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682389

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which persons not employed by her Department hold security passes entitling them to enter her Department's premises.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	62538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Civil servants have to have the ability to work flexibly across government sites where there is a business need to do so. Passes may also be issued to <ins class="ministerial">contractors or secondees</ins> where there is an identified business need for them to enter Department for International Development premises, subject to the usual security checks. For security reasons it would not be appropriate to provide details of individuals who hold such passes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/02/2017 15:46:14 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2017 17:17:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 34471 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

679771

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what agreements the Government has with the Government of Pakistan relating to the transfer of prisoners; and what effect those agreements have had on the number of prisoners exchanged with that country.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	62018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom and Pakistan signed a bilateral voluntary prisoner transfer agreement on 24 August 2007. It entered into force 19 August 2008. Four prisoners were transferred to from England and Wales to Pakistan on a voluntary basis in 2010. Transfers to Pakistan have been suspended by the Pakistani Government<ins class="ministerial">.</ins> <del class="ministerial">following the unlawful release there of prisoners transferred from the United Kingdom and other countries.</del> No further transfers have taken place since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National offenders removed from our prisons, whether they are removed through Prisoner Transfer Agreements or the Early Removal Scheme. In 2015/16 we removed the highest number of Foreign National Offenders since records began with a total of 5,810 offenders removed from prisons, immigration removal centres and the community.</p><p> </p><p>The transfer of prisoners from Scotland and from Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the relevant devolved authority.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/02/2017 13:50:51 question first ministerially corrected 06/02/2017 10:32:14 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 34022 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

679781

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders from Pakistan have been transferred to prisons in Pakistan from the UK in each year of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	62029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom and Pakistan signed a bilateral voluntary prisoner transfer agreement on 24 August 2007. It entered into force 19 August 2008. Four prisoners were transferred to from England and Wales to Pakistan on a voluntary basis in 2010. Transfers to Pakistan have been suspended by the Pakistani Government<ins class="ministerial">.</ins> <del class="ministerial">following the unlawful release there of prisoners transferred from the United Kingdom and other countries.</del> No further transfers have taken place since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National offenders removed from our prisons, whether they are removed through Prisoner Transfer Agreements or the Early Removal Scheme. In 2015/16 we removed the highest number of Foreign National Offenders since records began with a total of 5,810 offenders removed from prisons, immigration removal centres and the community.</p><p> </p><p>The transfer of prisoners from Scotland and from Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the relevant devolved authority.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/02/2017 13:50:51 question first ministerially corrected 06/02/2017 10:32:14 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 34022 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

674870

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals there have been against refusal of an application for permanent residence by EU nationals in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those appeals have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	60664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Available published data on EEA Free Movement appeals can be found in Table FIA.3 of the Tribunals and gender recognition statistics. These cover the period up to September 2016 and include data for allowed and dismissed appeals.</p><p>The most recent edition is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-20" target="_blank"><del class="ministerial">https://</del>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/01/2017 17:56:41 question first ministerially corrected 24/01/2017 16:42:10 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 31571 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

672187

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which EU directives relating to his Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	59848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains a member of the EU until we leave, with full rights and obligations of membership. This includes transposing EU legislation into UK law.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is aware of the following directives relating to the Department’s responsibilities for which transposition is planned:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Directive 2003/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 April 2003 amending Council Directive 91/671/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to compulsory use of safety belts in vehicles of less than 3,5 tonnes</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">DIRECTIVE 2012/34/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL</del><br /><del class="ministerial"> of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’)</del><br /><del class="ministerial"> (Text with EEA relevance)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Directive 2013/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (20th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) and repealing Directive 2004/40/EC.</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/882 of 1 June 2016 amending Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards language requirements (Text with EEA relevance).</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Commission Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE 2014/94/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>amending Annex II to Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2014/112 of 19 December 2014 implementing the European Agreement concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time in inland waterway transport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 of 20 April 2015 laying down calculation methods and reporting requirements pursuant to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/719 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2015 amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/413 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 March 2015 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-related traffic offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directive 2014/52/EU on the assessment of the effects of public and private projects on the environment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE 2014/45/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014<br /> on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC<br /> (Text with EEA relevance)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE 2014/46/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014<br /> amending Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE 2014/47/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014<br /> on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union and repealing Directive 2000/30/EC<br /> (Text with EEA relevance).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/844 of 27 May 2016 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Co-decided (EU) Directive 2015/1513 amending Directive 98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on promotion of use of energy from renewable sources)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directive (EU) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC and 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Directives 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC, as regards seafarers (1)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br /> Commission Directive (EU) 2016/1106 of 7 July 2016 amending Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/797 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2016<br /> on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union<br /> (recast).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/798 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2016<br /> on railway safety (recast).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Directive (EU) 2016/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/01/2017 10:36:20 question first ministerially corrected 02/02/2017 12:36:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 31081 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

669014

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on child mental health services in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	58724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The available estimated National Health Service spend on children and young people’s mental health services in England only from 2010 is provided below. Healthcare is a devolved responsibility and the Department is not able to give information on the amount spent by the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Programme Budgeting data included estimated spending on children and young people’s mental health between 2009/10 and 2012/13 are found on NHS England’s website here:</p><p><a href="https://www.networks.nhs.uk/nhs-networks/health-investment-network/news/2012-13-programme-budgeting-data-is-now-available" target="_blank">https://www.networks.nhs.uk/nhs-networks/health-investment-network/news/2012-13-programme-budgeting-data-is-now-available</a></p><p>NHS England’s financial reporting system estimated spending on children and young people’s mental health services in 2015/16 is set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Clinical Commissioning Group Spend</p></td><td><p>2015 to 2016 Outturn <ins class="ministerial">(thousands)</ins> <del class="ministerial">(millions)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children and young people’s mental health (excluding learning disability)</p></td><td><p>476,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Children and young people’s eating disorders</p></td><td><p>39,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Clinical Commissioning Group Children and Young People’s Mental Health (excluding learning disability)</p></td><td><p>516,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specialised Commissioning Spend</p></td><td><p>2015 to 2016 Outturn <ins class="ministerial">(thousands)</ins> <del class="ministerial">(millions)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tier 4</p></td><td><p>295,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Specialised Commissioning Children and Young People’s Mental Health</p></td><td><p>295,301</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Children and young people’s mental health spend data is not available from NHS England’s formal financial planning and reporting before 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England published the Clinical Commissioning Guidance Improvement and Assessment Framework for Mental Health on 27 October 2016. It includes a specific indicator on children and young people’s mental health that takes in planning, quality assurance and finance and is weighted towards those meeting the mental health investment standard for children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 11/01/2017 17:56:19 question first ministerially corrected 12/01/2017 14:31:15 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford previous answer version 29419 answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

663104

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
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	Islamic State: Crimes against Humanity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 20 April (HC Deb, col 996) concerning the gathering and preservation of evidence that could in future be used in a court to hold Daesh to account for its crimes against Shi’a and Sunni Muslims, Christians, Yazidis, Kurds and other groups, what steps they are taking to ensure that genocide committed against Christians is included in their proposals for the prosecution of Daesh.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring there is no impunity for these heinous crimes committed by Daesh, as shown by the Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson)'s launching of the global campaign Bringing Daesh to Justice. As a first step in this campaign, we are working with the government of Iraq to bring a proposal before the UN on evidence gathering and preservation in Iraq. It is vital that this is done now, before evidence is lost or destroyed. This campaign is about justice for all Daesh victims and we expect it to cover all violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of international human rights law by Daesh including war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 05/01/2017 16:47:09 question first ministerially corrected 06/01/2017 13:56:42 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns previous answer version 28631 answering member printed Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare answering member 1612
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

663144

registered interest
date	21/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Vocational Guidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) maintained schools, (2) academies, and (3) free schools, invited outside organisations to provide careers guidance and advice to their pupils in the academic years (a) 2013–14, (b) 2014–15, and (c) 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL4359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of schools that invite outside organisations to provide careers advice and guidance to pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Schools have a duty to secure independent careers guidance on the full range of education and training options, including apprenticeships and other technical education options. Sources of independent careers guidance can include, but not be limited to, external organisations such as education and training providers, employers and careers<ins class="ministerial">professionals.</ins> <del class="ministerial">providers.</del></p><p> </p><p>The Government’s statutory guidance on careers is clear that schools should give other providers who wish to do so the opportunity to engage with pupils, on school premises, to inform them directly about what they offer. These could include further education and sixth form colleges, studio schools, university technical colleges and employers and other providers delivering apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has established The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to increase the level of employer input into schools. The Company’s Enterprise Adviser Network is now live in over 1,300 <del class="ministerial">of the</del> secondary schools and colleges across the country, connecting young people with local employers to provide experiences of the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>Careers organisations provide another external source of advice and guidance. The statutory guidance encourages schools to consult a register of accredited careers organisations when securing access to face-to-face careers guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/01/2017 17:56:09 question first ministerially corrected 10/01/2017 15:05:49 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash previous answer version 28926 answering member printed Lord Nash answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

662705

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Personal Records
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what personal pupil data the Department for Education shares with the Home Office, and for what purpose.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2017 answer text <p>The Memorandum of Understanding between the Home Office and the Department for Education outlines the purpose and the personal pupil data shared. The Memorandum of Understanding<ins class="ministerial"> has been deposited</ins> <del class="ministerial">is available</del> in the house library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 06/01/2017 14:05:08 question first ministerially corrected 10/01/2017 17:00:14 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash previous answer version 28650 answering member printed Lord Nash answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

662999

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aerials: Orkney and Shetland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many emergency services network masts will be built in Orkney and Shetland constituency; and what steps she is taking to ensure that mobile phone services are provided from all four mobile network operators at all such sites.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	58650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>In delivering the Emergency Services Network (ESN), the mobile network operator EE will deliver up to 291 new mast sites. Government will deliver approximately 230 further sites (known as the “Extended Area Services” (EAS) sites) in the most remote and rural areas of Great Britain.</p><p>For EAS sites, the principal objective is to provide coverage to meet the needs of the emergency services, but the Home Office is working with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and DCMS to identify any proposed mast locations which could improve mobile coverage in future, with a view to ensuring these are built to a specification which could accommodate multiple operators.</p><p>EE has indicated that it is delivering around 200 new sites in Scotland as part of ESN. In addition there are 104 sites in Scotland that are being considered as part of the Extended Area Services (EAS). Delivery of these sites is subject to planning permission and the acquisition of land.<del class="ministerial"> There are currently no new sites proposed in the constituency of Inverclyde, either by EE or the EAS as part of ESN.</del> <ins class="ministerial">There are currently up to 25 new EE ESN sites proposed in the constituency of Orkney and Shetland, and one EAS site as part of ESN.</ins></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/01/2017 16:36:14 question first ministerially corrected 16/01/2017 16:20:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 28902 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael