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171031

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date	17/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with disability hate crimes in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants charged and prosecuted in cases where the offences involved disability hate crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS defines disability hate crime as any incident which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards a person because of their disability or perceived disability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS began identifying and monitoring disability hate crime cases from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2007 following the publication of the Hate Crime Public Policy and Prosecution Guidance in February 2007.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last seven years the numbers of defendants charged and prosecuted, in cases flagged as disability hate crime, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><br></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecuted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007 - 08</strong></p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008 - 09</strong></p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009 - 10</strong></p></td><td><p>638</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010 - 11</strong></p></td><td><p>726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011 - 12</strong></p></td><td><p>621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 - 13</strong></p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 - 14</strong></p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171032

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish final recommendations following his Department's consultation, the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Costs of Renewables.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
uin	219138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing relief from the indirect costs of renewables to the most electricity intensive industries that operate in global markets. We are bound by the European Commission’s state aid rules in this regard and cannot, therefore, simply use climate change agreements as the basis for eligibility for these schemes. We have issued a consultation on a proposed methodology and are currently analysing the results. We expect to publish a Government response to the consultation early in the New Year and final conclusions on which sectors will be eligible once we have state aid approval which we expect to receive by summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The saw-milling sector was not included in the proposed eligibility list because, based on the data available, it does not pass the proposed UK sector-level test of requiring an electricity-intensity of at least 7%. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills officials are content to discuss this with the association further in the New Year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that the Government has already increased the discount on the Climate Change Levy on electricity to 90% for those sectors, like sawmilling, that are in receipt of a climate change agreement and that we are also capping the cost of the Carbon Price Floor at £18 per ton of CO2 – 60% of the original 2020 target price – to reduce the indirect cost to industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 219145 219147 question first answered 07/01/2015 14:39:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

171033

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Recreation Spaces: Maps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 217965 and with reference to paragraph 2.219 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what funding he has allocated to the free online map of green space in each financial year to 2019-20; and when that map will be publicly available.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	219118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Ordnance Survey is still in discussions with Government on the deliverables, timescales and costs related to the green space online map.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2015 14:27:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

171034

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will publish the apprentice pay survey for 2014 showing what apprentices are paid by age, gender, ethnicity, industry sector and apprenticeship level.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	219128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The 2014 Apprentice Pay Survey was published on .Gov.uk on 18 December 2014. The report shows levels of pay by age, gender, ethnicity, industry sector and apprenticeship level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/01/2015 16:38:51 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

171035

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many self-employed people there are in (a) Hertfordshire, (b) England and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	219087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 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 05/01/2015 15:03:56 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 219087 ONS 465.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Self-Employed
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

171036

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Small Businesses
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 small companies were formed in (a) Hertfordshire, (b) England and (c) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	219088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Companies House cannot provide the exact information as it does not register companies by size. The future size of companies will depend on their post incorporation trading activities.</p><p> </p><p>However, Companies House has provided figures for the total number of companies formed in Hertfordshire, England and Wales (it is not possible to easily separate out the figures for England alone) and the UK in each of the last ten years up until November 2014, the latest date for which figures are available, and these are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>England and Wales</p></td><td><p>United Kingdom (GB before 2009)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>8,972</p></td><td><p>340,302</p></td><td><p>361,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>9,257</p></td><td><p>373,627</p></td><td><p>396,791</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>11,726</p></td><td><p>422,478</p></td><td><p>448,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>8,687</p></td><td><p>319,497</p></td><td><p>339,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>8,991</p></td><td><p>332,038</p></td><td><p>352,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>9,817</p></td><td><p>365,461</p></td><td><p>389,636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>10,643</p></td><td><p>412,856</p></td><td><p>440,624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11,437</p></td><td><p>448,329</p></td><td><p>479,539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11,858</p></td><td><p>484,143</p></td><td><p>517,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (to November)</p></td><td><p>12,093</p></td><td><p>502,014</p></td><td><p>533,782</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2015 14:37:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

171037

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 217431, if he will make it his policy to record the ethnicity of staff working for companies contracted by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) seeks to ensure its procurement policy is aligned with wider Government policy as led by the Crown Commercial Service, part of the Cabinet Office. It is not currently BIS policy to request diversity data of the staff working for companies contracted by the Department, but we will keep this option under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/01/2015 16:16:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171038

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2014 to Question 218189, how many people in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority were workers paid less than the national minimum wage (NMW); and what proportion of the total number of workers paid less than the NMW such figures represent.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 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 06/01/2015 17:37:59 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 219125 ONS 467.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - National Minimum Wage
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171039

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to young carers who are in further education but have yet to reach adulthood.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has changed the law to improve how young carers are identified and supported. This change consolidates and simplifies legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide; and makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties come into effect in April 2015. The changes we have introduced apply to all children, including those aged sixteen to eighteen in further education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that we do not have reliable information about the numbers of young carers in England. This is why we have initiated a research project which, for the first time, will provide reliable information about the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219292 219294 219295 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171040

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place for the identification of young carers in further education in order to facilitate the provision of support.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	219292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has changed the law to improve how young carers are identified and supported. This change consolidates and simplifies legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide; and makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties come into effect in April 2015. The changes we have introduced apply to all children, including those aged sixteen to eighteen in further education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that we do not have reliable information about the numbers of young carers in England. This is why we have initiated a research project which, for the first time, will provide reliable information about the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219291 219294 219295 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe