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101631

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Mali
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) HM service personnel and (b) civilians have been seconded by the UK Government to (a) MINUSMA and (b) the EU Training Mission in Mali; and how many such personnel speak both English and French.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	212440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>There are currently 30 UK Service personnel and two Foreign and Commonwealth Office civilians serving in the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali). There are two UK Service personnel serving in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Of these 34, five speak both English and French.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 06/11/2014 17:31:08 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 26461 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

101654

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students of have been deported from UK universities and colleges as a result of investigations into Educational Testing Service since February 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	212478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS. <br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly transparency data which shows the total number of individuals who have been removed as a result of their involvement in the Educational Testing Service fraud. The most recent published data covers the period up to 30 June 2014 and can be found at: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014</a> <br><br>As at 30 June, the Home Office had made more than 1800 refusal and removal decisions, carried out almost 800 enforcement visits, detained over 300 <br>individuals and removed over 90.<br><br>We are unable to break the number of individuals who have been removed into sub groups based on the institution of study as this runs the risk of making those individuals identifiable. In addition to this the data that would be required to make the requested breakdown is not available from one source and would incur disproportionate costs to gather it manually. <br><br>As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regularupdates to the House. These updates will be provided as part of the <br>regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212476 212477 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:26:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25719 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

101656

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the country of origin was of each student deported as a result of the BBC Panorama investigation broadcast in February 2014; and to which country was each such student returned.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	212477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS. <br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly transparency data which shows the total number of individuals who have been removed as a result of their involvement in the Educational Testing Service fraud. The most recent published data covers the period up to 30 June 2014 and can be found at: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014</a> <br><br>As at 30 June, the Home Office had made more than 1800 refusal and removal decisions, carried out almost 800 enforcement visits, detained over 300 <br>individuals and removed over 90.<br><br>We are unable to break the number of individuals who have been removed into sub groups based on the institution of study as this runs the risk of making those individuals identifiable. In addition to this the data that would be required to make the requested breakdown is not available from one source and would incur disproportionate costs to gather it manually. <br><br>As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regularupdates to the House. These updates will be provided as part of the <br>regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212476 212478 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:26:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25715 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

101657

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students of each institution have been deported from UK universities and colleges as a result of Educational Testing Service investigations in each month since February 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	212476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS. <br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly transparency data which shows the total number of individuals who have been removed as a result of their involvement in the Educational Testing Service fraud. The most recent published data covers the period up to 30 June 2014 and can be found at: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014</a> <br><br>As at 30 June, the Home Office had made more than 1800 refusal and removal decisions, carried out almost 800 enforcement visits, detained over 300 <br>individuals and removed over 90.<br><br>We are unable to break the number of individuals who have been removed into sub groups based on the institution of study as this runs the risk of making those individuals identifiable. In addition to this the data that would be required to make the requested breakdown is not available from one source and would incur disproportionate costs to gather it manually. <br><br>As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regularupdates to the House. These updates will be provided as part of the <br>regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212477 212478 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:26:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25571 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

101523

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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: Cumbria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new apprenticeships were created in (a) Cumbria and (b) South Lakeland in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	212460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship starts by geography is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364255/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364255/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/11/2014 14:16:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

101626

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government Ombudsman
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding is allocated to the Local Government Ombudsman; how many staff the Ombudsman employs; and how many enquiries were received by the Ombudsman in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Joan Walley
	uin	212525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the Local Government Ombudsman’s annual report and accounts, which are presented to Parliament each year, and which are available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.lgo.org.uk/publications/annual-report/" target="_blank">http://www.lgo.org.uk/publications/annual-report/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/11/2014 17:19:28 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

101543

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claimants of the War Pensions Scheme in each age group receive (a) the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and (b) the Unemployability Supplement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	212425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of recipients of the Allowance for Lower Standard of Occupation (ALSO) and the Unemployability Supplement (UnSupp) under the War Pension Scheme, by age group, as at 31 March 2014 (the latest date for which data are available).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recipients of ALSO and UnSupp, by age group, as at 31 March 2014, numbers<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: War Pensions Computer System (WPCS), Defence Business Services</p><p>In line with Defence Statistics' Rounding Policy, all figures of five or more have been rounded to the nearest 5 and figures fewer than five have been suppressed and marked ~.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:32:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20141106 - Table for answer 212425.doc title Allowance for Lower Standard of Occupation previous answer version 26469 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101544

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what cost his Department (a) has and (b) will incur for the (i) design and (ii) editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	212451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>None. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has not incurred any cost in the design and editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource, which was produced and edited independently.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:47:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 26470 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101629

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much in total is paid to claimants of the War Pensions Scheme in each age group claiming (a) the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and (b) the Unemployability Supplement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	212520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide details of how much is paid in each age range to recipients of the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and the Unemployability Supplement because details of such expenditure are not held in age groupings, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, for financial year 2013-14, a total of £33 million was paid to recipients of the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and £37 million was paid to recipients of the Unemployability Supplement.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2014 17:27:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 26467 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

101630

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much on average is received each week by claimants of the War Pensions Scheme in each age group who claim (a) the Allowance for a Lowered Standard or Occupation and (b) the Unemployability Supplement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	212521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide details of how much on average is paid to recipients of the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and the Unemployability Supplement because details of such expenditure are not held in age groupings, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, for financial year 2013-14, an average £60 per week was paid to recipients of the Allowance for a Lowered Standard of Occupation and an average £110 per week was paid to recipients of the Unemployability Supplement.</p><p><em>In line with Defence Statistics' Rounding Policy, all figures of five or more have been rounded to the nearest 5.</em></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:45:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 26468 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham