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61597

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:28:33
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Fire Services
	house id	1
	identifier	200567
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/07/2014 15:13:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department no longer publishes statistics for non-fire incidents with casualties attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200567
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200567
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Tuesday 17 June 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Collection of statistics</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department's <em>Fire Statistics Monitor</em> publication continues to provide statistics on numbers of non-fire incidents. These are updated twice a year and data for each fire and rescue authority in England can be found in spreadsheet workbook 7 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department published numbers of casualties at non-fire incidents for the first time in the 2010-11 publication of <em>Fire Statistics Great Britain</em>. This was discontinued following a 2012 readership survey which did not identify any need for them on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Statistics on incidents attended</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for incidents with one or more casualties attended by fire and rescue authorities in Great Britain, based on the Fire and Rescue Incident Recording System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire incidents with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>8,881</p></td><td><p>8,167</p></td><td><p>7,464</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Road traffic collision with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>16,627</p></td><td><p>16,375</p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical incidents</p></td><td><p>5,278</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>5,919</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-fire incident with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>6,146</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37,086</p></td><td><p>36,787</p></td><td><p>36,473</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Statistical calculation of response times</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The difference in the primary fire numbers published is due to a small number of incidents being excluded from the calculation of average response times to ensure the data is as representative and consistent over time as possible. These are Official Statistics publications and as such, the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics has sole responsibility for decisions on the methodology for these statistics and how they are presented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The excluded incidents are those for which response time may be less critical, such as fires in abandoned vehicles or derelict property, and exceptional incidents which would otherwise skew averages and hinder analysis of trends. The exclusions are in line with long-established statistical practice; details on the exclusions are set out on p.16 of the <em>Fire Incident Response Times 2012-13</em>, published in August 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 03/07/2014 15:13:20 answering member 4009
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61598

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:28:40
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Fire Services
	house id	1
	identifier	200568
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/07/2014 15:13:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-fire incidents with casualties were attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200568
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200568
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Tuesday 17 June 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Collection of statistics</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department's <em>Fire Statistics Monitor</em> publication continues to provide statistics on numbers of non-fire incidents. These are updated twice a year and data for each fire and rescue authority in England can be found in spreadsheet workbook 7 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department published numbers of casualties at non-fire incidents for the first time in the 2010-11 publication of <em>Fire Statistics Great Britain</em>. This was discontinued following a 2012 readership survey which did not identify any need for them on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Statistics on incidents attended</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for incidents with one or more casualties attended by fire and rescue authorities in Great Britain, based on the Fire and Rescue Incident Recording System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire incidents with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>8,881</p></td><td><p>8,167</p></td><td><p>7,464</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Road traffic collision with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>16,627</p></td><td><p>16,375</p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical incidents</p></td><td><p>5,278</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>5,919</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-fire incident with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>6,146</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37,086</p></td><td><p>36,787</p></td><td><p>36,473</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Statistical calculation of response times</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The difference in the primary fire numbers published is due to a small number of incidents being excluded from the calculation of average response times to ensure the data is as representative and consistent over time as possible. These are Official Statistics publications and as such, the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics has sole responsibility for decisions on the methodology for these statistics and how they are presented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The excluded incidents are those for which response time may be less critical, such as fires in abandoned vehicles or derelict property, and exceptional incidents which would otherwise skew averages and hinder analysis of trends. The exclusions are in line with long-established statistical practice; details on the exclusions are set out on p.16 of the <em>Fire Incident Response Times 2012-13</em>, published in August 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 03/07/2014 15:13:20 answering member 4009
	creator	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

61599

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:28:44
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Fire Services
	house id	1
	identifier	200566
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/07/2014 15:13:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with refence to paragraph 1.20 of the Fire Statistics Great Britain 2012-13; what the reasons are for the difference in the number of primary fires in England attended by the Fire and Rescue Service reported in each table and table 1a of the appendices to the Fire Incidents Response Times, England 2012-13.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200566
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200566
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Tuesday 17 June 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Collection of statistics</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department's <em>Fire Statistics Monitor</em> publication continues to provide statistics on numbers of non-fire incidents. These are updated twice a year and data for each fire and rescue authority in England can be found in spreadsheet workbook 7 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department published numbers of casualties at non-fire incidents for the first time in the 2010-11 publication of <em>Fire Statistics Great Britain</em>. This was discontinued following a 2012 readership survey which did not identify any need for them on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Statistics on incidents attended</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for incidents with one or more casualties attended by fire and rescue authorities in Great Britain, based on the Fire and Rescue Incident Recording System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire incidents with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>8,881</p></td><td><p>8,167</p></td><td><p>7,464</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Road traffic collision with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>16,627</p></td><td><p>16,375</p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical incidents</p></td><td><p>5,278</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>5,919</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-fire incident with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>6,146</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37,086</p></td><td><p>36,787</p></td><td><p>36,473</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Statistical calculation of response times</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The difference in the primary fire numbers published is due to a small number of incidents being excluded from the calculation of average response times to ensure the data is as representative and consistent over time as possible. These are Official Statistics publications and as such, the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics has sole responsibility for decisions on the methodology for these statistics and how they are presented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The excluded incidents are those for which response time may be less critical, such as fires in abandoned vehicles or derelict property, and exceptional incidents which would otherwise skew averages and hinder analysis of trends. The exclusions are in line with long-established statistical practice; details on the exclusions are set out on p.16 of the <em>Fire Incident Response Times 2012-13</em>, published in August 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 03/07/2014 15:13:19 answering member 4009
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	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

62587

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:52:02
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Fire Services
	house id	1
	identifier	201227
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/07/2014 15:18:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the difference in the record of the number of primary fires in England attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in paragraph 1.20 of the Fire Statistics Great Britain 2012-13 and in table 1a of the appendices to the Fire Incidents Response Times, England 2012-13, what assessment he has made of whether average response times for 2012-13 have been wrongly calculated.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201227
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201227
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of today, <em>Official Report, </em>PQs 200566, 200567 &amp; 200568.</p><p> </p> question first answered 03/07/2014 15:18:31 answering member 4009
	creator	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

61373

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 22:31:47
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:15:35
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Arts: Ashfield
	house id	1
	identifier	200247
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 11:04:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Arts Council has spent per head of population in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200247
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200247
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Arts Council England (ACE) makes its funding decisions independently of Government and as such we do not hold the information requested. However, the following information has been provided by ACE:</p><p> </p><p>Value of ACE awards to applicants resident in ASHFIELD Constituency 2009 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Decision Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Awards</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Per-Capita*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£9,706</p></td><td><p>£0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£9,712</p></td><td><p>£0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£13,500</p></td><td><p>£0.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* based on Mid-2011 population estimate (ONS) 101,914.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, ACE made two other awards totalling £3.8m from which Ashfield can benefit</p> question first answered 14/07/2014 11:04:56 answering member 1580
	creator	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

61356

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 22:31:22
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:13:45
	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	HM Passport Office: Newport
	house id	1
	identifier	200286
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/07/2014 13:37:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department saved for the Exchequer by closing the Passport Office in Newport.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200286
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200286
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office has not closed its office in Newport. There is <br>an office in Newport providing counter fast track and premium services, <br>interviews for first time adult applicants and the Customer Contact Centre.<br><br>During 2011-12 as part of a wider operations restructuring, postal passport <br>application processing ceased in Newport and the office was relocated. It is <br>estimated that this reduced operational costs by around £2.6 million per year.</p><p> </p> question first answered 01/07/2014 13:37:03 answering member 1530
	creator	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

61357

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 22:31:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:13:51
	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	200287
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/07/2014 14:11:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the recently employed additional staff in passport offices are estimated to cost.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200287
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200287
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Passport Office have been training and redeploying staff from <br>other duties within the Agency, from other parts of the wider Home Office, and <br>in the case of one individual another Government department, to meet the <br>exceptional levels of passport demand. There will be some additional costs <br>relating to staff where they will be temporarily working away from their normal <br>workplace and where overtime is worked by staff from other parts of the <br>Department. At this time it is not possible to put a reliable estimate on <br>these additional costs.</p><p> </p> question first answered 08/07/2014 14:11:37 answering member 1530
	creator	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

62673

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:51:31
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 10:00:29
	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	Telephone Services
	house id	1
	identifier	201386
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/07/2014 11:43:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201386
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201386
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Please see the table below detailing the use and purpose of non geographic <br>numbers, 0843, 0844 and 0845. These figures are taken directly from BT's call <br>reporting system.</p><p> </p><p>Home Office</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Prefix</p></td><td><p>Number of lines / service</p></td><td><p>Inbound calls in last 12 months*</p></td><td><p>Alternative BT Local Rate No?</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0843</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0844</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>0845</p></td><td><p>Nationality Contact Centre / European Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>362,582</p></td><td><p>Migrated to 0300 March 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asylum Support Line</p></td><td><p>46,294</p></td><td><p>Migrated to 0300 March 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MPs Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>18,441</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*Note:on 7 March 2014 the Nationality Contact Centre/European Enquiry Line and the Asylum Support Line both migrated from 0845 to the 0300 prefix with calls charged the same as calls to 01/02. The above volumes for those lines therefore are from June 2013 to March 2014</p><p> </p><p>HM Passport Office</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Prefix</p></td><td><p>Number of lines / service</p></td><td><p>Inbound calls in last 12 months</p></td><td><p>Alternative BT Local Rate No?</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0843</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0844</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p><p>0845</p></td><td><p>Customer Letters</p></td><td><p>325,452</p></td><td><p>0300 number available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Passport verification services (PVS)</p><p>(a Business to Business Service)</p></td><td><p>50,644</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 01/07/2014 11:43:20 answering member 4110
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61886

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2014
	date	13/06/2014
	date tabled	13/06/2014
	ddp created	13/06/2014 16:10:35
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:56:26
	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: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	identifier	200689
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/07/2014 15:23:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to compensate people who have paid for an upgrade in their passport application as a result of delays in processing their original application.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200689
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200689
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Anyone who needs to travel within the next seven days and who has waited longer <br>than the standard processing time of three weeks, through no fault of their <br>own, will be able to upgrade their application without charge. After their <br>application has been through the proper checks, the processing, printing and <br>delivery of the new passport will be fast-tracked for free. This policy was <br>announced by the Home Secretary to the House of Commons on 12 June and will <br>not be applied retrospectively.<br><br>HM Passport Office's policy on compensation is available at:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/compensation-and-complaints-handling</p><p> </p> question first answered 07/07/2014 15:23:00 answering member 1530
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62339

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	17/06/2014
	date tabled	17/06/2014
	ddp created	17/06/2014 21:11:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:38:08
	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	Electronic Surveillance
	house id	1
	identifier	201104
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 13:25:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she authorised the UK's classification of (a) Google, (b) Facebook, (c) webmail services and (d) other companies that operate in the UK as external communications.
	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 201104
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201104
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>External Communication is defined within the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 and the statutory Interception of Communications Code of Practice which was approved by Parliament and came into force on 1 July 2002. The Government has no present plans to amend the definition of external communication.<br><br>Under RIPA, interception warrants are issued by the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 13:25:12 answering member 1530
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	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham