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61931

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: ICT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what changes local authorities are required to make to their information technology services in order to remain connected to the gov.uk secure network.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Public Services Network (PSN) is a new and trusted single network for government. Ninety-eight per cent of local authorities have already transitioned to PSN, with the remainder due to transfer before the end of summer.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is supporting local authorities as they transition to PSN by providing guidance, project managers and information assurance specialists.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL350 HL351 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:33:23 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

61932

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: ICT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice has been issued to local authorities to make the required changes to their information technology services to remain connected to the gov.uk secure network.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Public Services Network (PSN) is a new and trusted single network for government. Ninety-eight per cent of local authorities have already transitioned to PSN, with the remainder due to transfer before the end of summer.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is supporting local authorities as they transition to PSN by providing guidance, project managers and information assurance specialists.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL349 HL351 question first answered 24/06/2014 16:33:23 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

63140

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy Supply
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to ensure resilience of energy supply for the United Kingdom and its citizens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government conducts regular assessments to identify risks to energy supply including through the National Risk Assessment and National Security Risk Assessment processes. Government works closely with the supply industry and other stakeholders to ensure there are appropriate mitigation measures in place to strengthen resilience and to protect against risks where it is possible and value for money to do so. For example, supplies of power, gas and fuel across the country were robust to the major flooding earlier this year (though power supplies to flooded properties must be disconnected for safety reasons).</p><p>Further, in the event of a situation which threatened to disrupt energy supplies to customers, Government and industry have robust plans in place to manage and respond to such events, which are exercised on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/06/2014 12:49:09 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

62819

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	National Parks
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their decision on the extension of boundaries of national parks.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A public inquiry into proposed extensions to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks was held in June last year. The Planning Inspector's report was submitted to Defra in October and is being given careful consideration by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State's decisions will be issued in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 01/07/2014 11:41:14 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

78950

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the failure of Zimbabwe to pay pensions due to former Rhodesia or Zimbabwe public sector pensioners living outside Zimbabwe, whether they have any plans to make ex gratia payments to those affected; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL1267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK has no plans to make ex-gratia payments to former Rhodesia or Zimbabwe public sector pensioners living outside Zimbabwe. The legal obligation to pay these pensions rests solely with the Government of Zimbabwe. We will continue to press the Government of Zimbabwe to fulfil their obligation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 30/07/2014 11:07:12 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

78951

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Kenya
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the title and wording of the memorial in Nairobi to those who suffered during the Emergency period of 1952 to 1963 will indicate that it is a memorial to all those who suffered, on all sides, during that period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL1268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK is working with the Kenyan Human Rights Commission, the Mau Mau War Veterans Association, the Nairobi Governor’s Office, and the National Museums of Kenya to make sure the proposed memorial is as inclusive as possible and promotes reconciliation. The Overseas Service Pensioners’ Association (OSPA) has also been fully consulted. <br><br>The first plaque will state: ‘This memorial is a symbol of reconciliation between the British Government, the Mau Mau, and all those who suffered during the Emergency Period’. <br><br>The proposed title of the memorial is: ‘Memorial to the Victims of Torture and Ill-Treatment during the Colonial Era (1952-1963)’. This reflects the wording of the settlement agreement and the announcement made by the then Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), on 6 June 2013.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 28/07/2014 11:11:42 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

100044

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they notified the European Commission of the draft regulations for possible standardised packaging for tobacco products without waiting for the results of the recent consultation that closed on 7 August.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL2250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The consultation on introducing regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco ran between 26 June and 7 August 2014. All substantive responses were then considered before the regulations were notified in draft to the European Commission as technical standards under the procedures of Directive 98/34/EC. They were notified to the Commission on 29 August 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/11/2014 11:54:12 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

100045

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish a revised impact assessment on standardised packaging of tobacco products following the comments of the Regulatory Policy Committee.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL2251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The consultation-stage impact assessment on standardised packaging of tobacco products is being updated following the public consultation, which ran between 26 June and 7 August 2014. The updated Impact Assessment takes into account previous comments from the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) and will be re-submitted to the RPC for their consideration before it is published.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 03/11/2014 11:55:04 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

61281

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Consumer Goods: Marketing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Chantler Review's suggestion that there is a spillover effect, whereby the branding of consumer goods intended for adult consumption may also appeal to young people; and what assessment they have made of the implications for consumer goods other than tobacco that might be deemed to put children at risk.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Tobacco is treated uniquely in regulatory terms, because it is a uniquely harmful consumer good. All smoking is addictive and harmful to health. Around half of all regular smokers are eventually killed by a smoking-related illness, and on average, smokers who die from a smoking-related illness lose around 16 years of life. Smoking is the primary cause of preventable morbidity and premature death, accounting for almost 80,000 deaths in England each year, some 18% of all deaths of adults aged 35 and over.</p><p> </p><p>Regulatory controls on tobacco are commensurate with the potential harm to the health of smokers and others that it can cause. Over the past decade in particular, tobacco has become increasingly regulated and controlled as further evidence about the harm to health from smoking has emerged. Tobacco, therefore, is subject to greater levels of regulation than other consumer products.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 24/06/2014 16:34:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

76553

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of producing internally at the Department of Health the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 setting out the assistive technology research and development activity under way across the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL898 HL899 HL900 HL901 HL902 HL957 HL958 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

76554

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the planned cost of commissioning the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 setting out the assistive technology research and development activity under way across the United Kingdom; how that cost compares with their estimate of producing the report internally; and whether the internal report will meet the current standards in term of highlighting technology and outcomes for those with disabilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL899 HL900 HL901 HL902 HL957 HL958 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

76555

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultation they have undertaken on the issue of producing internally at the Department of Health the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 setting out the assistive technology research and development activity under way across the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL898 HL900 HL901 HL902 HL957 HL958 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

76556

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of producing internally at the Department of Health the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 setting out the assistive technology research and development activity under way across the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL898 HL899 HL901 HL902 HL957 HL958 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:07 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

76557

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact they consider that producing internally at the Department of Health the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 setting out the assistive technology research and development activity under way across the United Kingdom will have on the identification and adoption of technology that could improve outcomes for people with disabilities and an ageing population.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL898 HL899 HL900 HL902 HL957 HL958 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

76558

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on the adoption of technology that would allow people with disabilities to enter the workplace of producing internally at the Department of Health the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 setting out the assistive technology research and development activity under way across the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL898 HL899 HL900 HL901 HL957 HL958 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

76615

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of producing internally at the Department of Health the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 on the quality of research into areas of innovative assistive technology and the adoption of such technology; and what measures they intend to take prevent a decrease in both research into and adoption of such technology.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL898 HL899 HL900 HL901 HL902 HL958 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

76616

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Disability Aids
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they intend to take in order to ensure that the potential internal production of the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 will not lead to a reduction in the quality of the report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL898 HL899 HL900 HL901 HL902 HL957 HL959 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

76617

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Disability Aids
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the potential internal production of the report required under section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 on the identification of innovation opportunities, particularly for the manufacturing industry and small and medium-sized enterprises.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p><em>The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.</em></p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology, and this contract expired in June 2014. The annual cost was £72,268 (figure for final year). The contract was funded by the Department's Policy Research Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has to deliver change in a climate of continuing fiscal challenge and constraint on public spending, and the approach to reporting on assistive technology research and development is aligned with this. The Department does not therefore plan to invite tenders for production of Section 22 reports from 2014-15 and will produce future reports on a smaller scale and of sufficient quality to meet the statutory requirement. This will be done in-house at no additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>As the Government will continue to meet the statutory requirement, no formal consultation on Section 22 has been undertaken or planned.</p><p> </p><p>Reports produced under Section 22, together with other sources of information about Government-funded assistive technology research (including published outputs, project databases, trial registers, websites and other information published by research funders and organisations carrying out research) will continue to make information available that can be used to support the identification of innovation opportunities and the identification and adoption of technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL897 HL898 HL899 HL900 HL901 HL902 HL957 HL958 question first answered 17/07/2014 11:49:08 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

78868

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Learning Disability: Nurses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many learning disability nurses have been trained in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL1258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of new learning disability nurse training places that were filled in the last five years in England. The Department in England does not collect this information for the rest of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The table includes the students enrolled on both the degree and diploma courses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2009-10</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2010-11</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2011-12</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2012-13</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>2013-14</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning disability nurse trainees</p></td><td><p>723</p></td><td><p>642</p></td><td><p>574</p></td><td><p>618</p></td><td><p>603</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Source: </em>Multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/07/2014 11:00:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

63805

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Private Investigators
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will bring forward the necessary regulations to license private investigation, as announced by the Home Secretary in 2013.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Henig
	uin	HL589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect the regulations to licence the activity of private investigations to come into force in 2015. <br><br>We also expect the introduction of the statutory licensing of private security businesses to come into force in 2015, followed thereafter by private <br>investigation businesses. We are continuing to work with the Security Industry Authority and industry on both regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL590 HL591 question first answered 30/06/2014 14:07:35 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	3679 label Biography information for Baroness Henig

63806

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Private Investigators
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they plan to put in place to ensure that private investigation businesses are properly regulated and held to account.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Henig
	uin	HL590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect the regulations to licence the activity of private investigations to come into force in 2015. <br><br>We also expect the introduction of the statutory licensing of private security businesses to come into force in 2015, followed thereafter by private <br>investigation businesses. We are continuing to work with the Security Industry Authority and industry on both regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL589 HL591 question first answered 30/06/2014 14:07:36 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	3679 label Biography information for Baroness Henig

63807

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Private Investigators
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 20 January (HL Deb, col 523), what progress has been made on licensing for the private security industry.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Henig
	uin	HL591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect the regulations to licence the activity of private investigations to come into force in 2015. <br><br>We also expect the introduction of the statutory licensing of private security businesses to come into force in 2015, followed thereafter by private <br>investigation businesses. We are continuing to work with the Security Industry Authority and industry on both regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL589 HL590 question first answered 30/06/2014 14:07:34 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	3679 label Biography information for Baroness Henig

64249

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Special Constables
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the recent award to Kent Police Special Constabulary of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, whether there are any steps being taken nationally to encourage membership of the Special Constabulary.
	tabling member printed	Lord Condon
	uin	HL651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Special Constabulary is an integral part of policing.<br><br>Individual police forces are responsible for determining their own recruitment requirements in order to meet local policing needs. In line with the Government's commitment to increase the number of volunteers, the Home Office continues to support the development of the Special Constabulary in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 02/07/2014 16:12:57 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

61486

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	SESAR
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 12 March (WA 375), in relation to the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR), how many work packages have to date involved general aviation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
	uin	HL264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The SESAR Joint Undertaking is the EU public/private partnership which is responsible for managing the SESAR programme. The SESAR Joint Undertaking seeks to involve all affected stakeholders, including General Aviation, in the development of all work packages to ensure the technologies meet their needs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/06/2014 14:21:26 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

61487

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 12 March (WA 375), in relation to the United Kingdom general aviation sector, what action has been taken to ensure cross-party cooperation and support for the Civil Aviation Authority in encouraging the growth of a vibrant United Kingdom general aviation sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
	uin	HL265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government and Civil Aviation Authority are taking forward a programme of work aimed at encouraging the growth of a vibrant general aviation sector. This has involved consultation with a wide range of stakeholders. My Noble Friend, Lord Rotherwick, secured a Question for Short Debate on the regulation of general aviation on 21 January 2014 [Official Report, column GC319], at which there was wide support for our programme of work.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/06/2014 12:14:38 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

79601

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Freight
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will include in their passenger franchising specifications to encourage the growth of rail freight.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>We consider the needs of freight operators when developing franchise specifications. If there are specific growth needs for freight – such as in the recent Essex Thameside competition, then a requirement to accommodate additional paths will be made.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/07/2014 10:51:28 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

79602

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Freight
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether future franchising specifications will encourage the carriage of small freight, parcels and letters on passenger trains.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL1498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government considers the needs of freight operators when developing passenger rail franchise specifications. While there are no specific measures included in current specifications relating to the carriage of small freight, parcels and letters on passenger trains, the Department for Transport is carrying out research into how better use can be made of spare capacity on trains. We will consider the outcome of this research in the design of future rail franchise specifications.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/07/2014 10:50:38 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

77457

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Children: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many children with mental health difficulties have been prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	205395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants, including those identified as children, with mental health difficulties who have been prosecuted. To obtain details of the number of cases where such circumstances apply would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 16/07/2014 15:46:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65750

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of child witnesses who had given evidence in court by video recording rather than by live video link in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	203945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service uses information about witnesses in criminal cases to ensure that individual trials are managed effectively. HMCTS does not, however, hold data on the number of child witnesses who give evidence via video link/recording.</p><p> </p><p>Video recording of initial evidence known as ABE (Achieving Best Evidence) is appropriate for some child witnesses; this is undertaken by the Police and can be played at trial.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2013, a pilot commenced of S.28 of Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, a special measures provision allowing the Cross Examination of eligible witnesses' evidence to be recorded in advance of the trial. This pilot is taking place in three Crown Courts sitting at Liverpool, Leeds and Kingston-upon Thames.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 08/07/2014 15:39:29 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65751

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the proportion of (a) judges, (b) magistrates and (c) prosecutors currently working in courts who have undergone specialist training on working with children in a court environment.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	203944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Responsibility for training of judiciary, including magistrates, rests with the Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) and is exercised through the Judicial College.</p><p> </p><p>Depending on the nature of the case, judicial office holders are authorised to hear, and receive specialist training for, cases involving children. Control is exercised through listing which is a judicial function. Where appropriate, special measures, including the use of an intermediary, are identified through the process of case management and used by the court to support children who give evidence. In further support of this, the LCJ set out his plans for authorising and training Crown Court Judges who will preside over trials involving child grooming by gangs in his letter to the Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee on 26<sup>th</sup> July 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Regular assessment of both training requirements and the numbers of authorised judicial office holders is made.</p><p> </p><p>Answer (c) Ministerial responsibility for prosecutors rests with the Attorney General, Mr Dominic Grieve QC MP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 08/07/2014 15:43:33 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65754

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 671W, on courts: video conference, if he will publish a list of the remote sites for giving evidence in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Each Criminal Justice agency is responsible for its own video estate. The table below sets out the court houses within each HMCTS region which have the ability to link to an external video end point to that of the trial court.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Wales</strong></td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Aberystwyth Law Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Barry Community Centre</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Brecon Powys Law Courts</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bridgend Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Caerphilly Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Haverfordwest Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Llandrindod Wells Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Llandudno Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Llanelli Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Neath Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Prestatyn Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Swansea Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Welshpool Magistrates</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wrexham Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Merthyr Tydfil Combined Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Newport (Gwent) Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Swansea Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Mold Law Courts</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Caernarfon Criminal Justice Centre</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>London</strong></td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Brent Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bromley Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Camberwell Green Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>City of London Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Croydon Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ealing Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Enfield Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Feltham Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Greenwich Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Hendon Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Highbury Corner Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Newham Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Redbridge Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>South Western Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Stratford Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Thames Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Uxbridge Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Waltham Forest Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>West London Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Westminster Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wimbledon magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Blackfriars Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Central Criminal Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Croydon Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Harrow Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Inner London Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Isleworth Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Kingston upon Thames Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Snaresbrook Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Southwark Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wood Green Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Woolwich Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>South East</strong></td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td>Basildon Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bedford Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Brighton Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bury St Edmunds Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cambridge Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Canterbury Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Chelmsford Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Colchester Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Crawley Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Folkestone Magistrates Courts</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Great Yarmouth Magistrates Courts</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Guildford Magistrates Courts</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Harlow Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Hastings Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Kings Lynn Magistrates</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Luton and South Beds Mags</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Maidstone Magistrates</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Margate Magistrates' (Thanton) Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Medway Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Milton Keynes Magistrates</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Norwich Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Oxford Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Peterborough Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Reading Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Redhill Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Slough Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Southend Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>St Albans Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Staines Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Stevenage Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Watford Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Worthing Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Amersham Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Aylesbury Crown</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Basildon Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cambridge Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Canterbury Combined Court (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Chelmsford Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Chichester Combined Court (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Guildford Crown</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Huntingdon Crown</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Hove Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ipswich Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Lewes Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Luton Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Maidstone Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Norwich Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Oxford Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Peterborough Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Reading Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Southend Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>St Albans Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>South West</strong></td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Aldershot Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Andover Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Barnstaple Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Basingstoke Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bodmin Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bournemouth Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bristol magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cheltenham Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Chippenham Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Exeter Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Newport (IoW) Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Portsmouth Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Southampton Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Stroud Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Swindon Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Taunton Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Torquay Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Truro Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Weymouth Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bournemouth Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bristol Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Dorchester Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Exeter Combined Court (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Gloucester Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Newport IoW Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Plymouth Combined Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Portsmouth Combined Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Salisbury Combined Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Southampton Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Swindon Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Taunton Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Truo Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Weymouth and Dorchester Combined</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Winchester Combined Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Midlands</strong></td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham Youth Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Burton Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Cannock Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Chesterfield Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Coventry Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Derby Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Dudley Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Grantham Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Hereford Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Leicester Magistrates</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Loughborough Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Mansfield Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle under Lyme Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Northampton magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham Magistrates Court and AIT</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Nuneaton Magistrates</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Redditch Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Shrewsbury Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Skegness Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Solihull Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Telford Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Walsall Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wellingborough Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Worcester Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Birmingham Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Coventry Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Derby Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Hereford Crown</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Leicester Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Northampton Combined Court (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham Combined Court (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Shrewsbury Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Stafford Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Stoke Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Warwickshire Justice Centre</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>North West</strong></td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Accrington Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Barrow-in-Furness Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Birkenhead Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Blackpool Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bury Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Carlisle Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Chester Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Crewe Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Kendal Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Lancaster Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool Youth Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Manchester Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Preston Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Runcorn Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>South Sefton Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>St Helens Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Tameside Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Warrington Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wigan Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wirral Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Workington Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bolton Combined Court (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Burnley Combined Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Carlisle Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Chester Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Manchester Crown Court-Crown</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Manchester Crown Court-Minshull Street</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Preston Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Warrington Combined Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>North East</strong></td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Barnsley Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bedlington Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Berwick-Upon-Tweed Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Beverley Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bradford Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bridlington Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Doncaster Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Gateshead Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Grimsby Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Halifax Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Harrogate Magistrate Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Hartlepool Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Huddersfield Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Hull &amp; Holderness Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Leeds Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Middlesbrough Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle upon Tyne Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Newton Aycliffe Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>North Shields Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Peterlee Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Scunthorpe Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>South Shields Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Teesside Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Wakefield Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>York Magistrates Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Bradford Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Doncaster Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Durham Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Grimsby Combined Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Kingston upon Hull Combined</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Leeds Combined (Crown)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle Combined Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Sheffield Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Teesside Combined</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>York Crown Court</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>249</strong></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 08/07/2014 16:21:46 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76480

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims bereaved by homicide received support from Victim Support under the National Homicide Service in each region of England and in Wales in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>On the basis of information supplied by Victim Support,organised by region, the number of individuals referred to the Victim Support Homicide Service by the police, and through the FCO (where the homicide occurred abroad), for support where consent for contact by the Service was given by the individual, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p>312</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p>287</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1443</p></td><td><p>1292</p></td><td><p>1080</p></td><td><p>1542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 14/07/2014 13:11:28 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76494

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 305W, on homicide: victim support schemes, what evaluation mechanisms are included in the Grant for Coordination and Delivery of Support to those Bereaved by Homicide.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>From 1 October 2014 the Ministry of Justice will require robust data from the grant recipient for the Homicide Service.</p><p> </p><p>The grant recipient will be required to provide (subject to refinement during the grant period) data on outcomes achieved in relation to all those supported: including improvement to the quality of their lives and ability to cope with normal activities during and following support provision. In addition, data on user satisfaction will be required and monitoring of any complaints received.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice will also require an accurate record of all expenditure in connection with the grant as described in the Grant Agreement, and shall put in place arrangements to provide to the Authority such information as may be required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 14/07/2014 13:37:05 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76502

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 78W, on homicide, if he will require the Legal Aid Agency to record an offence type of homicide in future.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to do so as there is no legal or business requirement to record this information and it would be disproportionate to require the agency to do so.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/07/2014 13:49:22 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76504

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 78W, on homicide: victim support schemes, which of the peer support groups within the original victim support bid cater specifically for those bereaved through homicide abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Victim Support bid to provide the national Homicide Service from 1 October 2014 included the provision of caseworker support and support from Missing Abroad (The Lucie Blackman Trust) for families bereaved by homicide abroad. None of the peer support groups which formed part of Victim Support's bid only support families where the homicide has occurred abroad. However. the bid included organisations which can provide peer support including (but not exclusively) if the bereavement by homicide occurred abroad. The grant award for the provision of the Homicide Service includes up to £100,000 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to support those bereaved by homicide abroad.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 14/07/2014 13:23:36 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76877

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p><strong>The review is due to report back to the Secretary of State for Justice in autumn 2014 and we anticipate publishing it shortly thereafter. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/07/2014 13:44:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76879

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases involving adults and children jointly charged, the child co-defendants were tried together with the adults in (a) an adult magistrates' court and (b) a Crown Court.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The vast majority of children and young people have their cases heard by specially trained magistrates in the Youth Court.</p><p> </p><p>Where a trial may involve both youth and adult co-defendants criminal courts must consider whether it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together and deal with them in the adult magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. In reaching this decision courts must take into account factors such as age, maturity, culpability, inconvenience to witnesses or injustice to the case as a whole, including whether there are benefits in the same tribunal sentencing all offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Overall crime is down and fewer young people are offending. Proven offending by under-18s has reduced by 44 percent since 2010/11, while the number of first time entrants to the system has fallen by 39 percent over the same period. The number of young people dealt with in the criminal courts has also fallen, reducing by 51% between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS do not centrally collate data on the number of young people and adults jointly charged and subsequently tried together.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the number of cases where a child or young person has been tried in (a) the adult magistrates’ court. A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Young people aged 10-17 tried at adult magistrates' courts, England and Wales, 2010-2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at adult magistrates' courts<sup>(1), (2), (3) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>10,401</p></td><td><p>10,667</p></td><td><p>5,463</p></td><td><p>5,702</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the number of cases where there was at least one youth defendant and at least one adult defendant from 2009/10 to 2013/14 in (b) the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Young people aged 10-17 tried at the Crown Court, England and Wales, 2009 - 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at the Crown Court <sup>(4) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>3,002</p></td><td><p>2,787</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td><td><p>1,847</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are considering the recommendations made by the recent inquiry by Parliamentarians, chaired by Lord Carlile, including the recommendation concerning where cases involving children and young people are heard.</p><p>_______________________________________</p><p>(1) Excludes cases that were discontinued, where the charge was withdrawn, where the defendant failed to appear, and committals for trial to the Crown Court.</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.</p><p>(4) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(5) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 21/07/2014 11:10:46 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76883

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to implement Schedule 1, paragraph 35 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 on reviewing youth rehablitation orders in each court since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Reducing reoffending and the better rehabilitation of young offenders are key priorities for this Government. We believe that the Youth Rehabilitation Order enables courts to sentence in a flexible and tailored way in order to effectively address offending behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that Lord Carlile has recommended the implementation of this provision in his recent report into the effectiveness of the Youth Court. We are currently considering all of the report's recommendations, alongside other departments, local authorities and the senior judiciary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/07/2014 16:49:40 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76903

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children in the child protection system entered the youth justice system in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The ‘child protection system' can be taken to encompass a wide framework of referral, assessment, investigation and care processes. Information is not held centrally on the number of children subject to such processes who have entered the youth justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Young people entering the youth justice system will receive a full assessment of their needs by a youth justice practitioner, which will include establishing their care status and history and evaluation of other factors affecting their offending behaviour, in order to inform effective interventions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/07/2014 16:51:12 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

76904

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will extend the role of registered intermediaries to include participation in all court proceedings involving children.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	204949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Intermediaries were introduced in the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 to help vulnerable witnesses, including children, communicate their evidence during criminal proceedings. Though there are no plans to extend the use of Registered Intermediaries to other court proceedings, we are working with our partners in the criminal justice system to increase the provision and uptake of Registered Intermediaries.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 14/07/2014 12:41:33 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77444

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W, on courts: video conferencing, which of the enlisted external video end points have been used in court proceedings involving children in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	205418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>We must do everything we can to support vulnerable witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice. That's why we are trialling pre recorded cross-examination to allow young and vulnerable witnesses to give evidence away from what can be an aggressive court room atmosphere.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service uses information about child witnesses in criminal cases to ensure that individual trials are managed effectively. HMCTS does not however, hold child witness data on video link usage.</p><p> </p><p>The answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W sets out the court houses within each HMCTS region which have the ability to link to an external video end point to that of the trial court. All of the HMCTS video estate is located within HMCTS courthouses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 205419 question first answered 17/07/2014 13:02:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77445

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W, on courts: video conferencing, how many of the enlisted external video end points are located away from a courthouse.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	205419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>We must do everything we can to support vulnerable witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice. That's why we are trialling pre recorded cross-examination to allow young and vulnerable witnesses to give evidence away from what can be an aggressive court room atmosphere.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service uses information about child witnesses in criminal cases to ensure that individual trials are managed effectively. HMCTS does not however, hold child witness data on video link usage.</p><p> </p><p>The answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, columns 256-60W sets out the court houses within each HMCTS region which have the ability to link to an external video end point to that of the trial court. All of the HMCTS video estate is located within HMCTS courthouses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 205418 question first answered 17/07/2014 13:02:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77446

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 255W, on courts: children, what elements are involved in the specialist training available to judicial office holders dealing with cases involving children.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	205420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, responsibility for the training of the judiciary rests with the Lord Chief Justice and is exercised through the Judicial College. All training is carried out under the direction of the judiciary. The judiciary have no obligation to share the contents of their training with Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>However, I am advised that training seeks to support the main role of the judge which is to enable all those who appear in court the opportunity to give their best evidence. Judicial office holders are authorised to hear cases involving children and will attend induction training when first authorised.</p><p> </p><p>Where witnesses are deemed “vulnerable” (which includes children) training will emphasise good case management to ensure that appropriate special measures are used by the Court. This includes controlling the management and scope of cross examination. Where a sexual offence is being considered for example, judges are given information about the psychological effects of this in the context of giving evidence. These few examples are not a complete list of the elements of training and regular assessment of the content of courses will mean they vary over time and according to particular seminars and audiences.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/07/2014 10:21:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77448

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders have been tried before (a) adult magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	205394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The vast majority of children and young people have their cases heard by specially trained magistrates in the Youth Court.</p><p> </p><p>A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together. Children alleged to have committed serious offences, for example homicide or offences that for an adult would result in 14 years or more in prison, are tried in the Crown Court and may also be tried there if it is in the interest of justice to keep them together with an adult co-defendant.</p><p> </p><p>Overall crime is down and fewer young people are offending. Proven offending by under-18s has reduced by 44 percent since 2010/11, while the number of first time entrants to the system has fallen by 39 percent over the same period. The number of young people dealt with in the criminal courts has also fallen, reducing by 51% between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of children and young people tried in (a) the adult magistrates’ courts is set out at Table 1.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Young people aged 10-17 tried at adult magistrates' courts, England and Wales, 2010-2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at adult magistrates' courts<sup>(1), (2), (3) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>10,401</p></td><td><p>10,667</p></td><td><p>5,463</p></td><td><p>5,702</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data on the number of children and young people tried in (b) the Crown Court is set out in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Young people aged 10-17 tried at the Crown Court, England and Wales, 2009 - 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at the Crown Court <sup>(4) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>3,002</p></td><td><p>2,787</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td><td><p>1,847</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are considering the recommendations made by the recent inquiry by Parliamentarians, chaired by Lord Carlile, including the recommendation concerning where cases involving children and young people are heard.</p><p>_______________________________________</p><p>(1) Excludes cases that were discontinued, where the charge was withdrawn, where the defendant failed to appear, and committals for trial to the Crown Court.</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.</p><p>(4) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(5) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/07/2014 16:30:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

90617

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church of England: Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners have set criteria excluding some bidders from the purchase of its land currently for sale near Bishop Auckland.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	208259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners are operating an open and transparent marketing and bidding process for the property for sale near Bishop Auckland.</p><p>The Church Commissioners’ bidding process leaves no room for undue influence by any interested party. The Church Commissioners have not set criteria that would exclude any party from submitting offers, and all offers will be considered without prejudice or preference.</p><p>As a registered charity the Church Commissioners are under a legal duty to demonstrate that they have maximised the proceeds of sale of their assets to fund the wider mission and ministry of the Church of England, particularly in areas of need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 10/09/2014 15:20:09 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

90618

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Church of England: Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, for what reasons land owned by the Church near Bishop Auckland is for sale.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	208260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners own areas of land across England, including four rural estates in the North East. As with other land and property owners, we review these holdings from time to time, based on a variety of commercial and other factors. Following a review, the Commissioners took the decision to offer a number of farms in the Bishop Auckland area on the open market. They continue to own other land and estates in County Durham.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 10/09/2014 15:17:36 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

61447

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Green Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that the Green Investment Bank does not provide support to (a) the proposed Helius Bioenergy Plant at Avonmouth and (b) other biofuel projects.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	200184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I have spoken to the Chief Executive of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) about the proposed plant at Avonmouth to ensure he is aware of the concerns that have been raised about it. The impacts of individual proposals for biomass power projects are subject to detailed assessment during the planning approval process and final decisions in each case are a matter for the relevant planning authority. This proposal received planning consent in March 2010. The final consent letter may be found on the DECC Energy Infrastructure webpage at <a href="https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/EIP/pages/projects/Avonmouth.htm" target="_blank">https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/EIP/pages/projects/Avonmouth.htm</a>. I cannot comment on the merits of that decision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government's position on the role of biomass power within the UK's energy mix has been set out clearly in the UK Bioenergy Strategy (2012) which can be found on the Government's website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-bioenergy-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-bioenergy-strategy</a>. Thissets out how the Government seeks to ensure the benefits of bioenergy are achieved in a way that delivers genuine carbon reductions and that fuel is sourced sustainably. The extensive sustainability requirements in place for the use of biomass fuel are set out in the UK Government Response to the consultation on biomass sustainability and the Renewables Obligation (RO), published in August 2013 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/231102/RO_Biomass_Sustainability_consultation_-_Government_Response_22_August_2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/231102/RO_Biomass_Sustainability_consultation_-_Government_Response_22_August_2013.pdf</a>). In considering whether to participate in financing a biomass power project, GIB must satisfy itself that the Government's sustainability requirements are fully met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 30/06/2014 15:43:27 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 1735 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

65300

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Smoke Alarms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of the respondents to his Department's Review of Property conditions in the Private Rented Sector issued in February 2014 supported the mandatory installation of smoke alarms in privately rented housing.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
	uin	203564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DCLG published a discussion document earlier this year, which invited views on what more could be done to improve property conditions in the private rented sector. Responses are now being considered and we will publish our response along with a summary of the views submitted later this summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 09/07/2014 15:48:57 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford

77891

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish his Department's response to the Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector and a summary of the views submitted in response to that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
	uin	205934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the rt. hon. Member to the answer given on 9 July 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 292W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/07/2014 14:31:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford

77892

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Building Regulations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research he has undertaken into the effects of the changes introduced in 2010 to Part F of the Building Regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
	uin	205935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have not undertaken any research yet into the effects of the 2010 changes to the ventilation provisions in Part F of the Building Regulations, but this is being considered by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 22/07/2014 13:41:07 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford