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	registered interest
	date	09/09/2014
	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, what the national youth justice budget was in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	208784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer my honourable member to a previous answer of 26 November 2013 to question 176385, HC Deb 26 Nov 2013: Column 234W, which provides the Youth Justice Board’s budget for the past five years:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131126/text/131126w0003.htm#13112677002849" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131126/text/131126w0003.htm#13112677002849</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/09/2014 08:58:55 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

79326

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what checks and balances he has put in place to ensure that Veterans UK is accountable to his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	207033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Veterans UK and the former Service Personnel and Veterans Agency are part of Defence Business Services (DBS) and form part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). DBS is responsible and accountable to the MOD Permanent Under Secretary and Ministers who are answerable to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 207038 question first answered 04/09/2014 11:58:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

79327

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Veterans UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints Veterans UK has received since its creation; and whether those complaints have been categorised.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	207034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Veterans UK was formed on 1 April 2014 as part of the merger of the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency into Defence Business Services.<br><br>Veterans UK has received a total of 122 complaints since April 2014. These are broken down into 25 Armed Forces Pension Scheme, and 97 War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme complaints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/09/2014 13:04:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

78728

	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	Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of moving the immunisation coordinator role from primary care trust into commissioning positions on the availability of immunisation advice to nurse-based practitioners.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	206559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) Screening and Immunisation Teams, including immunisation co-ordinators, have been embedded within NHS England area teams since 1 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Immunisation advice remains available to health professionals, including nurse-based practitioners, through local PHE Health Protection Teams and Screening and Immunisation Teams within NHS England, who are supported by a national expert advice line. Comprehensive web-based advice including such resources as frequently asked questions, also remain available.</p><p> </p><p>We have not made any specific assessment of the possible effect on the availability of immunisation advice to nurse-based practitioners by PHE in this context.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 15:53:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

76960

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training employees of his Department receive about how to engage with people who (a) have mental health problems and (b) exhibit suicidal behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	204966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) trains staff in the skills required to support all customers and claimants.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/07/2014 14:53:07 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77184

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the UK Border Agency were assigned to implementing the tackling tobacco smuggling strategy in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; and how many such staff were engaged in (i) detection, (ii) intelligence gathering and analysis, (iii) investigations and (iv) the provision of legal advice.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	205202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Border Agency (UKBA) was responsible for customs functions until March 2012. <br>Detection and intelligence work on illegal commodities, including illegal <br>tobacco, is now carried out by Border Force, in partnership with Civil Service <br>and law enforcement colleagues.<br>As operations undertaken by UKBA and Border Force targeted a range of <br>commodities, the numbers of staff working specifically on the tobacco strategy <br>are not available. To release more general information about the numbers of <br>staff involved in such operations would jeopardise the effectiveness of our <br>current customs activities. Border Security must be our prime consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 13:24:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77188

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of salaries for staff allocated to the tackling tobacco smuggling strategy for those staff (a) engaged in detection, (b) engaged in investigations, (c) working on intelligence matters and (d) in total in (i) 2011-12 and (ii) 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	205204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Details of staffing resources deployed to specifically deal with tobacco <br>smuggling were not kept, so we are unable to provide information as to the <br>salary costs.<br>In order to ensure the effectiveness of our current operations and maintain <br>border security, Border Force is unable to provide information on the numbers <br>of staff involved in any current or historical operations. Border Security must <br>be our prime consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 15/07/2014 13:21:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77859

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy in each year since 2010-11; how many of his Department's staff worked on implementing that strategy in each such year; and how many such staff were engaged in (a) detection, (b) intelligence-gathering and analysis, (c) investigations and (d) the provision of legal advice.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	206017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for staff employed on tackling tobacco smuggling in the way requested. The total costs for each year are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Salary Cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£37.044</p></td><td><p>£36.882</p></td><td><p>£35.734</p></td><td><p>£37.731</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not operate any x-ray scanners. Border Force has responsibility for the operation of x-ray scanners as part of the joint strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs total expenditure on tobacco work since 2010-11 is detailed in the table below. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total expenditure on tobacco work (millions)</p></td><td><p>£65.750</p></td><td><p>£68.918</p></td><td><p>£67.641</p></td><td><p>£76.000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the staff information in the format requested. However, the total figures are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>832</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the year 2012/13, the UK cigarette illicit market was reported at 9%, which is half the level seen a decade ago. The illicit market share for hand-rolling tobacco is 36%, lower than in 2010/11 and significantly lower than the level seen in 2008/09, when it was 50 per cent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 206015 206016 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:57:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77862

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost in salaries was for those officials in his Department employed in tackling tobacco smuggling (a) in total, (b) in detection, (c) in investigations and (d) on intelligence matters in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	206015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for staff employed on tackling tobacco smuggling in the way requested. The total costs for each year are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Salary Cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£37.044</p></td><td><p>£36.882</p></td><td><p>£35.734</p></td><td><p>£37.731</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not operate any x-ray scanners. Border Force has responsibility for the operation of x-ray scanners as part of the joint strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs total expenditure on tobacco work since 2010-11 is detailed in the table below. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total expenditure on tobacco work (millions)</p></td><td><p>£65.750</p></td><td><p>£68.918</p></td><td><p>£67.641</p></td><td><p>£76.000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the staff information in the format requested. However, the total figures are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>832</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the year 2012/13, the UK cigarette illicit market was reported at 9%, which is half the level seen a decade ago. The illicit market share for hand-rolling tobacco is 36%, lower than in 2010/11 and significantly lower than the level seen in 2008/09, when it was 50 per cent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 206016 206017 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:57:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77863

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure HM Revenue and Customs has incurred in operating x-ray scanners to tackle tobacco smuggling in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	206016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for staff employed on tackling tobacco smuggling in the way requested. The total costs for each year are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Salary Cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£37.044</p></td><td><p>£36.882</p></td><td><p>£35.734</p></td><td><p>£37.731</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not operate any x-ray scanners. Border Force has responsibility for the operation of x-ray scanners as part of the joint strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs total expenditure on tobacco work since 2010-11 is detailed in the table below. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total expenditure on tobacco work (millions)</p></td><td><p>£65.750</p></td><td><p>£68.918</p></td><td><p>£67.641</p></td><td><p>£76.000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the staff information in the format requested. However, the total figures are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>832</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the year 2012/13, the UK cigarette illicit market was reported at 9%, which is half the level seen a decade ago. The illicit market share for hand-rolling tobacco is 36%, lower than in 2010/11 and significantly lower than the level seen in 2008/09, when it was 50 per cent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 206015 206017 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:57:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger