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388934

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Crops: Pests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the trends in numbers of cabbage stem flea beetle in the UK since December 2013.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	6313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>Defra has not undertaken any assessment of the trends in numbers of cabbage stem flea beetle in the UK. However, we are aware that the AHDB <ins class="ministerial">and others have recently carried out work to look at levels of infestation and at the consequences for growers. </ins><del class="ministerial">published an assessment on this area in 2014.</del></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2015 06:00:24 question first ministerially corrected 21/07/2015 15:39:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 15624 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

388981

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on how much has been paid out by (a) Southern Rail and (b) all train operating companies to passengers for late running and cancellation compensation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	6383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department holds the information as set out in the table attached. Not all operators are required to provide such figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/07/2015 10:41:04 question first ministerially corrected 31/07/2015 10:06:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry attachment 1 file name 006383 - TOC compensation 09_10-14_15 figures.pdf title UIN 6383 - TOC Compensation 09_10-14_15 previous answer version 13907 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry attachment 1 file name 006383 - TOC compensation 2010-15.pdf title UIN 6383 - TOC Compensation 2010-2015
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

388163

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many refugees the Royal Navy has rescued in the Mediterranean (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of all those rescued.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	6011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>To date, the Royal Navy has rescued <del class="ministerial">4,752</del> <ins class="ministerial">4,747</ins> persons under its Search and Rescue mission in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy does not record whether a rescued person is a refugee or an economic migrant; this is the responsibility of the receiving nation (in this instance, Italy). The Ministry of Defence does not hold overall statistics of all those rescued at sea by other nations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/07/2015 16:24:35 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2015 11:40:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 13486 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

387705

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
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	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that overseas students continue to consider studying in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The UK welcomes genuine international students and there is no cap on the number that can </ins>study here. The Government promotes study in the UK through the Britain is GREAT marketing campaign and through the British Council, which promotes UK education in over 100 countries, connecting millions of people with the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government also has major education agreements with overseas partners. Key programmes include the UK-China Partners in Education Programme, the UK-India Education Research Initiative and engagement in Brazil’s ‘Science without Borders’ scholarship scheme. It has also tripled funding (to £48m) in 2014/15 for Chevening scholarships for international students with leadership potential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government also supports student exchange, such as through the Erasmus Scheme, which enables international students to take short placements in the UK and British students to gain valuable overseas experience.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/07/2015 13:03:31 question first ministerially corrected 17/07/2015 10:31:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 15383 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

387869

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants abroad; what the value was of that contract; and who was awarded that contract.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	5707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Three companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants abroad. <ins class="ministerial">Four companies bid for the Secure English Language Test for applicants within the UK.</ins> The contract was awarded to IELTS Consortium; the Consortium is made up of Cambridge English Language Assessment as Consortium Lead, with British Council and IDP IELTS Australia. The Concession Agreement is cost neutral as it was procured as a concession, rather than a contract, with test-takers paying the test provider directly. The Home Office has not provided funding to the service providers under this arrangement. An estimate of the market value is approximately £60 million per annum worldwide, based on expected volumes of upwards of 400,000 SELT tests at an average cost of £150 per test.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/07/2015 14:25:42 question first ministerially corrected 21/07/2015 16:00:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 13700 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

387884

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will review the position of the incumbent Director of Public Prosecutions in view of the recent decision to charge Lord Janner.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	5644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Decisions on whether or not to bring criminal charges are taken by prosecutors who are independent from government and independent from Parliament. I am confident of the independence and the integrity of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Alison Saunders, in making the difficult judgements the job of a prosecutor involves.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Victims’ Right to Review, which Alison Saunders helped to bring in, allows any victim of crime who is dissatisfied with a decision taken by a prosecutor not to proceed with their case to ask for the decision to be reviewed. This review has operated as it was designed to in the case of Greville Janner.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are world leaders in offering that safeguard for victims and since Alison Saunders has been DPP, the CPS has prosecuted and convicted more child sex offenders than ever before.</ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In the year to 31<sup>st </sup>December 2014, the Law Officers personally considered 469 cases and referred 128 offenders to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme. Leave was granted by the Court in 95% of cases which included some of the most serious violent and sexual offences, including murder, rape and sexual assault.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">The Attorney General’s Office publishes statistics for unduly lenient sentences at the end of the calendar year. This is to ensure that the figures are released in a consistent format and are accurate and quality assured. Unduly lenient sentences statistics for 2013 and 2014 are published on the Attorney General’s Office website - <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office</a>. </del></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2015 12:58:22 question first ministerially corrected 09/07/2015 13:24:23 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 13176 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

387135

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of families with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	5178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.</del><ins class="ministerial">DWP statisticians are currently assessing the viability of publishing further age breakdowns for children in households subject to the benefit cap alongside suitable context and commentary. If the analyses prove to be sufficiently robust the results will be published at the earliest opportunity according to the Code of Practice for statistics.</ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/07/2015 16:57:41 question first ministerially corrected 10/07/2015 11:42:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 11479 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

386567

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department purchases the following newspapers each week:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">The Sun M-F x 3</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Times M-F x 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Times M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily <del class="ministerial">Telegraph</del> <ins class="ministerial">Telegraph</ins> M-F X 4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guardian M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mail M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mirror M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Racing Post M-F X1</p><p>Racing Post Saturday X 1</p><p>Racing Post Sunday X 1</p><p>Guardian Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Times Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent-Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mail Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Times Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mirror Sat X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Tele<ins class="ministerial">graph</ins> Saturday X 1</p><p>Sunday Times X 1</p><p>Sunday Telegraph X 1</p><p>Independent on Sunday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Observer X 1</p><p>Mail On Sunday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday Express X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday Mirror X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Sun On Sunday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spectator X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Statesman X 1</p><p>Arts Review X 1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The total amount spent on newspapers for Financial Year 2014-15 was £9659.16</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 28/07/2015 16:22:33 question first ministerially corrected 30/07/2015 15:14:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 18740 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385301

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hepatitis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the national waiting time criterion for referral to hepatitis C treatment is 18 weeks whereas the national waiting time criterion for referral to specialist services for HIV treatment is two weeks.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">NHS England and Public Health England (PHE) are working alongside a coalition of other organisations and patient groups to draft a framework for hepatitis C improvement. This hepatitis C improvement framework will set high level aims for the public health system towards elimination of hepatitis C related liver disease as a significant public health concern.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The hepatitis C improvement framework will be referred to in PHE’s liver disease framework.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Timing for access to care or treatments for all NHS England service specifications or policies is based on an assessment of the evidence for clinical effectiveness, cost effectiveness and affordability.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 08/07/2015 13:53:15 question first ministerially corrected 08/07/2015 14:59:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton previous answer version 12907 answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

385427

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Death: Kettering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) gender of the deceased person, (b) international classification of disease code for the underlying cause of death, (c) time taken to register the death, (d) year of death and (e) year the death was registered was for each death registered in Kettering constituency at least 366 days after the date of death in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014; and whether for each such death the deceased person was aged (A) under five, (B) five to 15, (C) 15 to 24, (D) 25 to 34, (E) 35 to 44, (F) 45 to 54, (G) 55 to 64 or (H) over 65 years when they died.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	4196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 4196-9.pdf title UKSA Lerter to Member - Cause of Deaths 2 file name Table2_Kettering.docx title Table 2 - for Member - Registration Delays question first answered 29/06/2015 14:20:42 question first ministerially corrected 14/07/2015 16:43:51 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 9563 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 4196-9.pdf title UKSA Lerter to Member - Cause of Deaths
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone