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443065

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Bureaucracy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time spent on paperwork by prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are closing ageing and ineffective prisons and investing in a modern, efficient prison estate which rehabilitates criminals.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Parliamentary question answered in error. The correct answer to this question will be updated to reflect this in due course.</del></p><br /><p>We are closing ageing and ineffective prisons and investing in a modern, efficient prison estate which rehabilitates criminals.</p><p>We are exploring how we can provide Governors and front line staff with greater freedom so they can innovate and find new and better ways of rehabilitating offenders. This will include looking for opportunities to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Better rehabilitation will help reduce reoffending, cut crime and improve public safety.</del></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/01/2016 09:39:56 question first ministerially corrected 18/01/2016 17:13:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 39217 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

443067

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: ICT
	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 adequacy of levels of computer literacy among prison staff.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>All staff who are required to use computers as part of their day-to-day duties will receive formal training in the use of specific software or programmes during induction into their role, or as part of continuous professional development.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/01/2016 14:31:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

443066

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much illicitly-brewed alcohol was seized in prisons in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has in place a comprehensive range of security measures and searching techniques to detect items of contraband including alcohol, to prevent smuggling into prisons. In addition we use specially trained dogs to detect illicit alcohol.</p><br /><p>The table below gives the number of alcohol finds in prisons in England and Wales in the timeframe requested</p><p>Table 1: Finds of alcohol in prisons in England and Wales, 2005 to 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Incidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1090</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) Figures were produced by searching for the words “alcohol”, “hooch” and “fermenting liquid”.</p><p>(2) Includes NOMS operated Immigration Removal Centres</p><p>(3) Data in whole years only and is not yet available for 2015</p><br /><p>Changes were introduced to the Incident Report System in September 2015 that improved the recording of alcohol finds. Prior to these changes, alcohol related finds are recorded as a &quot;miscellaneous&quot; incident and requires a text search of the data. This method of extracting data requires searching for specific words and may not always identify all the related incidents. It can also identify non-related incidents which contain the words in the search. In this case I have searched for the words &quot;alcohol&quot;, &quot;hooch&quot; and &quot;fermenting liquid&quot; in the incident text.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time.Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/01/2016 14:32:10 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

442983

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Rare Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support cooperation between rare diseases organisations through the EU Policy Action and Information for Rare Diseases in Europe.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government published the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases in November 2013. The strategy includes 51 specific commitments designed to improve the lives of all those affected by rare diseases.</p><br /><p>The Government is committed to improving the lives of all those affected by rare diseases and the United Kingdom is recognised as a leader in Europe in the research, care and treatment of rare diseases. The strategy includes commitments to contribute to European Union-wide action on rare diseases.</p><br /><p>Through the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, the UK successfully led the most recent EU Joint Action on Rare Diseases which concluded in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 14/01/2016 14:48:59 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

442982

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Rare Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support the NHS recruit, retain and help the professional development of consultants specialising in (a) rare and (b) ultra-rare diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government published the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases in November 2013. The strategy is a high-level framework which sets out a strategic vision for improving the lives of all those affected by rare diseases. The strategy includes specific commitments regarding the education and training of the National Health Service workforce in the context of genomics and rare diseases.</p><br /><p>Health Education England (HEE) was established to deliver a better healthcare workforce for England and for ensuring a secure workforce supply for the future. In addition, the HEE Genomics Education Programme was established in 2014 and is intended to build capacity and capability in response to the genomic medicine revolution. The programme includes rare diseases within its scope and will support the professional development of both new and existing members of the NHS workforce.</p><br /><p>HEE has also published a suite of awareness raising videos to inform healthcare workers and the public about rare diseases. One video is aimed at general practitioners and highlights the importance of considering the possibility that their patient may have a rare condition.</p><br /> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 14/01/2016 15:01:02 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

443305

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's publication, Call to End Violence against Women and Girls' Action Plan 2014, published in March 2014, what progress has been made on putting in place a new code of practice to ensure that safe addresses of victims of domestic and sexual abuse are protected; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>Protecting women and girls from violence and supporting victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence remain key priorities for the Government. We will continue to improve the protection for victims and to bring offenders to justice.</p><p>The Home Office has been working with a number of relevant Government Departments to assess what processes and guidance are currently used to protect the addresses and personal information of vulnerable persons and victims of crime. We are now developing a voluntary code of practice to address the identified gaps.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/01/2016 16:29:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

442837

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the sale of illegally-produced alcohol in shops.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling alcohol fraud. Alcohol producers have to be licensed or gain approval by HMRC to operate. Illegal production is off-record and often involves the counterfeiting of established alcohol brands; chiefly spirits.</p><br /><p>Detections of illegally produced alcohol in shops are low. However, because of the potentially serious health consequences of consumption, vigilance by enforcement agencies and the public is crucial.</p><br /><p>HMRC responds robustly to all discoveries of illegal production of alcohol and works collaboratively with other enforcement agencies such as Local Authority Trading Standards and the Police, to tackle the sale of counterfeit alcohol. As well as exchanging intelligence, HMRC and Trading Standards Officers take part in joint exercises targeting retailers in specific regions to detect illegal products. Agencies working together can bring a broader range of sanctions and penalties against those who chose to flout the laws.</p><br /><p>Sales of alcohol that are suspected to be illegally produced, counterfeit or untaxed can be reported to HMRC by using hotline number 0800 595 000, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/01/2016 17:49:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

444161

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Floods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers of the Lancashire Regiment were deployed in tackling recent flooding; how many reserve soldiers of that Regiment were involved; how long that deployment lasted; and what assessment he has made of the effect of those soldiers' contribution to the wider recovery and rescue operation.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	22078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>2nd Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2 LANCS) were the UK Standby Battalion throughout the period of the recent flooding. They were deployed as follows:</p><p>13-15 November 2015 - Three Liaison Officers (planners) were deployed: two in Penrith, Cumbria and one in Hutton, Lancashire. A company of around 100 troops were deployed constructing flood barriers at Braystones, Cumbria and Ribchester and Whalley, Lancashire. A further two companies of around 100 troops each were at 12 hours and 24 hours notice to support, but did not deploy.</p><p>6-16 December 2015 - Around 300 troops, 200 of whom were from 2 LANCS, deployed to conduct tasks across two counties; around 10 troops deployed to Lancaster Hospital, the remainder deployed throughout Cumbria to tasks at Carlisle, Patterdale and Glenridding, Appleby, St Michael on Wyre, Keswick, Cockermouth, Garstang and the clearance of the A591. In addition, there were around 300 troops held at notice in unit lines 200 of whom were from 2 LANCS.</p><p>28 December 2015 - 8 January 2016 - Around 400 troops from 2 LANCS deployed, as did around 100 troops from other Regiments. These troops conducted tasks within this period across four counties at: Croston, the River Douglas, Ribchester and Whalley in Lancashire, as well as locations across North and West Yorkshire and Cumbria. There were further around 1050 troops from other Regiments held at notice.</p><p>Although around 35 Reservists were employed during the December and January periods of support, and around 5 Reservists were held at short notice, none of them were from 2 LANCS.</p><p>The Armed Forces, particularly 2 LANCS as the UK Standby Battalion, were heavily involved in the emergency response in what was a very dynamic situation and they played a significant role in helping local authorities and the Environment Agency respond to the floods. I would like to take this opportunity again to thank all those involved in the response to the floods across all the affected areas, from troops on the ground to air crews and those in command roles.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/01/2016 16:04:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

444151

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Bahrain: Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the establishment of the HMS Juffair naval base on the UK's ability to react to humanitarian crises in the Gulf.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	22077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The improvement to the Support Facility at Mina Salman Port in Bahrain will provide a permanent expansion of the Ministry of Defence's presence in the Gulf. The enhanced facilities will provide better support for ships on operations including supporting humanitarian crises.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/01/2016 16:06:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

444764

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	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	Caravans: Parking
	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 motorhome-friendly parking sites there are in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Lancashire.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	22266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold data for of the number of motorhome-friendly parking sites. Parking provision is a matter for which local authorities are responsible, and the development of parking policies should take account of the existing and projected levels of parking demand.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/01/2016 16:51:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson