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227806

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Reptiles: Import Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seizures of reptiles there were by the Border Force under the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; how many individual animals were so seized in each such year; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	227914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The data requested on the seizures of reptiles by Border Force can be found in the below table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Seizure Year</td><td>Number of Seizures</td><td>Quantity Seized</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>9</td><td>477</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>16</td><td>1232</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/03/2015 10:09:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 51789 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227804

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy objectives were in introducing the Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 138); and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	227918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Crawley on 4 March 2015, PQ UIN 225448.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/03/2015 16:34:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227807

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Reptiles: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, according to TRACES, how many and what species of reptiles were imported into the UK from (a) within and (b) outside the EU in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	227915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>TRACES does not hold a complete record of reptile imports into the UK because it only records consignments of species that require a CITES certificate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Movements of reptiles from European Union (EU) Member States <strong>to the UK</strong> which do not require a CITES certificate are accompanied by a hard copy of the health certificate. However, information about these consignments is not recorded on TRACES.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures below refer only to those species for which a CITES licence is required. Third Country totals are not broken down into “families” as this would require each certificate to be interrogated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reptiles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From EU to UK in 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From EU to UK in 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From Third Countries to UK in 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From Third Countries to UK in 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhynchocephalia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sauria</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Serpentes</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Testudinata</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>3035</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Crocodylia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2463</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3531</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>129592</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>101592</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of reptiles imported <strong>into the EU</strong> from Third Countries, taken from Eurostat is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013- EU Member States imported 1,379,146 live reptiles from outside the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014- EU Member States imported 1,443,213 live reptiles from outside the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 227917 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:18:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227808

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Reptiles: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of reptiles that were imported into the EU in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	227917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>TRACES does not hold a complete record of reptile imports into the UK because it only records consignments of species that require a CITES certificate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Movements of reptiles from European Union (EU) Member States <strong>to the UK</strong> which do not require a CITES certificate are accompanied by a hard copy of the health certificate. However, information about these consignments is not recorded on TRACES.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures below refer only to those species for which a CITES licence is required. Third Country totals are not broken down into “families” as this would require each certificate to be interrogated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reptiles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From EU to UK in 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From EU to UK in 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From Third Countries to UK in 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>From Third Countries to UK in 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhynchocephalia</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Sauria</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Serpentes</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Testudinata</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>3035</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Crocodylia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2463</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3531</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>129592</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>101592</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of reptiles imported <strong>into the EU</strong> from Third Countries, taken from Eurostat is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013- EU Member States imported 1,379,146 live reptiles from outside the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014- EU Member States imported 1,443,213 live reptiles from outside the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 227915 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:18:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227773

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Adult Education
	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 adults were enrolled on (a) Level 4, (b) Level 5 and (c) Level 6 courses in England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	227916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1b of the Statistical First Release ‘Higher Education Enrolments and Qualifications Obtained in the UK 2013/14’ provides the number of enrolments at both Higher Education Institutions and Further Education Colleges by qualification aim.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on how higher education qualification aims are ascribed to the National Vocational Qualification Levels is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a%5e_%5eCOURSEAIM.html" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a^_^COURSEAIM.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 25/03/2015 15:04:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 52018 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith