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390846

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Repossession Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken is by bailiffs at Wandsworth County Court to execute possession orders; and if he will make it his policy to ensure that all applications made for the execution of county court possession orders by county court bailiffs are carried out within seven days of that application being made.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	7588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service holds provisional management information which shows that Wandsworth County Court take on average five weeks to execute a possession order following the issue of an enforcement application.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not propose to implement time requirements for the execution of the possession order. It is necessary to deal with such applications on a case by case basis to meet the needs of both parties and to manage the safety of County Court Bailiffs.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/07/2015 11:35:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

387882

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts his Department and HM Courts and Tribunals Service currently have out to tender.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	5623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">As of the 7<sup>th</sup> July, the following contracts the Department, including HM Courts and Tribunals Service currently have out to tender are,</ins></p><p> </p><p>PQ 5623</p><p>1. Professional Services, Evaluation of Sentencing Council Guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>2. HMP Holloway Fire Safety Improvements.</p><p> </p><p>3. Reducing Reoffending, Provision of three Risk assessments at</p><p>HMP Swaleside, East Sutton Park and Stanford Hill.</p><p> </p><p>4. Operational Goods, Supply of Portable Mobile Phone Detection Equipment.</p><p> </p><p>5. Reducing Reoffending, Retender of Provision for 1 forensic psychology risk assessment at</p><p>HMP Leyhill,</p><p> </p><p>6. HMP Wandsworth Demolition of Laundry.</p><p> </p><p>7. Reducing Reoffending, Provision of sixteen forensic psychology risk assessments at HMP Frankland.</p><p> </p><p>8. Compliance and Enforcement Service, (Court Fines).</p><p> </p><p>9. Transforming Youth Custody – Secure Training Centre.</p><p> </p><p>10. Criminal Justice System – Efficiencies.</p><p> </p><p>11. Professional Services – To implement a specialist financial services framework.</p><p> </p><p>PQ 5624</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that Synnex Concentrix has been announced as the preferred bidder for court enforcements.</p><p> </p><p>At this point, we are unable to disclose which suppliers have been involved in the other competitions listed above due to procurement competition rules and regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/07/2015 11:43:01 question first ministerially corrected 31/07/2015 10:08:18 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 18838 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

387883

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Concentrix
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which contracts placed out to tender by (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts and Tribunals Service have been bid on by Synnex Concentrix.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	5624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">As of the 7<sup>th</sup> July, the following contracts the Department, including HM Courts and Tribunals Service currently have out to tender are,</ins></p><p>PQ 5623</p><p>1. Professional Services, Evaluation of Sentencing Council Guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>2. HMP Holloway Fire Safety Improvements.</p><p> </p><p>3. Reducing Reoffending, Provision of three Risk assessments at</p><p>HMP Swaleside, East Sutton Park and Stanford Hill.</p><p> </p><p>4. Operational Goods, Supply of Portable Mobile Phone Detection Equipment.</p><p> </p><p>5. Reducing Reoffending, Retender of Provision for 1 forensic psychology risk assessment at</p><p>HMP Leyhill,</p><p> </p><p>6. HMP Wandsworth Demolition of Laundry.</p><p> </p><p>7. Reducing Reoffending, Provision of sixteen forensic psychology risk assessments at HMP Frankland.</p><p> </p><p>8. Compliance and Enforcement Service, (Court Fines).</p><p> </p><p>9. Transforming Youth Custody – Secure Training Centre.</p><p> </p><p>10. Criminal Justice System – Efficiencies.</p><p> </p><p>11. Professional Services – To implement a specialist financial services framework.</p><p> </p><p>PQ 5624</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that Synnex Concentrix has been announced as the preferred bidder for court enforcements.</p><p> </p><p>At this point, we are unable to disclose which suppliers have been involved in the other competitions listed above due to procurement competition rules and regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/07/2015 11:43:02 question first ministerially corrected 31/07/2015 10:18:51 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 18840 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

389476

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Monetary Policy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the quantitative easing programme on (a) bank lending generally and (b) M4 lending.
	tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
	tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
	uin	6776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p><strong>The UK’s monetary policy framework, set out in the Bank of England Act 1998, gives operational responsibility for monetary policy to the independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The MPC’s macroeconomic policy tools, including quantitative easing, are designed to affect the economy as a whole, in order to meet the 2 per cent inflation target over the medium term.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The Bank of England’s paper, “The United Kingdom’s quantitative easing policy: design, operation and impact”, published in 2011, notes that, “Asset purchases may also have a stimulatory impact…by influencing bank lending, though this channel would not be expected to be material during times of financial crisis.”</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 30/07/2015 10:23:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

391288

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Middle East: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many British nationals are estimated to have travelled abroad to Syria and Iraq to join extremist groups since October 2014; how many have since returned to the United Kingdom; and what is the total number of such people who remain in Syria.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL1648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>Around 700 people who are of concern to the Police and Security Services are thought to have travelled to the region since the start of the conflict. We estimate that around half of those have returned.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/07/2015 13:41:57 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

390642

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	South Sudan: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to secure a medical pipeline in areas where the government of South Sudan is unable to provide basic drugs for health clinics.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	uin	HL1582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID has provided £11.5 million to the jointly funded (US, Norway and UK) Emergency Medicines Fund for drug distribution in the three conflict states of South Sudan. In addition, critical gaps in the other seven states are being covered through the £120m DFID-managed Health Pooled Fund supported by US and World Health Organisation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2015 14:02:05 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

391254

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Forestry Commission
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what land and property has been (1) disposed of, and (2) acquired, by the Forestry Commission since the publication of the report of the 2012 Independent Panel on Forestry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL1621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>From 4 July 2012 to 21 July 2015, two sites in the north of England totalling 0.12 hectares were disposed of as a result of property rationalisation. In the west of England 15.5 hectares of leasehold was surrendered. During the same period land acquired by, or gifted to, the Public Forest Estate was 79.56 hectares across four sites in central, east, west and southern England. This represents a net increase in PFE land for this period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/07/2015 15:47:27 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

391056

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list the countries where the United Kingdom is providing training to foreign armed forces; and of those training missions, whether they will list those which include training in preventing and responding to sexual violence.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL1594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lady to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Armed Forces (Penny Mordaunt) in the House of Commons on 2 July 2015 to Question number 4649 to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further to this, I attach two tables which detail the countries receiving training in preventing and responding to sexual violence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 2 July 2015.doc title Armed Forces Training 2 file name 20150727_PSVI training answer (2)[1].doc title PSVI Training question first answered 30/07/2015 14:00:02 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

391066

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	UNESCO
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of UNESCO.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL1604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>In 2011 UNESCO was one of the agencies assessed in the Multilateral Aid Review. That review rated UNESCO as Poor Value for Money and sought significant improvements in results based management, a strengthened focus on value for money, continued reductions in administrative overhead and improved transparency.</p><p>In 2013 we conducted a follow-up review of UNESCO. This concluded that the organisation had made reasonable progress with reforms, particularly in the areas of greatest weakness in the 2011 assessment.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2015 13:29:09 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

390402

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of human trafficking were (a) identified and (b) offered support by her Department in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	7496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p>Potential victims of human trafficking are identified through the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The number of potential victims referred into the NRM for the United Kingdom is: in 2010 – 714; in 2011 – 946; in 2012 – 1186; in 2013 – 1746; and in 2014 – 2340.</p><p>The Salvation Army has provided support for potential victims in England and Wales since July 2011. The Salvation Army contract is jointly funded by the Home Office and The Ministry of Justice. The number of potential victims in support in England and Wales is: July 2011 to June 2012 – total in support 378; July 2012 to June 2013 – total in support 550; July 2013 to June 2014 – total in support 889. Data on the number of potential victims in support between July 2014 to June 2015 has not been verified yet.</p><p>Data on the number of potential victims in support before July 2011 is not available. The Home Office does not hold data on the number of supported victims in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as this is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/07/2015 09:59:01 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna