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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

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

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

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

794198

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:34:24
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:35:07 07/12/2017 16:32:03
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3516
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/12/2017 16:00:39
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and to what extent, they intend to compensate local authorities for the loss of £2.3 billion over the next five years resulting from their decision that business rates will increase by CPI rather than RPI.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3516
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3516
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Autumn Budget 2017 announced that the planned switch in the indexation of business rates from RPI to CPI will be brought forward by two years to April 2018. Central government will fully compensate local authorities for income lost as a result of this measure.</p>
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

794199

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:34:25
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:35:10 07/12/2017 16:41:03
	hansard heading	Clean Air Zones
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3517
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/12/2017 16:09:55
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 21 November (HL2990), whether the Clean Air Zone Framework published in May instructs local authorities to take account of the greater passenger capacity afforded by buses when compared to cars, in order that buses are not unreasonably targeted when setting up Clean Air Zones.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3517
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3517
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Clean Air Zone Framework sets out a range of measures which local authorities can take to reduce pollution in their areas, including encouraging the use of buses and public transport. In general, vehicles such as lorries and buses, or high frequency users such as taxis and private hire vehicles, emit higher levels of pollution on a per vehicle basis. The framework therefore sets out an approach under which, where charging zones are being introduced, Local Authorities are required to address these vehicles first, ahead of cars.</p><p /><p /> <p> </p><p /><p /> <p>The Framework is clear that local authorities should work with bus operators to reduce emissions from buses, for example through developing quality partnership schemes to support cleaner vehicles and the use of vehicles with higher vehicle emission standards. To support improvements in the bus fleet, the Government in 2016 allocated £100m to 2020/21 for new low emission buses and the retrofitting of existing buses.</p><p /><p />
	creator	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

794200

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:34:25
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:35:08 07/12/2017 13:19:03
	hansard heading	Palm Oil
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3518
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/12/2017 13:18:40
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to implement the UK Statement Sustainable production of palm oil, published on 30 October 2012, and to reduce the amount of palm oil in food and bathroom products purchased by consumers, in order to prevent further loss of tropical habitats and species from deforestation.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3518
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3518
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The 2012 Commitment on Sustainable Palm Oil has been a success. Nearly all palm oil imported to the UK is now certified sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is building on that success by continuing to support zero-deforestation supply chains for key commodities, including palm oil. The UK is a signatory to the Amsterdam Declarations, has endorsed the New York Declaration on Forests and is a member of the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, all of which support action to prevent deforestation and encourage the production of sustainable palm oil.</p><p> </p><p>Through our international climate finance, the Government is supporting a number of programmes focused on sustainable palm oil production. Those programmes are designed to strengthen governance, promote market-based solutions and put in place incentives, policies and actions that support sustainable production alongside forest protection.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4578 label Biography information for Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4578 label Biography information for Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice

794201

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:34:26
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	ddp modified	23/11/2017 19:35:11 30/11/2017 18:30:07
	hansard heading	Cancer
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3519
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	30/11/2017 17:58:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with NHS England on the projected levels of investment over the next five years on new technology to treat cancer.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Evans of Watford
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3519
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3519
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government have already committed an additional £8 billion by 2020/21 to the National Health Service and now committed to backing the NHS in England further so that by 2019/20, it will have received an additional £2.8 billion for frontline services than previously planned over the period. This includes £335 million this winter to help trusts to increase capacity and £3.5 billion of new capital investment by 2022/23 to transform its estate and drive further efficiency savings.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2016, NHS England announced a £130 million fund to modernise radiotherapy across England. Over the next two years, older Linear Accelerators radiotherapy equipment being used by hospitals will be upgraded or replaced; ensuring cancer patients have access to the latest, leading-edge technology.</p>
	creator	2766 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Watford
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2766 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Watford

794203

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2017
	date	23/11/2017
	date tabled	23/11/2017
	ddp created	23/11/2017 19:34:28
	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 19:35:13 07/12/2017 17:48:04
	hansard heading	Home Office: Disclosure of Information
	house id	2
	identifier	HL3521
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/12/2017 17:16:37
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government with which (1) other departments, (2) Government agencies, (3) other public bodies, (4) voluntary sector bodies, and (5) private sector bodies, the Home Office has data sharing arrangements in connection with (a) the identification of individuals (b) their rights to receive public services, (c) their rights to reside in the UK, and (d) other matters.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL3521
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3521
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In line with the ICO Code of Practice on data sharing the Home Office maintains a number of agreements which oversee the exchange of key information necessary to support the effective delivery of departmental and government functions, including the prevention and detection of crime, immigration control and public safety. This includes agreements with government and non-government partners both in the UK and overseas.</p><p> </p><p>All such sharing is in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 and other relevant legislation such as the Human Rights Act 1998, the Immigration Act 2014 or the Criminal Justice and Data Protection Regulations 2014. The Home Office keeps such data sharing agreements under review but does not currently maintain a central register of all such agreements.</p>
	creator	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves