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794443

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/11/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:51:43
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 20:01:55 30/11/2017 12:24:02
	hansard heading	Small Businesses
	house id	1
	identifier	115416
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/11/2017 17:55:44
	question first ministerially corrected	30/11/2017 11:52:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to his Oral Answer on 23 November 2017, what criteria he used to locate staff from the Export Hub on Small Business Saturday.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 115416
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	115416
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Export Hub is invited to locations across the UK, and has so far visited 23<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">5</del> sites. Any Member of Parliament is able to request for the Export Hub to visit their constituency.</p><p>The logistics for managing the Export Hub is contracted through an external company.</p><p>Many cross-party MPs have spoken highly of the work of the Export Hub at the Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Monthly MPs Briefings which the DIT Ministerial team hosts.</p>
	creator	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

794360

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/11/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:49:09
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:59:09 21/02/2018 17:13:06
	hansard heading	Bedford Prison: Discipline
	house id	1
	identifier	115333
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/11/2017 17:30:54
	question first ministerially corrected	21/02/2018 16:41:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional days of imprisonment were imposed as punishment on prisoners at HM Prison Bedford during 2016?
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 115333
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	115333
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">During 2016, there were 26 instances of additional days awarded as a punishment following an adjudication at HM Prison Bedford, totalling 411 additional days.</ins><del class="ministerial">The number of additional days awarded to prisoners at HM Prison Bedford as a result of adjudications in 2016 was 26.</del></p><p> </p><p>Discipline procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Prison and Young Offender Institution Rules, which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly. Independent Adjudicators are District Judges or Deputy District Judges who attend prisons and young offender institutions when necessary to hear those adjudication cases which are deemed to be sufficiently serious. Such cases may merit a punishment of additional days to a prisoner’s time spent in custody if the prisoner or young person is found guilty. Only Independent Adjudicators can make an award of additional days as a punishment. The most serious offences will be referred to the Police.</p>
	creator	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

794332

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/11/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:48:05
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:58:13 29/11/2017 16:23:04
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	identifier	115305
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/11/2017 15:51:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the losses and special payments made by his Department in the 2017-18 financial year to date
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 115305
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	115305
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>No estimate of losses and special payments made in the 2017-18 financial year is currently available centrally.</p><p>The latest audited information, published in July 2017, and covering the financial year 2016-17 is available on pages 125-126 of the Ministry of Defence 2016-17 Annual Report and Accounts, a copy of which is in the Library of the House and at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</p>
	creator	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

794347

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/11/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:48:37
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:58:44 30/11/2017 11:54:01
	hansard heading	Corruption
	house id	1
	identifier	115320
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	30/11/2017 11:22:18
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish a new anti-corruption strategy?
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 115320
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	115320
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government is working on a new Anti-Corruption Strategy which will be published in due course.</p>
	creator	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

794279

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/11/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:46:29
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:56:22 30/11/2017 11:59:01
	hansard heading	Anti-corruption Champion
	house id	1
	identifier	115252
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	30/11/2017 11:27:41
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to name a new anti-corruption champion.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 115252
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	115252
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>An announcement on the anti-corruption champion appointment will be made in due course.</p>
	creator	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

794258

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/11/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:45:53
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:55:37 04/12/2017 17:36:01
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	identifier	115231
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/12/2017 17:04:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers there were in the British Army in each year since 2000.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 115231
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	115231
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The officer and soldier strengths of the Army at 1 April for each year since 2000 are shown below:</p><p> </p><p>Army Full Time Strength</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>Soldiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>14,130</p></td><td><p>100,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>14,320</p></td><td><p>99,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>14,550</p></td><td><p>100,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>14,940</p></td><td><p>102,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>15,180</p></td><td><p>102,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>15,040</p></td><td><p>98,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>15,130</p></td><td><p>96,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>15,100</p></td><td><p>95,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>15,090</p></td><td><p>94,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14,930</p></td><td><p>96,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>15,020</p></td><td><p>98,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>15,020</p></td><td><p>95,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14,660</p></td><td><p>93,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14,060</p></td><td><p>89,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13,360</p></td><td><p>80,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td><td><p>77,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12,790</p></td><td><p>75,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,910</p></td><td><p>73,870</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Future Reserves 2020 Strength</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>Soldiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>21,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>20,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,350</p></td><td><p>19,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,490</p></td><td><p>20,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,840</p></td><td><p>23,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>24,840</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Numbers are for trained and untrained personnel and have been produced by Defence Statistics.</p><ol start="2"><li>Full time strength in the above tables includes the trained element which contributes to the liability. e.g. it includes Gurkhas but it excludes Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) Home Commitment (HC) and those FTRS serving on Operational Commitment Establishment (Reserve). As such these may differ from published statistics.</li></ol><p>3. The Future Reserves 2020 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS(HC) contracts who were previously Army Reservists. Ministry of Defence does not hold Future Reserves 2020 population data pre – 2012.</p><p>4. Figures have been rounded to 10, numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p>
	creator	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

794246

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:35:01
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:36:15 07/12/2017 17:47:08
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Finance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3564
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/12/2017 17:15:15
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how the £4,800 per secondary school pupil to be allocated in 2018–19 under the national funding formula will be spent in the case of home-educated children.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3564
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3564
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The department does not provide funding to local councils, schools or academies for electively home-educated children. It remains the case that when parents choose to home educate their children they assume financial responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>The department continues to recommend that local councils should take a flexible approach to support for home educating parents where appropriate. Further guidance on funding for home-educated students is available (attached) at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/elective-home-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/elective-home-education</a>.</p> attachment 1 file name revised_funding_guidance_-_local_authorities_on_home_educated_children.pdf
	creator	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

794245

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:35:00
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:36:13 29/11/2017 11:45:03
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3563
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/11/2017 11:13:04
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have determined in what circumstances they would withdraw from negotiations to exit from the EU; and if so, what are those circumstances.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3563
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3563
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We continue to engage constructively, as a full and responsible Member State in the negotiations. For our part, we are ready to move these negotiations on, as doing so will allow us to best achieve our joint objectives and move towards a deal that works for both the UK and the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are confident that a future partnership between the UK and EU is in the interests of both sides, so we are approaching these negotiations with optimism. We do not want or expect a no deal outcome.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

794244

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:34:59
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:36:12 07/12/2017 16:54:13
	hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3562
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/12/2017 16:22:06
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 22 November (HL2814), whether any Police and Crime Commissioner in England and Wales has commissioned a review into an investigation undertaken by their force.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3562
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3562
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As set out in the Policing Protocol Order 2011, it is for police forces, in line with the strategic direction and objectives set by the democratically elected Police and Crime Commissioner through their police and crime plan, to determine how best to use their investigative resources. How forces conduct an investigation is a matter for the relevant Chief Officer, and it is for the Police and Crime Commissioner to ensure that these duties are fulfilled in an effective and proportionate manner on behalf of the public they serve.</p><p>The Government is not aware that any Police and Crime Commissioner has commissioned a review into an investigation undertaken by their force.</p>
	creator	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

794243

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:34:58
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:36:09 07/12/2017 16:53:07
	hansard heading	Police: Ministers of Religion
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3561
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/12/2017 16:21:40
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which police forces in England and Wales employ police chaplains; and of those, which employ chaplains on a full-time basis.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3561
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3561
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police forces who employ police chaplains.</p><p>The Home Office does collect data annually on the function of police staff, including the number of full time equivalent staff employed in support functions. Within the support functions category is those in ‘Human Resources’ roles, which includes chaplaincy. However, this group also includes staff in other related roles, therefore it is not possible to separately identify chaplains.</p><p>This information can be found in the data tables published alongside the annual ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p>
	creator	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman