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93754

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received of problems experienced by hon. Members using the dedicated MP tax credit hotline; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	210921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) acknowledges that there have been some recent telephony issues which have affected the service provided via their dedicated MP Hotline. HMRC have taken steps to resolve the issue and the MP Hotline facility is now fully operational.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 16:47:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

92892

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 and over who have been detained in immigration removal centres (IRCs) in England and Wales are missing having left the premises without permission from each IRC.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	210110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>No detainees absconded from the detention estate located in England and Wales in 2013, the latest year for which figures have been published.<br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the United Kingdom for immigration purposes, within <br>Immigration Statistics: April – June 2014, from the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/10/2014 14:17:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 22234 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

92893

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in each security category are missing, having absconded from each prison in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	210144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Absconds have reached record lows - down 80% over the last 10 years - but each incident is taken seriously, with the police contacted as a matter of urgency. Over 97% of prisoners who abscond are re-captured and returned to custody. Re-captured absconders will be returned to a more secure closed prison where they face either a criminal prosecution for absconding or an internal adjudication in prison in front of a visiting judge. In both cases they can receive additional time in prison.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below provide details of the security category and offence type of those absconders who are currently unlawfully at large having absconded between April 2004 and March 2014 (the most recent period that statistics are available). Information prior to April 2004 could only be collated by performing manual checks across different databases and could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table1: Security category of absconders unlawfully at large from April 2004 to March 2014, as on 14 October 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Current Security Category</p></td><td><p>Number of absconders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat C<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat D</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female Open</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration detainee <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table2: Offence type of absconders unlawfully at large from April 2004 to March 2014, as on 14 October 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Offence Type</p></td><td><p>Number of absconders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft &amp; Handling</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud &amp; Forgery</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug Offences</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Held for Immigration Purposes <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> One Category C prisoner absconded from an accompanied absence whilst out of the Cat C prison.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Tables include absconds of immigration detainees from establishments operated as Immigration Removal Centres by NOMS under contract to the Home Office (one immigration detainee held in a Category D prison has been included as a Category D absconder in Table 1).</p><p> </p><p><em>These figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 210145 question first answered 20/10/2014 15:32:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

92894

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are missing, having absconded from prisons in England and Wales, by offence type.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	210145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Absconds have reached record lows - down 80% over the last 10 years - but each incident is taken seriously, with the police contacted as a matter of urgency. Over 97% of prisoners who abscond are re-captured and returned to custody. Re-captured absconders will be returned to a more secure closed prison where they face either a criminal prosecution for absconding or an internal adjudication in prison in front of a visiting judge. In both cases they can receive additional time in prison.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below provide details of the security category and offence type of those absconders who are currently unlawfully at large having absconded between April 2004 and March 2014 (the most recent period that statistics are available). Information prior to April 2004 could only be collated by performing manual checks across different databases and could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table1: Security category of absconders unlawfully at large from April 2004 to March 2014, as on 14 October 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Current Security Category</p></td><td><p>Number of absconders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat C<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat D</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female Open</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration detainee <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table2: Offence type of absconders unlawfully at large from April 2004 to March 2014, as on 14 October 2014</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Offence Type</p></td><td><p>Number of absconders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft &amp; Handling</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud &amp; Forgery</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug Offences</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Held for Immigration Purposes <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> One Category C prisoner absconded from an accompanied absence whilst out of the Cat C prison.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Tables include absconds of immigration detainees from establishments operated as Immigration Removal Centres by NOMS under contract to the Home Office (one immigration detainee held in a Category D prison has been included as a Category D absconder in Table 1).</p><p> </p><p><em>These figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 210144 question first answered 20/10/2014 15:32:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

92494

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Infrastructure Organisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the guideline notice period is for any tenant served an eviction notice by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation of the date on which the property must be vacated.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	209902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) provides accommodation to Service personnel and their families as part of their terms and conditions of Service. Individuals cease to be entitled to occupy Service Accommodation when they leave the Services. If necessary, the MOD take action to recover possession of such property. <br><br>The level of notice to be given in each case is set out in the Tri-Service Accommodation Regulations, published as Joint Service Publication 464. In most cases, individuals are entitled to 93 days notice to vacate. However, in some circumstances, including medical discharges and compulsory redundancies, this entitlement can be extended by a further 93 days. The shortest entitlement for personnel dismissed for disciplinary or misconduct reasons is 28 days.<br><br>In the last twelve months, the MOD has applied for eviction orders in 20 cases. All eviction notices were served when unentitled occupants were still resident in the property.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 209899 209901 question first answered 20/10/2014 16:17:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

92730

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Independent Living Fund: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each Welsh parliamentary constituency will no longer receive the Independent Living Fund from 30 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	209958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Funding and responsibility for providing care and support to former-ILF users in Wales will transfer to the Welsh Government after the ILF closes on 30 June 2015. The Welsh Government is currently consulting on future arrangements to support users living there.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 15/10/2014 13:13:53 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

90830

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
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	Higher Education: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Education in the Welsh Government on tackling extremism and radicalisation in UK universities; and if he will convene a meeting with his counterparts in the devolved administrations to discuss this matter.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	208390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Given my recent appointment to the position of Minister for Universities I have not yet had the opportunity to meet with the Minister for Education in the Welsh Government but intend to do so at the earliest convenience.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the meantime the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills continues to work closely with the Welsh Government and other partners in Wales, including through a ‘Preventing Extremism’ regional coordinator who supports Universities and Colleges throughout Wales to help them prevent radicalisation and tackle extremism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 10/09/2014 10:53:35 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

90769

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	NATO: Newport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential financial benefits to Wales arising from holding the NATO Summit in Newport and Cardiff.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	208174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The NATO Summit has shown the world that Wales is an excellent location to invest, set up a business or host world-class events. Many Welsh businesses, including those in the tourism and hospitality sectors, have benefitted from Wales’s successful hosting of the Summit.</p><p> </p><p>A recent report from Barclays that looked at the NATO Summit and its impact on Wales concluded that, “A successful Summit will create direct and indirect business opportunities for Welsh companies for many years to come”.</p><p> </p><p>I want to build a lasting legacy for Wales following the Summit. As part of this, the Celtic Manor will host a UK investment summit in November which will showcase Wales as a great place to invest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb grouped question UIN 208313 question first answered 09/09/2014 14:28:10 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

79108

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the legality under international law and the Geneva Conventions of Israel's current actions in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	206816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>We have been clear that Israel has a right to defend itself. The UN Human Rights Council has set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in the Gaza Strip since the conflict began there on 13 June. We are calling on both sides to cooperate with the Commission of Inquiry, which must itself be independent and balanced in its approach.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 01/09/2014 08:14:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty