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692238

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Africa: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support democracy in and (b) strengthen UK relations with countries in Africa.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	908818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s links with Africa are profound. We spend almost £5 billion a year supporting Africa’s stability and prosperity. My Rt. Hon Friend the Foreign Secretary (Mr Johnson) last week visited The Gambia which recently saw its first democratic transfer of power, and in May my Rt. Hon Friend the Prime Minister (Mrs May) will host a major conference to agree a new international partnership for Somalia, demonstrating UK leadership and commitment to democracy and stability in Africa.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/02/2017 15:18:23 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

688057

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates leases for the Driving Test Theory Centre in Glasgow are due for renewal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	63854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The theory test service is contracted out to Pearson Professional Assessment Ltd who has advised that the licence for the suite at Glasgow PPC (Pearson Professional Centre) is renewable annually at the end of September.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2017 11:45:30 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

688058

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from which landlord his Department leases the Driving Test Theory Centre in Glasgow.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	63855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The theory test service is contracted out to Pearson Professional Assessment Ltd and the lease for the Driving Theory Test Centre in Glasgow is held by the contractor.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2017 11:48:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

688060

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff have been employed at Glasgow Theory Test Centre in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	63838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The theory test service is contracted out to Pearson Professional Assessment Ltd and staff working in the test centres are employed by Pearson VUE. There have been no civil servants employed at theory test centres in Glasgow in each year since 2007.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2017 11:51:50 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

687899

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government: Assets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many properties and assets the Government fully owns in Glasgow Central constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	63839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government has 69 freehold holdings in Glasgow Central, of which 68 are land holdings held by the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/02/2017 10:14:18 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

687957

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army Personnel Centre: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the staff headcount was at the Army Personnel Centre at Kentigern House in Glasgow in each year from 2006 to 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	63856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2017 answer text <p>As at 14 February 2017, there were 666 staff employed by the Army Personnel Centre at Kentigern House (155 Military and 511 Civilian).</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows establishment figures for the Army Personnel Centre, split by Military (Regular, Reserves and Full-Time Reserve Service posts) and Civilian (Full Time Equivalent) posts. Figures of actual staff employed for these years are not held.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Military</strong></p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Civilian</strong></p></td><td><p>617</p></td><td><p>625</p></td><td><p>625</p></td><td><p>569</p></td><td><p>569</p></td><td><p>551</p></td><td><p>553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>798</p></td><td><p>802</p></td><td><p>802</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>711</p></td><td><p>719</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures represent Army Personnel Centre staff only, and therefore exclude staff from other Ministry of Defence organisations based at Kentigern House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 63723 question first answered 21/02/2017 14:29:57 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

688054

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) cost, (b) take up and (c) effectiveness in reducing fraud of the electoral identity card. in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	63957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The requirement to produce photographic identification before voting in Northern Ireland is well established and has enhanced confidence in the integrity of the electoral system. There were 82,812 new additions to the register in the 2015/16 financial year and 24,232 electoral identity cards issued, covering new applications and replacements. The cost of the electoral identity card in Northern Ireland in 2015/2016 was £25,500. Northern Ireland does not hold an annual canvass and its electorate, at 1.2 million, is less than 3% of that of the United Kingdom as a whole.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/02/2017 12:57:13 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

688030

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2016 to Question 54640, on passports, what the age profile is of UK passport holders.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	63956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the age profile as a percentage of valid UK passports in circulation. This information is taken from the number of valid UK passports as of 31 December 2016. A valid passport is one that is not damaged, cancelled or expired.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics have been taken from a live operational database and as such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0 to 5</p></td><td><p>5.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 to 10</p></td><td><p>5.23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 to 15</p></td><td><p>5.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 to 20</p></td><td><p>5.71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 to 25</p></td><td><p>6.81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 to 30</p></td><td><p>6.95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 to 35</p></td><td><p>6.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36 to 40</p></td><td><p>6.52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>41 to 45</p></td><td><p>7.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>46 to 50</p></td><td><p>7.89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>51 to 55</p></td><td><p>7.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>56 to 60</p></td><td><p>6.92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>61 to 65</p></td><td><p>5.94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>66 to 70</p></td><td><p>5.99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>71 to 75</p></td><td><p>4.24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>76 to 80</p></td><td><p>2.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>81 to 85</p></td><td><p>1.71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>86 to 90</p></td><td><p>0.88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>91 to 95</p></td><td><p>0.31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>96 to 100</p></td><td><p>0.07%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&gt;100</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.00%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/02/2017 16:17:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

692754

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to NGOs promoting human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	908744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>DFID’s bilateral programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories currently funds human rights NGOs providing legal assistance to Palestinians, through a multi-donor access to justice programme implemented by UN agencies.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/02/2017 15:00:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

687976

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Sierra Leone: Freedom of Association
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will initiate a Call to Action by the Community of Democracies' Working Group on Enabling and Protecting Civil Society for an urgent intervention with the government of Sierra Leone to ask that Government to review its draft non-governmental organisation policy regulations to bring them into line with constitutional and international standards of freedom of association.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Ann Clwyd
	uin	63807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK regularly works with both the Sierra Leonean government and local civil society actors to emphasise the important role civil society plays in economic and social development. The UK works to protect civil society space and ensure that civil society engages in international processes. Where appropriate, the UK also works with partners at the multilateral level. The UK welcomes the fact that the Government of Sierra Leone is consulting on revising their Non-Governmental Organisation policy guidelines. Officials at the British High Commission in Sierra Leone continue to discuss these revisions with the government, development partners and civil society organisations.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/02/2017 16:42:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	553 label Biography information for Ann Clwyd