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105994

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
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 spent on iPhones in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does hold the information that you requested. However, after careful consideration we have decided not to disclose the information as we have a contractual obligation to treat the costs as confidential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:04:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105996

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British nationals were extradited from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant to each other EU member state in each of the last five years; what allegations or offences each such person was extradited for; whether each such person was convicted of that extradition offence; if they were extradited for prosecution; and what sentences were imposed upon each.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Between the start of the 2009-2010 business year and 31 March 2014 the UK has extradited a total of 217 British nationals under the Arrest Warrant. This represents 4.3% of the 5072 people surrendered during this period.<br><br></p><p>The attached table breaks down by country surrender to, offence and business year.</p><p>Due to the way in which the National Crime Agency holds the data it has not been possible to break down this data by whether the Arrest Warrant was issued in an accusation or conviction case. Data on sentences imposed is not routinely provided by other Member States.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 14:19:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 213179.docx title Extradited British nationals - Arrest Warrant
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

105997

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is permissible for the UK under Article 6 of the European Convention on Extradition to refuse to extradite British nationals in certain cases rather than to impose a blanket refusal to extradite any British national.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Article 6 of the European Convention on Extradition allows Contracting Parties to refuse to extradite their nationals (in any circumstances).</p><p>It is already the case that the UK does not extradite British nationals in some cases where the tests in the Extradition Act 2003 are not met or where a statutory bar to extradition applies. British nationals are extradited in other cases, where the tests in the Act are met and the statutory bars to extradition do not apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:53:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106001

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of extraditions of (a) British nationals and (b) other persons sought from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant were barred for reason of incompatibility with Convention rights in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the reasons why Arrest Warrants have been refused by the courts, including on Human Rights grounds, is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:52:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106002

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British nationals and (b) other persons were extradited from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant for conduct that took place in whole or part within the UK but was not a crime under the law of the relevant part of the UK in each of the last five years; and under which provisions of sections 64 or 65 of the Extradition Act 2003 prior to its amendment by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 such extraditions took place.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>This information cannot be obtained from National Crime Agency (NCA) records and there is no known example of any person being extradited from the UK under an Arrest Warrant for conduct that took place in whole or part within the UK but which was not a crime under the law of the relevant part of the UK. <br><br>The amendments to sections 64 and 65 of the Extradition Act 2003 clarified that in all cases where all or part of the conduct for which surrender is sought took place in the UK, that conduct must be criminalised in the UK for surrender to be permissible. Where that is not the case the individuals will not be surrendered. Since the reforms came into force, and up to 31 October, the NCA has refused to certify 38 Arrest Warrants on the basis that they would obviously have to be refused by a court for a failure to meet the requirement of dual criminality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 16:06:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 26502 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106003

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds in EU law the UK may refuse to execute a European Arrest Warrant under the provisions of (a) section 13, (b) section 14 and (c) section 25 of the Extradition Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A UK judge may refuse to execute an Arrest Warrant on the basis of section 13, 14 or 25 of the 2003 Act by virtue of Article 1(3) of EU Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, which is very clear that the Decision shall not have the effect of modifying the obligation to respect fundamental rights and fundamental legal principles as enshrined in Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union. <br><br>In addition, the recitals to the Decision set out at that &quot;Nothing in this Framework Decision may be interpreted as prohibiting refusal to surrender a <br>person for whom a European arrest warrant has been issued when there are reasons to believe, on the basis of objective elements, that the said arrest warrant has been issued for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing a person on the grounds of his or her sex, race, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, language, political opinions or sexual orientation, or that that person's position may be prejudiced for any of these reasons.&quot;</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:54:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106004

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what forecast she has made of the likely proportion of extraditions sought from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant of (a) British nationals and (b) other persons that will be barred under (i) section 12A and (ii) the proportionality test in section 21A of the Extradition Act 2003 as amended, in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Between the date on which the Government's reforms to the Arrest Warrant came into force (21 July 2014) and 31 October 2014, the National Crime Agency (NCA) refused to certify 21 Arrest Warrants on proportionality grounds. In addition to this, the courts have discharged one case on the basis of the new proportionality test in section 21A of the 2003 Act.<br><br>No Arrest Warrants have been discharged by the courts on charge and try grounds in this three-month period, but we expect that position will change as the legislation now provides for a UK judge to refuse extradition where issuing State is not trial-ready.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:51:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106007

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of appointments in the Home Department at all grades made by exception to the Civil Service Recruitment Principles for the full financial years since 2009/10. The increase in the number of exceptions used by the Department in 2013-14 reflects temporary appointments made to meet seasonal workforce demands in Border Force.<br><br>We do not hold centrally the names of those appointed to each post, and providing would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of exceptions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>366</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:14:27 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106008

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Freedom of Information requests her Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes annual statistical reports on the handling of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for central government. These reports include statistics on the numbers of requests granted in full and those where information was partially or fully withheld. These reports can be accessed on the following webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:06:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106010

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on implementing the commitment in paragraph 6.44 of the Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, published in October 2013, to review the financial incentives provided to support whistle blowers in cases of fraud, bribery and corruption.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	213146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting those who report cases of fraud, bribery and corruption. Earlier this year, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills issued the Government’s response to a call for evidence on the whistleblowing framework, setting out how it will be strengthened to support whisteblowers; and the National Crime Agency was recently added to the list of prescribed persons to whom whistleblowers can make a disclosure and be protected under employment legislation. There have been a number of recent reports evaluating the case for financial incentives and the Government continues to consider what more can be done to support whistleblowers in cases of bribery and corruption.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:16:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay