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90903

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Attorney General was consulted about the European Arrest Warrant issued for the parents of Ashya King.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL1829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Both the police and CPS are independent of Government and save in cases which require his consent to prosecute the Attorney General has no role to play in the decision to apply to a court for a European Arrest Warrant (EAW). The alleged offence in this case did not require Attorney General’s consent and he was not, therefore, consulted prior to the application for a warrant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>After the EAW had been obtained, as superintending Minister for the CPS, the Attorney General did discuss the case with the CPS; but the decision to apply to withdraw the warrant remained entirely that of the CPS.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 22/09/2014 11:11:31 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

90938

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gangmasters: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times prosecutions have been brought against those who have had their licence revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
	uin	208482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No prosecutions have been brought by the Crown Prosecution Service against those who have had their licence revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in any of the last three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:53:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

90940

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when the Crown Prosection Service last (a) issued and (b) reviewed guidelines for prosecutions under the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981; and whether a further review of those guidelines is planned.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	208554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The CPS issued legal guidelines in relation to Obscene Publications in June 2001. The legal guidance was last reviewed in July 2011 and, at that time, guidance was added for the offence under section 1 of the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981. There is currently no intention to further review those guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:50:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

90941

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Bail: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals against bail were made by prosecutors in Crown courts since 3 December 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	208542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the number or outcomes of appeals against bail conducted by the CPS in Crown courts. This information could only be obtained by examining all prosecution files maintained during the requested period, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:51:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

90939

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions of offences under the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 there have been in each year between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	208553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution was commenced at a magistrates’ court, rather than the identifying the number of people prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last five years the number of offences charged by way of the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indecent Displays (Control) Act</p><p>1981 {1(1) and 4}: Make / cause /</p><p>permit display of indecent matter</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:48:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

90937

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Forced Labour: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions for forced labour there were in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
	uin	208480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution was commenced at a magistrates’ courts rather than the identifying the number of people prosecuted or convicted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 creates the offence of holding someone in slavery or servitude, or requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last three years the number of offences charged by way of Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act, and Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act as conspiracies to commit the offences, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coroners and Justice Act 2009 { 71 }</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 1(1) } - Conspiracy</p><p>to hold a person in slavery, servitude or</p><p>perform forced or compulsory labour</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management</p><p>Information System</p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding, or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same victim.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to the offence of trafficking for forced labour, the CPS will also prosecute for offences of trafficking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:46:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

90936

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that a victim of crime who is under 18 years of age and who has no legal guardian or person with parental responsibility can gain access to the Crown Prosecution Service Victims' Right to Review Scheme; and by what means such a victim would gain such access.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>For the purposes of the scheme, the definition of a victim is that set out in the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime as “any person who has made an allegation to the police, or had an allegation made on his or her behalf, that they have been directly subjected to criminal conduct under the National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS).”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Victims of crime who are under 18 may therefore directly request a review under the CPS Victims’ Right to Review Scheme without the intervention of a parent or legal guardian.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The scheme is easy to access for all victims. Information about the scheme and contact details of the office to which a referral can be made is given to victims by the police or CPS when the decision not to prosecute is communicated. This communication will be made suitable to the age and understanding of the victim.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Access to the scheme is by post, telephone or email. There is no prescribed form or format and all communication is with trained staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where a request is received directly from a victim aged under 18, enquiries are made with the child and where necessary, with the police officer in charge of the victim’s case, to establish that appropriate adult support is available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 14/10/2014 14:38:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90942

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions in each region the Crown Prosecution Service has issued a charging authority denied decision against a police request to charge under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the offences, category of offences or a breakdown of the age of victims, on cases referred to the CPS for a charging decision. This information could only be obtained by examining all of the files sent to the CPS for charging advice, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 208608 question first answered 13/10/2014 14:44:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90943

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service London region has issued a charging authority denied decision against a police request to charge under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 where the victim was under 18 years of age in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the offences, category of offences or a breakdown of the age of victims, on cases referred to the CPS for a charging decision. This information could only be obtained by examining all of the files sent to the CPS for charging advice, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 208607 question first answered 13/10/2014 14:44:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90944

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions in each region the Crown Prosecution Service has issued a charging authority denied decision against a police request to charge under sections 57, 58 and 59 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the offences, category of offences, or a breakdown of the age of victims, on cases referred to the CPS for a charging decision. This information could only be obtained by examining all of the files sent to the CPS for charging advice, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 208610 question first answered 13/10/2014 14:48:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90945

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions in each region the Crown Prosecution Service has issued a charging authority denied decision against a police request to charge under sections 57, 58 and 59 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where the victim was under 18 years in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the offences, category of offences, or a breakdown of the age of victims, on cases referred to the CPS for a charging decision. This information could only be obtained by examining all of the files sent to the CPS for charging advice, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 208609 question first answered 13/10/2014 14:48:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

91239

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he issues to companies delivering publicly-funded projects on taking the national interest into account when awarding contracts and sub-contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
	uin	905311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>Any such requirements would be included in relevant contracts rather than in guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 11/09/2014 14:24:52 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

90965

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	NESTA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he had with Nesta between 2010 and 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>As part of my Department’s transparency programme, details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on the Cabinet Office website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/09/2014 15:46:18 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90951

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have participated in National Citizen Service schemes in (a) England and (b) North Swindon in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	208518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>National Citizen Service has been run in England since 2011. In the first year of pilots 8,434 took part and in the second 25,377. In 2013’s session there were 39,994 participants.</p><p>The 2014 NCS programme is ongoing and the number of participants will be reported as part of an independent evaluation following the conclusion of the programme.</p><p>Details of participation rates have been held at local authority level since 2012. In Wiltshire there were 69 participants in 2012 and 174 in 2013’s session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 10/09/2014 15:50:38 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

90958

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what savings the Efficiency and Reform Group has identified in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	208570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Savings delivered by the Efficiency and Reform Group in each financial year since 2010 are as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>FY10/11 £3.75bn</li><li>FY11/12 £5.5bn</li><li>FY12/13 £10bn</li><li>FY13/14 £14.3bn</li></ul><p>Savings delivered in each year are normally measured against a 2009/10 baseline and are a mixture of recurring and non-recurring savings.</p><p>All savings figures have been verified by the Cross Department Internal Auditors and reviewed by the NAO.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 12/09/2014 07:19:17 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

90962

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to reduce waste across Government.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	208558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group was formed in June 2010 to drive reforms that improve public services, deliver savings and reduce wasteful expenditure.</p><p>On 10 June my Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor and I announced savings through efficiency and reform of central government of £14.3bn for 2013-2014 against a 2009/10 baseline. These savings are both recurring and non-recurring items and include £5.4bn from procurement and commercial savings, £3.3bn in project savings and £4.7bn from workforce reform and pensions savings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 11/09/2014 14:26:27 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

90931

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Conduct
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 18 August (HL 1666), which section of the Ministerial Code deals with the expression of personal views which are not government policy whilst answering questions at the Despatch Box.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL1857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p>The Ministerial Code sets out the duties and responsibilities of Ministers. It is of course not unprecedented for Ministers to express personal views at the Despatch Box.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 26/09/2014 10:26:57 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

90953

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations the Social Investment Business made to his Department about its proposal to alter the criteria which ensured that the Get In project of the Society Network Foundation received funds when they already had been turned down.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The department received confirmation from Society Network Foundation (SNF) in October 2012 that the funds had been spent in line with the grant agreement.</p><p>Cabinet Office and Social Investment Business (SIB) worked together to ensure that a good range of projects was funded through the Social Action Fund.</p><p>It is a long-standing convention that details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 208555 208556 208598 question first answered 11/09/2014 15:56:56 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90954

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Investigation into grants from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation, HC 572, paragraph 3.13, for what reason his Department did not request details of the actual expenditure incurred on the Get In project.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The department received confirmation from Society Network Foundation (SNF) in October 2012 that the funds had been spent in line with the grant agreement.</p><p>Cabinet Office and Social Investment Business (SIB) worked together to ensure that a good range of projects was funded through the Social Action Fund.</p><p>It is a long-standing convention that details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 208555 208557 208598 question first answered 11/09/2014 15:56:55 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90956

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister's Office about the decision to fund the Big Society Network and its charity arm, the Society Network Foundation, by the Social Investment Business and the Big Lottery Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The department received confirmation from Society Network Foundation (SNF) in October 2012 that the funds had been spent in line with the grant agreement.</p><p>Cabinet Office and Social Investment Business (SIB) worked together to ensure that a good range of projects was funded through the Social Action Fund.</p><p>It is a long-standing convention that details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 208556 208557 208598 question first answered 11/09/2014 15:56:55 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90960

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason a second payment to the Society Network Foundation for the Get In project was made when the Get In project had a surplus of £60,800 in October 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	208598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The department received confirmation from Society Network Foundation (SNF) in October 2012 that the funds had been spent in line with the grant agreement.</p><p>Cabinet Office and Social Investment Business (SIB) worked together to ensure that a good range of projects was funded through the Social Action Fund.</p><p>It is a long-standing convention that details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 208555 208556 208557 question first answered 11/09/2014 15:56:56 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

90959

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were self-employed in Ashfield constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	208537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 13/10/2014 08:47:15 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 208537 ONS 332.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Self-Employed
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91052

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) violent and (b) other crime was attributable to alcohol in the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
	uin	208552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 11/09/2014 14:20:45 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark attachment 1 file name PQ 208552 ONS 334.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Crime Related to Alcohol
	tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

91060

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Weddings: Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of weddings conducted annually in (a) Hindu temples, (b) mosques, (c) synagogues, (d) unlicensed churches, (e) gurdwaras and (f) any other religious establishments.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	208462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 11/09/2014 14:19:15 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark attachment 1 file name PQ 208462 ONS 333.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Weddings
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

90957

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices each department has accepted as part of the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme; and how many such apprenticeships were taken up by (a) women and (b) men in each year since that scheme started.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	208566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The pilot cohort of 100 Civil Service Fast Track Apprentices began their apprenticeships in September 2013. Eight Government Departments across England are participating in the pilot over a two year period. The table below shows the number of Fast Track Apprentices who took up post in each Department in September 2013.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>209 apprentices are due to take up in September 2014, on the second cohort of the scheme. The number of Fast Track Apprentices due to join in each of these Departments and Agencies is given in the same table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Service Employee Policy</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Service Resourcing</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Service Learning</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Culture, Media and Sport</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Communities and Local Government</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Trade &amp; Investment, part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Treasury Solicitor’s Department</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insolvency Service</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Commercial Service</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Information on the number of women and men on the scheme is available based on the initial offers made – in July 2013 for the pilot cohort and May 2014 for the second cohort.</p><p>The following numbers were those originally offered a place on the pilot Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme, in July 2013.</p><p>(a) 43 women</p><p>(b) 55 men</p><p>(c) 2 did not declare their gender</p><p>Since May 2014, 209 roles have been offered on the second cohort of the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme, which will start this September.</p><p>(a) 91 women</p><p>(b) 109 men</p><p>(c) 9 did not declare their gender</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 11/09/2014 14:23:40 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero