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47816

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many incursions into Gibraltarian waters by Spanish government-owned vessels occurred in (1) 2012, (2), 2013, and (3) January and February 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL6758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2014 answer text <p>The number of unlawful incursions into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters by Spanish state vessels totalled:</p><p>229 in 2012<br>496 in 2013<br>75 in January and February 2014</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 25/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

47817

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 26 March (WA 116), whether Capita has delivered departmental savings and asset realisations.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL6759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Wherever possible, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will look to maximise competition as a way of driving best value for money. The MOD has awarded Capita 43 contracts since 1 April 2009. They may have specific deliverables relating to savings, but these will be dependant on the requirement and will differ in each individual agreement.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

47818

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 25 March (WA 105–6), how many non-operational airfields the Royal Air Force owns in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL6760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information will take some time to collate. I will write to the Noble Lord as soon as it is available.</p> answering member printed Lord Astor of Hever question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3428 label Biography information for Lord Astor of Hever
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

47819

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children they estimate will be affected by the provisions contained in Clause 18 of the Immigration Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL6761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clause 18 (which is now Clause 19) of the Immigration Bill will be relevant to all immigration and deportation decisions engaging the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, including where a child is the applicant or is a family member of the applicant or of the person facing deportation. Careful regard has been had to the best interests of children in the UK in framing the Clause, in line with the children's duty under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009, but we have made no broader assessment of the number of children who will be affected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

47462

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Crown Prosecution Service conviction rate was in cases of homicide involving (a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (d) five or more defendants in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	195840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The requested conviction rates are given in the table. The information is <br>taken from the Home Office Homicide Index. Data for 2013/14 will be published <br>in early 2015.<br><br>The circumstances surrounding a homicide can be complex and it can take time <br>for cases to pass through the criminal justice system. As a result, the <br>conviction rates in the table for recent years will be lower (than for earlier <br>years) but will rise as more of these cases flow through the system and will <br>therefore be higher in future publications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><strong>Table A Conviction rate<sup>2</sup> for offences currently recorded as homicide by number of suspects, 2008/09 to 2012/13</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>England and Wales</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Number of suspects</strong></td><td><strong>2008/09</strong></td><td><strong>2009/10</strong></td><td><strong>2010/11</strong></td><td><strong>2011/12</strong></td><td><strong>2012/13</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><em>Conviction rate (%)</em></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Two</td><td>82</td><td>75</td><td>67</td><td>63</td><td>53</td></tr><tr><td>Three</td><td>82</td><td>80</td><td>52</td><td>73</td><td>56</td></tr><tr><td>Four</td><td>90</td><td>75</td><td>78</td><td>25</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Five or more</td><td>75</td><td>80</td><td>67</td><td>56</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Source: Home Office Homicide Index</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">1. As at 8 November 2013; The circumstances surrounding a homicide can be complex and it can take time for cases to pass through the criminal justice system. As a result the figures for convicted suspects will increase as the cases pass through the criminal justice system.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">2. Conviction rate is the proportion of homicide offences that resulted in a conviction for at least one of the suspects.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

47463

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much money subject to a Crown Prosecution Service restraining or confiscation order has been diverted to meet the costs of a private-sector receiver in each of the last three financial years; and what proportion that amount was of all assets subject to such orders.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	195842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>The following table contains data from the last 3 financial years on the total amount restrained under restraint orders, the total fees paid to management receivers, and the percentage of receivership fees as a proportion of the restrained amount:</p><p><strong>Management Receiverships:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fees Paid to Management</strong></p><p><strong>Receivers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*Total Amount Restrained Under</strong></p><p><strong> Restraint Order Amount </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Receivership Fees as a Proportion</strong></p><p><strong> of the Amount Restrained</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>£1,677,316.04</p></td><td><p>£ 142,861,002.70</p></td><td><p>1.17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 2013</p></td><td><p>£ 995,667.35</p></td><td><p>£ 142,878,474.31</p></td><td><p>0.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>£ 1,168,938.64</p></td><td><p>£ 145,485,882.31</p></td><td><p>0.80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It should be noted that the amount restrained is constantly fluctuating due to a number of factors including payment of reasonable living expenses from restrained funds and the changing values of real property. Accordingly, it is difficult to get an accurate value as to the amount restrained at any one time.</p><p>*It should further be noted that the amount shown represents the entirety of restrained funds. However, in many cases, the receiver is appointed to manage carefully selected assets and not all of the funds restrained. Accordingly, the receiver's fees as a proportion of the amount of restrained funds he manages could be considerably higher than the figures shown above.</p><p> </p><p>The following table contains data from the last 3 financial years on the total confiscation order amount (i.e. the sum of all assets included in confiscation orders), total fees paid to enforcement receivers, and the percentage of receivership fees as a proportion of the confiscation order amount:</p><p><strong>Enforcement Receivers:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fees Paid to Enforcement</strong></p><p><strong> Receivers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*Total Confiscation Order Amount</strong></p><p><strong> (including any variations)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Receivership Fees as a Proportion </strong></p><p><strong>of the Confiscation Order Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>£2,716,436.53</p></td><td><p>£109,684,469.49</p></td><td><p>2.48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 2013</p></td><td><p>£2,982,980.41</p></td><td><p>£140,752,428.67</p></td><td><p>2.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>£1,413,235.87</p></td><td><p>£138,249,651.38</p></td><td><p>1.02%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*It should further be noted that the amount shown represents the total sum of assets available for confiscation. However, in many cases, the receiver is appointed to realise carefully selected assets and not all assets listed in the confiscation order. Accordingly, the receiver's fees as a proportion of the assets he is appointed to realise could be considerably higher than the figures shown above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

47464

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Higher Education Funding Council for England will run its annual monitoring exercise to collect information about the ongoing financial sustainability, quality of provision, and changes to management and governance arrangements at alternative learning providers; and when the Higher Education Funding Council for England will publish this information.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	195764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department will publish guidance on the annual monitoring process and associated timetable in July 2014.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts grouped question UIN 195753 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

47465

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Energy and Climate Change about the local socioeconomic effects of the Magnox nuclear sites before the award of the decommissioning contract on 31 March 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	195775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>This Department has not had any discussion with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) about the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's (NDA) competition to secure a new Parent Body Organisation for Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd. The NDA ran the competition in strict accordance with UK and EU procurement regulations. Oversight and governance of the process was provided by the NDA's Competition Programme Board. The Government is represented by the Shareholder Executive (on behalf of DECC), HM Treasury and Infrastructure UK.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

47466

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department plans to provide to areas affected by changes to the nuclear decommissioning programme following the award of a new contract on 31 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	195776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>This Department, together with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), is fully committed to helping to deliver the Nuclear Industrial Strategy, including through the Nuclear Industry Council, on which the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) also sits. The announcement of the preferred bidder in the NDA's parent body competition for Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Limited should not materially affect our support. The Cavendish Fluor Partnership brings a successful track record and extensive nuclear experience that will bring benefits to the decommissioning and clean-up programme. They are committed to developing the skills of the workforce and to meeting socio-economic responsibilities, as were all the bidders.</p><p> </p><p>This Department will continue to work with DECC, the NDA and the industry to ensure that decommissioning is achieved safely, to schedule, competitively and taking into account UK economic benefit.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

47467

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of statutory maternity and paternity pay to parents of premature and sick babies.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	195855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The UK's maternity leave provision is one of the most generous in the world; all employed women have a “day one” entitlement to 52 weeks of maternity leave. Mothers with 26 weeks qualifying service and meeting the earnings requirement are entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP). Those mothers who do not qualify for SMP may be entitled to Maternity Allowance. This means that expectant mothers and mothers can take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and bond with their babies, and to deal with unexpected eventualities including ill health, premature births and any complications associated with sick babies.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Children and Families Act 2014, the Government is introducing a new system of shared parental leave which will give parents much more flexibility in how to use their leave entitlement. This flexibility will be particularly valuable to parents who have to deal with difficult or unexpected circumstances and it will allow parents, for the first time, to take leave together in a way that suits them. The system will be available for working parents whose baby is due on or after 5 April 2015 (irrespective of when the baby is born), and will be introduced later this year so that it catches babies who are born early.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to explicitly considering the issues facing families with babies admitted to neonatal care within the context of the review that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced it will undertake on the review of changes to employment law enacted by the Children and Families Act after 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell