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171031

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date	17/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with disability hate crimes in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants charged and prosecuted in cases where the offences involved disability hate crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS defines disability hate crime as any incident which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards a person because of their disability or perceived disability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS began identifying and monitoring disability hate crime cases from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2007 following the publication of the Hate Crime Public Policy and Prosecution Guidance in February 2007.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last seven years the numbers of defendants charged and prosecuted, in cases flagged as disability hate crime, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><br></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecuted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007 - 08</strong></p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008 - 09</strong></p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009 - 10</strong></p></td><td><p>638</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010 - 11</strong></p></td><td><p>726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011 - 12</strong></p></td><td><p>621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 - 13</strong></p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 - 14</strong></p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171039

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to young carers who are in further education but have yet to reach adulthood.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has changed the law to improve how young carers are identified and supported. This change consolidates and simplifies legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide; and makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties come into effect in April 2015. The changes we have introduced apply to all children, including those aged sixteen to eighteen in further education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that we do not have reliable information about the numbers of young carers in England. This is why we have initiated a research project which, for the first time, will provide reliable information about the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219292 219294 219295 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171040

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place for the identification of young carers in further education in order to facilitate the provision of support.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has changed the law to improve how young carers are identified and supported. This change consolidates and simplifies legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide; and makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties come into effect in April 2015. The changes we have introduced apply to all children, including those aged sixteen to eighteen in further education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that we do not have reliable information about the numbers of young carers in England. This is why we have initiated a research project which, for the first time, will provide reliable information about the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219291 219294 219295 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171052

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2014 to Question 218578, how many full-time equivalent staff in the Government Digital Service are working on further research on those lacking digital skills; and when such research will be (a) completed and (b) published.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	219281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>One member of staff is coordinating this research across GDS, working with colleagues from departments. The research will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 05/01/2015 17:31:43 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

171058

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Training: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers received tax relief on expenditure on training in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	219099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 219075 219097 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:24:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

171059

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Training: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax relief was claimed by employers on expenditure on training in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	219097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 219075 219099 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:24:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

171063

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Students: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were granted tax relief on expenditure on training to degree level in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the total value was of that tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	219075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 219097 219099 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:24:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

171073

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Grandparents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grandparents acted as kinship carers for one or more of their family's children in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of grandparents who provide care to their grandchildren.</p><p> </p><p>The Department issued ‘Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities’ in 2011.[1] This guidance is clear that children and young people unable to live with their parents who are in the care of family and friends should receive the support that they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their welfare, whether or not they are looked after. It sets out a requirement on local authorities to develop clear, easily accessible policies to describe how they will assess and support children in the care of family and friends.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219301 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171078

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadcasting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times (a) Ofcom has requested he proscribe a broadcast service and (b) he has proscribed a broadcast service in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	219162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom has not requested the proscription of any broadcast services in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/01/2015 17:05:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

171087

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft
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 3 July 2014 to Question 202099, what companies his Department contracted to transfer Typhoon Force equipment; and what the terms are of the existing contract.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	219122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The costs identified in the answer provided by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr Mark Francois) on 3 July 2014 to question 202099, were incurred under the Typhoon Availability Service (TAS) contract with BAE Systems. TAS is an availability-based contract for the provision of through-life support services to the RAF's fleet of Typhoon aircraft.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/01/2015 17:11:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name RAF Lossiemouth.doc 3 July 2014.doc title Hansard Extract 3 July 2014
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem