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455751

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date	26/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Wildlife Crime Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the National Wildlife Crime Unit on reducing wildlife-related crimes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	28766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office has not conducted an assessment of the effect the Unit has made on reducing wildlife-related crimes.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/03/2016 15:34:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

455753

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspectors appointed under section 18 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 are currently in post; what the complement for such inspectors is; how many of the inspectors are former personal or project licence holders; and what the turnover of inspectors so appointed has been over the last three calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	28762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>There are 19 inspectors currently in post appointed under Section 18 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. This figure includes the position of Chief Inspector. The Home Office is in the process of recruiting three further inspectors to bring the headcount to a complement of 22.</p><p>The turnover of inspection staff over the last three years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of inspectors left post</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of inspectors recruited</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We do not hold information on whether inspectors are former project or personal licence holders. None of our inspectors currently hold either a personal or project licence.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/03/2016 15:51:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

455755

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nature Conservation: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce crimes against wildlife in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	28748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>We fully understand the importance of tackling wildlife crime. This is reflected in the fact that, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office provides specific funding to support the work of the National Wildlife Crime Unit.</p><p>The funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit is in addition to the funding central Government provides to the police in England and Wales to tackle all types of crime, including wildlife crime. Additionally, Border Force leads the operational response in respect of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/03/2016 15:32:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

455374

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many consultants' contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Department procures consultancy as a service against deliverables and outputs and not in terms of individuals. The Home Department has not terminated any consultancy service engagements early in any of the last six years and therefore has not incurred any such costs.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/03/2016 15:27:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455386

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>&quot;Home Office overtime expenditure on overtime is published as part of the transparency data.</p><p>Figures for January 2014 to December 2015 (the latest available month) can be found here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2015</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2014</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/03/2016 15:31:26 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

454964

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licence applications under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were (a) granted and (b) refused on the basis of the results of the harm-benefit analysis carried out on those applications by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	28258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the response I previously provided to her question on 4 February 2016 (24508). The Home Office does not keep records of applications that have been rejected / refused or withdrawn at the concept or at the drafting stage.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/03/2016 15:55:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith