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524189

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how and why the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) joined the Metropolitan Police in announcing that retired police sergeant Gurpal Virdi was charged with misconduct in public office and with indecent assault on a person under 16 years; what publicity the CPS recorded as resulting at the time; when the memorandum of a conviction proved 1 April 1987 for offences on 7 November 1986 of a defendant born on 5 September 1970 with informant or complainant recorded as PC Markwick came to the attention of the CPS; what steps were taken to put right the effect of the wrong statement; when those steps were taken; and what the results of those steps were.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>A press release was issued by the Metropolitan Police Service which stated that the complainant was under 16. The CPS was not a party to this release and did not issue any other release. The CPS does not retain records of publicity resulting at the time.</p><p> </p><p>When the case was reviewed in 2014 for charging, the complainant and the witness clearly stated that the complainant had been 15 when the incident took place in 1986.<del class="ministerial"> In addition Mr Virdi also said in interview that the complainant had been 15 at the time of the incident.</del> The police summary stated that the complainant was 15. However the complainant’s date of birth and the date of his arrest were known and this mistake should not have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS was supplied with the memorandum of conviction referred to on 17 September 2014.<del class="ministerial">The indictment was formally amended thereafter.</del></p><p> </p><p>No steps were taken to publicise the fact that the charge was later amended in open court to remove the assertion that the complainant was under 16.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:53:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/06/2016 09:44:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3723 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

523558

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of failed asylum seekers who have been removed or voluntarily deported were (a) overstayers and (b) illegal entrants in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	39763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Our records indicate that<strong>:</strong></ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Our records show what proportion of failed asylum seekers who have been removed or voluntarily deported were overstayers between 2009 and 2015; in table 1</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Table 1: Proportion of failed asylum seekers with an enforced removal or voluntary departure who had been served a notice of liability for removal for being an overstayer, 2009-2015</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>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></tr><tr><td><p>Enforced Removal</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Departure</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">Our records show what proportion of failed asylum seekers who have been removed or voluntarily deported were illegal entrants between 2009 and 2015; in table 2</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Table 2: Proportion of failed asylum seekers with an enforced removal or voluntary departure who had been served a notice of liability for removal for being an illegal entrant, 2009-2015</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>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></tr><tr><td><p>Enforced Removal</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Departure</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Notes</ins></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial">The category ‘voluntarily deported’ does not exist and was interpreted as those who had voluntary departed instead.</ins> <ins class="ministerial">Figures represent the proportion of failed asylum seekers returned who were served a notice of liability for removal with a case type relating to them being an overstayer or an illegal entrant. The data may not, therefore, include all failed asylum seekers who were overstayers or illegal entrants.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial">Enforced removal and voluntary departure data is based on published data from Migration Statistics. This was matched to management information data (extracted on 17 May 2016) on individuals served a notice of liability for removal as described above.</ins> <ins class="ministerial"> </ins> <ins class="ministerial">This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2016 13:18:53 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2016 15:15:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 3997 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

523596

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Birmingham Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was levied in respect of financial remedies in each key performance indicator designated in respect of the contractual agreement between his Department and G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited at HM Prison Birmingham in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	39844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2016 answer text <p>Well-run prisons are fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system, and a vital part of our reform plans. Private providers play an important role in the prison estate. Performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p><p> </p><p>All private prisons are managed by a full-time, on-site controller. Where a provider fails to meet the expected level of performance, financial remedies can be applied. This ensures that providers are incentivised to properly support the rehabilitation of offenders through a safe, decent and secure regime.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides a breakdown of financial remedies applied for both HMP Birmingham and HMP Oakwood (HMP Featherstone II was the working name during construction of HMP Oakwood).</p><p> </p><p>No financial remedies were applied at either prison in 2011/12. Operation of HMP Birmingham transferred from HM Prison Service to G4S Justice Services in October 2011. HMP Oakwood opened in April 2012.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/09/2016 09:17:39 question first ministerially corrected 05/10/2016 10:02:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 39844 & 39594 Birmingham & Oakwood Finanical Remedies.xlsx title Birmingham & Oakwood Financial Remedies previous answer version 12785 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

523610

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Featherstone Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been levied in financial remedies relating to each key performance indicator in the contractual agreement between his Department and HM Prison Featherstone II in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	39594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2016 answer text <p>Well-run prisons are fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system, and a vital part of our reform plans. Private providers play an important role in the prison estate. Performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p><p> </p><p>All private prisons are managed by a full-time, on-site controller. Where a provider fails to meet the expected level of performance, financial remedies can be applied. This ensures that providers are incentivised to properly support the rehabilitation of offenders through a safe, decent and secure regime.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides a breakdown of financial remedies applied for both HMP Birmingham and HMP Oakwood (HMP Featherstone II was the working name during construction of HMP Oakwood).</p><p> </p><p>No financial remedies were applied at either prison in 2011/12. Operation of HMP Birmingham transferred from HM Prison Service to G4S Justice Services in October 2011. HMP Oakwood opened in April 2012.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/09/2016 09:17:40 question first ministerially corrected 05/10/2016 10:02:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 39844 & 39594 Birmingham & Oakwood Finanical Remedies.xlsx title Birmingham & Oakwood Financial Remedies previous answer version 12786 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

523166

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Apprentices: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to improve the apprenticeship completion rate of disabled young people.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	39529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Ensuring that apprentices have transferable skills and can progress their career will all help encourage people to complete their apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage the use of a range of available reasonable adjustments so during their learning and at assessment, apprentices with disabilities can demonstrate what they know and can do. Reasonable adjustments include access arrangements such as extra time, use of speech recognition technology, a reader, a sign language interpreter, modified papers (braille, enlarged text).</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">A Taskforce, led by my hon Friend the Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard), has been asked to look at issues around apprenticeships for people with learning difficulties. The Taskforce is currently considering its recommendations.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our far-reaching reforms will further improve the quality of apprenticeships and ensure delivery of the high quality relevant training expected by both employers and apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2016 16:58:44 question first ministerially corrected 14/06/2016 10:58:11 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 2890 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

522571

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Primary Health Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to introduce (a) video consultations and (b) other new technology into primary care service delivery.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	39251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>From April 2014 to April 2016, the Government has invested £175 million in developing innovative approaches to extend access to general practice through the Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund which has included testing, adoption, and evaluation of:</p><p> </p><p>― new types of consultation such as phone, video and online consultations;</p><p>― online pre-referral diagnosis tools; and</p><p>― telehealth, telecare and healthy living apps.</p><p> </p><p>During 2017/18<ins class="ministerial"> and 2018/19</ins>, £171 million will be made available <del class="ministerial">to</del> <ins class="ministerial">from </ins>clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to enable practices to upscale and implement measures tested through the Access Fund.</p><p> </p><p>A further £1 billion multiyear investment has been committed via the Estates and Technology Transformation Fund from April 2015 to April 2019, to help GP practices go further and faster to increase the use of technology and develop the primary care estate. Funding will be aligned with local digital roadmaps priorities and will support technology led improvement and innovation which improve patient and clinician experience of services, and access to primary care.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘General Practice Forward View’, released in April 2016, announced a commitment to greater use of technology. This includes an increase of over 18% in allocations to CCGs for provision of IT services and technology for general practice, alongside revised funding arrangements for GP IT in 2016-18. This will allow CCGs sufficient local flexibility to commission and procure GP IT services to meet local need. There will also be an additional £45 million multiyear national programme to stimulate uptake of online consultation technology for every practice.</p><p> </p><p>The National Information Board also has a programme of work known as Transforming General Practice which will use technology to free GPs from time consuming administrative tasks and provide patients with online services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/06/2016 11:08:23 question first ministerially corrected 16/06/2016 10:28:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 2969 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

522683

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to place the offences committed by offenders who participate in out-of-court restorative justice on the Police National Computer and make them available to courts dealing with any future offending.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	39177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>As I said during my appearance before the Justice Select Committee on 24 May, there is a difference between restorative justice and out of court disposals. Restorative justice is not a disposal in its own right, however, it can be used in conjunction with community resolution or a conditional caution.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">As stated in the previous response to this question there are no plans to record participation in restorative justice on the Police National Computer unless this is already recorded as part of a conditional caution or other formal disposal.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">As stated in the previous response to this question (PQ 36187), the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. </del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/06/2016 16:51:27 question first ministerially corrected 14/06/2016 10:18:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 3439 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

522126

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency holds any clinical trial data for HPV vaccines which is not in the public domain.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	38833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>There are <del class="ministerial">two</del> <ins class="ministerial">three </ins>human papilloma virus vaccines licensed in the European Union: Cervarix<ins class="ministerial">,</ins> <del class="ministerial">and</del> <ins class="ministerial">Gardasil and </ins>Gardasil 9. These products are licensed centrally throughout Europe by the European Commission via the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Applicants for centrally authorised products are required to submit all relevant supporting clinical trials data, whether published or not, to the EMA directly and not to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Under current medicines legislation, the EMA database registers all EU-approved clinical trials of investigational medicinal products. Since March 2011 this information has been publicly accessible through the EU Clinical Trials Register (except adult Phase 1 trials). The EU Clinical Trials Register includes all EU-conducted trials since May 2004 when the Clinical Trials Directive was implemented and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search" target="_blank">https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search</a></p><p> </p><p>Furthermore since July 2014 clinical trial sponsors have been required to provide a summary of their trial results uploaded onto the EU Clinical Trials Register within one year of their trial completing. There is a two year programme of back-loading underway to provide summaries of trial results for all trials on the Register back to when the EudraCT database was initiated in May 2004.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/06/2016 10:57:37 question first ministerially corrected 13/06/2016 10:14:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 2228 answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

521066

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 10 May 2016 to Question 36447, how much of the £10.3 million of minimum wage arrears recovered in 2015-16 was recovered from the 145 employers who were not issued with a Notice of Underpayment and who did not have to pay a penalty.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	38139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">60 employers responded to the National Minimum Wage campaign announced by HM Revenue and Customs on 29 July 2015. Between them, these employers voluntarily disclosed arrears of £786,038 owed to 4869 workers.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2015/16 819 employers were issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NoU), and of this number, 814 were issued with a penalty. The combined penalties issued to these employers totalled £1,780,367.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">5 employers were issued with an NoU but no penalty because they had either gone into liquidation or had otherwise ceased trading, or because an Employment Tribunal had issued a judgment that no financial penalty should be imposed. Collectively these employers owed £57,603 to 30 workers. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">A further 145 employers found to have underpaid their workers were not issued with a NoU or a penalty. Collectively these employers owed £2,065,874 to 14,055 workers.</ins></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/06/2016 10:27:14 question first ministerially corrected 08/09/2016 16:12:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 1387 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

521067

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 8859, how many employers took advantage of the National Minimum Wage campaign announced on 30 July 2015 to self-report their non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage; how many workers were identified as having been underpaid by those employers; and what the total sum was of arrears recovered for those workers.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	38140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">In total</ins> 60 employers responded to the National Minimum Wage campaign announced by HM Revenue and Customs on 29 July 2015. <del class="ministerial">Between them, these employers voluntarily disclosed arrears of £786,038 owed to 4869 workers.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">56 employers voluntarily disclosed arrears of £742,587 owed to 4875 workers. A further 4 employers voluntarily also disclosed arrears of £43,451 owed to 36 workers, but since these latter cases were closed after 1 April 2016, these arrears are not included in 2015/16 year end totals. </ins></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/06/2016 10:27:52 question first ministerially corrected 08/09/2016 16:12:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 1385 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas