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64872

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 389W, on the legal profession, what proportion of the money spent on consultancy fees by the Crown Prosecution Service was paid to which companies for what services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	203402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>A table setting out the proportion of the money spent on consultancy fees by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) paid to companies for services in financial years from 2010/11 to 2013/14 has been placed in the Library of the House, together with the corresponding expenditure. The CPS financial reporting systems are configured to provide information based on financial rather than calendar years.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/07/2014 15:17:21 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name CPS consultancy data 2010-2014.docx title CPS consultancy data 2010 -2014 previous answer version 8474 answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald answering member 69
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

64918

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Childcare and Early Years has had with parents of disabled children about improving access, affordability and quality of childcare for disabled children since he was appointed.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	203388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families is responsible for special educational needs and disability issues within the Department for Education. He has had numerous meetings with the parents of disabled children to discuss a wide range of issues. I have regular meetings with all of my ministerial colleagues on subjects of mutual interest.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance in the draft Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice includes a separate chapter on the early years and also makes clear that local authorities must include details of childcare for disabled children in their local offer of support for children who are disabled or have special educational needs.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/07/2014 17:50:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss previous answer version 8588 answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

65026

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers had been waiting for an initial decision on their asylum application for more than one year at the end of (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	203287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>At the end of December 2011, 1,897 asylum applications from main applicants were pending an initial decision after 12 months, 2,561 at the end of December 2012 and 3,773 at the end of December 2013. <br><br>The figures provided are a subset of latest published statistics for applications received for asylum since April 2006 which are published by the Home Office on a monthly and quarterly basis. <br><br>The latest release Immigration Statistics January to March 2014 is available from:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a> <br>and from the Library of the House. Asylum data tables (volume 1) are available from: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311790" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311790</a><br>/asylum1-q1-2014-tabs.ods<br><br>Our aim this year is to ensure all claims made before April 2014 have an asylum decision by 31 March 2015. Furthermore, we are endeavouring to ensure all new claims received since 1st April 2014 get a decision within the 6 months service standard.<br><br>We are raising our decision-maker productivity targets in order to deal with rising intake, and we are continually recruiting new caseworkers to maintain appropriate staffing levels and to support our aim to get within service standards by the end of the 2014/2015 period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/09/2014 13:56:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

65061

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have held amnesties for needles used for drug-taking in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	203330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not record centrally whether prisons have held amnesties for needles for drug taking and could not do so without incurring disproportionate cost by conducting a survey of every prison establishment.</p><p> </p><p>We have a zero tolerance approach to drugs and other illicit items in prisons. Anyone caught trying to smuggle these into prisons will be dealt with severely and may be referred to the police for prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to keep contraband out of prison, and NOMS deploys a comprehensive range of security measures to reduce the availability of drugs in prisons, including working closely with police forces and carrying out random mandatory drug tests. The Agency works closely in partnership with the NHS in England and Wales who commission a range of treatment services in prison to support those with a substance misuse problem out of addiction and into sustained recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/09/2014 07:50:37 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

65062

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a Home Office immigration refusal decision was withdrawn by the Home Office on or immediately prior to an appeal hearing date in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum chamber) in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and(e) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2014 answer text <p>A complete set of data relating to decisions withdrawn by the Home Office on or immediately prior to the appeal hearing date in the First-tier Tribunal for all appeal types is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/08/2014 14:33:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8328 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64606

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many separate contractors were employed in (1) Somerset, and (2) Gloucestershire in the recent badger culls; and how many people were actively engaged in culling in each county.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During the pilot badger culls of 2013, the number of contractors employed in Somerset was 107, and 95 in Gloucestershire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out in the licences issued by Natural England to each area, the licensees were required to submit details of the persons they wished to be authorised to take or kill badgers. As such, a list of 107 such persons was provided for West Somerset and 95 provided for West Goucestershire. How many of these contractors were deployed or actively engaged in culling operations was and remains an operational matter for the licensees and, as such, this information is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 15/07/2014 17:20:44 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

64612

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Discipline
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the conclusion of the recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report that 40 per cent of classrooms in England are "not favourable to learning" because of bad behaviour.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Good behaviour and discipline are key to effective teaching and learning. The recent OECD report identified that serious disciplinary problems in England are unusual and in most schools the learning environment is good. Just 21% of teachers in England agree or strongly agree that they have to wait quite a long time at the start of their class for students to quieten down. This is less than the median for all countries of 27% and below all but one of the high-performing countries. England is typically very close to the international average on other measures of classroom disciplinary environment, including disruptive noise and interruptions in the classroom.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has never been complacent in trying to equip schools with the tools they need to manage discipline in the classroom. That is why we gave schools the powers to impose same-day detentions, extended their powers to search for items that could cause harm or offence, made clear that schools should not have a ‘no touch' policy and clarified the use of reasonable force. The Government also introduced a system of independent review panels which, unlike the previous system, cannot undermine schools' decisions on permanent exclusion. In September 2012 we introduced the New National Professional Qualification for Headship with more robust content on behaviour management. In addition, Ofsted have begun implementing no-notice follow-up school monitoring inspections where concerns were previously identified about standards of behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>More recently, in February 2014, and following results from the Teacher Voice Survey (2013) which showed that one in three secondary teachers lacked confidence in their powers to discipline pupils, we:</p><p>· issued updated behaviour advice to make clear that tough but proportionate sanctions, including litter picking in the playground, removing graffiti, writing lines or an essay, are all valid punishments;</p><p>· produced a series of case studies showing how good schools manage behaviour, ranging from the use of inclusion art projects, having a specially modified curriculum, using Saturday detentions and increased visibility of senior staff around school throughout the day.</p><p> </p><p>We remain determined to support schools in providing safe, calm and orderly classrooms where pupils can learn effectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/07/2014 16:11:27 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

64616

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Textbooks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent discussions on the case for schools in the United Kingdom to switch back from work sheets to text books.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has made it clear that a return to textbooks would support the new national curriculum. High-quality textbooks can prevent teachers from spending unnecessary time creating plans from scratch, and they provide well-planned stretching activities for pupils. England has very low textbook use compared with many other countries, including high-performing countries like Singapore, where mathematics textbooks play an important part in the success of their pupils. The efficacy studies of the Marshall Cavendish mathematics textbooks are compelling, and the Department is delighted that these textbooks are being adapted for the English market.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/07/2014 16:12:27 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

64619

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Steria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps were taken by the Ministry of Justice to check with other departments what programmes for staffing, procurement and payroll services were already planned or in use before entering into a contract with Steria for such services; and whether they will confirm that the contract was subsequently terminated and at what cost.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>In early 2010, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) started a programme to design and deliver a new, single system to meet all MoJ needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's Next Generation Shared Services (NGSS) Strategy was published in December 2012 and commenced the establishment of two Independent Shared Service Centres (ISSC1 and ISSC2). In the NGSS Strategy, MoJ was to remain an in-house, standalone centre. However, a change to the delivery approach meant that the MoJ Shared Services Programme was discontinued in early 2013. This provided an opportunity to consider whether ISSC1 or ISSC2 might be more efficient and effective options for the department.To align with the NGSS Strategic Plan, the MoJ are now proceeding into detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) with a view to joining ISSC2. SSCL is a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and Steria Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>This decision means that some elements of expenditure under the old Shared Services programme have now become redundant and a constructive loss of £56.3m has been disclosed accordingly in the 2013-14 financial statements to reflect this. The majority of the total investment was spent on assets and infrastructure, which can be used by the new shared services scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 15/07/2014 11:09:11 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

64620

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what central oversight takes place to ensure the maximum efficiency in the procuring of information technology contracts for staffing, procurement and payroll services by separate government departments.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 we have imposed tough central expenditure controls on ICT, as well as on consulting, recruitment, marketing and property, to reduce wasteful expenditure and help reduce the fiscal deficit:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-controls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-controls</a></p><p>To further reduce wasteful expenditure, we have implemented a review process for all forthcoming departmental investments on IT with requested spend above £5m.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/07/2014 17:04:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham