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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

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

416385

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what indicators he plans to use to assess the improvement of Trusts receiving support from the Emergency Care Improvement Programme.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	8995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Public Health England has developed a campaign to raise awareness of the symptom of breathlessness which ran as a local pilot in Oldham and Rochdale from 24 February – 23 March 2014 and as a regional pilot in the East of England 2 February – 1 March 2015.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Breathlessness campaign aims to encourage those with inappropriate breathlessness (breathlessness that is disproportionate to the level of activity undertaken i.e. at rest or on minimal exertion) to go and see their general practitioner (GP). It is primarily aimed at earlier diagnosis of heart and lung disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with scope to reduce premature mortality and to improve the quality of life of those living with these conditions. The key message of the campaign is “If you get out of breath doing things that you used to be able to do, see your GP. Getting out of breath could be a sign of heart or lung disease. Finding it early makes it more treatable, so don’t ignore it, tell your doctor”.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Evaluation of the regional pilot is still underway, although early findings from follow-up in-depth interviews with a sample of local GPs and pharmacists and pre and post awareness tracking research among the public, are positive.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP) is a clinically led programme that will offer practical help and support to the 27 urgent and emergency care systems across England that are under the most pressure. </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The progress of trusts taking part in ECIP will be measured by monitoring improvements in their accident and emergency (A&amp;E) four hour waiting time standard, along with patient outcome and experience indicators. The urgent and emergency care systems taking part in this programme were selected based on performance against the A&amp;E four hour standard in 2014/15 and Q1 of 2015/16 alongside discussions with regional teams from NHS England, Monitor and the Trust Development Authority.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/09/2015 15:55:26 question first ministerially corrected 14/09/2015 17:19:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 21204 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

416425

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of additional (a) security staff and (b) sniffer dogs deployed at Calais since 1 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	8664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The costs of additional security staff and sniffer dogs in June, July and August 2015 were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>June</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>July</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>August</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Security staff</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£57,000</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£94,000</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£121,000</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sniffer dogs</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£45,000</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£90,000</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£207,000</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>TOTAL</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£342,000</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£272,000</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>£614,000</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>June</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>July</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>August</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Security staff</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£57,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£94,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£121,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£272,000</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Sniffer dogs</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£45,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£90,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£207,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£342,000</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/09/2015 09:43:43 question first ministerially corrected 23/09/2015 10:49:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 22134 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

416723

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Standards
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 she has made of the performance of the Disclosure and Barring Service.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	8920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) provides the Home Office with monthly updates on performance. Latest figures (relating to July 2015) show that the average processing time for disclosure applications was 14.3 days. The DBS operates to a target to issue 95% of disclosure certificates within 56 days (8 weeks) and in July 95.2% were issued within this time.</p><p>DBS funding for police disclosure units in 2013-14 and 2014-15 is set out in the <del class="ministerial">attached table.</del> <ins class="ministerial">attached table.</ins> Decisions on the operational deployment of resources, including vacancy filling, are matters for Chief Constables in association with Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p>The DBS is working closely with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to help reduce the time taken to process disclosure checks for all applicants including taxi drivers in London. The MPS has established a Gold Group, which includes DBS representation, to develop and implement a plan to improve MPS disclosure turnaround times.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/09/2015 10:39:08 question first ministerially corrected 21/09/2015 11:00:28 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 8918 DBS funding to police forces 2013-14 20 14-15 07 09 15 (1).xlsx title DBS Table previous answer version 22168 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed