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155484

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Iran
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the P5+1 counterparts on the latest report into Iran's nuclear programme by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Fareham
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
	uin	214324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text The Director General’s report of 7 November 2014 on the status of Iran’s nuclear programme will be discussed at the IAEA Board of Governors on 20-21 November. All of the P5+1 sit on the Board and will be in attendance. The IAEA Director General’s reports update all members of the P5+1 on the status of Iran’s nuclear programme. The 7 November report confirms Iran’s adherence to the nuclear commitments agreed between the P5+1 and Iran under the JPoA. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/11/2014 15:20:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

225156

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to outsource child safeguarding functions from local authorities; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	226411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Where a local authority is judged to be failing in its provision and delivery of children’s services, the Secretary of State has a discretionary power to intervene under the Education Act 1996, as applied by section 50 of the Children Act 2004. This may include directing the local authority to review its children’s services operations and commissioning procedures, and this may include the delivery of specified functions by another body.</p><p> </p><p>The powers under part 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 and associated regulations are quite different and provide for local authorities to be able to delegate children’s social care functions, including safeguarding functions, to third parties on a voluntary basis. The Department for Education has no plans to instruct any local authorities to delegate their functions under these provisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/03/2015 15:48:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

176390

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will introduce a compensation scheme for civilian casualties in Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	222465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>When targeting ISIL terrorists we do all we can to minimise the risk of causing casualties among the civilian population. Overall, the air campaign in Iraq is being conducted with precision and we do not believe that there have been any civilian casualties arising from UK actions. We are currently in discussion with our coalition partners with a view to agreeing a mechanism for tracking, reporting, investigating and responding to allegations of civilian casualties. Responses to individual allegations will vary according to circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 16/03/2015 17:42:07 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 43007 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

175721

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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	Antisemitism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the terror threat to Jewish targets in Europe.
	tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
	tabling member printed	James Morris
	uin	222008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>We work closely with our international partners in the EU and beyond to tackle the threat that terrorism poses to all communities, with regular discussions on security and counter-terrorism issues. Currently, we are working with European partners to further strengthen areas of operational and policy co-operation, to support information and international data sharing, to implement a common strategy to counter the threat from ‘foreign fighters’, and to counter radicalisation both within and outside the EU.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 02/02/2015 14:51:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

173722

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	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	Western Sahara
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on (a) the position of that country in relation to the administration of Western Sahara and (b) whether Spain has submitted information to the UN about conditions in that territory, as is required of an administering power.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
	uin	220763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>We have not made representations to the Spanish government relating to Western Sahara. Spain is not listed by the UN as the administering Power of Western Sahara and has not therefore transmitted information on the territory in accordance with Article 73 e of the charter of the UN.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/01/2015 15:24:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

176378

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2015, Official Report, column 687W, whether his Department is carrying out a strategic review of the use and effects of remotely piloted air systems in Afghanistan following the end of combat operations in that country.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	222432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>We have learnt a variety of lessons on the operation of the UK's Air assets (including Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) through their use in Afghanistan. We will want to look at lessons that can be learned from the campaign more broadly, but our recent focus has been on a successful drawdown from the ISAF Combat mission and transition to the NATO Resolute Support Mission. No decision has yet been taken on a wider review of combat operations in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 03/02/2015 17:19:53 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 42445 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

156330

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Diabetes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adult patients on insulin therapy have been offered an Insulin Passport in each NHS commissioning area in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	215010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold information on the number of adult patients on insulin therapy who have been offered an Insulin Passport in each NHS commissioning area in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/11/2014 17:25:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

174087

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Recreation Spaces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many adopted local plans include the designation of local green spaces; and how many such spaces have been designated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>We do not collect detailed statistics on individual policies within Local Plans.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/01/2015 12:05:38 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

176657

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the number of electors registered in each constituency on the new electoral registers; what is the change compared with the registers as first published in the previous year in (1) numbers, and (2) as a percentage change; and whether they are taking further action to increase the number of people registered before the General Election.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>We are only mid-way through the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) and so the current electoral registers offer only an initial and partial snapshot of the registration landscape. Electoral statistics based on the last electoral registers published under the previous household system are available on the Office for National Statistics website:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2013/stb---2013-electoral-statistics.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/electoral-statistics-for-uk/2013/stb---2013-electoral-statistics.html</a></p><p> </p><p>ONS plans to publish statistics for England and Wales on 26 February based on the registers as at 1 December 2014 and on 16 April for the Scottish registers as at 2 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided funding of over £14 million between financial years 2013/14 and 2014/15 to support the costs of activities aimed at increasing the completeness and accuracy of the electoral register. We have also provided all Local Authorities and Valuation Joint Boards in Great Britain with a share of £30m resource funding, across this financial year and the previous financial year, to support them in making the transition to IER.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 12/02/2015 16:56:29 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

179342

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department will assess (a) the effect of drone strikes on civilian populations and (b) access to civilian compensation schemes as part of its humanitarian mission in Iraq and Syria.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	224261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>We are monitoring the impact of military operations on civilian populations in both Iraq and Syria and ensuring our humanitarian response is targeted to those most in need. To date, the UK has pledged £800 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the region, and a further £39.5 million to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq. Access to civilian compensation schemes is an MoD lead and therefore does not form part of our humanitarian mission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 26/02/2015 16:35:25 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest