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514129

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Justice Select Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times he has attended public meetings of the Justice Committee since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	34564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice attended public meetings of the Justice Select Committee on two occasions since his appointment. The dates on which he attended was 15 July 2015 and 16 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/04/2016 10:48:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

513531

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Services: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of transparency and scrutiny used by fire and rescue authorities during their recruitment processes.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	34261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>Matters of recruitment are for individual fire and rescue authorities as employers. Any recruitment activity should be in line with the policies and procedures agreed by fire authority members, and appointments should be transparent and open to scrutiny by local citizens. The Government has taken steps to improve the transparency of this decision-making, not least through the Localism Act 2011 and its associated guidance.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/04/2016 11:55:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

513242

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hospitals: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the use of buffer zones outside NHS hospitals where abortions are carried out.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	34185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>While peaceful protest is a vital part of our democratic society, there is a balance to be struck between the rights of those who wish to peacefully protest and the rights of others, such as clinic staff and patients, to go about their business free from harassment and intimidation.</p><p>The law provides protection against harassment and intimidation and the police have a range of powers to manage protests. The use of these powers are an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/04/2016 11:55:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

513250

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which agreement takes precedence in areas where she has accepted a business case for the police and crime commissioner to become the fire and rescue authority, or where such a transfer is in progress, and where the Government has also agreed a City Deal that would give combined authorities responsibility over fire and rescue services.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	34171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The transfer of responsibility for fire and rescue services to either Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) or mayoral combined authorities is consistent with the Government’s broader approach to devolution. Joining up oversight of public services in this way will promote further collaboration and enable local leaders to pursue ambitious reforms that improve local services and deliver value for money.</p><p>The Government has been clear that it is for local leaders to determine how fire and rescue services are delivered in the best interests of their communities. The Government will consider any proposals to transfer responsibility for fire and rescue to a PCC or to a combined authority mayor on a case by case basis. There is no pre-determined order of preference.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/04/2016 14:42:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

513268

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Cheshire East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies, executive agencies, non-ministerial departments, advisory bodies and other accountable statutory bodies (i) have been abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority since 2010 and (ii) will be abolished in or relocated from East Cheshire Local Authority by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	34161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Within the Ministry of Justice, only the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services (Cafcass) have or have had offices within the East Cheshire postal address.</p><p>In September 2010 Cafcass closed its Sandbach office following consultation with staff. All 11 posts were relocated to the nearby Warrington office.</p><p>Within HMCTS, one post has been re-located from the East Cheshire Local Authority Area since 2010 and 16 posts have not been replaced when vacated by the previous post-holder. As part of the HMCTS Estates Reform Programme, both Macclesfield Magistrates' and Macclesfield County Courts are due to close in September 2016. Discussions are ongoing with HMCTS staff in post as to potential redeployment options that include courts in Crewe, however no decisions have yet taken place.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/04/2016 11:51:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

513041

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Inquiries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many restriction (a) notices and (b) orders her Department has issued to restrict inquiries under (i) section 19(1)(a) and (ii) section 19(1)(b) of the Inquiries Act 2005 in each year since 2009-10 (A) in total and (B) for the Undercover Policing Inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	34132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>Since 2009, under section 19(2)(a) of the Inquiries Act 2005,the Secretary of State for the Home Department has issued a total of four restriction notices - two in 2014 and two in 2015. All four were in relation to the Litvinenko Inquiry.</p><p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department has not issued any restriction notices for the Undercover Policing Inquiry.</p><p>Under section 19(2)(b) of the Inquiries Act 2005 restriction orders can only be issued by the Chair of an inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/04/2016 13:36:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

512653

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the procurement of ASP batons.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	33939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Decisions about the procurement of equipment for the police, including batons, are for chief constables and Police and Crime Commissioners locally. The Home Office supports forces working together to improve the value for money obtained from procurement by agreeing common specifications and aggregating their purchasing power. Suitably trained Border Force staff may be issued with collapsible batons. The Home Office requires Border Force to procure those batons through a Crown Commercial Service contract. The batons supplied are not the ASP brand.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/04/2016 08:29:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

512673

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to establish an Infrastructure Police Force to replace the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	33881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review made a commitment to “integrate infrastructure policing further and to review the options to do this” and this review is underway.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/04/2016 11:56:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

511309

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Services: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of adequacy of the level of transparency in the recruitment process for Chief Fire Officers.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	33488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>Matters of recruitment are for individual fire and rescue authorities as employers. However, Ministers have been clear that payments for senior fire officers who return to employment immediately after retirement are an unacceptable use of taxpayers’ money, especially when fire authorities need to be making sensible savings.</p><p>That is why this Government has issued explicit guidance on the re-employment of senior staff who have previously been in receipt of a redundancy or severance payment, or who are in receipt of a local government or fire service pension. Fire and rescue authorities have the ability to deal with this problem and should do so. The public have a right to know when, and on what basis, these decisions have been made, and we have made provision for this.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/04/2016 13:16:30 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

510140

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	33295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The table below sets out a) the number of and b) proportion of Ministry of Justice staff who have resigned over the past six years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Total No. Of Resignations</p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2128</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1942</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1788</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1784</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2213</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2517</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information includes staff within Ministry of Justice Headquarters, National Offender Management Service, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service, Office of the Public Guardian and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. Scotland Office and Wales Office staff are in scope for the years 2010-2011, UK Supreme Court staff are in scope for the years 2011-2012 and staff within the Legal Aid Agency are included from 2013.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/04/2016 15:25:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth