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61253

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 23:19:27
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:16:54
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Security
	house id	2
	identifier	HL213
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:07:15
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he will initiate a debate in the House of Lords before any decision is taken to privatise the security arrangements of the House.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL213
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL213
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The following information about decisions on the new security contract arrangements was published in March 2014:</p><p>“In March 2015, the current contract with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to provide armed protection, policing and security officer functions will expire. Over the last year, the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board has been working to analyse options and make a recommendation on new contract arrangements to be introduced next year. That recommendation was endorsed by the Lords House Committee and the Commons Commission.</p><p>The agreed recommendation is that the two Houses should renegotiate with the MPS to continue to provide security officer functions, armed protection and policing, whilst moving the provision of the search and screening function for the three main public entrances (Black Rod's Garden, Cromwell Green and Portcullis House) to a specialist commercial provider. The Clerk of the House and the Clerk of the Parliaments have now written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner requesting new arrangements from 2015, and a commercial procurement for search and screening will start soon.</p><p>This is a major contract for Parliament, both in terms of its financial value and its central role in ensuring the security of parliamentarians, employees and visitors to the Parliamentary Estate. As well as continuing to benefit from the expertise and experience of the Metropolitan Police officers and staff, new search and screening arrangements at the busiest public entrances will be better able to provide the greater flexibility and scalability needed to meet Parliament's changing requirements for public access”.</p><p>Discussions with the Metropolitan Police Service on future arrangements are continuing. Security matters are not discussed on the floor of the House and the House Committee has agreed to the initial approach taken by the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board. That Committee will be further consulted during the process. I have no plans to initiate a debate on the floor of the House.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:07:15 answering member 2124
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

62537

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:26
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:47:13
	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	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	identifier	201158
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 12:09:29
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the proportion of cases of domestic and sexual violence that were prosecuted in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to increase the prosecution rate for such crimes.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201158
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201158
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has no data on the total number of incidents of domestic violence and sexual violence that have occurred in each of the last five years and is unable, therefore, to provide an answer to the first part of the question.</p><p>Increasing the number of rape convictions continues to be a priority for the CPS. On 6 June 2014, a Rape Action Plan was jointly published by the police and CPS which sets out a series of actions designed to improve the criminal justice response in rape cases. This followed a Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the National Policing lead for rape, which considered the investigation and prosecution of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. The prosecution of domestic violence also remains a high priority for the CPS and prosecutors receive regular training, and are provided with relevant guidance. The Rape Action Plan can be found on the CPS website at;</p><p><a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 12:09:29 answering member 69
	creator	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

61507

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 23:56:42
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:18:31
	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	Prerogative of Mercy
	house id	2
	identifier	HL285
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/06/2014 11:14:18
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Office of the Attorney General has any records of royal pardons granted between 1987 and 1997.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL285
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL285
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Attorney General has no formal role in the issue of Royal Pardons and therefore there are no records of Royal Pardons held by the Attorney General's Office.</p><p> </p> question first answered 24/06/2014 11:14:18 answering member 630
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

62181

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	17/06/2014
	date tabled	17/06/2014
	ddp created	17/06/2014 21:10:30
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:22:33
	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	Crime
	house id	1
	identifier	201071
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 12:14:51
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library the numbers of cases of (a) rape, (b) domestic violence, (c) child abuse and (d) human trafficking referred by each police force in England and Wales to each regional division of the Crown Prosecution Service in 2013.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201071
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201071
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Tables have been deposited in the Library of the House showing the number of requests for a charging decision referred to the CPS from each police force split by the categories requested.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 12:14:51 answering member 69
	creator	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

62137

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	16/06/2014
	date tabled	16/06/2014
	ddp created	16/06/2014 22:21:37
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:18:25
	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	Rape
	house id	1
	identifier	200919
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 15:39:55
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number of rape convictions.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200919
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200919
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Increasing the number of rape convictions continues to be a priority in the criminal justice system. On 6 June 2014, a Rape Action Plan was jointly published by the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which sets out a series of actions designed to improve the criminal justice response in rape cases. This followed a Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the National Policing lead for rape, which considered the investigation and prosecution of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. The Action plan can be found on the CPS website at; <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 19/06/2014 15:39:55 answering member 69
	creator	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62189

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	17/06/2014
	date tabled	17/06/2014
	ddp created	17/06/2014 21:10:34
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:23:19
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Exports: Syria
	house id	1
	identifier	200996
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 17:01:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether export licences to Syria have been granted for the period since 1 July 2012; and if he will describe any such material so exported.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200996
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200996
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Five Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) and one Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL) have been granted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information provided relates to goods or services that have been licensed for export. The licences were granted to international and humanitarian organisations to support and protect staff working in these organisations. The six licences granted authorise export of the following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: components for body armour;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) protective/defensive equipment;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: body armour, components for body armour, military helmets;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: body armour, military helmets;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection;</p><p> </p><p>OIEL for: cryptographic software; equipment employing cryptography.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The licences were granted to international and humanitarian organisations to support and protect staff working in these organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 17:01:33 answering member 88
	creator	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

61825

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:42:11
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:50:41
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Birmingham
	house id	1
	identifier	200507
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 15:06:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency are eligible for disabled students allowance (DSA); and how many such people will be negatively affected by proposed changes to DSA.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200507
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200507
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>'. The latest statistics are available at the following link: <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p>A further breakdown for Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.</p><p>Current DSA recipients and disabled students applying for DSAs in 2014/15 will not be affected by these changes in 2015/16.</p><p>We are currently consulting with a wide range of stakeholders and are working through the detail of how the changes will work in practice, including the number of students affected.</p><p><strong>Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance<sup>[1]</sup> from Birmingham, </strong><strong>Selly Oak constituency</strong></p><p> </p><p>Academic Year 2012/13</p><p>Effective date: 13/11/2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Application Type</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Full-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Part-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Post Graduate DSA</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Area)</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p><strong>No of Applicants Paid</strong></p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Selly Oak<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p><strong>[1] Disabled Student Allowance may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.</strong></p><p><strong>[2] Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.</strong></p><p><strong>[3] The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. The figures are therefore provisional and do not include </strong><strong>students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.</strong></p><p><strong>[4] DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year. </strong></p><p><strong>[5] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.</strong></p> question first answered 19/06/2014 15:06:20 answering member 53
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

61571

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:34
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:02
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Official Visits
	house id	1
	identifier	200477
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 14:44:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200477
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200477
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Details of Ministers' overseas visits are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Information for January to March 2014 will be published shortly.</p><p>Information relating to UK visits can only be provided at disproportionate cost as it is not held centrally.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 14:44:56 answering member 1497
	creator	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

62182

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	17/06/2014
	date tabled	17/06/2014
	ddp created	17/06/2014 21:10:30
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:22:39
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Sunday Trading Act 1994
	house id	1
	identifier	201116
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 14:46:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from UK retailers on the effect of the Sunday Trading Act 1994 on their businesses.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
	tabling member printed	Roger Williams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201116
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201116
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has received representations from a number of correspondents in the last 12 months on Sunday Trading. These include representations from Asda Stores Ltd, Horticulture Trades Association and shopping centres advocating further liberalisation, as well as others such as the Association of Convenience Stores, some large retailers, 2 individual stores and small groups, supporting the current Sunday trading rules or for further restrictions.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 14:46:46 answering member 1497
	creator	1394 label Biography information for Roger Williams
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1394 label Biography information for Roger Williams

61960

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	16/06/2014
	date tabled	16/06/2014
	ddp created	16/06/2014 22:20:29
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:00:50
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	house id	1
	identifier	200891
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 16:53:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints the Government has received on the England and Wales personal insolvency regime in relation to (a) bankruptcy, (b) individual voluntary arrangements and (c) debt relief orders in each year since 2010; and what the nature was of such complaints.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200891
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200891
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Insolvency Service (Agency) does not hold records that categorise complaints in this way for 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12. The Agency's records are held in relation to complaints received in respect of the official receiver's administration of bankruptcies and debt relief orders (DROs) from 2012/13 onwards.</p><p>Since June 2013, following introduction of the Insolvency Practitioner Complaints Gateway, the Agency has maintained records of complaints made against Insolvency Practitioners (IPs) and their administration of individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) and Trust Deeds (a Scottish equivalent of IVAs) - no records are held for IVAs alone.</p><p>The following table summarises complaint numbers in respect of the official receiver or IP's administration of bankruptcies, IVA/ Trust Deeds and DROs.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Bankruptcy</p></td><td><p>IVA &amp; Trust Deeds</p></td><td><p>Debt relief orders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Records detailing the nature of complaints received in relation to the official receiver's administration of bankruptcy and DRO cases have only been held since 2013/14. The complaints are categorised as follows:</p><p>Delay in taking action;</p><p>Delay in replying to correspondence;</p><p>Delay in returning telephone calls;</p><p>Personal conduct (of a member of staff);</p><p>Misleading/ incorrect information;</p><p>Failure to inform/ reply;</p><p>Failure to act;</p><p>Incorrect action; and</p><p>Quality of service by 3rd party acting for the Agency.</p><p>The nature of complaints received in respect of an IP's administration of IVAs are categorised as follows:</p><p>Complainant not receiving a completion certificate;</p><p>IP's failure to deal with correspondence;</p><p>Complainant disputing payment protection insurance compensation is asset in IVA;</p><p>Complainant believes they were given poor advice; and</p><p>IP failed to deal with an IVA/ Trust Deed in a timely way.</p> question first answered 23/06/2014 16:53:22 answering member 1497
	creator	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller