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686764

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many citizens of the Irish Republic are held in UK prisons.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL5349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>At 31 December 2016, there were 746 Irish citizens detained in England and Wales in prisons and in the NOMS run Immigration Removal Centres.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom and Ireland are signatories to the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons. The Convention provides for the voluntary transfer of an individual. It is open to any Irish national serving a sentence of imprisonment to apply for transfer.</p><p> </p><p>The transfer of prisoners from Scotland and from Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the relevant devolved authority.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5350 question first answered 14/02/2017 16:08:37 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

686765

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many citizens of the Irish Republic sentenced to prison in the UK are permitted to serve their sentence in the Republic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL5350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>At 31 December 2016, there were 746 Irish citizens detained in England and Wales in prisons and in the NOMS run Immigration Removal Centres.</p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom and Ireland are signatories to the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons. The Convention provides for the voluntary transfer of an individual. It is open to any Irish national serving a sentence of imprisonment to apply for transfer.</p><p> </p><p>The transfer of prisoners from Scotland and from Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the relevant devolved authority.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5349 question first answered 14/02/2017 16:08:37 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

686766

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Carillion
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 performance by Carillion of their contract to provide personal items to serving prisoners.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL5351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Carillion plc, along with Amey plc, provide Facilities Management (FM) services for the public sector prison estate in England and Wales. Contractors have a responsibility to provide a linen and laundry sorting service to the prison; although most of the items passing through this service are actually the property of the prison. In most prisons, the sorting of these items is delivered by prisoners under the management of Stores personnel who are provided by the FM contracts. Although at the outset of the contract there were some issues with resources, performance in this area has generally been good.</p><p> </p><p>FM contracts commenced in June 2015 and the Ministry of Justice continues to robustly monitor the performance of contractors.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5352 question first answered 14/02/2017 16:18:57 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

686767

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that Carillion complies with its contract to provide personal items to serving prisoners.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL5352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Carillion plc, along with Amey plc, provide Facilities Management (FM) services for the public sector prison estate in England and Wales. Contractors have a responsibility to provide a linen and laundry sorting service to the prison; although most of the items passing through this service are actually the property of the prison. In most prisons, the sorting of these items is delivered by prisoners under the management of Stores personnel who are provided by the FM contracts. Although at the outset of the contract there were some issues with resources, performance in this area has generally been good.</p><p> </p><p>FM contracts commenced in June 2015 and the Ministry of Justice continues to robustly monitor the performance of contractors.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5351 question first answered 14/02/2017 16:18:57 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

686043

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Phil Shiner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the CPS has made an assessment of the potential grounds for prosecuting Phil Shiner for the false allegations he made against members of the Armed Forces; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	63373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is not an investigative agency and has no power to investigate allegations of crime. The CPS will review any cases referred to it by the police or other investigators in accordance with the two stage test that is set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors. Where there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest, such cases will be prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>Any criminal allegations would need to be reported to the relevant police force to investigate in the first instance.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/02/2017 11:09:03 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

686045

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Government's consultation on sentences for dangerous driving.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>The Law Officers have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues and are sighted on a number of Government consultations where necessary. The consultation on sentences for dangerous driving closed on 1 February and the Law Officers will continue to be engaged in the development of the Government response.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/02/2017 11:10:47 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

686047

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many premature deaths have been attributed to the effects of particulate air pollution in London in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	63497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/02/2017 12:18:30 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer attachment 1 file name PQ 63497 v.02 (3).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ63497
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

686051

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Data Steering Group: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2017 to Question 59728, for what reasons the minutes of the Data Steering Group's meetings from February to September 2016 were not published until January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	63361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>Two Data Steering Groups took place during the period specified by this question, in May 2016 and September 2016. Our policy is to publish the minutes of the Data Steering Group quarterly, after they have been agreed at the following meeting. The minutes of the May meeting were delayed due to internal staff changes. However the September minutes were published on time, and in line with the policy.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/02/2017 12:12:47 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

686052

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Data Steering Group: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2017 to Question 59728, what steps he plans to take to ensure that minutes of meetings of the Data Steering Group are published in a timely fashion.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	63362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Timely publication of meeting minutes is important for a transparent government. That is why we are committed to publishing the minutes quarterly, once they have been agreed at the following meeting. The minutes of the December 2016 meeting will be published by April 2017, after they have been agreed at the next meeting in March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 14/02/2017 11:04:49 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

686053

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) on staffing and funding levels in the PHSO offices.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	63352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>I have not held any discussions with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on these matters. The Ombudsman is independent of Government and is accountable to Parliament, through the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, for its performance and the use of its resources. It is primarily resourced by funds approved by the House of Commons through the annual Supply &amp; Appropriation Act.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/02/2017 11:06:51 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne