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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

62557

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:31
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:49:07
	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	Illegal Money Lending Teams: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	identifier	201228
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 16:48:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many telephone calls the Illegal Money Lending Unit helpline received from (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201228
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201228
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Illegal Money Lending Teams in England, Scotland and Wales receive intelligence via the helpline and also through via the “report a loan shark” web page on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>, text messages, other electronic media and referrals from enforcement and debt advice agencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Below is a breakdown of the number of calls received over the last four years and also the number of total pieces of intelligence received via all communications channels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Telephone calls</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Total Intelligence Received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>592</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Breakdown of number of calls received unavailable</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Trading Standards is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and so it is not possible to provide comparable data for there.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 16:48:57 answering member 1497
	creator	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

62558

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:31
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:49:14
	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	Money Lenders
	house id	1
	identifier	201229
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 16:47:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 678W, on money lenders, how many actionable reports led to a conviction in each of the last four years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201229
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201229
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p><strong>Final Approved answer to 13371</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Illegal Money Lending Teams conduct complex and sensitive investigations. The length of each investigation will be influenced by the circumstances of the specific case. In some instances convictions can only be delivered through months of proactive intelligence gathering and community engagement. Because of this, some cases span across multiple years and so there is not necessarily a direct link between the numbers of actionable reports and the numbers of convictions in any one year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Below is a breakdown of the number of operations, arrests and prosecutions completed by the Illegal Money Lending Teams in England, Scotland and Wales in each of the last four years and the number of custodial sentences handed down by the courts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Operations</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Arrests / Detainments</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Prosecutions</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Custodials</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11*</strong></p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* The England Illegal Money Lending Team was restructured in April 2011- 9 England regional teams were merged into a single National team covering the whole of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 16:47:44 answering member 1497
	creator	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

62546

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:28
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:48:04
	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	Apprentices
	house id	1
	identifier	201339
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 15:01:13
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 599W, on apprenticeships; what steps he has taken to introduce grading into new apprenticeships; and whether such grading will be mandatory.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201339
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201339
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Grading is being introduced into new Apprenticeships through the Trailblazer process. Groups of employers are coming together to design Apprenticeship standards and assessments. All new Apprenticeships must be graded, and we have made grading of the end-point assessment a minimum requirement of the new Apprenticeship programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Having had their standards approved and published in March, the first phase of Trailblazer projects are now working on their assessment plans, including implementation of the grading requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Grading is important to ensure qualifications are aspirational for all – including those on track to pass who could benefit from being challenged to aim higher.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 15:01:13 answering member 4070
	creator	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62547

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:29
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:48:09
	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	Apprentices
	house id	1
	identifier	201338
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 14:57:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 213W, on apprenticeships, if he will make it his policy to collect information centrally on how many individuals who started an apprenticeship in the 2012-13 academic year were existing employees or new employees.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201338
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201338
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Information will be collected via the Individualised Learner Record for the 2013/14 academic year onwards on the length of time a learner has been with their employer prior to starting their apprenticeship.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 14:57:53 answering member 4070
	creator	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62539

	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 09:47:23
	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	Consultation Papers
	house id	1
	identifier	201214
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 14:53:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many consultation documents his Department issued which received fewer than 100 separate responses in each of the last four years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201214
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201214
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Data on consultation response rates is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 14:53:12 answering member 1497
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

62540

	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 09:47:29
	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	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	identifier	201215
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 14:59:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many premium rate type telephone lines were in use for members of the public to contact his Department in (a) June 2010 and (b) June 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201215
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201215
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Department had no public facing premium rate lines in use in June 2010 or June 2014.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 14:59:16 answering member 1497
	creator	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

62550

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:29
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:48:26
	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	Postal Services
	house id	1
	identifier	201400
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 14:50:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with Royal Mail regarding the redirection notices it provides to other postal operators.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201400
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201400
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>None. Matters relating to its operations and services, which includes its Redirection Service, are the direct responsibility of Royal Mail's management.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 14:50:29 answering member 1497
	creator	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

62552

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:30
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:48:36
	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	TNT
	house id	1
	identifier	201401
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 14:48:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with Ofcom regarding the postal service standards provided by TNT.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201401
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201401
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Ministers and officials in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) meet with officials from Ofcom, the independent regulator for postal services, on a regular basis to discuss a broad range of market issues. There have not been any specific discussions about TNT Post's service standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All postal operators are subject to regulatory conditions set by Ofcom. These regulatory conditions cover such things as the security and confidentiality of the mail that operators handle and ensure that effective complaints procedures are in place for consumers. More information about Ofcom's regulatory regime can be found on its website (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 14:48:43 answering member 1497
	creator	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

62570

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:36
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:50:25
	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	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	identifier	201385
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 16:50:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for enforcement of the National Minimum Wage was in 2013-14; and what that budget will be in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201385
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201385
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The National Minimum Wage enforcement budgets for 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 in principal were set out in Parliamentary Question 174284 on 7 November 2013, Official Report 7 Nov 2013, Col 351W.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2014/15 budget was reviewed at the start of the financial year and will be considered again at mid-year and may be subject to change.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/06/2014 16:50:18 answering member 1497
	creator	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray