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513505

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Channel Four Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the future of Channel 4.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	34320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>The government wants to ensure a strong and secure future for Channel 4 in what is a fast-changing and challenging broadcasting environment. The government is looking at a broad range of options, including those proposed by Channel 4’s leadership.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/04/2016 11:21:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

513538

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on making doping in sport a criminal offence.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	34291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>The case for legislation including criminal powers is currently being reviewed by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 21/04/2016 09:45:38 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

513551

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's latest estimate is of the number of parents with children who will be claiming housing benefit in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	34257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text The information requested is not available. answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/04/2016 15:56:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

513557

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Companies: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many companies have self-reported to the Serious Fraud Office for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	34312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office has received self-reports from companies but it would not be appropriate to confirm numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The process of reaching Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) happens in stages. Initial negotiations are confidential to encourage openness on the part of the company. Under the Criminal Procedure Rules, the Court determines whether any relevant hearings are heard in public or in private. Any DPA must be approved by a judge and publicised.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/04/2016 11:10:30 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

513559

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Homicide and Sexual Offences: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) sexual assault cases were prosecuted where the defendant was a non-EU national in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	34464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain any centrally held data that would enable the identification of the nationality of any defendants, whether they are an EU national or not. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/04/2016 11:00:53 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

513574

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the policy of publishing details of officials who earn more than the Prime Minister applies to temporary appointments.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	34441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>Following the review by HM Treasury in 2012 of the tax arrangements of senior public sector appointees, departments are responsible for publishing information on temporary appointments and other contingent labour in their annual accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Before 2012, such transparency did not exist.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/04/2016 09:17:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

513578

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to allow web-users to include honours when completing government online forms.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	34465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for individual departments who are responsible for determining the level of information required for their online forms.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/04/2016 10:34:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

513601

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BBC Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his plans are for the body that will replace the BBC Trust.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	34394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government will set out its plans for the future of the BBC in a White Paper in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/04/2016 11:36:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

513637

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Marine Environment: Plastics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of microbeads on marine ecosystems.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	34315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>Defra has funded a project, undertaken by the University of Plymouth, to study the effects of microplastics in the marine environment. The project studied whether chemical pollutants stick to plastic particles, whether marine organisms ingest plastic particles and pass them along the food chain, and whether the plastics themselves, or associated chemical pollutants, could cause harm to those organisms. The final report for this project is expected to be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/04/2016 10:31:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

513642

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has allocated for (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18 to help the UK prepare for the effects of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	34472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>Adaptation is embedded as an integral part of policy making across Defra and all levels of Government and within a broad range of programmes and activities that directly or indirectly support and build the UK’s resilience to climate change. The first National Adaptation Programme sets out more than 370 actions to help the UK better prepare for climate change and we continue to deliver on these actions. In Defra we are taking action across the breadth of the department’s policies, from our £2.3 billion flood defence programme to the Forestry Commission increasing the diversity of its planting stock so that the Public Forest Estate is resilient to the changing climate.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/04/2016 10:40:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner