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100721

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Osteoporosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much from the publich purse has been spent on research into osteoporosis in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows estimated expenditure on research on asthma, motor neurone disease (MND) and osteoporosis by the Medical Research Council, other Research Councils and Innovate UK, and by the National Institute for Health (NIHR) through its research programmes, research centres and units, and research fellowships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>£ million</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Asthma</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22.2 </del><ins class="ministerial">6.6</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17.5 </del><ins class="ministerial">5.3</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17.2</del><ins class="ministerial"> 4.5</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19.4</del><ins class="ministerial"> 3.6</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18.8</del><ins class="ministerial"> 5.4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.8</del><ins class="ministerial"> 9.2</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21.0</del><ins class="ministerial"> 8.8</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19.9</del><ins class="ministerial"> 7.2</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.3 </del><ins class="ministerial">8.5</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23.4</del> <ins class="ministerial">10.0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Motor Neurone Research</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Osteoporosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures shown for asthma exclude research into air pollution and potential effects on health outcomes including asthma.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total spend by the NIHR on asthma, MND and osteoporosis is higher than the figures shown because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on these diseases cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure. NIHR expenditure relating to development of new drugs for asthma, MND and osteroporosis occurs primarily through NIHR research infrastructure including the CRN and cannot be disaggregated from total expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on MRC expenditure into the development of new drugs for asthma, MND or osteoporosis is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/10/2014 17:12:28 question first ministerially corrected 13/11/2014 10:22:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 25123 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100723

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much from the public purse has been spent on the development of new drugs to prevent or treat symptoms of motore neurone disease in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows estimated expenditure on research on asthma, motor neurone disease (MND) and osteoporosis by the Medical Research Council, other Research Councils and Innovate UK, and by the National Institute for Health (NIHR) through its research programmes, research centres and units, and research fellowships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>£ million</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Asthma</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22.2 </del><ins class="ministerial">6.6</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17.5 </del><ins class="ministerial">5.3</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17.2</del><ins class="ministerial"> 4.5</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19.4</del><ins class="ministerial"> 3.6</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18.8</del><ins class="ministerial"> 5.4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.8</del><ins class="ministerial"> 9.2</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21.0</del><ins class="ministerial"> 8.8</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19.9</del><ins class="ministerial"> 7.2</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.3 </del><ins class="ministerial">8.5</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23.4</del> <ins class="ministerial">10.0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Motor Neurone Research</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Osteoporosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures shown for asthma exclude research into air pollution and potential effects on health outcomes including asthma.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total spend by the NIHR on asthma, MND and osteoporosis is higher than the figures shown because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on these diseases cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure. NIHR expenditure relating to development of new drugs for asthma, MND and osteroporosis occurs primarily through NIHR research infrastructure including the CRN and cannot be disaggregated from total expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on MRC expenditure into the development of new drugs for asthma, MND or osteoporosis is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/10/2014 17:12:28 question first ministerially corrected 13/11/2014 10:22:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 25123 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100728

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much from the public purse has been spent on research into motor neurone disease in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows estimated expenditure on research on asthma, motor neurone disease (MND) and osteoporosis by the Medical Research Council, other Research Councils and Innovate UK, and by the National Institute for Health (NIHR) through its research programmes, research centres and units, and research fellowships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>£ million</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Asthma</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22.2 </del><ins class="ministerial">6.6</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17.5 </del><ins class="ministerial">5.3</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17.2</del><ins class="ministerial"> 4.5</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19.4</del><ins class="ministerial"> 3.6</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18.8</del><ins class="ministerial"> 5.4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.8</del><ins class="ministerial"> 9.2</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21.0</del><ins class="ministerial"> 8.8</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19.9</del><ins class="ministerial"> 7.2</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.3 </del><ins class="ministerial">8.5</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23.4</del> <ins class="ministerial">10.0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Motor Neurone Research</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Osteoporosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures shown for asthma exclude research into air pollution and potential effects on health outcomes including asthma.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total spend by the NIHR on asthma, MND and osteoporosis is higher than the figures shown because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on these diseases cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure. NIHR expenditure relating to development of new drugs for asthma, MND and osteroporosis occurs primarily through NIHR research infrastructure including the CRN and cannot be disaggregated from total expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on MRC expenditure into the development of new drugs for asthma, MND or osteoporosis is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/10/2014 17:12:28 question first ministerially corrected 13/11/2014 10:22:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 25123 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100730

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Osteoporosis: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much from the public purse has been spent on the development of new drugs to treat symptoms of osteoporosis in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	211735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows estimated expenditure on research on asthma, motor neurone disease (MND) and osteoporosis by the Medical Research Council, other Research Councils and Innovate UK, and by the National Institute for Health (NIHR) through its research programmes, research centres and units, and research fellowships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>£ million</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Asthma</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22.2 </del><ins class="ministerial">6.6</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17.5 </del><ins class="ministerial">5.3</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17.2</del><ins class="ministerial"> 4.5</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19.4</del><ins class="ministerial"> 3.6</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18.8</del><ins class="ministerial"> 5.4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.8</del><ins class="ministerial"> 9.2</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21.0</del><ins class="ministerial"> 8.8</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19.9</del><ins class="ministerial"> 7.2</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24.3 </del><ins class="ministerial">8.5</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23.4</del> <ins class="ministerial">10.0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Motor Neurone Research</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Osteoporosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical Research Council</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Research Councils and Innovate UK</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health Research</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures shown for asthma exclude research into air pollution and potential effects on health outcomes including asthma.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total spend by the NIHR on asthma, MND and osteoporosis is higher than the figures shown because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on these diseases cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure. NIHR expenditure relating to development of new drugs for asthma, MND and osteroporosis occurs primarily through NIHR research infrastructure including the CRN and cannot be disaggregated from total expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on MRC expenditure into the development of new drugs for asthma, MND or osteoporosis is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 29/10/2014 17:12:28 question first ministerially corrected 13/11/2014 10:22:56 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 25123 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

100630

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North West
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for improving inter-regional rail links in the North West of England, particularly between East Lancashire and Greater Manchester.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
	uin	HL2361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The case for improving inter-regional rail links in the North West of England has been assessed in a number of studies including the Northern Hub and Network Rail’s Lancashire and Cumbria and North-West Route Utilisation strategies. The case will be further addressed in respect of Network Rail’s Control Period 6 (2019-20<ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del>4) and beyond through the Northern Route Study as part of Network Rail’s Long Term Planning Process to inform decisions on the Government’s Rail Investment Strategy for Control Period 6.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/10/2014 12:12:57 question first ministerially corrected 05/11/2014 12:17:05 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer previous answer version 25208 answering member printed Baroness Kramer answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

100659

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a table of Crown Prosecution Service child-abuse flagged (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions for each financial year since 2006-07.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	211679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the attached table, a copy of which has been deposited in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence. This includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and persons under the age of 18. Child abuse includes physical, emotional and sexual criminal offences, as well as neglect of a child and historical child abuse where the victim is now an adult. The data provided is primarily used for monitoring performance on cases that involve allegations of child abuse. The data relies on the application of a monitoring flag and is accurate only to the extent that the flag is correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS has published a breakdown of both pre-charge decisions and prosecutions for child abuse flagged cases within the annual ‘Violence against Women and Girls Report 2013-14’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/10/2014 13:05:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 211679 - CPS child abuse data.xlsx title CPS child abuse flagged data
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

100660

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a list of the local authorities who have adopted the information-sharing protocol launched by the Crown Prosecution Service in January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	211680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the number of local authorities that have adopted the national disclosure Protocol.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A survey of Chief Crown Prosecutors found that 82 local authorities have signed a local protocol as of 5 September 2014. The attached list of the local authorities identified in the survey has been placed in the library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/10/2014 13:10:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 211680 - Table - information sharing Protocol.docx title List: signatories - protocol
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

100604

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) 16 year-olds, (2) 17 year-olds, and (3) 18 year-olds started apprenticeships in the academic years 2012–13 and 2013–14 in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
	uin	HL2335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts for 16, 17 and 18 year olds in 2012/13 and provisional full year apprenticeship starts for the same ages in 2013/14. Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship starts by age (2012/13 and 2013/14 provisional full year)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td><td><p>(provisional)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>25,080</p></td><td><p>25,170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>35,810</p></td><td><p>38,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>53,430</p></td><td><p>54,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>2) Age is calculated based on age at start of the programme rather than based on 31 August.</p><p> </p><p>3) Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/10/2014 17:05:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

100661

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Airports: Ghana
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessments were made of Mourne Ltd's payment of taxes in the UK and Ghana before UK Export Finance agreed to guarantee loans for the Kotoka International Airport project.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	211694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance has no powers to investigate the tax affairs of exporters. However, it undertook due diligence in respect of the financial and legal risks associated with the export contract between Mourne Ltd and Ghana Airports Company Ltd before providing support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 15:41:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

100662

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Post Offices: Rhyl
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on the proposed relocation or closure of Rhyl Post Office.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The proposed franchising of some of its Crown Post Offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited (POL). I understand that the company continues to explore all options for Rhyl with a view to finding a retail partner for the franchise. In the event that a suitable new retail partner cannot be found, POL has given a commitment that a post office service will be retained within the area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As this is the operational responsibility of the company I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 30/10/2014 15:32:33 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane