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114846

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens were subject to a European arrest warrant in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	213665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2013-14, the National Crime Agency received 7,881 arrest warrants from other EU Member States, of which 132 (or 1.67%) were issued in respect of UK nationals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:52:58 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

114658

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: Bedfordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding for broadband his Department has provided to (a) Bedford Borough Council and (b) Central Bedfordshire Council in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
	uin	213514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has allocated £2.6million to the Central Superfast partnership which includes Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough and Milton Keynes under Phase 1 of the Superfast Broadband Programme. Funding of £34,372 has been paid to the project so far, paid in financial year 2014/15. The second phase of the programme is in the procurement process and BDUK has allocated £3.18million (to also include coverage of Luton).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 14:20:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

114659

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: North East Bedfordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of properties in North East Bedfordshire receive (a) broadband at speeds below 2MBPS and (b) superfast broadband; and what changes there have been in these proportions.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
	uin	213515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom publish availability data. They report that the percentage of premises in Central Bedfordshire with speeds less than 2Mbps was 8.6% and 12% in Bedford. Superfast broadband is available to 76.8% of Central Bedfordshire and 77.1% of Bedford.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2012 and 2013 this represents an increase of 6.5% in superfast broadband availability in Central Bedfordshire and a 1.8% reduction in the number receiving 2Mbps or below. For Bedford, figures are 1.1% increase in availability of superfast broadband and a 2.4% reduction in 2Mbps or below services.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom did not publish analysis at constituency level. The Ofcom figures were released in 2013, but Ofcom are due to release an update of its Fixed Broadband Map for 2014 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 14:20:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

114598

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Skin Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died as a result of skin cancer since January 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	213625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 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 07/11/2014 11:50:45 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 213625 ONS 391.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Skin Cancer Death
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

114905

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Capita
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions Capita Group plc has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010; how many such tenders have been successful; how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Capita Group plc for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 Capita Group plc hold with his Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between his Department and Capita Group plc.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	213485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We are unable to answer the first part of your question as doing so would incur disproportionate costs. To provide this information would entail identifying and contacting all individuals responsible for the operational and commercial management of contracts relating to Capita Group plc to find out how many occasions Capita Group plc has tendered for contracts let by his Department in each year since May 2010.</p><p>I will write to the honourable member in due course to answer the rest of the question.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:42:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114908

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many external consultants work in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	213486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice currently has 34 Live Contracts to provide the Provision of Consultancy. As the Contracts are awarded to Companies on a project basis, the Ministry of Justice cannot establish the exact number working at a specific point in time. The number and seniority of consultants will vary depending on the stage in the project.</p><p> </p><p>To establish the exact number of consultants we would need to interrogate both the files and Companies to obtain the information required and then review and collate that information. By doing so we would incur disproportionate costs in answering this question.</p><p> </p><p>Temporary staff and consultants are only used to fill business critical posts and provide essential services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/11/2014 17:46:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114910

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rate was for fines levied by each local criminal justice board in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	213487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to encourage payment of impositions and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of the value of financial impositions (made between April 2013 to March 2014) that had been collected, cancelled or remained outstanding as at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014. Financial impositions include fines, prosecution costs, compensation and victim surcharge.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Accounting Division Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Collected Against Impositions in Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cancelled Impositions in Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding at the end of the Period</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed Powys</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire &amp; IOW</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The ‘percentage outstanding’ is based upon the value of accounts outstanding at the end of the period; it includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans. The ‘accounts cancelled’ percentage comprises both administrative and legal cancellations.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/11/2014 17:49:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

114950

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received on the future of the winter fuel allowance for UK citizens living in mainland France on a state pension; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	213491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We have received correspondence relating to Winter Fuel Payments, to which we have replied.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government intends to bring in an eligibility criterion derived from average winter temperatures with payments going only to eligible people living in EEA countries with cold climates. Legislation will need to be passed before any change can be made.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/11/2014 14:24:58 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

114948

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will add a question to the consultation on the local welfare provision in 2015 to 2016 to ask whether local welfare assistance funding should continue to be provided by his Department and distributed by it to local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	213529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The consultation on how local welfare provision should be funded in 2015/16 is already underway and closes on 21 November. Option four gives respondents the opportunity to present their own proposals on other options for delivering and funding local welfare provision.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/11/2014 16:26:09 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

114577

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	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	Skilled Workers: Bristol
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support the retention of skills and jobs in the Bristol region.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	213595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Through the West of England Growth Deal, the Government is investing over £212 million in the region to create and safeguard up to 5,000 jobs, and generate up to £180 million in public and private investment. Investment will also be focused on ensuring the West of England has the right skills within the workforce and key sectors such as: aerospace and advanced manufacturing; creative and digital media; and high-tech industries.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Growth Deal builds on the significant investment the Government has already made in the Bristol region through: the Bristol City Deal; Regional Growth Fund; and Growing Places Fund. Moving forward, the Government, the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership, business and local councils will continue to work together to support economic growth, attract inward investment, and ensure the skills needs of the local area are met .</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A task force based on the Skills and Jobs Retention Group, including local and national Government, local partners, Rolls Royce, the supply chain and others will be established to ensure we do all we can. The Group has a successful track record at redeploying engineering talent with other, growing businesses, most recently working with BAe. Contact has already been made with Rolls Royce to discuss how this can best operate alongside the support that the company itself will offer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/11/2014 10:46:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 27369 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie