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385049

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Demonstrations: 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 the Government is taking to address illegal activity by far left groups in street protests.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	3751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Peaceful protest is a vital part of a democratic society. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to gather together and to demonstrate their views, provided that they do so within the law.</p><p>Like all members of the public, protesters are subject to the law and should individuals cross the boundary into criminal acts including public order offences, criminal damage, hate crime offences or violent behaviour, the police have the powers to take action.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/06/2015 15:38:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

384526

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by her Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if she will place in the Library a copy of her most recent departmental real estate valuation.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Since May 2010 the department has reduced the size of its estate from 30 properties, at a cost of circa £51m per annum, to six properties costing circa £31m per annum. This has been achieved by reducing the amount of space the department uses, by surrendering unwanted premises to landlords and through sub-letting vacant space to other organisations. The department plans to dispose of a further three vacated premises. These are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Building</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tenure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Comment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castle View House, Runcorn</p><p> </p><p>9,953 Sq M (12% of DfE Estate)</p></td><td><p>Freehold</p></td><td><p>The site has been marketed to the public and private sectors and is currently under offer.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mowden Hall, Darlington</p><p> </p><p>6,389 Sq M (7.5% of DfE Estate)</p></td><td><p>Freehold</p></td><td><p>Part of the site already houses a Free School. When fully vacated, the remainder of the site will be handed to the Homes and Communities Agency in September 2015 for new homes.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trust Court, Histon</p><p> </p><p>429 Sq M (0.5% of DfE Estate)</p></td><td><p>Leasehold</p></td><td><p>The site will be surrendered to the landlord at lease expiry in 2016.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The vacated properties represent 20% of the department’s estate, with an annual rental value of £138,968. This will reduce to 0.5% when the anticipated freehold disposals are concluded this calendar year.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not hold market rental values for properties it leases. For commercial reasons we are unable to release the value of the freehold properties.</p><p> </p><p>The department also plans to vacate Sanctuary Buildings at lease expiry in 2017 and relocate to a government owned freehold building, which will generate a further saving of circa £8.5m per year for the department and £19m for government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/06/2015 13:25:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384537

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Scotland Office occupies two leasehold buildings, one in Edinburgh and one in London. The Edinburgh building is fully occupied by the Scotland Office and other government bodies which contribute towards its cost. The London building was fully occupied by the Scotland Office, the Office of the Advocate General and other government bodies until recently when the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office ceased to occupy space in the building. The Scotland Office is now in discussion with other government bodies to occupy this space. Under the terms of the lease the space may not be let commercially, but may only be used by Crown bodies. The retail value is a matter for the building’s owners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 25/06/2015 14:18:29 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384547

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that bidders for the next contract for the Greater Anglia rail passenger service take steps so that the living wage is paid through the contract chain.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	3409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department is open to receiving bids for the East Anglia franchise containing commitments to pay the living wage but salary and benefit arrangements are a matter for employers to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/06/2015 13:26:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

384548

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations there are on the Greater Anglia rail franchise; and how many of those stations are unstaffed.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	3410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>There are 131 stations managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, whilst their services call at 147 stations. Of those 131 stations, under the terms of the Franchise Agreement, 67 have staffed ticket offices. All other staffing decisions are a matter for the operator and they have no need to inform us of their decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/06/2015 13:33:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

384549

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Abellio Greater Anglia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed by Greater Anglia rail passenger services.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	3411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>As of 12 June 2015, there are 3,133 staff employed by Abellio Greater Anglia (AGA). On the AGA Franchise, the Department monitors the staffing levels of guards and train crew (1090 on 12 June), cleaning staff (220 on 12 June) and catering staff (57 on 12 June). The Department does not monitor the other categories to this level of granularity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 3408 question first answered 25/06/2015 13:16:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

384550

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Abellio Greater Anglia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed by Greater Anglia rail passenger services as (a) station staff, (b) ticket office staff, (c) guards or train crew, (d) cleaning staff, (e) catering staff, (f) security staff, (g) administrative staff and (h) managerial staff.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	3408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>As of 12 June 2015, there are 3,133 staff employed by Abellio Greater Anglia (AGA). On the AGA Franchise, the Department monitors the staffing levels of guards and train crew (1090 on 12 June), cleaning staff (220 on 12 June) and catering staff (57 on 12 June). The Department does not monitor the other categories to this level of granularity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 3411 question first answered 25/06/2015 13:16:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

384554

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many referrals the NHS made to each of the two American and one Swiss centres from which it commissions proton beam therapy in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what the cost of purchasing that treatment from each such centre in each such year was; and what the cost to the NHS was of (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) other expenses relating to treatment provided at each such centre in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	3372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Patients are referred to these centres each year through one of the most developed commissioning programmes for proton beam therapy (PBT) abroad in the world. NHS England monitors these services carefully and is confident that they offer a high quality holistic service. This is particularly important because the treatment takes about 10 weeks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is not able to provide information broken down by the number of patients per site, per year, as this is not held in the format requested. Additionally, due to the small number of patients involved (in particular for the centre in Switzerland), there would be a risk of providing patient identifiable information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Patients sent abroad for PBT over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The costs of treatment and accommodation are incurred as part of the package of treatment, and are currently approximately £75,000 per patient.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2012, the Secretary of State announced that £250 million will be invested to build PBT facilities at The Christie Hospital in Manchester and University College London Hospitals. Work has already started and the first facility is due to become operational in 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/06/2015 16:03:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

384560

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Bradwell Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings (a) he, (b) his predecessor, (c) Ministers in his Department and (d) officials in his Department have had on the future of the Magnox site at Bradwell in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	3404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>I am unable to comment on meetings held with Ministers under the previous Administration. It is an established convention that Minsters of one Administration cannot see the documents of a previous Administration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Brief details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are all publically available on the Gov.UK website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/06/2015 13:48:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

384561

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bradwell Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had on the future of the Magnox site at Bradwell in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	3405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/06/2015 14:37:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock