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228305

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Trade Promotion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total cost was of the GREAT campaign launch in Shanghai; what the cost was of each element of that launch; and if he will publish a list of attendees at that launch.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	228206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

228286

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of small firms and shops likely to be affected by the planned reduction in business rates in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	228218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rate bills, bringing the total support of 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement polices to £1.4 billion. This help includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>doubling small business rate relief for a further year. In England, this means an estimated 400,000 properties will pay no rates at all, while a further 200,000 properties will benefit from tapered relief;</li><li>a 2% cap on the increase of the small business rates multiplier. This is a continuation of the 2% cap introduced in 2014-15 as part of Autumn Statement 2013 measures;</li><li>increasing the temporary discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 from £1,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16, benefitting an estimated 200,000 properties in England; and</li><li>extending the existing transitional relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These measures are in addition to previous Autumn Statement measures that continue into 2015-16, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a 50 per cent discount for 18 months to new occupants of vacant shops;</li><li>allowing businesses to keep their small business rate relief for a year where they take on an additional property;</li><li>business rates relief for empty new builds; and</li><li>allowing businesses to pay their business rate bills over 12 months, in order to assist with their cash flow.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Central Government also now funds 50% of any additional local discounts granted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on a constituency basis, but Pendle constituency lies entirely within the boundary of Pendle Borough Council. Table 1 (attached) shows the estimated number of properties in 2015-16 within the boundary of Pendle Borough Council that benefit from business rates measures extended in this year’s Autumn Statement. Table 2 (attached) presents the same information for properties within Lancashire County Council.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 20/03/2015 12:51:49 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 228218 Stephenson.docx title Table 1 and Table 2
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228339

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Offenders: Literacy
	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 literacy courses were enrolled on by offenders assessed as having a literacy need in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	228241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p> </p><p>Information for each academic year since 2010/11 on prisoner participation in English and maths is published in the FE data library (first link) as a supplementary table (second link) to a Statistical First Release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners participating who were assessed as having a literacy need was not recorded for these years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fe-data-library</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382079/feandskills-OLASS-participation-and-achievement.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382079/feandskills-OLASS-participation-and-achievement.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/03/2015 15:14:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

228337

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is to the public purse of repatriating a foreign national prisoner; and how many such prisoners have been repatriated since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	228239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Foreign national offenders who have no right to remain in the UK should be removed at the earliest opportunity and the Government has toughened the system including compulsory transfer agreements with European countries.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, 23,000 foreign offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010 and more than 600 under the 'deport first, appeal later' provisions, with many more being processed through the system. The grounds on which criminals can appeal against deportation have been cut.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, there have been 206 foreign national prisoners transferred from prisons in England and Wales to prisons in their country of nationality in order to serve the remainder of their sentence there. The average cost of these transfers was approximately £1,640. This figure includes all the elements of an escort, including staff costs, travel and subsistence, vehicle costs, flights, and any accommodation that might be required by staff prior to their return journey.</p><p> </p><p>Following a prisoner’s transfer to another state, that receiving state will bear the costs of their continued detention until release.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/03/2015 15:16:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

228340

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what offences the foreign nationals in prison in England and Wales were convicted on the most recent date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	228242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Foreign national offenders who have no right to remain in the UK should be removed at the earliest opportunity and the Government has toughened the system, including pursuing compulsory transfer agreements with European countries.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, 23,000 foreign offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010 and more than 600 under the 'deport first, appeal later' provisions, with many more being processed through the system. The grounds on which criminals can appeal against deportation have been cut.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the offence types for the sentenced prison population in England and Wales, as of 31 December 2014. It also provides a breakdown to indicate whether the offender was a foreign national, a UK national, or nationality not recorded. As the table records only sentenced prisoners, it does not include remand prisoners, fine defaulters, civil prisoners or recalled prisoners.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Sentenced<sup>(1)</sup> prison population by offence type and nationality 31 December 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Foreign National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong><strong> National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not Recorded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Violence against the person</strong></p></td><td><p>1,657</p></td><td><p>16,089</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>17,776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sexual offences</strong></p></td><td><p>1,035</p></td><td><p>9,933</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>10,991</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Robbery</strong></p></td><td><p>527</p></td><td><p>6,609</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Burglary</strong></p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>7,197</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7,606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Theft and handling</strong></p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td><p>2,891</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fraud and forgery</strong></p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>1,039</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1,339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Drug offences</strong></p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td><td><p>8,588</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>9,807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Motoring offences</strong></p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other offences</strong></p></td><td><p>819</p></td><td><p>5,699</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>6,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Offence not recorded</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p>6,373</p></td><td><p>58,865</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>65,451</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/03/2015 15:25:54 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

228336

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners (a) by nationality and (b) of no known country of origin were held in prisons in England and Wales on 31 December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	228238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Foreign national offenders who have no right to remain in the UK should be removed at the earliest opportunity and the Government has toughened the system, including by pursuing compulsory transfer agreements with European countries.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, 23,000 foreign offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010 and more than 600 under the 'deport first, appeal later' provisions, with many more being processed through the system. The grounds on which criminals can appeal against deportation have been cut.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of foreign national prisoners in prisons in England and Wales is published in the Ministry of Justice’s quarterly population tables, which can be accessed via the following web link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1.8 of the document entitled <em>Prison population: 31 December 2013 to 31 December 2014</em> gives a breakdown of the England and Wales population as of 31 December 2014 by country of nationality, and includes the number for whom nationality was not recorded.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/03/2015 15:29:49 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

228338

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners there are in England and Wales by (a) country and (b) security category of each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	228240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Foreign national offenders who have no right to remain in the UK should be removed at the earliest opportunity and the Government has toughened the system, including by pursuing compulsory transfer agreements with European countries.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, 23,000 foreign offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010 and more than 600 under the 'deport first, appeal later' provisions, with many more being processed through the system. The grounds on which criminals can appeal against deportation have been cut.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of foreign national prisoners in prisons in England and Wales is published in the Ministry of Justice’s quarterly population tables, which can be accessed via the following web link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1.8 of the document entitled <em>Prison population: 31 December 2013 to 31 December 2014</em> gives a breakdown of the England and Wales population as of 31 December 2014 by country of nationality.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides a breakdown of the foreign national prisoner population by the category and/or type of prison in which they are held. It should be noted however, that not all prisoners will be of the same security category as the establishment in which they are held. Prisoners with a lower security categorisation may be held in a prison with a higher security designation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Foreign National prison population as at 31 December 2014 by prison category, England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison Category<sup>(1)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Foreign National population as at 31 Dec 14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local</p></td><td><p>3,813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Security</p></td><td><p>815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category B Trainer</p></td><td><p>778</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Category C Trainer</p></td><td><p>2,882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Open</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female open</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female closed</p></td><td><p>499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YJB/YOI</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IRC</p></td><td><p>1,297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>10,503</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(1) Prisons have been categorised by their predominant function but may have secondary functions. For example, the YJB/YOI category may include some young adults.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/03/2015 17:01:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

228105

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Reserve Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reserves have been called up for service since the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010; where those reserves have served; and in what capacity those reserves served.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	228141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 more than 10,000 Reservists have been mobilised in a variety of roles on operations worldwide including Iraq, Afghanistan and the London 2012 Olympics.</p><p>As at 28 February 2015, around 400 Reservists are mobilised. More than 60 Reservists have been mobilised so far to assist in efforts to resolve the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. The majority of these are Army Reservists filling medical roles in the Kerry Town Treatment Unit and who I saw depart the UK last December, from Brize Norton.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 23/03/2015 16:57:27 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

228104

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much LIBOR funding to date has been awarded to organisations or projects that benefit from the wider armed forces community (a) nationwide, (b) in England, (c) in Northern Ireland, (d) in Scotland and (e) in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	228139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>For information on the distribution of the £35 million LIBOR Fund and the £40 million Veterans Accommodation Fund, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 3 March 2015, to Question 221590 to the hon. Member for Gedling (Mr Coaker).</p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-21/221590/</p><p>Subsequent to that answer there been two further announcements about LIBOR funded projects:</p><p> </p><p>Gurkha Homes Project: £960,000 to Gurkha Homes Limited for various locations across England.</p><p> </p><p>Scottish Veterans' Garden City Association (SVGCA) Future Shared Ownership Consortium: £551,190 for Houses for Heroes in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>As the hon. Member will have seen, the Chancellor announced in the Budget on 18 March that a total of £450 million of LIBOR fines had been used by this Government to support the Service charities and other good causes, including a further £75 million of funding over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on the numbers of people who have benefited, or who may benefit, from this funding. However, given the scope of some of these projects, we anticipate that - at a minimum - this will run into the tens of thousands.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228140 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:01:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name HOC 221590 3 March 2015.doc title Hansard Extract Tuesday 3 March 2015
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

228108

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales (i) have benefited and (ii) are expected to benefit from the LIBOR funding for armed forces and veterans' organisations that has been granted in each tranche to date.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	228140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>For information on the distribution of the £35 million LIBOR Fund and the £40 million Veterans Accommodation Fund, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 3 March 2015, to Question 221590 to the hon. Member for Gedling (Mr Coaker).</p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-21/221590/</p><p>Subsequent to that answer there been two further announcements about LIBOR funded projects:</p><p> </p><p>Gurkha Homes Project: £960,000 to Gurkha Homes Limited for various locations across England.</p><p> </p><p>Scottish Veterans' Garden City Association (SVGCA) Future Shared Ownership Consortium: £551,190 for Houses for Heroes in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>As the hon. Member will have seen, the Chancellor announced in the Budget on 18 March that a total of £450 million of LIBOR fines had been used by this Government to support the Service charities and other good causes, including a further £75 million of funding over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on the numbers of people who have benefited, or who may benefit, from this funding. However, given the scope of some of these projects, we anticipate that - at a minimum - this will run into the tens of thousands.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228139 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:01:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name HOC 221590 3 March 2015.doc title Hansard Extract Tuesday 3 March 2015
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck