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419224

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum seekers were deported from the United Kingdom in (1) 1990, (2) 2000, (3) 2010, and (4) 2014, on reaching the age of 18.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not keep electronic records on removals going as far back as 2000. Records of removals on the Immigration Database only go back to 2006. In 2010, <del class="ministerial">132</del> <ins class="ministerial">778</ins> failed asylum seekers were removed after reaching the age of 18. In 2014, <del class="ministerial">151</del> <ins class="ministerial">445 </ins>failed asylum seekers were removed after reaching the age of 18.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/10/2015 13:50:02 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2016 14:22:55 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates previous answer version 24077 answering member printed Lord Bates answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

418793

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Iran
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice and clarification on trading sanctions they have given to United Kingdom businesses wishing to develop trading opportunities in Iran.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2015 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) is working with Foreign Office, BIS, the Export Control Organisation, HMRC and HMT to provide coordinated communications to UK industry on sanctions. Activities include 1:1 meetings with major UK companies; group briefings held at the Foreign Office; clear sanctions guidance and FAQs on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UKTI has tailored its outreach to reflect the needs of business as reflected in its survey of over 1000 companies earlier this year. BIS Helpline operators and Trade Advisors have been briefed on the latest sanctions information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 25/09/2015 11:33:06 question first ministerially corrected 29/09/2015 16:43:42 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham previous answer version 22766 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

418270

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	National Lottery: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the sum of money received was from the National Lottery Good Causes programme in Scotland for use in funding the 2012 London Olympics.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	9904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>All countries of the UK contributed to the funding of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The initial £410m National Lottery contribution, outlined in the Games bid, was supplemented with a further £675m borrowed as part of the increased Olympic budget. The total transfer from the National Lottery Distribution Fund was £1,085m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An estimated £114m (taken from across both the £410m and £675m amounts) was the share given by Lottery programmes in Scotland. This includes amounts transferred from distributors operating wholly in Scotland, and notional amounts allocated to Scotland by UK-wide distributors.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/09/2015 11:38:25 question first ministerially corrected 21/09/2015 11:01:12 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch previous answer version 22213 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

418768

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Low Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support people on low pay.
tabling member constituency	Boston and Skegness
tabling member printed	Matt Warman
uin	901341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Apprenticeships are the best form of further education, and we will fund as many as we can. Beyond that we target funding on those who most need help: people of all ages without English and maths, young adults to achieve level 2 or level 3 qualifications, and unemployed people who need help to get a job.</del></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Nearly 3 million low-paid people will directly benefit from the National Living Wage from April next year. A full-time worker on the current National Minimum Wage will be made £1,200 better off, per year, as a result. Our long-term economic plan is working and we will ensure that the hard work of the British people is recognised through our new National Living Wage.</ins></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/09/2015 15:38:22 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2015 15:48:20 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 21539 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman

417756

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which prisons prisoners have been released on temporary licence in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>I attach a list of each of the prisons from which prisoners have been released on temporary licence (ROTL) in the last 5 years.</p><p>Eligibility for ROTL primarily depends upon the assessment of the prisoner in question rather than the classification of the establishment in which they are currently detained. So, whilst a Category A prisoner cannot have ROTL and Category B prisoners can take it only in exceptional circumstances, lower category prisoners who are eligible to be considered for ROTL are held in category B and in some category A prisons. The key test is whether the prisoner in question is eligible to be considered, has a legitimate purpose for temporary releases linked to the sentence plan, and passes the rigorous risk assessment required.</p><p>Since 2013 when the process was revised there has been a 39% drop in the number of temporary release failures. This is the lowest failure rate since 2002, and the absconding rate has reached record lows under this and the Coalition government.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2015 15:17:09 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2016 14:46:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 9482 - table.xlsx title temporary licence releases Jan 2011 - March 2015 previous answer version 21827 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

416968

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Tickets: Touting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in setting up the review of consumer protection measures for the secondary ticketing market.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL1888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>An announcement on who will lead the review, terms of reference and how it will run is expected shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/09/2015 11:23:01 question first ministerially corrected 24/09/2015 13:52:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 21943 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Jones answering member 3840
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

417025

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether decisions on the next Comprehensive Spending Review will be taken before the outcome of the next Strategic Defence and Security Review.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Spending Review will be published on 25<sup>th</sup> November, and work is currently underway on the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) which we expect to publish before the end of the year. These reviews will be closely aligned, recognising that economic security and national security are two sides of the same coin.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the Summer Budget, the Government committed to increased spending on defence and security, and to meet the properly measured NATO pledge to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence every year of this decade. The allocation of a Joint Security Fund of up to an additional £1.5 billion per year by 2020/21, available to the Armed Forces and Security and Intelligence agencies, will also be based on the conclusions of the SDSR.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 21/09/2015 15:53:26 question first ministerially corrected 22/09/2015 14:57:30 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley previous answer version 22475 answering member printed Lord Bridges answering member 3524
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

417094

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 30 July (HL1654), whether HM Revenue and Customs has target times by which members of the public can reasonably expect to get through on the telephone and speak to an official; and by what percentage extent there has been a change over the past three years in the number of telephone calls from the public seeking information or assistance from that Department.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL2014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>As stated in an earlier response (HL897), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes its performance data quarterly on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC handles 50 million calls a year from customers. It aims to answer 80 per cent of all calls and accepts that it is not currently delivering on that aspiration. HMRC published a press release on 25 June in which it apologised for the poor service, acknowledged that some customers were struggling to get through on the telephone and outlined a number of initiatives it is putting in place to improve performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 21/09/2015 15:54:07 question first ministerially corrected 22/09/2015 14:57:41 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley previous answer version 22479 answering member printed Lord Bridges answering member 3524
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

417191

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal were notified to Acas under the early conciliation scheme in 2014-15; and how many of those claims (i) were settled by conciliation by Acas, (ii) progressed to a tribunal claim and (iii) were not settled by conciliation by Acas but did not progress to a tribunal case.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The total number of potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal notified to Acas under the early conciliation scheme by individuals in 2014-15 was 1,851. Of these:</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 308 were settled by Acas at early conciliation stage and recorded on a COT3 settlement document;</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 545 progressed to a tribunal claim being taken, 264 of which were subsequently settled on an Acas COT3 following further conciliation;</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 998 were not settled through Acas, but did not progress to a tribunal case.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">An additional 18 notifications were made by employers. Seventeen of these were settled by Acas and the other was neither settled nor progressed to a tribunal.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government does not have data on the number of private settlements which settled claims before reaching a tribunal. The independently commissioned survey of early conciliation (a sample across all jurisdictions) found that 61 per cent of claimants (and their representatives) who did not settle but decided not to submit a tribunal claim reported that Acas was a factor in their decision.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Please note: (i) The jurisdictional provided to Acas is only indicative based on the information given by the prospective claimant; (ii) Counted individually there were a total of 1,882 notifications which means that a small number of claimants notified against more than one respondent.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/09/2015 16:40:49 question first ministerially corrected 14/09/2015 09:48:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 20420 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

417319

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been removed to a third country under the terms of the Dublin Convention in each month of 2014 and 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	9116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The information requested is shown in the following table:</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jan-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Feb-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Apr-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>May-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jun-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jul-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Aug-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Sep-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Oct-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Nov-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Dec-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jan-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Feb-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Apr-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>May-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Jun-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>88</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>67</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>80</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>57</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>57</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>55</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>51</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>41</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>71</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>74</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>64</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>40</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>49</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>67</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>71</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>59</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>36</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>71</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>1098</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">These figures are based on management information and are only valid for the date of the report (8/09/2015). This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The following table shows the information requested, as indicated by our records:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jan-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Feb-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Apr-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>May-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jun-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jul-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Aug-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sep-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Oct-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Nov-14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Dec-14</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jan-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Feb-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Mar-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Apr-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>May-15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Jun-15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Figures are rounded to the nearest 10; are based on the latest management information so are subject to change; and have not been quality assured under national statistics protocols.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">These figures include people who have claimed asylum in the UK (main applicants), who applied on or after 01 October 2006.</ins></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/09/2015 15:09:55 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2016 12:51:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 21102 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas