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166865

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prostitution
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to criminalising the purchase of sex in order to protect vulnerable women.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL3283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The government is committed to eradicating violence against women and girls. This includes protecting those involved in prostitution who are particularly vulnerable. We are also committed to tackling the harm and exploitation to individuals, impact on communities, and links to organised crime, that can be associated with prostitution. Our focus is on harm-minimisation, including supporting those who wish to exit prostitution.</p><p>Our progress is constantly reviewed via the cross-government action plan on violence against women and girls. We are in regular dialogue with the relevant policing leads and the Crown Prosecution Service, to ensure that legislation and its enforcement remains as effective as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/12/2014 17:42:10 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

166866

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve the standardisation of comprehensive and analysable data on violence against women.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL3284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Coalition Government is strongly committed to tackling violence against women and girls. The Home Secretary, as part of the commitment to take forward the recommendations made by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) on the police response to domestic abuse, has established and chairs a National Oversight Group. The Home Office is working with police forces to put in place measures to enable the collection of consistent and comparable data on domestic abuse from April 2015.</p><p>Additionally, the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) provides estimates which are comparable over time of the proportion of adults resident in households who experience domestic abuse. The latest published figures cover the financial year 2012/13 and were included on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) bulletin 'Focus on Violent Crime and Sexual Offences, 2012/13' available on the ONS website here:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-violent-crime-and-sexual-offences--2012-13/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/focus-on-violent-crime-and-sexual-offences--2012-13/index.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 17/12/2014 17:41:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

166877

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Records
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether clinical commissioning groups, general practitioner surgeries or any other National Health Service bodies have the legal right to provide insurance companies, or anyone else outside the National Health Service, with patients’ details, including their medical details; if so, which legislation permits such action; and, if any payment is received for supplying such information, to whom it is made.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL3295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>In the vast majority of cases National Health Service organisations may only provide confidential information about a patient to insurance companies and other third parties such as employers with the explicit consent of the patient. However, there may be a small number of cases where disclosure may take place without seeking consent, for example where there is a court order. Healthcare professionals who supply medical reports to insurance companies and employers may charge a fee for doing so; NHS organisations that supply copies of medical records may charge a fee that covers their costs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/12/2014 14:32:42 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

166932

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of producing a register of all public land available; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	216705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>We recently launched the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/find-government-property" target="_blank"> Government Property Finder</a> which allows anyone to search and map data for Government property.</p><p>The Government's ambition is to release land with capacity for 100,000 homes by the end of March 2015. We are on track to deliver, if not exceed this, having so far released land for over 89,000 homes. Of this, land for over 25,000 homes was released between September 2013 and September 2014.</p><p>Following the Strategic Land and Property Review, Government announced at Budget 2014 that there was scope to release at least £5bn land and property between 2015 – 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 216663 216792 question first answered 08/12/2014 14:20:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

166934

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the amount of public land released for development in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	216663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>We recently launched the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/find-government-property" target="_blank"> Government Property Finder</a> which allows anyone to search and map data for Government property.</p><p>The Government's ambition is to release land with capacity for 100,000 homes by the end of March 2015. We are on track to deliver, if not exceed this, having so far released land for over 89,000 homes. Of this, land for over 25,000 homes was released between September 2013 and September 2014.</p><p>Following the Strategic Land and Property Review, Government announced at Budget 2014 that there was scope to release at least £5bn land and property between 2015 – 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 216705 216792 question first answered 08/12/2014 14:20:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

167119

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Kidnapping: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to respond to the Law Commission's recommendation on unlawful retention of children in its report on Simplification of Criminal Law: Kidnapping and Related Offences; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	216532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Kidnap and child abduction can have a devastating and lasting impact on victims and their families. It is vital that the law reflects the gravity of such offences and that those who commit them are punished accordingly. The Law Commission published its report on these offences on 20 November. The Government is considering the recommendations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/12/2014 16:16:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

167163

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	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	Social Security Benefits: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects support and security accreditation to be restored to the Enhanced Transition Service Enhancements.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	216604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department keeps the security arrangements for its IT systems under regular review and ensures support and remediation whenever issues are identified. However, it would not be appropriate to comment on individual risk assessments and accreditation arrangements for particular systems, as this is ongoing activity of particular sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 04/12/2014 14:20:03 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

167162

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	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	Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department gives to a Work Programme sub-contractor to which a prime provider has refused to make a contractual payment; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	216535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Department's contracts for delivering the Work Programme are with the prime contractors and we do not get involved in the contractual relationships prime providers have with their sub-contractors.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects sub-contractors to be treated fairly. That’s why we have launched the Merlin Standard, a set of behaviours prime providers are expected to live up to in their relationships with their sub-contractors.</p><p> </p><p>The Merlin Mediation Service delivered by the Independent Case Examiner is available for complaints of non-compliance with the Merlin Standard, relating to DWP contracts.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/12/2014 13:55:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 31820 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

166984

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have signed up to the online free school meal eligibility checking service.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	216678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>All 152 English local authorities are signed up to the Eligibility Checking System (ECS).</p><p> </p><p>The ECS can be used to determine entitlement to both free school meals and free early education for two-year-olds, and the pattern of checks and frequency of use is different for each local authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/12/2014 14:54:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

167096

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 214623, what the five most common reasons were for an appeal being granted in each of the years referred to in the Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	216524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>This information is not recorded centrally and is not readily available. It could only be provided at disproportionate cost, by undertaking a manual case-by-case examination of each allowed asylum appeal determination issued by the Tribunal for the periods in question.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 216623 question first answered 05/12/2014 17:07:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies