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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

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

520761

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	EU Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals have been on the staff of the European Parliament in each year since 2010; and what proportion of such staff in each such year were of administrator grade.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	38069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Foreign and Commonwealth Office 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</del>.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The European Parliament does not publish statistics on numbers of permanent staff by nationality. According to our own internal records, the total numbers of UK nationals employed by the European Parliament, including secondees, in each year since 2010 are: </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">2010: 290 (149 at AD)</ins><br /><ins class="ministerial">2011: 306 (159 at AD)</ins><br /><ins class="ministerial">2012: 305 (155 at AD)</ins><br /><ins class="ministerial">2013: 291 (152 at AD)</ins><br /><ins class="ministerial">2014: 271 (152 at AD)</ins><br /><ins class="ministerial">2015: 251 (141 at AD)</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The latest figure available is for May 2016 and is 257 (146 at AD).</ins></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington previous answer version 1058 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington 1060 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington question first answered 26/05/2016 16:19:12 question first ministerially corrected 31/05/2016 13:09:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

520876

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people resident in the UK hold an EU non-British passport and previously held a non-EU country passport.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	37800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 01/06/2016 15:36:36 question first ministerially corrected 02/06/2016 13:22:50 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 1505 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name Table 1 Passports Held Summary Statistics.docx title Attachment 1 for Member 2 file name Table 2 Passports Held by the Usually Resident Population in England and....docx title Attachment 2 for Member 3 file name UKSA response to PQ37800.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Non-EU Country Passports answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

520965

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the UK's influence in the world of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	905057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I refer the Honourable Lady to my earlier answer in response to Question 16 (PQ905054.)</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government believes that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU. That way, the UK can play a leading role in one of the world’s largest organisations. Membership of the EU, like our membership of NATO and the UN, amplifies, not diminishes, the UK’s influence in the world.</ins></p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 24/05/2016 15:52:18 question first ministerially corrected 26/05/2016 10:14:53 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede previous answer version 404 answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

518193

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of hotel bookings her Department made for its (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	36824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In line with UK government commitments to increase transparency, the Department publishes details on our spend, including data on expenses, travel and hotel costs on GOV.UK. Publication includes all spend which, in compliance with HM Treasury guidance, does not compromise national or personal security, foreign relations or legal obligations under acts such as the Data Protection Act.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Total travel and subsistence spend is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Senior civil servant expenses and hospitality are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-senior-civil-servant-expenses-and-hospitality" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-senior-civil-servant-expenses-and-hospitality</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/05/2016 12:15:49 question first ministerially corrected 13/05/2016 09:53:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 60911 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham