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170511

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many specialist domestic violence courts have closed since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>From April 2010 Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs) took responsibility for the governance and performance management of the 143 accredited Specialist Domestic Violence Courts (SDVCs) across England and Wales. As of March 2014 there were 137 accredited SDVCs. However, the closure of SDVCs in some areas does not necessarily mean that provision in that area has ceased, as many of the SDVC systems cover a number of courthouses. Closure of an SDVC in one courthouse would simply mean that the case would be heard in another accredited courthouse within the Local Justice Area.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS remains committed to a partnership approach to supporting domestic violence victims going through the Criminal Justice Process.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/01/2015 17:14:11 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170517

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the refurbishment of court buildings in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice and HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service are unable to collate the information required to answer the question without a detailed check to ensure the information is accurate. I will write to the hon. Member for Hammersmith in due course with the information once it is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/01/2015 17:03:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170516

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prison officers, (b) prison governors and (c) other members of staff were assaulted in the course of their work in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Violence in prisons is not tolerated and assaults on our hardworking staff are unacceptable. We do not underestimate the hard work and challenges that prison staff face on a daily basis which is why we have been working extremely closely with the police and CPS to tackle this issue. A new joint protocol produced by the Prison Service, Crown Prosecution Service and Association of Chief Police Officers will set out that when there are serious assaults on prison staff, the perpetrators will be prosecuted unless there is a good reason why not.</p><p>The number of assaults on staff is published in the Safety in Custody Bulletin available at this link: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>. Table 3.1 provides the total number of staff assaults whereas the number of prisoner on officer assaults can be found in table 3.8 of the annual tables.</p><p>With the exception of prison officers assaulted during “prisoner on officer” assaults, the role of the staff member involved is not recorded and so any staff members that are assaulted in other types of assault incident cannot be identified by their specific role. The incident reporting system does not record detailed information about staff members that are assaulted and so we are not able to provide the requested breakdown. Whilst this information is not held centrally assaults on staff are taken very seriously and as such are recorded and managed locally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/01/2015 17:23:10 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170562

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 3 of his Department's document, Universal Credit National Expansion, published on 9 December 2014, what steps his Department takes to ensure that place-names are not mis-spelled in its publications.
	tabling member constituency	Lichfield
	tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
	uin	218648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We apologise for this single mistake, it falls short of our normal standards for publications.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 06/01/2015 16:14:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

170439

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hepatitis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NHS England to publish an updated service specification for hepatitis C services.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
	tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
	uin	218753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>A specification for hepatitis C services is currently in draft form and is being taken through NHS England processes for approval. If approved, NHS England anticipate that it would be implemented in 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/01/2015 14:34:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

170472

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: G4S and Serco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tenders from (a) Serco and (b) G4S for contracts let by her Department have been successful in each year since May 2010; how much her Department paid to each of those companies for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 each company hold with her Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between her Department and each company.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s Transparency Agenda the Home Department publishes all its contracts over £10,000. Contracts are publically available on the Contracts Finder portal. <br><br>www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/<br><br>Contract data fields will contain the information requested. Where any monetary value sections are incomplete, this is because the information has been deemed commercially sensitive and may be detrimental to both the Department or the <br>supplier to release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/01/2015 14:58:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170358

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Department for Culture Media and Sport: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2014 to Question 217271, which National Audit Office report was discussed at the Audit and Risk Committee meeting of 4 December 2014; and if he will publish the minutes of that meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	218848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>At the DCMS Audit and Risk Committee meeting on 4 December, the NAO presented its Annual planning report on the 2014-15 financial statement audit in preparation for its audit of the 2014-15 DCMS Group Annual Report and Accounts, that will take place after the financial year-end in 2015. The minutes of the Audit and Risk Committee are not published.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 06/01/2015 16:06:15 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

170356

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems his Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>DCMS has made no estimates regarding the savings resulting from the introduction of the Q&amp;A system or the extent to which the system has improved the way it answers questions from Hon. Members. It has not introduced nor plans to introduce any ICT systems that would not have been feasible without the Q&amp;A system. It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 06/01/2015 11:32:30 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170501

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the contribution of 11 December 2014 by the Minister of State for International Development, Official Report, column 383WH, on strengthening health systems in developing countries, when the review of NHS use of foreign workers will begin; what the terms of reference of the review are; when she anticipates that it will be concluded; and whether the Government will publish the review's conclusions and recommendations.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	218598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID continues to work with the Department of Health to keep the government’s approach to health systems strengthening under review. As set out in the government response to the International Development Committee’s report on Strengthening Health Systems in Developing Countries, DFID will develop a framework for the UK’s work on health systems strengthening that will include its approach to human resources for health and will be set in the context of the new post-2015 development goals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 06/01/2015 12:39:50 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

170504

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Philippines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Strengthening Humanitarian Preparedness in High Risk Contexts programme in directly mitigating the impact of Typhoon Hagupit.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Gavin Shuker
	uin	218673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID’s £20 million programme for strengthening humanitarian preparedness in high risk contexts has been a great success, with evidence showing that pre-positioned stocks are between three to fourteen times better value for money than responding after the event.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the Philippines the programme has provided £450,000 support to the UN World Food Programme and UNICEF to preposition essential stocks and for preparedness training and national and local capacity development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID’s total funding to the Philippines on humanitarian response, recovery and preparedness is currently £92.3 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 06/01/2015 12:43:23 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker