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765198

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2017 to Question 3402, on advertising, how much of that spend was (a) through Carat Ltd and (b) on the departmental procurement card.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	105439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Government advertising is purchased by our media buying agency, Carat Ltd. Carat has held the contract for UK government media buying since January 2015. There has been no spend on the departmental procurement card.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/10/2017 10:20:20 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

765251

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8633, how many British citizens have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of acts relating to the conflict in Syria and Daesh activities in that region.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	105625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not hold these official figures. The Home Office Statistical Bulletin publishes data about convictions quarterly but does not distinguish those which relate to Syria and Daesh.</p><p>Although official figures do not show how many were Syria or Daesh related, Of the 105 persons charged with a terrorism-related offence in the year ending June 2017, 33 had been prosecuted (as at the time of data provision to the Home Office, 14 July 2017), 32 of which were found guilty. A further 68 were awaiting prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 17/10/2017 16:05:36 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

765294

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for leave to remain on the basis of family and private life have been awaiting a decision for longer than (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Data on UK Visas and Immigration temporary and permanent migration activities including In-Country Work In Progress Casework, and Percentage of Temporary and Permanent Migration in-country visa applications for each Route, processed within Service Standards, is published on the .GOV.UK website. In this instance the data provided on worksheet InC_05 gives an overall picture across Temporary and Permanent Migration and is not determined by Route.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest edition is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-august-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/10/2017 15:27:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

765295

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for leave to remain on the basis of family and private life were received in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Data on UK Visas and Immigration temporary and permanent migration activities including In-Country Work In Progress Casework, and Percentage of Temporary and Permanent Migration in-country visa applications for each Route, processed within Service Standards, is published on the .GOV.UK website. The relevant Routes are ‘Spouse/Partner’ and ‘HR/Complex Case’ as indicated on worksheet InC_01 and InC_01a.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p><p>The relevant tables are also attached to this answer.</p><p><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/710413/original/Copy%20of%202014%20Temporary%20Migration%20Data%20Appendix%20One.xlsx" target="_blank">2014 figures</a> (Excel SpreadSheet, 29.66 KB)</p><p><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/710413/original/Copy%20of%202015%20Temporary%20Migration%20Data%20Appendix%20Two.xlsx" target="_blank">2015 figures</a> (Excel SpreadSheet, 38.02 KB)</p><p><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/710413/original/Copy%20of%202016%20Temporary%20Migration%20Data%20Appendix%20Three.xlsx" target="_blank">2016 figures</a> (Excel SpreadSheet, 40.81 KB)</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 106345 question first answered 17/10/2017 15:28:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

765298

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is from point of application to completion for an unaccompanied minor under the Dublin III treaty.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	105472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States to determine responsibility for examining asylum claims. It is not an application route for transfer to the UK. At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe, including those transferred under the Dublin III Regulation. This data will be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Dublin III Regulation, the UK has two months from receiving a request from another participating Member State to accept or reject responsibility for processing the asylum claim. Within this two month period, the Home Office will undertake a number of mandatory checks, including security and a local authority assessment. Where possible, the Home Office will decide cases ahead of the two month deadline.</p><p> </p><p>Once a Dublin request has been accepted, the Regulation provides that the sending Member State has six months to enact the transfer. The Home Office works closely with EU Member State partners to enact transfers as soon as possible and ahead of the six month timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/10/2017 15:21:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

765306

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the apprenticeship levy on funding police training in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	105684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Standards in policing must be maintained and transferrable across forces in England and Wales, and it is vital that all officers have access to training that equips them to deliver the high standard of service that the public expects.</p><p> </p><p>The Degree Apprenticeship entry route forms a key part of the Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) being developed by the College of Policing and is an important element of further professionalising and raising standards in policing.</p><p> </p><p>Welsh forces pay the apprenticeship levy, and those funds are passed back to the Welsh Government through the agreement which the Welsh Government negotiated with HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>As Wales is already receiving its share of the levy, there is a clear choice to for Welsh Government on whether it supports Welsh police officers by funding their apprenticeships.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/10/2017 16:13:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

765312

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications from unaccompanied children her Department is considering under the Dublin III Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	105617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States to determine responsibility for examining asylum claims. It is not an application route for transfer to the UK. At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe, including those transferred under the Dublin III Regulation. This data will be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Dublin III Regulation, the UK has two months from receiving a request from another participating Member State to accept or reject responsibility for processing the asylum claim. Within this two month period, the Home Office will undertake a number of mandatory checks, including security and a local authority assessment. Where possible, the Home Office will decide cases ahead of the two month deadline.</p><p> </p><p>Once a Dublin request has been accepted, the Regulation provides that the sending Member State has six months to enact the transfer. The Home Office works closely with EU Member State partners to enact transfers as soon as possible and ahead of the six month timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/10/2017 15:43:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

765407

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has in place to monitor and review the benefits of the minimum energy standards post-implementation in 2018; and what assessment his Department has made of the scope for strengthening those plans.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	105669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015 require that all landlords of domestic (and non-domestic) privately rented properties in England and Wales ensure that, from 1 April 2018, their properties reach at least an energy performance rating of E before granting a tenancy to new or existing tenants, unless a prescribed exemption applies.</p><p>The regulations require Government to carry out a review of the operation and effect of these Regulations at intervals of no more than 5 years, and we are currently putting in place a programme of qualitative and quantitative research to inform this. Evidence collected will be used to determine the scope and timing of an assessment of the benefits from the regulations, and to help ensure they are implemented as effectively as possible.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/10/2017 15:53:32 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

765427

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Higher Education: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps he is taking during negotiations on the UK leaving the EU to establish recognition in EU countries of UK degrees completed by (a) UK and (b) EU students after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	105492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK has been clear from the start that we want to make sure that the livelihoods of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU will be protected after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p>In citizens’ rights negotiations on professional qualifications, we have reached agreement with the Commission on the status of recognition decisions obtained by frontier workers and citizens who are resident in the other territory on the withdrawal date.</p><p>The Commission has not yet accepted our sensible proposal that qualifications that are in the course of being obtained by UK and EU students on the withdrawal date should continue to be recognised as they were before. However, we will seek to agree a continued system for the mutual recognition of professional qualifications and will continue to press the matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/10/2017 15:19:21 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

765435

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Government's policy paper, Collaboration on Science and Innovation: A Future Partnership Paper, published on 6 September 2017, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on a future UK-EU science research framework.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	105606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>We have been clear from the start that the Scottish Government should be fully engaged in our exit from the EU. The UK Government’s paper, Collaboration on Science and Innovation: A Future Partnership Paper, provides a basis for further discussion, including with the Scottish Government, on the future partnership the UK wants to build with the EU. This includes any future participation in both EU and Euratom research programmes. There are many areas of alignment between this paper and the Scottish White Paper on the benefits of continued research collaboration with the EU. We are committed to positive and productive engagement with the Scottish Government going forward as we seek a deal that works for the entire United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 105607 question first answered 17/10/2017 16:54:44 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins