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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

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

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

61961

	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 09:00:57
	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	200892
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 15:00:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department's review of debt relief orders will be launched.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200892
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200892
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We plan to launch a review of debt relief orders this year.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 15:00:14 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

61962

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	16/06/2014
	date tabled	16/06/2014
	ddp created	16/06/2014 22:20:32
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:01:03
	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	Bankruptcy
	house id	1
	identifier	200896
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 15:03:13
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review the level of the debt threshold for a creditor bankruptcy petition.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200896
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200896
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We plan to review the debt threshold for a creditor bankruptcy petition this year.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 15:03:13 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

61576

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:31
	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	New Businesses: Kent
	house id	1
	identifier	200382
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 14:42:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Medway and (c) Kent to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200382
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200382
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>12 Start-Up Loans have been granted to businesses within the Gillingham and Rainham constituency with a total drawn down value of £68,800.</p><p>36 Start-Up Loans have been granted with a total drawn down value of £220,750 in the Medway constituency.</p><p>265 Start-Up Loans have been granted in Kent with a total drawn down value of £1,498,105.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 14:42:20 answering member 4070
	creator	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

61579

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:48
	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	New Businesses: Kent
	house id	1
	identifier	200510
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 14:57:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many company formations were recorded in (a) Gillingham and Rainham, (b) Medway and (c) Kent in the last year.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200510
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200510
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of company formations in (a) Gillingham and Rainham, (b) Medway and (b) Kent in the financial year 2013/14 were as follows.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Number of Company Formations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gillingham and Rainham</p></td><td><p>616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>3,966</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>15,583</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures, which include all corporate bodies for the financial year, including limited liability companies, should be considered as approximations as the data is derived from postcode areas that can cross regional boundaries.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 14:57:22 answering member 88
	creator	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

61572

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:35
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:09
	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	Overseas Trade: Latin America
	house id	1
	identifier	200553
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 14:39:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps are being taken to promote UK trade with Latin America in connection with the 2014 Football World Cup taking place in Brazil.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Worcester
	tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200553
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200553
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>During the 2014 Football World Cup, the UK Trade and Investment network in Brazil will host a series of events to promote the UK as a destination for business, investment, education and tourism. The programme includes 20 events focussed on our prosperity campaigns to promote British expertise and partnership in priority areas that includes culture, energy, infrastructure, inward investment and legacy opportunities associated to the 2012 London Olympic games.</p><p>Events will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Manaus and Belo Horizonte, the cities hosting the England team which will be supported by Prince Harry, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and my Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Equalities.</p><p>One of the highlights of the UK programme isthe GREAT Britain House in Sao Paulo. Specially developed for the agenda of events, the venue will be set up at the British Consulate in Sao Paulo to present the best the UK has to offer.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 14:39:01 answering member 88
	creator	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

58585

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:10:11
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:14:33
	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	Public Appointments
	house id	2
	identifier	HL110
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 12:00:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what appointments to public bodies the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has made in the last 12 months.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL110
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL110
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>For the 12 month period ending 31 March 2014 the Department made 126 appointments, including new, reappointments and extensions to OCPA regulated public bodies. The appointments were made as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Partner Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Chair</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Member</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advisory, Conciliation &amp; Arbitration Service (ACAS)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arts Humanities and Research Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Biotechnology &amp; Biological Sciences Research Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital for Enterprise</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition Commission</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition Service</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction Industry Training Board</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1 (employee representative)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consumer Futures</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Council for Science &amp; Technology</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering &amp; Physical Sciences Research Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economic &amp; Social Research Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education Funding Council for England</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low Pay Commission</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Environment Research Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Fair Trading</p></td><td><p>2 (of which 1 was a short-term extension).</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science &amp; Technology Facilities Council</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Student Loans Company</p></td><td><p>2 (of which 1 was an interim appointment).</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technology Strategy Board</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Commission Atomic Energy Authority</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 19/06/2014 12:00:22 answering member 4169
	creator	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark