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62469

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the latest available figures on output (1) per worker, and (2) per hour worked, in the United Kingdom; and how those figures compare with the equivalents for Germany, France and the United States.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 12:51:36 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name PQ HL398 ONS 270.pdf title ONS Letter to Peer
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

62475

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to explore the possibility of electronic voting in elections for members of the armed forces posted overseas.</p><p>The Government has extended the electoral timetable for UK Parliamentary elections from 17 to 25 working days which will allow postal votes to be issued sooner and facilitate postal voting being viable for electors who are living overseas, including members of the armed forces.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 16:34:18 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

62525

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rates of (1) misuse of postal votes, and (2) voting fraud, in the light of the recent local elections and the European Parliamentary elections.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The integrity of our elections is central to our democracy. The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration will make the electoral register more accurate and secure.</p><p>The Government will carefully consider any findings by the Electoral Commission in relation to the elections held on 22 May 2014 to determine whether any further measures may be needed to support electoral integrity.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 23/06/2014 16:32:46 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

62528

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Independent Living Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 14 May (WA 522), why they do not intend to ring-fence monies identified by the Independent Living Fund as needed to meet the critical and substantial needs of recipients.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government's position on how local authorities manage their finances is clear; local authorities need to be allowed to meet their statutory responsibilities in a flexible and responsive way and the ring-fencing of funding prevents this. Allowing local authorities the flexibility to manage their budgets locally means they can respond to local needs and priorities to deliver more efficient services and better outcomes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 23/06/2014 14:24:52 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

62537

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the proportion of cases of domestic and sexual violence that were prosecuted in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to increase the prosecution rate for such crimes.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	201158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has no data on the total number of incidents of domestic violence and sexual violence that have occurred in each of the last five years and is unable, therefore, to provide an answer to the first part of the question.</p><p>Increasing the number of rape convictions continues to be a priority for the CPS. On 6 June 2014, a Rape Action Plan was jointly published by the police and CPS which sets out a series of actions designed to improve the criminal justice response in rape cases. This followed a Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the National Policing lead for rape, which considered the investigation and prosecution of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. The prosecution of domestic violence also remains a high priority for the CPS and prosecutors receive regular training, and are provided with relevant guidance. The Rape Action Plan can be found on the CPS website at;</p><p><a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 23/06/2014 12:09:29 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

62539

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Consultation Papers
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 consultation documents his Department issued which received fewer than 100 separate responses in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	201214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Data on consultation response rates is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 23/06/2014 14:53:12 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

62540

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Telephone Services
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 premium rate type telephone lines were in use for members of the public to contact his Department in (a) June 2010 and (b) June 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	201215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department had no public facing premium rate lines in use in June 2010 or June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 23/06/2014 14:59:16 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

62545

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Self-employed: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of 16 to 24 year olds declared themselves self-employed in each year between 2008 and 2013.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	201337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/06/2014 11:30:28 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 201337.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62546

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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, with reference to the Answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 599W, on apprenticeships; what steps he has taken to introduce grading into new apprenticeships; and whether such grading will be mandatory.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	201339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Grading is being introduced into new Apprenticeships through the Trailblazer process. Groups of employers are coming together to design Apprenticeship standards and assessments. All new Apprenticeships must be graded, and we have made grading of the end-point assessment a minimum requirement of the new Apprenticeship programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Having had their standards approved and published in March, the first phase of Trailblazer projects are now working on their assessment plans, including implementation of the grading requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Grading is important to ensure qualifications are aspirational for all – including those on track to pass who could benefit from being challenged to aim higher.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/06/2014 15:01:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62547

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 213W, on apprenticeships, if he will make it his policy to collect information centrally on how many individuals who started an apprenticeship in the 2012-13 academic year were existing employees or new employees.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	201338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information will be collected via the Individualised Learner Record for the 2013/14 academic year onwards on the length of time a learner has been with their employer prior to starting their apprenticeship.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/06/2014 14:57:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham