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449397

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people aged 17 or under of each age were sectioned under the Mental Health Act in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	25024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs Council has reported figures on the number of children held in police custody as a place of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act for only three years. These were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2012-13 <ins class="ministerial">256</ins> <del class="ministerial">255</del>;</p><p>2013-14 <ins class="ministerial">161</ins> <del class="ministerial">256</del>; and</p><p>2014-15 <ins class="ministerial">145</ins> <del class="ministerial">161</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Data on children and young people sectioned under other sections of the Mental Health Act are not available centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2016 12:58:21 question first ministerially corrected 12/02/2016 15:22:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 43916 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

449400

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people aged 17 or under of each age were held in police custody as a place of safety in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	25025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs Council has reported figures on the number of children held in police custody as a place of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act for only three years. These were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2012-13 <ins class="ministerial">256</ins> <del class="ministerial">255</del>;</p><p>2013-14 <ins class="ministerial">161</ins> <del class="ministerial">256</del>; and</p><p>2014-15 <ins class="ministerial">145</ins> <del class="ministerial">161</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Data on children and young people sectioned under other sections of the Mental Health Act are not available centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 08/02/2016 12:58:21 question first ministerially corrected 12/02/2016 15:22:17 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 43918 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

448320

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Irritable Bowel Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each age group and gender were diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	24429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Data relating to the total number of people diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome <ins class="ministerial">(IBS)</ins><del class="ministerial">(IBD)</del> in each of the last five years is not collected.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The two main forms of IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis only affects the large intestine whereas Crohn's disease affects the whole of the digestive system.</del></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance indicates that <ins class="ministerial">IBS prevalence in the general population is estimated to be between 10% and 20%. Recent trends indicate that there is also a significant prevalence of IBS in older people.</ins> <del class="ministerial">ulcerative colitis has an incidence in the United Kingdom of approximately 10 per 100,000 people annually, and a prevalence of approximately 240 per 100,000. This amounts to around 146,000 people in the UK with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. In addition to this, there are currently at least 115,000 people in the UK with Crohn's disease.</del></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 04/02/2016 16:53:22 question first ministerially corrected 08/02/2016 14:58:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 43583 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

446802

registered interest
date	21/01/2016
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	Iran: Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding from UK sources is estimated to become available to Iran following the signing of the nuclear deal and sanctions relief.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	23560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>We expect that approximately <del class="ministerial">£525 million</del><ins class="ministerial">£657,830,000</ins> of Iranian assets in the UK have been unfrozen following Implementation Day of the nuclear deal on 16 January, when the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had taken all the necessary steps to trigger the lifting of nuclear-related financial and economic sanctions against Iran.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 29/01/2016 13:31:49 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2016 12:48:54 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 41991 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

445417

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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	Employment Tribunals Service: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	22831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Eleven financial penalties have been imposed on employers for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, since its introduction on 6 April 2014.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">To date, four penalties have been paid and seven remain unpaid. Enforcement action is currently being considered for the outstanding penalties.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Twelve financial penalties have been imposed on employers for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, since its introduction on 6 April 2014.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To date, six penalties have been paid and six remain unpaid. Enforcement action is currently being considered for the outstanding penalties.</ins></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 26/01/2016 14:33:10 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2016 17:56:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 41148 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

444898

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many defibrillators are provided in each building his Department manages.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	22549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The provision of defibrillators in Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) buildings managed by BIS (i.e. BIS is the landlord and in control of the building), is as set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>BIS - 1 Victoria Street London - 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS - 10 Victoria Street London - 4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS - 151 Buckingham Palace Road - 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS - Atholl House Aberdeen - 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS - Abbey Orchard Street London – <del class="ministerial">0 (Insolvency Service moving to Fleetbank House within 3-4 months)</del> <ins class="ministerial">1 being acquired</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS - Fleetbank House – 1 being acquired</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS - Nottingham (Apex Court) - 1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Whilst BIS is the landlord for the buildings listed above, where sub-letting arrangements are in place, the occupiers take responsibility for their own provision of defibrillators, and these are not included in this list.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/02/2016 15:01:09 question first ministerially corrected 08/02/2016 10:55:51 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 42402 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

444534

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2016 to Question 20474, how his Department works with businesses in the (a) construction, planning and the built environment sector subject area and (b) engineering and manufacturing technologies sector subject area to create more apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	22278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>Skills policy is a devolved area so the Devolved Administrations have complete flexibility over how to support businesses in all sectors to ensure there are sufficient skilled workers. In England, our 2020 Vision sets out how we will reach 3 million apprenticeship starts in 2020.</p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">We are also introducing the apprenticeships levy to fund the step change in apprenticeship numbers and quality – delivering on our commitment of 3 million starts by 2020. The levy will put apprenticeship funding on a sustainable footing and improve the technical and professional skills of the workforce.</ins></p><br /><p>We are supporting the growth of apprenticeships in all sectors by working with large and small businesses to begin or expand their programmes, setting new expectations for public sector bodies, and through public procurement. We are providing £85 million to extend the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE), which supports small businesses to take on apprentices, to the end of the 2016/17 academic year.</p><br /><p>Employers in both of these specific sectors are heavily involved in designing new apprenticeship standards that fully meet their needs. Employers in the construction sector are involved in developing new apprenticeships standards in over 20 occupations, including site management and construction technician. Those in the advanced manufacturing and engineering sector are involved in developing new apprenticeship standards in over 30 occupations, including aerospace engineer and manufacturing engineer.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/01/2016 14:48:16 question first ministerially corrected 26/01/2016 17:18:49 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 40672 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

444781

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Atos Healthcare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of the personal independence payment assessment contract with ATOS; what the main key performance indicators (KPIs) are under that contract; and what the (a) financial and (b) other penalties are for failure to meet KPIs.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	22348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department has two Personal Independence Payment (PIP) contracts with Atos, each covering a geographical area. North of England &amp; Scotland (Lot 1) has a value of £206,703,507. London &amp; South of England (Lot 3) has a value of £183,894,556.</p><br /><p>There are a number of Service Levels (Key Performance Indicators are not used in PIP contracts) which Atos are required to deliver to meet the Department’s service requirements. These are detailed in the attached Annex 1. In addition, a number of interim Service Levels have been introduced to address specific performance targets.</p><br /><p>In the event Atos fail to achieve a key service level, contracts provide for Service Credits to be applied. Service Credits are a contractual remedy applied to Atos to recognise the loss of service received and to ensure any performance issues are rectified quickly.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/01/2016 12:10:53 question first ministerially corrected 26/01/2016 17:27:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson attachment 1 file name 22348 Annex 1.docx title Annex 1 previous answer version 39773 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

443052

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the supply of guns and ammunition at a neighbourhood level.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Perry Barr
tabling member printed	Mr Khalid Mahmood
uin	21234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government and police work nationally, and with international partners, to reduce the threat to the UK from the criminal use of firearms. In 2013/14, firearms were used in a small and diminishing proportion of total police recorded crime, 0.2%. The figure for 2009/10 was 0.3%. Following the firearms surrenders in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands in 2013 and 2014, the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) co-ordinated firearms surrenders in the majority of the Police Force areas in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015, resulting in the surrender of over 6000 items.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As of 7th January 2016; 3,864 firearms and over 13,000 items of ammunition have been recovered following the November 2015 firearms surrender, with 934 weapons being recovered prior to the November surrender. Of those items recovered in the November surrender (discounting ammunition, CS Sprays and Stun Guns), items include:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 516 pistols;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 473 revolvers;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 1,226 shotguns;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 243 rifles;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 873 air weapons</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">This brings the total volume of firearms surrendered in the last eighteen months to 4,798. If ammunition, CS Sprays and Stun Guns are included this comes to over 6000.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Following publication of the Law Commission’s report on firearms law published on 16 December we will be reviewing options to strengthen the current legislation to ensure it safeguards against abuse by criminals.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>The Government and police work nationally, and with international partners, to reduce the threat to the UK from the criminal use of firearms. In 2013/14, firearms were used in a small proportion of total police recorded crime, 0.2%. The figure for 2009/10 was 0.3% </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Figures from the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) show that in 2013 and 2014, there were 757 weapons recovered in firearm surrenders undertaken in the Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester and West Midlands Police Force areas. </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Building on the success of these surrenders, NABIS co-ordinated firearms surrenders in the majority of the remaining Police Force areas in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015, resulting in the recovery of 5,468 weapons and over 17,000 items of ammunition. The items recovered included:</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>588 pistols; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>479 revolvers; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>1,850 shotguns; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>416 rifles; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>1,269 air weapons; and,</em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>866 other items including gas guns, stun guns, CS sprays, BB guns and blank firers.</em></ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>The total number of weapons recovered from all forces in England and Wales as a result of these surrenders was 6,225. </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Following publication of the Law Commission’s report on firearms law published on 16 December 2015 we will be reviewing options to strengthen the current legislation to ensure it safeguards against abuse by criminals</em>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/01/2016 16:31:42 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2016 14:13:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 38611 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1392 label Biography information for Mr Khalid Mahmood

443065

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Bureaucracy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time spent on paperwork by prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	21313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are closing ageing and ineffective prisons and investing in a modern, efficient prison estate which rehabilitates criminals.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Parliamentary question answered in error. The correct answer to this question will be updated to reflect this in due course.</del></p><br /><p>We are closing ageing and ineffective prisons and investing in a modern, efficient prison estate which rehabilitates criminals.</p><p>We are exploring how we can provide Governors and front line staff with greater freedom so they can innovate and find new and better ways of rehabilitating offenders. This will include looking for opportunities to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Better rehabilitation will help reduce reoffending, cut crime and improve public safety.</del></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/01/2016 09:39:56 question first ministerially corrected 18/01/2016 17:13:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 39217 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson