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166515

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been brought in relation to fraud in English language tests at universities revealed in the BBC's Panorama investigation broadcast in February 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	216296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Specialist Fraud Division of the Crown Prosecution Service is currently prosecuting four individuals in one case, arising out of the BBC’s Panorama investigation broadcast on 10 February 2014. That investigation highlighted alleged irregularities in the administration of English language examinations at two educational establishments (not universities) operating under the names Bright Consultant Services Ltd (London) and Universal Training Centre (Watford). The matter is sub judice to secure a fair trial.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 02/12/2014 12:28:12 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

166519

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suicides there have been of (a) women and (b) men in each region and constituent part of the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	216333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 02/12/2014 14:18:25 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 216333 ONS 431.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Suicides
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

166525

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Impact Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is Government policy to produce impact assessments in respect of legislation introduced in Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	216298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Government policy in respect of legislation is set out in the Cabinet Office Guide to Making Legislation published on GOV.UK. On page 110 this makes clear impact assessments are generally required where:</p><p>· legislation will impose or reduce costs on businesses or civil society organisations;</p><p>· impose or remove a new information obligation for the public sector;</p><p>· introduce any other administrative burdens or unfunded policy costs of £5 million or more (annual equivalent costs) on the public sector; or</p><p>· where there is an exchange or ‘transfer’ of costs or benefits from one group to another, even where it does not yield an overall net change in costs and benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 02/12/2014 14:12:49 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

166545

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what modelling her Department has undertaken of the impact of recent changes in (a) pay levels, (b) pension contributions and (c) national insurance contributions on the supply of teachers.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	216272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to calculate the optimum number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required to match the future supply of teachers to the estimated demand for qualified teachers within the state funded sector in England. The National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) use this information to inform their allocation of ITT places to teacher training providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not include pension and National Insurance contribution as factors in econometric forecasts of numbers who will leave the profession; however we do use average relative pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department estimates future teacher demand at a national level, decision-making taken at school level determines the actual number of teachers required. In addition, the reforms to teachers’ pay that were introduced from September 2013 have given schools greater freedom to develop local reward packages which enable them to attract and retain the good teachers they need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has published the TSM online, along with an outline of the wastage forecast methodology. This is available through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/12/2014 12:29:47 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

166571

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the progress made by crime agencies in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England to sign up to the principles of the Crisis Care Concordat.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	216263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>As part of the roll-out of the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, published by the Government in February 2014, health, social care and criminal justice partners across England have been invited to develop and sign local Concordat <br>declarations. The relevant Police and Crime Commissioner and Police Force are two of seven essential signatories to each local declaration.<br><br>I share the aim of the Right Honourable Norman Lamb MP, the Minister for Care and Support, that declarations should be in place throughout England by the end of 2014. Progress towards this across all areas of England can be seen at the <br>following webpage: http://www.crisiscareconcordat.org.uk/explore-the-map/<br><br>I understand that there are plans for Crisis Care declarations covering Coventry and the West Midlands to be agreed in early December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 02/12/2014 12:58:39 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

166572

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals her Department's counter-terrorism referral units have received from internet companies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit refers to internet companies instances of content that is in breach of the Terrorism Act 2000 and 2006. They also receive referrals of content from the public as well <br>as other partners. It has not received any referrals from internet companies. The Home Department does not have any counter terrorism referral units so no referrals have been received.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2014 12:44:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

166573

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215331, what her Department's total headcount has been in each of the last five years; and which executive agencies were included in the figure given for frontline staff in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The total headcount (full time equivalents) in the Home Department for the last five years is set out in Table 1. <br><br>The Executive Agencies included in these figures are:<br>• Criminal Records Bureau (to December 2012)<br>• UK Border Agency (to 1st April 2013)<br>• National Fraud Authority (from March 2012 to 31st March 2014)<br>• Identity and Passport Service/HM Passport Office</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/12/2014 12:57:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 216266 Table.xlsx title Department Headcount
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

166576

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215386, how many of the suspicious activity reports submitted to the National Crime Agency or the Serious Organised Crime Agency in the last five years were connected to (a) alleged terrorism and (b) each other category of offence.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Suspicious activity reports (SARs) are submitted to the National Crime Agency under two pieces of legislation: the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 for suspicions of money laundering, or the Terrorism Act 2000 for suspicions of terrorist <br>financing. The predicate offence in each case is not required when submitting a SAR and therefore no record of other categories of offences is held.<br><br>The following table details the numbers of SARs submitted to the NCA and SOCA in the last five years which were submitted under suspicions of terrorist financing and those submitted under suspicion of money laundering offences.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Number of SARs Submitted</p></td><td><p>Number of SARs</p><p>Submitted under TACT 2000</p></td><td><p>Number of SARs submitted under POCA 2002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009 – 2010</p></td><td><p>240,582</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>239,983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 – 2011</p></td><td><p>247,601</p></td><td><p>662</p></td><td><p>246,939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 – 2012</p></td><td><p>278,665</p></td><td><p>695</p></td><td><p>277,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 – 2013</p></td><td><p>316,527</p></td><td><p>856</p></td><td><p>315,671</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 – 2014</p></td><td><p>354,186</p></td><td><p>1342</p></td><td><p>352,844</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/12/2014 12:57:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

166581

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 3 September 2014, Official Report, column 21WS, on Immigration Act 2014: implementation, how her Department plans to monitor and record information collected from the pilot scheme for landlords to make immigration checks in the West Midlands from 1 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	216301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has given a commitment to evaluate the impacts of the implementation of the provisions in the Immigration Act as they relate to the private rented sector in its first six months. The results will be published <br>in the late summer or autumn of next year. <br><br>The Home Office will be recording and monitoring activity to support and enforce the scheme. The evaluation will also look at other impacts. These include access to the private rented sector, impacts on landlords, agents and local services, such as local authorities, and any effects on discrimination or vulnerable people. <br><br>A consultative panel of bodies representing landlords, lettings agents, local authorities, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and CRISIS is overseeing the evaluation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 216312 question first answered 02/12/2014 12:50:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

166582

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her speech on counter-terrorism at the Royal United Services Institute on 24 November 2014, on what dates in the last 12 months terrorist plots planned in the UK were thwarted by actions of the security services; and what information she is able to disclose about the character of the intended targets of those plots.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	216310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>We do not comment on the actions of the Security Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2014 12:52:02 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn