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175886

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	CCTV
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they plan to take to maximise the efficiency of closed-circuit television and to ensure public safety.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has issued a surveillance camera code of practice under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. This sets out 12 guiding principles to be considered by any organisation using overt CCTV in public places in England and Wales. Those guiding principles include encouraging CCTV system operators to: work to relevant operational, technical and occupational standards; to use their systems in the most effective way to support public safety and law enforcement with the aim of processing images and information of evidential value, and; to review the use of such a CCTV system on a regular basis. To encourage compliance with the code of practice, we have appointed the Surveillance Camera Commissioner who has published a self assessment tool for CCTV operators and is finalising advice on a suite of standards which can be followed as good practice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/02/2015 14:28:59 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

175905

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Tunnel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the members of the Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission and Safety Authority; and why their names are not published on the Commission’s website.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) will be updating its website and publishing the members of the IGC and the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority (CTSA).</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK IGC members:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Christopher Irwin (UK, Head of Delegation)</p><p>Brian Kogan (Office of Rail Regulation)</p><p>Caroline Wake (Office of Rail Regulation)</p><p>Robin Groth (Department for Transport)</p><p>John Fuller (Department for Transport)</p><p>Paul Morgan (UK Border Force)</p><p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office Representative (current vacancy)</p><p> </p><p><strong>French IGC members:</strong></p><p> </p><p>François Barry Delongchamps (Foreign Ministry)</p><p>Eric Rebeyrotte (Transport Ministry)</p><p>Michel Bellier (Transport Ministry)</p><p>Gilles Sanson (Interior Ministry)</p><p>Aurélie Bonal (Foreign Ministry)</p><p>Noël de Saint-Pulgent (Finance Ministry)</p><p>Pierre Mongin (Finance Ministry)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>UK CTSA members (Office of Rail Regulation unless otherwise indicated)</strong></p><p> </p><p>Caroline Wake</p><p>Alan Bell</p><p>John Gillespie</p><p>Paul Hooper</p><p>Steve Demetriou (Kent Fire &amp; Rescue Services)</p><p> </p><p><strong>French CTSA members</strong></p><p> </p><p>Eric Rebeyrotte (Transport Ministry)</p><p>Samuel Bonnier (National Railway Safety Authority)</p><p>Jean-Marc Clauzel (Interior Ministry)</p><p>Denis Gaudin (Sous-Prefet of the Pas de Calais)</p><p>Jean-Claude Martin (Transport Ministry)</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 02/02/2015 12:13:05 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

175906

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 16 October (HL2006), now that the European Commission has concluded its procedures, when they expect to ratify the Luxembourg Rail Protocol.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Now that the procedures around the European Union acceding to it have recently been concluded, the Government will now start the process of considering what it needs to do to ratify the Protocol.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 02/02/2015 12:15:39 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

175926

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Oil: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of falling oil prices on the ability of businesses to pay salary increases.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	222161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Falling oil prices will provide a further boost to the UK’s GDP, which in 2014 grew faster than any other major advanced economy. Cheaper oil and low inflation will support living standards across the country for hardworking families and reduce business costs. Wages are rising faster than inflation, and the OBR expect that trend to continue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 02/02/2015 14:09:29 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

175935

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Fly-tipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to enable the seizure of vehicles involved in fly tipping and illegal dumping.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	222114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities and the Environment Agency currently have powers to seize vehicles and property under the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting on proposals to commence similar powers under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 and introduce new regulations, setting out revised procedures in respect of the stop, search and seizure of vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime, including fly-tipping and illegal dumping of waste. The revised procedures will make it easier for local authorities and the Environment Agency to exercise the powers in order to identify who is responsible for committing waste offences. Subject to the outcome of the consultation we plan to make the Commencement Order and lay the revised regulations in March this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 02/02/2015 11:58:04 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

175955

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart about the exchange of best practice on the use of technology within the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	222125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Health is responsible for providing a United Kingdom position to the European Union, concerning eHealth technology issues. As part of this, the Department consults with the Devolved Administration eHealth leads to exchange best practice on the use of technology within the National Health Service. This is facilitated via the United Kingdom eHealth Forum which includes representatives from the Northern Ireland Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety. The next United Kingdom eHealth Forum meeting is scheduled to take place in February 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 29/01/2015 16:59:53 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

176012

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Engineering: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the announcement of 12 June 2014 on the £30 million fund to secure the supply of engineers and boost the number of women in the sector, what budget was provided for the developing women engineers strand of that fund in 2014-15; how much has been spent on that strand of work in 2014-15 to date; and what forecast he has made of total spending on that strand of work in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>“Women in Engineering” is one of a number of calls under the Employer Ownership Fund that have been run in response to recommendations from the Perkins review of engineering skills. A nominal maximum budget of £10m was allocated to the “Women in Engineering” call, but it was not as successful as the other calls in attracting bids - there were only two successful applications which have been awarded a total of £104, 320, of which £12,288 is expected to be drawn down this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no underspend of the Employer Ownership budget which is fully allocated for FY2014/15. All unallocated funds from calls that have closed have been assigned to new calls that will also address the recommendations of the Perkins review such as the current call aimed at improving engineering skills in smaller companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/02/2015 15:27:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

176013

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Employment Agencies
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 staff in his Department were recruited through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	222243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department operates a delegated recruitment model with individual business units managing their own recruitment campaigns. Information on each campaign is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 02/02/2015 15:04:19 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176015

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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: Hendon
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 apprenticeship starts there were in the Hendon constituency in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	222308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by geography is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378235/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378235/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 29/01/2015 15:30:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

176017

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Citizens Advice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department allocated to the Citizens Advice Service in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and what such funding it has allocated for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	222336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out the amount of funding the Department allocated to Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland in 2013-2014 together with funding levels as set out in their respective grant allocation letters for the current financial year (2014-15). Funding allocations for 2015-16 have yet to be confirmed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Citizens Advice (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Citizens Advice Scotland</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>39,667,300</p></td><td><p>5,614,800</p></td><td><p>45,282,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>37,840,300</p></td><td><p>7,239,700</p></td><td><p>45,080,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 29/01/2015 15:32:16 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil