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621958

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department who are graded as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader or (iv) policy manager were based outside London in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	50326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Civil Service has significant UK-wide presence. Across the Civil Service, plans are in place for the creation of multi-departmental government Hubs in strategic locations outside London, which will further consolidate our office estate, whilst helping to attract and retain staff by stronger collaboration between departments and enabling staff to grow careers locally.</p><p>In the Cabinet Office, in each year since 2014, there have been five or fewer Deputy Directors based outside London. Assistant Director, Team Leader and Policy Manager are not classed as grades in the Cabinet Office and information is not therefore available.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 31/10/2016 17:10:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

622012

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 December 2010, Col 7WS, what consideration his Department has given to the articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	50472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department recognises the importance of considering the articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside other Government Departments we report every five years to the UN Committee on our compliance. Following the most recent oral hearing in May 2016, the UN Committee has made a number of concluding observations. We will be able to demonstrate progress against these observations during the next reporting round.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 31/10/2016 18:03:00 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

622028

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	College of Teaching
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members have joined the government-funded chartered College of Teaching since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	50528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Membership of the College is a matter for the independent College of Teaching.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2016 17:25:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

622029

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	College of Teaching
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department has had any discussions with the chartered College of Teaching about further Government funding.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	50525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>There have been no discussions with, and no formal requests from, the independent College of Teaching regarding further public funding.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 50527 question first answered 31/10/2016 17:26:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

622030

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	College of Teaching
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings (a) she, (b) the Minister for Schools, (c) her advisers and (d) officials of her Department have had with representatives of the chartered College of Teaching since she took up her office.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	50526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>I have met Professor Dame Alison Peacock in her capacity as the College’s CEO Designate.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials have held meetings with representatives of the independent College of Teaching to discuss the Government funding to support the initial establishment of the College. The Secretary of State for Education and her advisers have not yet held meetings with representatives of the College since she took up her office.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2016 17:27:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

622031

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	College of Teaching
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has received a formal request from the chartered College of Teaching for further public funding.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	50527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>There have been no discussions with, and no formal requests from, the independent College of Teaching regarding further public funding.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 50525 question first answered 31/10/2016 17:26:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

622064

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the frequency and relative effect of the use of tasers on (a) people from the UK's Afro-Caribbean communities and (b) the general population.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	50500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>No data is recorded centrally on the frequency and relative effect of the use of TASER on people from Afro-Caribbean communities and the general population in England and Wales.</p><p>We are committed to improving transparency and accountability on the police use of force, which is why in 2014, the then Home Secretary asked former CC David Shaw (Chief Constable for West Mercia until July 2016) to lead a review into what data should be recorded and published.</p><p>The Review recommended the police record and publish the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious use of force by police officers, including physical restraint and the use of TASER ® X26. Eight pathfinder police forces worked to implement the new data collection system from April 2016, and from October all forces are now working to implement this system. All forces are expected to publish their record level use of force data. We expect a sub-set of the data collected to form part of the overall Home Office 2017-18 Annual Data Requirement, which will be published on an annual basis.</p><p>There are no plans to review of the use of TASER in mental health settings. The deployment of police officers to mental health settings and the tactics used are an operational matter for the police. Any use of force by police officers in psychiatric wards – or any other setting – must be appropriate, proportionate, necessary and conducted as safely as is possible. If police officers need to use force, it is right that they are expected to account for their actions.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 50317 50510 50511 50512 question first answered 31/10/2016 18:42:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

622065

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2016 to Question 41026, which police forces record the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious uses of force by police officers, including the use of tasers, in accordance with the recommendations of Chief Constable David Shaw's review.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	50510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>No data is recorded centrally on the frequency and relative effect of the use of TASER on people from Afro-Caribbean communities and the general population in England and Wales.</p><p>We are committed to improving transparency and accountability on the police use of force, which is why in 2014, the then Home Secretary asked former CC David Shaw (Chief Constable for West Mercia until July 2016) to lead a review into what data should be recorded and published.</p><p>The Review recommended the police record and publish the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious use of force by police officers, including physical restraint and the use of TASER ® X26. Eight pathfinder police forces worked to implement the new data collection system from April 2016, and from October all forces are now working to implement this system. All forces are expected to publish their record level use of force data. We expect a sub-set of the data collected to form part of the overall Home Office 2017-18 Annual Data Requirement, which will be published on an annual basis.</p><p>There are no plans to review of the use of TASER in mental health settings. The deployment of police officers to mental health settings and the tactics used are an operational matter for the police. Any use of force by police officers in psychiatric wards – or any other setting – must be appropriate, proportionate, necessary and conducted as safely as is possible. If police officers need to use force, it is right that they are expected to account for their actions.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 50317 50500 50511 50512 question first answered 31/10/2016 18:42:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

622066

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2016 to Question 41026, when she plans to extend the recording of ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious uses of force by police officers, including the use of tasers, beyond the Pathfinder forces.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	50511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>No data is recorded centrally on the frequency and relative effect of the use of TASER on people from Afro-Caribbean communities and the general population in England and Wales.</p><p>We are committed to improving transparency and accountability on the police use of force, which is why in 2014, the then Home Secretary asked former CC David Shaw (Chief Constable for West Mercia until July 2016) to lead a review into what data should be recorded and published.</p><p>The Review recommended the police record and publish the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious use of force by police officers, including physical restraint and the use of TASER ® X26. Eight pathfinder police forces worked to implement the new data collection system from April 2016, and from October all forces are now working to implement this system. All forces are expected to publish their record level use of force data. We expect a sub-set of the data collected to form part of the overall Home Office 2017-18 Annual Data Requirement, which will be published on an annual basis.</p><p>There are no plans to review of the use of TASER in mental health settings. The deployment of police officers to mental health settings and the tactics used are an operational matter for the police. Any use of force by police officers in psychiatric wards – or any other setting – must be appropriate, proportionate, necessary and conducted as safely as is possible. If police officers need to use force, it is right that they are expected to account for their actions.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 50317 50500 50510 50512 question first answered 31/10/2016 18:42:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

622067

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2016 to Question 41026, for what reason the collection of information on the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious uses of force by police officers, including the use of tasers, will not form part of the 2016-17 Home Office Annual Data Return; if she will make it her policy to bring forward the publication of that data; and if she will make it her policy to publish that data on a quarterly basis.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	50512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>No data is recorded centrally on the frequency and relative effect of the use of TASER on people from Afro-Caribbean communities and the general population in England and Wales.</p><p>We are committed to improving transparency and accountability on the police use of force, which is why in 2014, the then Home Secretary asked former CC David Shaw (Chief Constable for West Mercia until July 2016) to lead a review into what data should be recorded and published.</p><p>The Review recommended the police record and publish the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious use of force by police officers, including physical restraint and the use of TASER ® X26. Eight pathfinder police forces worked to implement the new data collection system from April 2016, and from October all forces are now working to implement this system. All forces are expected to publish their record level use of force data. We expect a sub-set of the data collected to form part of the overall Home Office 2017-18 Annual Data Requirement, which will be published on an annual basis.</p><p>There are no plans to review of the use of TASER in mental health settings. The deployment of police officers to mental health settings and the tactics used are an operational matter for the police. Any use of force by police officers in psychiatric wards – or any other setting – must be appropriate, proportionate, necessary and conducted as safely as is possible. If police officers need to use force, it is right that they are expected to account for their actions.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 50317 50500 50510 50511 question first answered 31/10/2016 18:42:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb