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172836

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	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, with reference to page 122 of work programme evaluation: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department on 18 December 2014, for what reasons the performance management approach applied in the Work Programme was replaced by a more prescriptive system.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department is committed to achieving the best possible performance from Work Programme providers and is continually reviewing our approach to performance management. For some providers this may require closer monitoring of performance and increased activity, working with providers to identify the best approach to increased performance.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2015 16:58:34 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172838

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	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, with reference to page 28 of work programme evaluations: operation of the commissioning model, finance and programme delivery, published by his Department on 18 December 2014, what assessment he has made of the finding that only a small proportion of subcontractors were positive about the commerical attractiveness of their contracts with the primes.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The payment terms for Work Programme ensures value for money for tax payers: providers are paid for successful outcomes only, which drives our contractors to work harder. Overall the research found that prime providers were broadly positive about the financial model of upfront investment with later reward from outcome and sustainment payments. The research also found that subcontractors are increasingly positive about the financial model. Over two-thirds of subcontractors in 2014 indicated they would sustain or increase their involvement in the programme.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2015 16:54:47 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172837

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of differential pricing on provider behaviour in the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	220237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Under differential pricing, a provider will receive higher levels of funding for supporting a harder to help claimant into work. This incentivises providers to support all claimants</p><p> </p><p>Provider performance has improved for many groups which receive higher payments under differential pricing. For instance, of those completing a year on the programme, 1 in 10 ESA New Claimants have had at least three months in work since joining the scheme – this compares to 1 in 25 for the earliest cohorts.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2015 17:15:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172814

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	International Climate Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what amount from the funds allocated by her Department to the International Climate Fund has been disbursed in each year since that fund's inception.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>DFID has allocated £2.4bn to the International Climate Fund (ICF) between financial years 2011/12 and 2015/2016. DFID’s disbursement in each completed financial year is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DFID ICF Disbursement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£252m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£312m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£357m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 13/01/2015 16:18:48 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

172834

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 8 January 2015, WS175, on Rail in the North: Rolling Stock, how many seats are available on Northern Rail and TransPennine Express; how many seats will be available once the new rolling stock comes into service; when he expects this rolling stock to be put into service; and how long he expects such rolling stock to remain in service.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
	uin	220242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>From May 2015, five Class 170 trains move from TransPennine Express (TPE) to Chiltern representing a total of 515 Standard seats. The additional trains announced on 8 January (in WS175), will provide six Class 319 electric trains adding 1800 more seats to the Northern train fleet. This follows the Department for Transport reaching a deal with Northern Rail in April 2014 for them to receive 14 Class 319 electric trains. The first of these are currently undergoing refurbishment with the 14 trains due to enter service during 2015. There are 300 seats on each train making a total of 4200 seats.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to the train services between Manchester and Blackpool as a result of the announcement in WS175 will see many TPE services that currently offer 154 Standard seats per train operated by four coach Class 156 diesel trains offering 300 seats. As the Written Statement 8 January 2015 (WS175) sets out, the Department for Transport will make a further announcement in due course regarding additional capacity to be provided on the Cumbrian Coast line from May 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The solution set out will be introduced in the coming months. The rolling stock will remain in service on the franchises at least until February 2016 when the current franchise terms end.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/01/2015 15:11:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

172739

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Driving: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for driving while disqualified in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	220161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes driving offences extremely seriously and wants to ensure that we are doing everything we can to keep our roads safe. That is why we are legislating to increase the maximum penalty for causing death by driving whilst disqualified from two to 10 years, and create a new offence of causing serious injury by driving whilst disqualified. We are also changing the law to allow the commencement of provisions which will ensure that courts must take account of any time in prison in setting the length of a driving disqualification.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people found guilty for driving while disqualified in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2013 (the latest data available) can be viewed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court, found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences relating to driving while disqualified<sup>(1)</sup>, England &amp; Wales, 2009-2013<sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Offence</td><td> </td><td>Outcome</td><td>2009</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="17">Driving while disqualified</td><td> </td><td>Proceeded against</td><td>13,924</td><td>11,122</td><td>9,379</td><td>8,191</td><td>7,619</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Found Guilty</td><td>13,217</td><td>10,465</td><td>8,869</td><td>7,676</td><td>7,083</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><em>Conviction ratio<sup>(4)</sup></em></td><td><em>94.9</em></td><td><em>94.1</em></td><td><em>94.6</em></td><td><em>93.7</em></td><td><em>93.0</em></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Sentenced</td><td>13,260</td><td>10,500</td><td>8,917</td><td>7,684</td><td>7,099</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><em>Of which:</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Absolute discharge</td><td>47</td><td>43</td><td>45</td><td>67</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Conditional discharge</td><td>236</td><td>143</td><td>134</td><td>121</td><td>119</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Fine</td><td>963</td><td>895</td><td>820</td><td>755</td><td>795</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Community sentence</td><td>5,688</td><td>4,483</td><td>3,626</td><td>3,099</td><td>2,580</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Suspended sentences</td><td>2,558</td><td>2,111</td><td>1,924</td><td>1,639</td><td>1,704</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Otherwise dealt with</td><td>100</td><td>93</td><td>68</td><td>41</td><td>56</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Immediate custody</td><td>3,668</td><td>2,732</td><td>2,300</td><td>1,962</td><td>1,785</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><em>Custody rate<sup>(5)</sup></em></td><td><em>27.7</em></td><td><em>26.0</em></td><td><em>25.8</em></td><td><em>25.5</em></td><td><em>25.1</em></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Average fine (£)</td><td>267.65</td><td>246.26</td><td>278.35</td><td>283.06</td><td>284.67</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Average custodial sentence length (months)<sup>(6)</sup></td><td>3.3</td><td>3.2</td><td>3.2</td><td>3.1</td><td>3.2</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>(1) An offence under S 103 (1) of the Road Trafic Act 1988</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(3) The number of offenders sentenced can differ from those found guilty as it may be the case that a defendant found guilty in a particular year, and committed for sentence at the Crown Court, may be sentenced in the following year.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(4) Conviction ratio is calculated as the number of convictions as a proportion of the number of proceedings.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(5) The proportion of offenders sentenced who are sentenced to immediate custody.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>(6) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQ 220161</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/01/2015 10:33:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

172767

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fracking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208622, if she will reconsider her decision not to publish the Shale Gas Rural Economy Impact Report.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	220152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I have nothing to add to the reply given to the hon. Member for Bassetlaw, John Mann, on 11 September 2014, Official Report, column 723W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 13/01/2015 13:52:04 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

172746

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Emergency Planning College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he last visited the Emergency Contingencies Planning College, The Hawkhills, Easingwold; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	220144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>I last visited the Emergency Planning College on 12 July 2013.</p><p>The College and its partnership contract continue to serve as excellent examples of what can be achieved by the application of innovation, energy and commercial skill in the delivery of an important public service.</p><p>I am pleased to report that the College was profitable in 2014 and will pay a dividend.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 12/01/2015 13:29:57 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

172799

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for public safety in relation to his policy on mitochondrial transfer of the study by Professor John Zhang et al, published in Fertility and Sterility, Vol 80, Suppl. 3, September 2003.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	220182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) on 3 December 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-11-26/216104/" target="_blank">216104</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/01/2015 16:17:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

172771

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fishing Catches
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which fish species have been overfished in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	220169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>In 2013, four stocks from over 100 were overfished as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Stock Landings as percentage of quota</strong></p><p> </p><p>North Sea herring 100.2%</p><p> </p><p>Celtic Sea sole 105.2%</p><p> </p><p>Celtic Sea plaice 112.1%</p><p> </p><p>Western Approaches plaice 118.7%</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for 2014 are not yet available as international quota trading, which may be used to cover initial overfishing, is permitted until the end of January 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 13/01/2015 13:43:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck