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224288

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the agreement between the Metropolitan Police Service and the Independent Police Complaints Commission and others regarding the investigation of public complaints relating to Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000, when they expect that complainants will receive an answer to their complaints.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL5310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Police Complaints Commission is awaiting receipt of the draft investigation reports from the Metropolitan Police Service and will write to the Noble Lord shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2015 13:00:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

224335

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Driving Offences: Speed Limits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with police forces in England about the priority given to the enforcement of traffic speed in 30 mph and 20 mph areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL5357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office has not had any such discussions. Enforcement of speed limits is an operational matter for the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2015 13:01:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

224336

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Driving Offences: Speed Limits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many fixed penalty fines have been issued, and how many prosecutions have been initiated, for exceeding 30 mph or 20 mph speed limits in each of the police forces areas in England; and how that compares with estimates of the actual number of times speed limits are exceeded in 30 mph and 20 mph areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL5358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested. The Home Office collects data on the number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued to motorists for all speeding offences, but cannot separately identify whether an individual was caught exceeding the speed limit in a 20mph zone or a 30mph zone.<br><br>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. However, unless stipulated in statute, the location of an offence cannot be separately analysed. Hence it is not possible to identify whether a defendant proceeded against for a speeding offence has been caught exceeding the speed limit in a 20mph zone, or a 30mph zone. This information may be held by the individual courts in England and as such it can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/03/2015 13:02:26 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

224337

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	Pesticides
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the Anderson Farm Consultants report <i>The Effect of the Loss of Plant Protection Products on UK Agriculture and Horticulture and the Wider Economy, </i>published in October 2014; and what are their reasons for any disagreement with those conclusions.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Caithness
uin	HL5359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>This report was commissioned by the Agricultural Industries Confederation, the Crop Protection Association and the National Farmers Union. It concludes that 40 pesticide active substances are likely to be lost or restricted under European Union (EU) legislation between now and 2020. A further 47 active substances could be threatened. Consequent crop yield losses are likely to lead to substantial loss of profits and jobs across the farming and food sectors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report concludes that policies in this area should be science-led and based on a realistic and proportionate assessment of risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has not carried out a detailed assessment of the analysis set out in the Andersons Centre report. However, we would support the central conclusions that current EU pesticide rules will reduce the range of available products. We also agree that decisions on pesticide approval should be proportionate and be taken on the basis of a scientific assessment of risk. Parts of the EU regime for the approval of pesticides do not currently work in this way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The EU Regulation on the approval of pesticides includes a review clause. UK Ministers are pressing the Commission to make sure that the review is carried out thoroughly and takes full account of costs and benefits of regulation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 06/03/2015 11:14:54 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	3310 label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness

224346

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases since the introduction of the Victims' Right to Review Scheme have the Crown Prosecution Service changed a decision following a victim's request for a review.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	225951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)’s Victims’ Right to Review scheme came into effect on 5 June 2013. Between the date the scheme commenced and 31 December 2014, the CPS has reviewed 2,423 appeals of which 315 (13.0%) were upheld.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of decisions overturned represents a very small fraction of all the decisions made by CPS lawyers. During the period from 1 June 2013 to 31 December 2014, the CPS finalised 198,786 cases with a qualifying decision. This means that approximately 0.16% of cases that would qualify under the scheme resulted in an upheld Appeal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 225952 question first answered 05/03/2015 10:44:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

224348

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many victims of crime have asked the Crown Prosecution Service to review a decision not to bring charges or to terminate proceedings since the introduction of the Victims' Right to Review Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	225952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)’s Victims’ Right to Review scheme came into effect on 5 June 2013. Between the date the scheme commenced and 31 December 2014, the CPS has reviewed 2,423 appeals of which 315 (13.0%) were upheld.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of decisions overturned represents a very small fraction of all the decisions made by CPS lawyers. During the period from 1 June 2013 to 31 December 2014, the CPS finalised 198,786 cases with a qualifying decision. This means that approximately 0.16% of cases that would qualify under the scheme resulted in an upheld Appeal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 225951 question first answered 05/03/2015 10:44:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

224350

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what programmes are administered by the Business Bank; and how many businesses received support from each such programme in each month since those programmes began.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Details of British Business Bank (BBB) programmes and the number of businesses receiving support from each programme are attached. The figures show the increasing role of BBB programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 14:36:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Attachment for 225939-4613.xlsx title British Business Bank programmes previous answer version 48144 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224352

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of support provided by each Business Bank programme was from a non-major bank in each month since those programmes began.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) is the only British Business Bank programme administered through the major banks. The proportion has risen very sharply over the past five years. The table below shows the flow of EFG loans administered by non-major banks by number of loans per quarter. For the purpose of this question the major banks have been defined as HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% EFG loans provided by non-big four banks (by number of loans)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan - March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April - June 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July - Sept 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/03/2015 15:47:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224354

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
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 growth vouchers have been (a) issued and (b) redeemed to date; how many businesses have made enquiries on the growth vouchers scheme; and how many applications for growth vouchers have been received in each month since the scheme started.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Since the pioneering research programme began on 27 January 2014, 12,130 businesses have been issued with a growth voucher, and 2,095 vouchers have been redeemed to date. The total figure on vouchers redeemed will be available in July 2015 as the last vouchers expire at the end of June.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been over 26,197 applications in total and 16,428 small businesses have been given advice on what support they should be seeking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A monthly breakdown is below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of applications received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>1,819</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>1,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>1,591</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>1,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>1,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>4,421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>3,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>5,594</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not collect data on the number of business enquiries to the Growth Voucher programme. However, the 115,316 visits to the Growth Voucher eligibility page on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> gives an indication on the number businesses making enquires on the Growth Voucher scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/03/2015 15:45:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

224356

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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
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 the findings of the Government's employment review to improve the clarity and status of the employment of the British workforce.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>We intend to publish in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/03/2015 15:39:00 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna