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385337

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) productivity and (b) competitiveness in the UK of (i) skill deficits in young working-age women and (ii) difficulties working mothers have in securing affordable childcare provision to maintain their work.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	4000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The government will shortly publish its plan for improving the UK’s productivity which will consider the importance of skills, female labour participation and childcare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/07/2015 14:03:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

385352

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to implement the recommendation of the Fifth Report of the Education Select Committee, Life lessons: PHSE and SRE in schools, published on 17 February 2015, on the teaching of personal, social, health and economic education in all primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	4146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government wants all young people to leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. We agree with the Committee that high-quality physical, social, health and economic education (PSHE) and sex and relationships education (SRE) has a vital role to play in this. We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendations and how best to address this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 3913 question first answered 01/07/2015 15:06:26 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

385360

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants at (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown Courts changed their plea before trial in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Information about the stage in the proceedings at which defendants in the Crown Court entered a plea of guilty, covering the time period Q1 2010 to Q1 2015, is to be found in Table C6 in the <em>Criminal court statistics: January to March 2015</em> (<a title="blocked::https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a>). Data for cases in magistrates' courts are not available centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/07/2015 12:12:21 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385366

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monetary value was of fines (a) imposed, (b) collected, (c) legally cancelled, (d) administratively cancelled and (e) outstanding in (i) England and Wales and (ii) West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the total amount of financial penalties collected over the last four years. The amount of money collected has risen from £259m to a record of £310 million at the end of 2014/15. This is an increase of £20m (7%) in cash collection of financial impositions (excluding confiscation) compared to that collected in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>The total amounts collected, cancelled and outstanding can relate to impositions made in the year stated or any previous year<em>. </em>These figures include fines, compensation orders, victim surcharge orders and prosecution costs orders.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total value of financial impositions imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding in England and Wales in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Imposed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Collected regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Legally Cancelled regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Administratively Cancelled regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Outstanding regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£413,126,895</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£282,375,257</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£62,263,874</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£50,713,367</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£609,559,294</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£385,743,300</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£279,248,479</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£63,957,203</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£63,135,442</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£593,268,197</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£404,584,213</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£284,505,025</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£62,594,601</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£75,868,426</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£575,507,170</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£420,255,840</p></td><td><p>£290,311,831</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£64,312,383</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£96,801,853</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£548,811,011</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£457,415,184</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£310,313,605</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£61,173,156</p></td><td><p>£68,851,118</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£571,061,117</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The table below shows the total value of financial impositions imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding in West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Imposed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Collected regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Legally Cancelled regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Administratively Cancelled regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value Outstanding regardless of Imposition date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£12,094,804</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£11,525,096</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3,929,083</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,537,284</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£15,856,479</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£13,330,881</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£10,632,367</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3,215,040</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,595,232</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£13,798,228</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£15,810,747</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£10,991,885</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,833,105</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£1,202,628</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£14,492,646</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£19,708,027</p></td><td><p>£11,421,315</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3,631,848</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,288,949</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£17,079,786</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£20,574,159</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£11,415,051</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£3,953,832</p></td><td><p>£1,747,960</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£20,832,281</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Financial impositions are only administratively cancelled after all attempts to collect the amount outstanding have been made, and in accordance with strict cancellation criteria. These impositions can be written back on to the system if more information is found – for instance, a new address for the offender.</p><p> </p><p>Legal cancellations can be applied after the case has been reconsidered by a Judge or Magistrate. Typically, legal cancellations are used where a case has been re-opened and the defendant has been found not guilty, following the presentation of additional information. Legal cancellations can be full or partial remittances of financial impositions.</p><p> </p><p>The outstanding balance figures includes the value of accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified (either because they were imposed close to the end of the year or because they had payment timescales set by the courts for beyond the end of the year) and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/07/2015 16:08:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

385395

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2015 to Question 334, what plans her Department has to issue new guidance to local authorities on timeframes for visits to privately fostered children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	3949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The statutory guidance for local authorities, which sets out duties under the Private Fostering Regulations (England) 2005 including timeframes to visits of privately fostered children, remains current. There are no plans to update it. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-private-fostering" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-private-fostering</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/07/2015 15:13:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

385400

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	VAT: Ministry of Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether VAT is payable by the Ministry of Defence on the construction of new barracks.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	3959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>No VAT is paid by the Ministry of Defence on the construction of new Barracks.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 01/07/2015 15:58:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

385406

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes he intends to make to military law as a result of the decision to ratify the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	3958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government believes that protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict is a priority and remains committed to that task. As announced by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on 21 June 2015, we plan to introduce legislation to ratify the Convention as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p><p>Respect for cultural property is already upheld across the Armed Forces and they currently act within the spirit of the 1954 Convention. This respect is incorporated into military law through the UK Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict, our targeting policy, training, and in battle area evaluation and assessments. The Armed Forces must comply with the Rome Statute which makes intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, and historic monuments, provided they are not military objectives, a war crime.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/07/2015 15:52:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

385421

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the transport capital infrastructure spending announced in each Budget Statement in each year since 2011 was allocated to each (a) region and (b) constituency of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	4040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Total public expenditure on transport by country and region is outlined in the HM Treasury Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses series.　 This includes a breakdown of capital expenditure. Transport capital spending by constituency of the UK and by Budget statement is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/07/2015 15:02:15 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

385466

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Forms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether there are any barriers or regulations that prevent local authorities from requesting details of a person's tenure on council tax registration forms.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	3946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are able to gather information for the purposes of council tax administration under existing legislation, and this could potentially include information on tenure. Decisions on what information can legally be gathered are a matter for local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/07/2015 15:39:51 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

385477

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Antibiotics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned on horizontal gene transmission between bacteria in the human gut which transfers antibiotic resistance from one organism to another regardless of its strain or of its human or animal origin.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The pathways through which antibiotic resistance genes can be transferred between bacteria of any origin or strain are complex.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to carry out research and surveillance to better assess the potential for, and the frequency of, spread of antibiotic resistance genes between bacteria, including between those of human and animal origin. Examples of recently commissioned or completed projects include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Potential risk to human and animal health from the emergence and spread of Beta-lactamase resistance in Great Britain.</li><li>Molecular signature of antibiotic resistance in pigs as a potential source of antibiotic resistance in humans.</li><li>Characterisation of ESBL/Amp C/ Carbapenam resistant E.coli from pigs and poultry to identify resistance genes, circulating plasmids and fitness attributes.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Final reports from completed projects are published via GOV.UK. Results from surveillance of resistance in key zoonotic bacteria are published annually in the Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 4135 question first answered 01/07/2015 11:32:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle