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514745

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date	21/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2016 to Question 6002, when the liaison personnel in Saudi coalition headquarters were first deployed; how many liaison personnel worked in those headquarters between March 2015 and January 2016; what rules of engagement or memorandum of understanding governs the role of those personnel; and whether any of those personnel have a role in the commission of inquiry announced by the Saudi coalition on 31 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	35103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Liaison Officers were first deployed in May 2015. We do not discuss specific numbers for operational reasons. As Liaison Officers they are not expected to be in a situation where they would require Rules of Engagement nor provide advice to the Saudi investigatory committee.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/04/2016 16:29:19 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

514822

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
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	Employment: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the proportion of people who have been diagnosed with autism or Asperger's syndrome and who have been in employment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	35088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the proportion of people who have been diagnosed with autism or Asperger's syndrome in each of the last five years who have been in employment</p><p>As is described in the Government’s Autism Strategy, a number of government departments and agencies are working to update or improve a range of data on people with autism, in order to build up a better understanding of their challenges and needs.</p><p>The Government’s Autism Strategy, and the updated Statutory Guidance published in March 2015, sets out in detail how Government will support the autism agenda nationally.</p><p>The Autism Strategy can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/think-autism-an-update-to-the-government-adult-autism-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/think-autism-an-update-to-the-government-adult-autism-strategy</a></p><p>The Statutory Guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-autism-strategy-statutory-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-autism-strategy-statutory-guidance</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/04/2016 16:45:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

515584

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review access to compensation for victims of familial sexual abuse before 1979.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	904678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The original Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme introduced in 1964 had a so called 'same roof rule' intended to prevent perpetrators benefiting from compensation paid to victims who lived with them. The rule was amended in 1979 to allow compensation for victims of incidents occurring after 1 October 1979 who no longer lived with their assailant. In line with usual practice, this rule change did not create retrospective entitlements. The Government has no plans to review the rule.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/04/2016 16:59:26 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

513953

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department are working on research relating to the EU Referendum; and what estimate he has made of the total (a) number of man-hours and (b) cost of that work up to 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	34621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex on 13 January 2016 to UIN: 21072.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 26/04/2016 16:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

513450

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Iraq: Islamic State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 5 April (HL7332), what assessment they have made of the documentation work undertaken by the Kurdistan Regional Government’s committee on genocide and committee on mass graves.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leeds
uin	HL7707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>We have not carried out an assessment of any documentation work undertaken by the Kurdistan Regional Government committees on genocide and mass graves. However, we are working with our partners in the international community to find further ways to support the gathering of evidence which could be used by courts to hold Daesh to account.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 26/04/2016 17:01:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4349 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leeds

513507

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the quality of data that it holds about the mental health of looked-after children.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	34274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department collects Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) scores for children looked-after for at least 12 months. In March 2015, The Department for Education and Department of Health strengthened the statutory guidance 'Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked after children'[1] to include information on how Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires should be used. The Department wrote to local authorities in 2014 and 2015 to remind them about the purpose and importance of SDQs. Ahead of this year’s data collection (published in September 2016), the Department will also write to Virtual School Heads and Independent Reviewing Officers about the use of SDQs for looked-after children. In addition we are considering how to utilise best practice from local authorities that have had consistently good return rates for SDQ scores in their annual children looked-after data returns.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-looked-after-children--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-looked-after-children--2</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 26/04/2016 16:28:54 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

513510

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Beacon Multi-Academy Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department has received on the financial management of (a) Beacon Multi-Academy Trust and (b) schools under the management of that trust.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	34297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has received routine finance-related correspondence from Beacon Multi-Academy Trust. The EFA has received no external representations raising financial issues.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 26/04/2016 16:52:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 56715 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

513667

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on the NHS investigation into the performance of the non-urgent transport service provided by Coperforma in Sussex; who will conduct that investigation; what the terms of reference and expected duration of that investigation are; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	34414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>NHS England advises that the High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), on behalf of all seven Sussex CCGs, has begun an enquiry on 18 April 2016 into the non-emergency Patient Transport Service (PTS) in Sussex.</p><p> </p><p>We are informed that the CCG has engaged TIAA, an independent company and a provider of assurance services to the public sector, to carry out the enquiry. This is an independent investigation into the transition and mobilisation of the PTS contract from the South East Coast Ambulance Service to Coperforma and is supported by the CCGs in Sussex, Coperforma and the South East Coast Ambulance Service. We are advised the CCG has asked for a draft final report to be available for review by June 2016 with interim progress reports.</p><p> </p><p>We are advised the following terms of reference have been agreed by South East Coast Ambulance Service, High Weald Lewes Havens CCG and Coperforma:</p><p>― consideration of the transition arrangements set out in such as contract specification and tender submission;</p><p>― the extent to which compliance with agreed handover arrangements can be evidenced;</p><p>― a root cause analysis of a sample of incomplete bookings;</p><p>― establishing the causes of poor service delivery on commencement of the new contract and whether these could have been reasonably anticipated prior to the contract commencement date;</p><p>― the appropriateness and timeliness of the actions taken by the CCG; and</p><p>― any lesson learned which could be incorporated into other future major contracts let by the CCG.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/04/2016 16:42:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

513707

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted for an offence relating to a use of a drone; and what the average sentence is for such an offence.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	34438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty of offences relating to flying a drone, under S 160 of the Air Navigation Order 2009, in England and Wales, in 2014, is two. Each offender was sentenced to a fine.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that this figure relates to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p> </p><p>Incidents involving drones are rare, but we remain constantly vigilant to all new threats to prison security. This Government has made it a criminal offence to throw, or otherwise project, any article of substance into prison without authorisation. Anyone using drones in an attempt to get contraband into prisons can be punished with a sentence of up to two years. We take a zero tolerance approach to illicit material in prisons and work closely with the police and CPS to ensure those responsible for a drone incident are caught and, if appropriate, prosecuted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 26/04/2016 16:55:16 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

513713

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will bring forward proposals for a national register of wills similar to that used in Spain.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	34497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>This Department has no plans to create a national register of wills for England and Wales. Wills may be deposited for safekeeping with the Probate Service, part of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service, on payment of the appropriate fee (currently £20). Various private sector bodies, including many legal practitioners, also offer registration and safekeeping services.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 26/04/2016 16:55:14 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell