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62855

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	Fire Services
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 firefighters there are per head of the population in (a) England and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	201500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The latest numbers of full time equivalent whole-time, retained duty system and total firefighters per 10,000 head of population are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Wholetime firefighters</p><p>(full time equivalent)</p><p>per 10,000 population</p></td><td><p>Retained Duty System Firefighters</p><p>(full time equivalent)</p><p>per 10,000 population</p></td><td><p>Total firefighter</p><p>(full time equivalent)</p><p>per 10,000 population</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>5.09</p></td><td><p>2.12</p></td><td><p>7.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>4.94</p></td><td><p>4.63</p></td><td><p>9.57</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Sources: ONS mid-2012 population estimates, DCLG 2012-13 Annual Returns, Wales 2012-13 Annual returns</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/06/2014 11:38:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

62952

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there are per head of the population in (a) England and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	201501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The figures provided show the number of police officers per 100,000 population <br />in England and in Wales as at 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 30/06/2014 12:30:48 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name PQ 20501 table.xlsx title Police officers per 100,000 population previous answer version 4797 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

62723

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of the adjusted funding arrangement in the Scotland Bill on per capita spending in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	201239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Scotland Act 2012 provides the Scottish Government and Parliament with new tax and borrowing powers. The effect of these powers on public spending in Scotland will therefore depend on the decisions taken by the Scottish Government and Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 23/06/2014 16:30:45 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

62351

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 620W, on arrest warrants, in addition to Slovakia, Latvia, Belgium and the Czech Republic, which other EU member states retain an absolute bar on extraditing nationals in non-European Arrest Warrant extradition cases.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	201018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In non-European Arrest Warrant cases, the following EU Member States have an absolute bar on extraditing their own nationals: <br><br>• Austria<br>• Belgium<br>• Czech Republic<br>• France<br>• Germany<br>• Greece<br>• Latvia<br>• Luxembourg<br>• Slovakia<br>• Slovenia<br>• Spain<br><br>In addition, Finland and Sweden have an absolute bar to extraditing their own nationals to countries other than Norway &amp; Iceland.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/09/2014 15:33:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

62362

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions have been brought for tax offences in each year since 2008-09.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	201005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority. Where cases do proceed to the criminal courts the prosecution is carried out by the relevant independent prosecuting authority. This is the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in England and Wales, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in Scotland, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI).</p><p> </p><p>Please note that figures for tax evasion exclude those cases prosecuted for money laundering, other prohibitions and restrictions and other non-fiscal offences.</p><p> </p><p>We can provide the following information in respect of totals of tax evasion prosecutions</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of persons prosecuted for tax evasion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC is not able to supply a time series of full year prosecution decisions and convictions resulting from their criminal investigations for years up to 2009–10. Complete, comparable data is only available from 2010–11 onwards.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/06/2014 15:01:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

62366

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the per capita spending on prison officers was in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	201042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on the average total salary cost, including national insurance and pension contributions, of a prison officer as at 31 March each year since 2010 is contained in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Mean Annual Pay Cost of Prison Officers, Including Employer National Insurance and Pension Contributions – as at 31 March, 2010 to 2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p><p><strong>- At 31st March </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Annual Pay Cost (Nominal)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>32,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>34,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>34,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>35,608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>36,157</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The pay costs shown are for Band 3 Prison Officers and their equivalents and include basic salary and local pay allowance where applicable.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 25/06/2014 09:13:18 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

60626

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	North Sea Oil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding for the extraction of North Sea oil has come from (a) the Government, (b) the Scottish Government and (c) the private sector in each year from 1984.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	199747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Energy and Climate Change.</p><p>Government departments and agencies, including notably the Department of Energy and Climate Change and its predecessor departments, have for many years supported research aimed at identifying UK hydrocarbon potential and finding ways of finding and extracting it more cost-effectively. Comprehensive records of the amount spent on such activities by year across Government are not available.</p><p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not have detailed information on the annual expenditure of the Scottish Government.</p><p>Estimates of total annual pre-tax expenditure in £ billions by the private sector on finding and developing UK hydrocarbons (oil and gas, in the North Sea as well as elsewhere in the UK and on the UK Continental Shelf) for the period 1984–2013 are given in the table below. More detailed information through to 2012 is available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/oil-and-gas-uk-field-data#ukcs-income-and-expenditure" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/oil-and-gas-uk-field-data#ukcs-income-and-expenditure</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>1984</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1985</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1986</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1987</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1988</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1989</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1990</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1991</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1992</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1993</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1994</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1995</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1996</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1998</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2001</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></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></tr><tr><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 17/06/2014 14:05:07 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

60627

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how often Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 has been used by employers in relation to recruitment or promotion of an individual with protected characteristics in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	199763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected or held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 12/06/2014 10:52:39 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

60436

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many German nationals have been extradited to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	199523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Due to the way data was recorded prior to 2009, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of surrenders of German nationals for the years prior to 2009/2010. <br><br>According to information obtained from the National Crime Agency, between the 2009/2010 and 2013/2014 business years, two German nationals were extradited to the UK under a European Arrest Warrant from Germany.<br><br>The individuals were Frank Schaper and Michael Luck.</p><p /> <p>Schaper was wanted for the fraudulent evasion of excise duty after entering the UK driving a lorry containing 8,435,200 cigarettes. No duty had been paid on the cigarettes, and the duty evaded totalled £1,242,080. After failing to attend court in the UK, Schaper was arrested in Germany in September 2009 and extradited back to the UK on 18 September 2009. <br><br>Luck was involved in a collision which resulted in the death of another lorry driver in the UK. He failed to appear at a police station as instructed, and <br>was thought to have fled to Germany. When Luck was eventually located in Germany, he was found to be serving a sentence for another offence. The German authorities subsequently agreed to his temporary surrender and he was returned to the UK on 17 June 2011 to stand trial. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment. He was transferred back to Germany on 17 October 2011 to serve both his remaining German sentence, and his UK sentence.<br><br>Figures for 2013 indicate that the main ground for refusal of extradition by Germany to all EU countries, not just the UK, was under Article 4(6) of the <br>European Arrest Warrant Framework Decision. This provides that where the person has been requested to serve a sentence, the executing state may refuse to extradite its nationals and residents, and instead enforce the sentence in that state</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/09/2014 11:59:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 605 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

60437

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited to the UK for tax offences under a European Arrest Warrant in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	199524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have been involved in 42 cases where people have been surrendered to the UK for tax offences since 2008/09 on a European Arrest Warrant. <br><br>2008/2009 - 6<br>2009/2010 -12<br>2010/2011 - 5<br>2011/2012 - 5<br>2012/2013 - 7<br>2013/2014 - 3<br>2014/2015 - 4</p><p> </p><p><br>These figures do not represent all cases involving tax offences, as other EAWs which may include tax offences were not dealt with by HMRC and are not recorded separately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/06/2014 16:32:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 606 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab