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106085

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Scotland Office has incurred no expenditure on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 05/11/2014 15:51:56 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

106088

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 and up to the end of September 2014, the Scotland Office has answered 343 Freedom of Information requests in full out of 678 received. The other requests were not answered in full for a variety of reasons: the request may have been unclear, the Scotland Office may not have held the information, the request may have been exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, or the cost of locating the information may have exceeded the appropriate limit under the Act. Where the request was not granted in full it may have been answered in part.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 05/11/2014 15:54:40 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

102045

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the time taken to conclude negotiations for a price for including the vaccine for meningitis B in the national immunisation programme; and when those negotiations will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	212858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department is continuing negotiations for the supply of the meningococcal B vaccine Bexsero<sup>®</sup> with the manufacturer Novartis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on these commercial negotiations, which will be completed as quickly as practicable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:50:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

101753

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout the Law Officers' Departments' buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in the Law Officers' Departments which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	212618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments are committed to reducing their energy usage and where it is cost effective to do would consider replacing lighting with LED systems. However there are currently no plans to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout the Law Officers' Departments' buildings and sites, most of which are leasehold.</p><p>At present, neither of the buildings currently occupied by the Attorney General’s Office or Serious Fraud Office have any LED lighting, and the Treasury Solicitor’s Department and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate only have LED lighting in the lift lobby area of their main building.</p><p>The CPS have replaced the lighting on one floor of their headquarters building with an LED system, but do not hold a central record of the technical specifications of the lighting systems in use in all of its buildings. To verify the details of all lighting systems would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Law Officers’ Departments reduced CO2 emissions by 29% in 2012/13 exceeding the Greening Government Commitment (GGC) target to reduce CO2 emissions by 25% by 2014/15 compared to 2009/10.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/11/2014 15:49:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

101803

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecasts he has made of the long-term trends in house-building in each region and constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	212748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The government does not publish forecasts of long term house building by region or constituency. However the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) includes housing market projections in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The next estimates are to be released on the 3<sup>rd</sup> December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/11/2014 15:50:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

101861

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	Biofuels: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 211199, for what reason a decision was taken not to routinely assess the social costs of air pollution; and if she will now assess the social costs of biomass heat.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	212724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Decisions on evidence needs are taken on a case by case basis taking account of our policy development requirements. In light of this, there are no current plans to investigate the social cost of biomass.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/11/2014 15:52:19 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

106470

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to seek international consensus on post-2015 education goals and targets.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	905901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is advocating for a simple, inspiring, and relevant post-2015 development framework, centred on eradicating extreme poverty. We are actively working with international partners to ensure that access to education and quality of learning is at the heart of the post-2015 focus on education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/11/2014 15:49:30 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

101574

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surgery: Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) obese patients and (b) smokers have been denied routine operations in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of obese patients and smokers considered unsuitable for operations is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/11/2014 15:54:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

101588

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many British military and NHS personnel are in Sierra Leone to deal with Ebola; and what plans the Government has to increase their numbers.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	212430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Some 800 military personnel have been deployed to Sierra Leone to aid in the UK effort. These personnel have supported the establishment of a command and control logistical hub that will provide the backbone of infrastructure, commodities, training and management needed to scale up the response in Sierra Leone. They are also supporting the ongoing construction and operation of Ebola treatment centres, and are running and staffing a World Health Organisation-led Ebola training academy. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, RFA Argus, and three Merlin helicopters have now arrived in Sierra Leone to provide crucial logistic and transport support to medical teams and aid experts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date the UK has received 2140 applications from British medical staff and initial indications of staffing profiles and needs were received from partners on 20 October. DFID and UKMED are currently matching profiles with staffing requirements. Pre-deployment training has already started in the UK for staff deploying to the Kerry Town facility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/11/2014 15:50:57 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

101615

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in Crown Courts in Wales in each of the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	212436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the numbers of defendants and the outcome of prosecution proceedings, divided into twelve Principal Offence Categories, including ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p>The category of ‘Fraud and Forgery, includes offences prosecuted by way of the Fraud Act 2006, fraudulently evading income tax, VAT, excise duty or national insurance, bankruptcy offences, money laundering, forgery or using a false instrument and obtaining property, services or pecuniary advantage by deception.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows, in each of the last five calendar years, the number of defendants prosecuted and finalised, in Crown Courts in Wales, where the Principal Offence was categorised as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution to indicate the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged at the time of finalisation. It is not possible to disaggregate the outcomes of individual offences, such as fraud, without undertaking a manual search of case records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This table does not include those cases prosecuted by the DWP prosecution teams that merged with the CPS in 2012, as the DWP Cardiff team prosecutes cases in Crown Courts in England, as well as Wales. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of cases prosecuted solely in Wales without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/11/2014 15:53:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry