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387213

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date	02/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Conflict Pool
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government by how much they increased the resources of the Conflict Pool over the most recent spending review period.
tabling member printed	Lord Chidgey
uin	HL1049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Conflict Pool, which was succeeded by the Conflict Stability and Security Fund from Financial Year 15/16, was funded from a Treasury settlement which was separate from and additional to departmental budgets and was administered jointly by the Ministry of Defence, Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office for conflict prevention and mitigation work. At the last spending review in June 2014 , the overall allocation increased from £664 million for 2013/14 to £683 million for 2014/15. Details of Conflict Pool allocations were made in the House of Lords on 24 June 2014 by the former Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Warsi), (WS107).</p><p>A Written Ministerial Statement about the Conflict Stability and Security was published on 12 March 2015 by the then Minister for Government Policy in the Cabinet Office, my right hon. Friend the member for West Dorset (Mr Letwin), which was repeated in the House of Lords by Lord Wallace of Saltaire, (HLWS379).</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/07/2015 13:25:30 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	50 label Biography information for Lord Chidgey

387216

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what sanctions are in place against Burma.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL1052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The EU currently has sanctions in place on Burma. These measures include an arms embargo prohibiting the sale, supply, transfer or export of equipment which might be used for internal repression, whether or not originating in the Union, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in, or for use in Burma. The embargo also prohibits the provision of financing and technical assistance related to military activities, arms and related material, and equipment which might be used for internal repression. The EU recently renewed these measures until 30 April 2016. Countries outside the EU may have their own sanctions measures in place on Burma.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/07/2015 13:26:05 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

387217

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on which occasions ministers have raised the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict with ministers of the government of Burma.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL1053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We welcomed the Burmese government’s endorsement of the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict and attendance at the Global Summit in June 2014. But since the government endorsed the declaration, their implementation of the commitments contained within it has been limited and sexual violence remains a major problem in Burma.</p><p>The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), discussed sexual violence with Deputy Foreign Minister U Thant Kyaw on 13 June last year when, following considerable lobbying from the UK, U Thant Kyaw attended the Global Summit in London and endorsed the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Most recently, this was raised in January when the then Minister of State at the Home Office, the right hon. Lynne Featherstone, visited Burma in her role as UK Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women. During her visit she discussed the issue with senior members of the Burmese government, including Ministers of the President’s Office, U Soe Thane and U Aung Min, and also with Deputy Foreign Minister U Thant Kyaw.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/07/2015 13:26:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

387218

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Burma: Political Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the British Ambassador to Burma has met relatives and representatives of political prisoners during 2015.
tabling member printed	Baroness Goudie
uin	HL1054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We welcome the release of thousands of political prisoners under the current Burmese government. However, we remain concerned by the continued arrests, detentions and sentencing of political activists, with an estimated minimum of 163 remaining behind bars at the end of May 2015, and a further 442 awaiting trial following arrests throughout 2014 and early 2015.</p><p>Our Ambassador and other officials from our Embassy in Rangoon are in regular contact with civil society groups representing political prisoners in Burma. They also talk to former political prisoners, including a meeting last week between the Ambassador and a former prisoner, and we continue to raise our concerns with the Government of Burma at the highest levels. At Ministerial level, the then Minister of State at the Home Office, the right hon. Lynne Featherstone, raised the issue of political prisoners directly with Minister for the President’s Office, U Soe Thane, during her visit to Burma in January.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 13/07/2015 13:28:07 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3575 label Biography information for Baroness Goudie

387250

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Local Government: Constituencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will undertake a feasibility study of reverting the boundaries of Yorkshire to those prior to the splitting of the region after the Local Government Act 1972.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	5389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Whilst the Government recognises the part historic counties can play in our traditions and local heritage across the country, we have no plans to undertake top down studies or reviews of local boundaries. We are ready to have conversations with any area about their proposals for the future governance of that area and the powers and budgets they would like to see devolved to it.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/07/2015 14:37:33 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

387268

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence were recorded against serving police officers through health and safety self-reporting by police officers in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	5480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Table one contains statistics on the number of police officers assaulted whilst on duty during the financial years 2011/12 to 2013/14. These figures are based upon self-reported data held within police forces’ human resource or health and safety systems. These figures are not fully comparable because recording practices may vary between forces and over time. A police force area breakdown has been provided because some forces were unable to provide data for certain years.</p><p>Table two contains police recorded crime statistics for the offence ‘Assault without injury on a constable’ for the calendar years 2012 to 2014. Totals for England and Wales have been provided as this dataset is complete.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/07/2015 14:55:01 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ56.15 Table 1 + Table 2.xlsx title Tables 1 + 2
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

387282

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many challenges against council tax banding on the current council tax valuation list are yet to be resolved in (a) total and (b) more than four months after the challenge was lodged in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Chesterfield, (iii) Doncaster, (iv) North East Derbyshire, (v) Bolsover, (vi) Bassetlaw, (vii) Derbyshire Dales, (viii) Rotherham and (ix) Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency does not publish this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/07/2015 13:52:15 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387289

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.77 of Autumn Statement, Cm 8961, what progress he has made on further integrating services by developing and extending the principles underpinning the Troubled Families programme approach to other groups of people with multiple needs.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	5499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The expanded Troubled Families Programme was rolled out in April 2015, to work with up to another 400,000 families with multiple problems - and to help transform the way services work with these vulnerable families. Officials from my Department have also been exploring futher potential opportunities for this approach with other government departments.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/07/2015 14:34:36 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 11632 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

387291

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
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 ensure that police officers and others have the ability to prevent protesters harassing or intimidating women seeking advice on sexual health and abortion.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	5385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office is aware of a number of recent protests outside some abortion clinics which we take extremely seriously. This country has a proud history of allowing free speech but the right to peaceful protest does not extend to harassment or threatening behaviour. The law currently provides protection against such acts. The police have a range of powers to deal with protests outside clinics. Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, makes it an offence to display threatening, or abusive words or images that, within the sight of someone, is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 allows the police to place conditions on the location, duration or numbers attending a public assembly. This can be applied where the police believe that the assembly may result in serious public disorder, serious damage to property, serious disruption to the life of the community, or that the purpose by the assembly organisers is to intimidate others to compel them not to do an act that they have a right to do.</p><p>The police have dispersal powers (in public places) under sections 34 and 35 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, to remove or reduce the likelihood of members of the public being harassed, alarmed or distressed, or to prevent local crime or disorder.</p><p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 includes criminal offences that protect individuals, who are conducting lawful activities, from harassment by protestors. The policing of protests and the use of powers are an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/07/2015 14:52:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

387313

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fines have been (a) imposed and (b) paid for the carrying of illegal migrants at ports of entry to the UK in the Pas de Calais region in each time period for which records are kept since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	5262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The total penalties paid and received by the Home Office under the Civil Penalty scheme for the Nord Pas de Calais region are £4.2 million in 2013/14 and £6.6 million in 2014/15. Border Force issued penalties for those attempting to enter the UK via the Pas de Calais region for each month since January 2014 as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Month</td><td>Number of Penalties Issued</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>January 2014</td><td>179</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>February 2014</td><td>157</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>March 2014</td><td>184</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>April 2014</td><td>221</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>May 2014</td><td>263</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>June 2014</td><td>282</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>July 2014</td><td>369</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>August 2014</td><td>335</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>September 2014</td><td>309</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>October 2014</td><td>333</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>November 2014</td><td>271</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>December 2014</td><td>254</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>January 2015</td><td>316</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>February 2015</td><td>186</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>March 2015</td><td>182</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>April 2015</td><td>198</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>May 2015</td><td>268</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Two Codes of Practice govern what is expected of hauliers and drivers in preventing the carriage of clandestine entrants and the level of penalty that can be imposed in a given set of circumstances. If an effective system for preventing the carriage of clandestine entrants is in operation then no penalty would be imposed.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2015 11:46:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson