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391363

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families are in the Troubled Families programme; and what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse for each family which has participated in that programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>As was announced on the 22 June 2015, the original Troubled Families Programme (2012-2015) worked with and turned around the lives of 116,654 families. The new and expanded Troubled Families Programme was rolled out nationally in April 2015 and will reach up to a further 400,000 families with multiple problems. Details of how many troubled families are engaged in the new programme, in its first year of implementation, will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Research estimates that the cost to the public purse of the most troubled 120,000 families before engagement with the Troubled Families Programme was £9 billion in total; an average of £75,000 per family (DCLG: ‘The Fiscal Case for Working with Troubled Families’ (2013)). £8 billion of this spend was purely reacting to their problems. Information about the fiscal benefits resulting from that programme will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 07/09/2015 10:16:45 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

390214

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of social homes in London occupied by non-UK residents.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>In 2013-14, 15% of social renters in London were non-UK/Irish nationals.<br><br>If a tenant is not resident in the UK, we would expect a social landlord to take action to recover the property and allocate it to someone in need on the waiting list.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance for local councils issued in 2013 will ensure that only people who have lived in the area for two years or more are able to put their name down on the housing waiting list.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/07/2015 15:59:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

390268

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many emergency protection orders there were in England between 2010 and 2015; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the level of scrutiny for such orders.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The number of Emergency Protection Orders is published as part of the Family Court Statistics Quarterly publication. Data is available from 2011 up to January to March 2015 and can be found at:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2015</a>.</p><p> </p><p>On 24 June the Prime Minister announced a new Child Protection Taskforce chaired by the Secretary of State for Education. The Prime Minister’s announcement can be found online here: <a title="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-new-taskforce-to-transform-child-protection" href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-new-taskforce-to-transform-child-protection" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-announces-new-taskforce-to-transform-child-protection</a>. The Taskforce will lead work to: extend and accelerate reforms to the quality of social work practice and leadership; develop better multi-agency working between children’s social care, the police, health and other local services; improve local authority performance and promote innovative practice; and strengthen governance and accountability in children’s social care.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/07/2015 15:56:54 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

390394

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the Schengen Agreement on the level of illegal migration from Calais into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The United Kingdom, whilst being an EU Member State, does not participate in the immigration and border aspects of the Schengen acquis and continues to operate border controls with other EU Member States. Schengen visas are not valid for entry to the UK.</p><p>The UK has been a leading voice in recent cross-European efforts to understand and tackle the large flows of illegal migrants across the Mediterranean. That includes participation in European Council and other meetings, as well as bilaterally with key Member States.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 7288 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:06:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 15892 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

390395

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has made to member countries of the Schengen Agreement area on the effect of that agreement on the number of irregular migrants to Calais and its environs.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The United Kingdom, whilst being an EU Member State, does not participate in the immigration and border aspects of the Schengen acquis and continues to operate border controls with other EU Member States. Schengen visas are not valid for entry to the UK.</p><p>The UK has been a leading voice in recent cross-European efforts to understand and tackle the large flows of illegal migrants across the Mediterranean. That includes participation in European Council and other meetings, as well as bilaterally with key Member States.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 7287 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:06:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 15896 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

390397

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants who have arrived in the UK in the last 12 months are housed at public expense.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office only provides housing support to asylum seekers whilst their claim is under consideration and to those failed asylum seekers who meet the specific criteria of Sections 4 and 95 of the Immigration Act.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/07/2015 13:03:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

390413

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Pakistan: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK Aid resources in Pakistan are not used to purchase educational material for use in classrooms which promote religious intolerance.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>DFID’s education programmes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces support the implementation of Pakistan’s 2006 reformed curriculum which teaches religious tolerance and respect for diversity. Independent evaluations in 2007 and 2013 confirmed this curriculum to be based on values of democracy, pluralism and peace aimed at developing critical thinking students.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/07/2015 16:47:27 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

390418

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) murders of staff and prisoners, (b) riots, (c) assaults on staff, (d) instances of prisoner self-harm, (e) instances of prisoner suicide, (f) instances of improper mobile telephone use and (g) absconders from open conditions have occurred in prisons in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is committed to running safe establishments. Violence of any kind in prison is not tolerated and all assaults are treated extremely seriously. Any prisoner who commits an act of violence can expect to have action taken against them.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS has launched a new Violence Reduction project, which has been created to gain better understanding of the causes of the current levels of violence in prisons and to make sure that there is strengthened handling of it, in terms of both prevention and response.</p><p><br>There is no central record of persons having been convicted of Prison staff murders. On 29 June 2015 at Blackfriars Crown Court, Lorraine Barwell, a Serco Prisoner Custody Officer, was assaulted and sadly died of her injuries. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is currently undertaking an investigation into the incident. The NOMS Investigator is working with the Metropolitan Police to ensure that the ongoing Murder investigation is not compromised.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS Incident Reporting does not record riot as an incident type.</p><p> </p><p>Latest published figures on prisoner deaths (homicide and self-inflicted), self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales can be found in the safety in custody publication at <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2014-and-annual" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2014-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2014-and-annual</a> This publication provides statistics on deaths to the end of March 2015 and assaults and self-harm to the end of December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Latest published figures on absconds can be found in the prison and probation management information addendum at <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 24/07/2015 13:13:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

390470

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20: Large Goods Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to end Operation Stack; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of that operation on the UK balance of trade.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Operation Stack is the appropriate contingency arrangement to put in place when there is disruption to cross-channel traffic and is led by the Kent Police. It remains a last, not first, resort. The Department has not made any assessment of the effect of Operation Stack on the UK balance of trade, as any impact stems from the disruption to services – which this Government is determined to see resolved as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>European Gateway Group is reviewing short and longer term solutions to traffic management in Kent, including Operation Stack, and will report back to the Department. When this review is completed the Department will analyse their findings and decide how to respond to their recommendations.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/07/2015 14:08:50 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

388216

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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 Nationals: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency plan he has made for if it is viable to secure agreement with his EU counterparts for the introduction of a four-year qualifying period for EU nationals to access in-work benefits in negotiating the UK's membership of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	5881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), said in his speech on 21 May 2015, the Government is concerned that under the current free movement rules, national welfare systems can provide an unintended additional incentive for large migratory movements. Consequently reforming welfare and particularly access to benefits for mobile EU nationals in order to reduce incentives for migration is one of our priorities for the renegotiation. The Prime Minister is working with his European partners to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 13/07/2015 14:45:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell