With immediate effect, prisoners will no longer be transferred to open conditions if they have previously absconded from open prisons; or if they have failed to return or reoffended whilst released on temporary licence.</p><p> </p> question first answered 03/07/2014 16:19:03 answering member 1560
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	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies