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89435

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date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Nuclear Power: Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial support is available from UK Trade & Investment to British companies under the Tradeshow Access Programme to attend the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris from 14-16 October 2014; and what criteria are applied in deciding what support to provide.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Through the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) 7 grants of £1,500 each are being made available for eligible UK businesses at the World Nuclear Exhibition.</p><p>A company can be eligible if they:</p><p>- are classed as small or medium-sized or a UK university or UK publicly funded centre of higher or further learning or UK publicly funded research organisation;</p><p>- have been exporting for less than 10 years or did not exhibit at the previous edition of the event in question; and</p><p>- do not breach a limit of 12 TAP grants since 1 April 2009 including no more than 6 in non-emerging and high growth markets.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/09/2014 16:38:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

89539

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any British military personnel have been deployed to (a) Northern Iraq, (b) Iraqi Kurdistan and (c) Northern Syria since June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>As a member of the US coalition, the UK is committed to countering ISIL in Iraq and Syria. British personnel have been providing logistical, liaison and surveillance support in Iraq and will continue to do so. From 27 September 2014, following the parliamentary vote, the RAF began flying strike missions over Iraq. We have also recently sent a small team to provide short term training to Kurdish forces. These troops are not deployed in a ground combat role.<br><br>Additionally, as part of our preparations for a potential humanitarian airlift from the Sinjar Mountains in August, we deployed military personnel to Erbil. These troops were recovered to Cyprus when it became clear that the operation would not go ahead.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 16/10/2014 16:20:56 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 18504 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

89541

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the amount of military equipment supplied to Iraq by NATO states that has been appropriated by ISIS in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Iraqi security force losses of military equipment since January 2014 cannot be accurately quantified. Known losses of equipment supplied by NATO members include howitzers and their tractors, an armoured personnel carrier and numerous vehicles, small arms and munitions. We continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 11/09/2014 15:15:56 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 18506 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

89542

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of policing the NATO summit in Newport.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The majority of the Summit costs will be met by Her Majesty's Government. The overall final costs are expected to be reported formally after the Summit has concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/09/2014 13:20:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

89669

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Saudi Arabia on each of the executions by public beheading carried out in that country in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The abolition of the death penalty is a human rights priority for the UK. Ministers and our Ambassador and Embassy team in Riyadh frequently raise the issue of the death penalty with the Saudi Arabian authorities, bilaterally and through the European Union. We must recognise that total abolition of the death penalty is unlikely in Saudi Arabia in the near future. For now, our focus is on the introduction of EU minimum standards for the death penalty as a first step, and supporting access to justice and the rule of law.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/09/2014 15:00:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

89731

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been transferred to HM Passport Office from other Government departments and agencies in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	207328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of staff who have transferred to Her Majesty's Passport Office from other Government departments from 1st August 2013 to 31st July 2014. These figures relate to the normal movement of staff between departments to take up employment opportunities.<br><br>Other than staff that have transferred to HM Passport Office to take up employment opportunities, there has only been one member of staff temporarily transferred into HM Passport Office from outside of the Home Office, which was from the Department of Works and Pensions, from 24 June to 31 August 2014.<br><br>In addition to the figures shown in the table, a total of 226 staff were temporarily transferred from the Home Office into HM Passport Office between June and August 2014.</p><p>Table: Number of staff who transferred to HM Passport Office from other Government Departments</p><p> </p><p><strong>1 </strong><strong>August 2013 to 31 July 2014 </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar- 14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>Note: Statistical disclosure controls have been applied to comply with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice and the Data Protection Act. Some information has been redacted and replaced with ** to prevent the disclosure of numbers fewer than 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/10/2014 15:43:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

79435

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Intelligence Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to answer parliamentary questions on intelligence matters.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	206949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Parliamentary questions are answered by the relevant Minister.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 01/09/2014 13:09:46 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

78671

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, puruant to the Answers of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 725W, on nuclear weapons and of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 358W, on nuclear weapons, if he will publish the titles of reports requested for the longest most recent period of time that will not incur disproportionate cost.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	206421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>Responsibility for the transportation of warheads was transferred to the Warship Support Agency (now part of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S)) from the RAF in 2002. Titles of reports that relate to the risks of the transport of nuclear warheads that are held by DE&amp;S are shown below. To conduct a search of the archived files held by the RAF could be carried out only at disproportionate cost. <br><br>• Threat Vulnerability Assessment/Peer Review dated 14 April 2014<br>• Review of security arrangements across Nuclear Weapon Lifecycle Phases (LCP) 1-3, dated 18 July 2012<br>• (Project Armoured Nuclear Transporter) Truck Cargo Heavy Duty Mk3 Transport Operational Safety Case (OSC) Issue 2 dated October2011<br>• Nuclear Weapons Security – Op DANSK Final Report dated 29 April 2010<br>• The Future Role of the Ministry of Defence Police (known as The Woolley Report) 3 September 2009. <br>• Transport and Base Security Study dated 8 May 2006<br>• Operational Safety Case for the Transport of Nuclear Weapons, Issue 2 dated January 2005<br>• Director Nuclear Movements and Nuclear Accident Response Group Safety Statement for the Modification of the Nuclear Weapon Convoy task to Continuous Running including running in the hours of darkness dated 16 December 2004<br>• Review of Nuclear Weapon Road Convoy Security Arrangements, by Brig J H Thomas dated 19 February 2003.<br>• Movements by Sea of Nuclear Weapons dated 17 December 1996<br>• Management Services Organisation Study No.774 Nuclear Road Convoys, dated October 1993<br><br>A number of reports have been identified that relate to the effects of the use of a UK nuclear weapon, where the titles could be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. This information is, however, being withheld to safeguard national security, because its release would prejudice the defence of the UK, and because it relates to the formulation of Government policy.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/09/2014 13:07:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 17952 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

78449

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Nuclear Installations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates the no-fly zones around nuclear facilities have been violated since May 2010; and what steps his Department has taken to ensure such violations do not occur in future.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	206186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) maintains a complaint log for three years. Since June 2011, it has received 12 complaints from onsite Security Guards about aircraft which they believe may have overflown their respective sites at low level. 　 The dates of these incidents were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>12/06/2011</td><td>25/07/2012</td><td>25/08/2013</td></tr><tr><td>14/06/2011</td><td>02/01/2013</td><td>09/09/2013</td></tr><tr><td>24/06/2011</td><td>14/01/2013</td><td>03/10/2013</td></tr><tr><td>17/08/2011</td><td>15/08/2013</td><td>21/05/2014</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All these recorded incidents were investigated, but due to a lack of evidence the only case which led to a successful prosecution occurred on 25 August 2013 and involved the use of a small unmanned aerial vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>The need to report to the CAA all aircraft which appear to be low flying is written in the nuclear site’s security procedures manual. 　The successful prosecution demonstrates that the CAA investigates all such reported incidents and that it will take enforcement action when there is sufficient evidence available.　In addition, both the CAA and the Department for Energy and Climate Change seek to learn what they can from the investigations into reported incidents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/09/2014 14:11:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

78519

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the amount to be paid in additional payments to staff at HM Passport Office who commited to work a set number of overtime hours between 5 July and 31 August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	206344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>Overtime is a matter of choice for each member of staff. The determination of those who qualify for the additional payment and therefore the cost of additional payments will be on the basis of the actual overtime hours worked during the period 5 July and 31 August 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/07/2014 13:27:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 11248 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn