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387251

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing Completions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the housing completion rates in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Leeds and (d) Leeds North West constituency was in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	5391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on house building completions in England, West Yorkshire and in each local authority district, including Leeds, are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p> </p><p>These figures exclude other sources of housing supply such as conversions.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/07/2015 15:35:30 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

386890

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government over what periods in the last 30 years there has been a threat to the existence of the United Kingdom; and what was the average percentage of gross domestic product spent on defence in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK has, and continues to face, a broad range of complex threats both at home and abroad.</p><p>The table below shows the proportion of gross domestic product that the UK has spent on defence each year since 1985. This data is published annually by NATO as part of its Defence Expenditure publications.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of GDP spent on Defence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1985</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1986</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1988</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/07/2015 15:34:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

386974

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to implement new planning provisions on redevelopment of brownfield sites.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	5174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that brownfield land is used as much as possible for new development. We will require local authorities to have a register of what is available, and ensure that 90 per cent of suitable brownfield sites have planning permission for housing by 2020. We will provide further support by creating a Fund to unlock homes on brownfield land for additional housing. We will continue to support the regeneration of brownfield land through a range of measures, including £200 million to help create Housing Zones outside London, and in addition releasing enough public sector land for over 150,000 homes by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/07/2015 15:39:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

386447

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the full list of armoured fighting vehicles and protected mobility vehicles in operation with the British Army, and whether each vehicle is in general service on units' Equipment Tables, or an Urgent Operational Requirement.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The armoured fighting and protected mobility vehicles in operation with the British Army are: Challenger 2, Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle, Titan, Trojan, Warrior, Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle(Tracked), Bulldog, AS90, Terrier, Warthog, Mastiff, Ridegback, Wolfhound, Husky, Panther, Jackal, Coyote, Foxhound, Revised Weapons Mounted Installation Kit+ Land Rover/ Revised Weapons Mounted Installation Kit Land Rover and Snatch/Vixen.</p><p>Some of these vehicles were initially bought as Urgent Operational Requirements for operations. They have all now been brought into core funding and are shown on unit establishment tables.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/07/2015 15:41:53 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

386448

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Russia: Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether any new armoured fighting vehicles were at the recent May Day parade in Moscow; and if so, what is their unclassified assessment of the vehicles seen.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>This year's parade featured the T-14 tank, Kurganets-25 series armoured fighting vehicles and the Bumerang armoured personnel carrier. We judge that all three systems represent significant improvement over their predecessors.</p><p>The T-14 will have improved projectile performance; a gun launched anti-tank guided missile capability and increased crew survivability.</p><p>The T-14, Kurganets-25 and Bumerang will have the new and improved Epoch remote controlled turret. Advanced defensive aid suites are likely to be common to all new vehicle types.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/07/2015 15:40:57 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

386449

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve: Officers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 23 June (HL436), what is the average age of an Army Reserve commissioned officer.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2015, the average age of an Army Reserve commissioned officer is 44.</p><p>More information about the age profile of the Reserve Force may be found in the annual National Statistics publication 'UK Reserve Forces and Cadets', located at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strength-of-the-uk, which is attached for ease of reference.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/07/2015 15:42:32 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name 20150615_TSP7Apr15-O.pdf title TSP 7 UK Reserve Forces and Cadets
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

386703

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work his Department does with cancer charities to support children and young people with cancer.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Charities with an interest in children’s cancer services are involved in the ongoing work that NHS England performs through the Clinical Reference Groups (CRG) to provide a key role in major cancer improvements. For example, the Teenage Cancer Trust is represented on the Teenage and Young Adults CRG and CLIC Sargent and the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group support the Children’s Cancer CRG.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England also works with the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group on treatment guidelines that are used across cancer services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public Health England and Departmental officials also work with stakeholders from charities with an interest in children’s cancer services. For example, earlier this year officials met with representatives of The Brain Tumour Charity to discuss the Headsmart campaign, which aims to raise awareness of brain tumour symptoms in children and young people and to reduce the time for diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a result of this meeting, the charity gave a presentation about the HeadSmart campaign to the Department’s School Nursing Partnership Implementation Group on 17 March. The group was receptive and committed to help promote and support the campaign, which included disseminating symptom cards where appropriate and putting information in newsletters and journals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/07/2015 15:38:15 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

386743

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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, what recent steps he has taken to reduce offenders' access to drugs in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing the supply of drugs into prison. The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) already deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. We do not tolerate drugs in prison and anyone caught with them will be punished and could face further prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The success of the strategy is illustrated by the reduction of drug misuse in prisons, as measured by the random Mandatory Drug Testing (MDT) programme, which has declined by 17.5 percentage points over the past 17 years, despite the fact that NOMS is testing for more drugs than previously. Positive rates were 7.8% in 2009/2010 and 6.9% in 2014/2015.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS is aware of the increase of the use of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) across the prison estate and there is a wide-ranging programme of work being undertaken to counteract NPS. This includes joint work with the Home Office on legislation to control most NPS substances and make it illegal to supply any NPS. This will allow prisons to press for the prosecution of those smuggling NPS into prisons. Additionally, work is underway to develop new drug tests to detect NPS substances, to strengthen perimeter defences, and to train drug dogs to detect NPS.</p><p> </p><p>We have already made it a criminal offence to throw drugs and other items over prison walls and the government's proposed new legislation will further strengthen our powers. We have also included a clause within the Serious Crime Act, which will create an offence of throwing or projecting any item over a prison perimeter so that it lands in a prison</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to explore new methods of preventing drugs coming into prisons such as new generation body scanners. The first body scanner has been purchased and a programme of work is underway to assess the most effective way to deploy body scanners across the estate, based on experience of their use in an operational setting. NOMS will be supported in this by the Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology. <br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/07/2015 15:35:22 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386142

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Aircraft
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following the loss of Maritime Patrol Aircraft capability in 2010, there is any airborne surveillance capability available to assist the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, HM Revenue and Customs and the Border Agency; and whether assets available today will be available next year.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Requests to assist other Government Departments and agencies are routinely received by the Ministry of Defence through the Maritime Operations Centre, the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre and the Air Rescue Co-ordination Centre, who will decide the appropriate surface or aviation asset to provide the support from a range of maritime and aviation capabilities.</p><p>The type and quantity of assets at the Ministry of Defence's disposal is not necessarily constant from one year to the next. Different factors are taken into account when procuring and supporting capabilities.</p><p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review will allow us to review our maritime and aviation capability.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 08/07/2015 15:36:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

385332

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what processes are in place to monitor the development and effectiveness of through-the-gate services provided in prisons by Community Rehabilitation Companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Contract Management Teams, who are responsible for managing the contracts with the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC), are closely monitoring the delivery of ‘Through the Gate’ (TTG), to ensure CRCs are delivering effective resettlement services. This is being undertaken as part of the rigorous contract management arrangements which include a number of governance meetings involving the CRC, NPS and prisons. Prior to 1 May, the Ministry also undertook detailed assurance to ensure that providers were ready to stand up their TTG services. This assurance will continue until this new service is fully embedded.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 08/07/2015 15:35:07 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton