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62593

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date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 364W, on Reserve Forces, what the current national recruitment rate to the Army Reserve is.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member to the UK Armed Forces Quarterly Personnel Report which is published by Defence Statistics. This shows Reserve trained and untrained strength figures, as well as movements into the Future Reserves 2020 populations. It is available on the www.gov.uk website at the following link:<br><br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-armed-forces-quarterly-personnel-report-2014</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2014 15:37:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62715

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Colleges: Leicestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 469W, on Secure Colleges: Leicestershire, what steps have been taken to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the cohort.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The requirements set out within the tender for the design and build of the Secure College pathfinder took into account departmental experience of providing safe custodial environments. The initial design for the Secure College pathfinder was evaluated against these requirements as well as design, operation and security considerations.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice will be working with Wates, the preferred design and build bidder, over the coming months to refine the initial design. This will include ensuring that different groups of young people can be accommodated discretely, if needed, within the site.</p><p> </p><p>The safety and wellbeing of young people is central to all plans for the design and operation of the Secure College pathfinder.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 23/06/2014 16:30:56 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62718

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what circumstances offenders can choose not to attend a parole board meeting when a victim reads a victim personal statement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The victims of serious violent and sexual offences, where the offender has been sentenced to 12 months or more, may opt into the statutory Victim Contact Scheme, operated by the National Probation Service. Where they do so, they will be informed of a Parole Board review and offered the opportunity to make a Victim Personal Statement (VPS). The VPS provides victims with a valuable opportunity to tell the Parole Board how the offence has affected them or their family, both at the time it was committed and since, and how they think the offender's release would affect them. The VPS can contribute to a better and more informed hearing, as it may enable more robust questioning of the offender about the offence, remorse and victim empathy.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Parole Board is responsible for the conduct of parole hearings. The normal practice is that the offender will not be present when the victim reads his/her VPS, but there may be circumstances where he/she will be. In many cases, the victim does not wish the offender to be present during the reading. Whilst the conduct of an individual hearing is for the Chair of the Panel of the Parole Board, the Chair cannot insist that the prisoner attends to hear the VPS being read if s/he does not wish to do so. No estimate has been made centrally of the proportion of offenders present at the hearing when the VPS is read out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 201334 question first answered 23/06/2014 16:21:05 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62719

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of offenders present at parole board hearings when a victim personal statement is read.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The victims of serious violent and sexual offences, where the offender has been sentenced to 12 months or more, may opt into the statutory Victim Contact Scheme, operated by the National Probation Service. Where they do so, they will be informed of a Parole Board review and offered the opportunity to make a Victim Personal Statement (VPS). The VPS provides victims with a valuable opportunity to tell the Parole Board how the offence has affected them or their family, both at the time it was committed and since, and how they think the offender's release would affect them. The VPS can contribute to a better and more informed hearing, as it may enable more robust questioning of the offender about the offence, remorse and victim empathy.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Parole Board is responsible for the conduct of parole hearings. The normal practice is that the offender will not be present when the victim reads his/her VPS, but there may be circumstances where he/she will be. In many cases, the victim does not wish the offender to be present during the reading. Whilst the conduct of an individual hearing is for the Chair of the Panel of the Parole Board, the Chair cannot insist that the prisoner attends to hear the VPS being read if s/he does not wish to do so. No estimate has been made centrally of the proportion of offenders present at the hearing when the VPS is read out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 201333 question first answered 23/06/2014 16:21:05 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62242

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he will use in deciding in which schools to establish a new Combined Cadet Force detachment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The cost of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force (CCF) unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme depends largely on the number of cadets in the unit. <br><br>Decisions on opening new CCFs in schools are made jointly by the Department for Education and Ministry of Defence (MOD). The key criteria for deciding which schools can establish a new CCF are the ability of the school to fund the new unit and provide sufficient adult volunteers to run it. However, we are particularly interested in establishing CCFs in areas of deprivation.<br><br>No assessment has been made of the effect of establishing new CCFs in state schools on recruitment to community cadet units. However, it should be noted that CCFs and community cadet units deliver different but complementary elements of the MOD's youth engagement strategy.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201016 201020 question first answered 25/06/2014 16:14:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4727 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62243

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of establishing new Combined Cadet Force detachments in state schools on recruitment to existing community-based cadet forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The cost of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force (CCF) unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme depends largely on the number of cadets in the unit. <br><br>Decisions on opening new CCFs in schools are made jointly by the Department for Education and Ministry of Defence (MOD). The key criteria for deciding which schools can establish a new CCF are the ability of the school to fund the new unit and provide sufficient adult volunteers to run it. However, we are particularly interested in establishing CCFs in areas of deprivation.<br><br>No assessment has been made of the effect of establishing new CCFs in state schools on recruitment to community cadet units. However, it should be noted that CCFs and community cadet units deliver different but complementary elements of the MOD's youth engagement strategy.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201016 201019 question first answered 25/06/2014 16:14:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4728 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62244

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Combined Cadet Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual cost in each school of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force detachment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The cost of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force (CCF) unit under the Cadet Expansion Programme depends largely on the number of cadets in the unit. <br><br>Decisions on opening new CCFs in schools are made jointly by the Department for Education and Ministry of Defence (MOD). The key criteria for deciding which schools can establish a new CCF are the ability of the school to fund the new unit and provide sufficient adult volunteers to run it. However, we are particularly interested in establishing CCFs in areas of deprivation.<br><br>No assessment has been made of the effect of establishing new CCFs in state schools on recruitment to community cadet units. However, it should be noted that CCFs and community cadet units deliver different but complementary elements of the MOD's youth engagement strategy.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 201019 201020 question first answered 25/06/2014 16:14:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4730 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62256

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Magna Carta
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost of sending a copy of the Magna Carta to every school.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament are included within the new history curriculum, to be taught in maintained secondary schools from September 2014.</p><p>To support teachers to commemorate the 800<sup>th</sup> anniversary, a range of projects and resources are being provided by Parliament and others for primary and secondary school pupils.</p><p>We have no plans to send a copy of the Magna Carta to every school and therefore have not made an estimate of what this might cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/06/2014 10:05:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62348

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce homophobic and transphobic hate crimes against LGBT people.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	201017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Tackling all forms of hate crime, including that motivated by hatred of a person's sexual orientation or transgender identity is an issue the coalition Government takes very seriously. <br><br>On 1 May 2014 we published 'Challenge it, Report it, Stop it - Delivering the Government's Hate Crime Action Plan'. This progress report provides an overview of our achievements since the action plan was first published in March 2012 and sets out our key priorities for the remainder of this Parliament. A specific action in the plan includes tackling homophobia and transphobia in sports.<br><br>We are meeting the coalition commitment to improve the recording of hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation and transgender identity and are working with the police and other partners to encourage more victims to come forward. We have supported voluntary sector organisations to develop third party reporting services for LGBT victims.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 24/06/2014 14:21:30 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 4342 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62137

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number of rape convictions.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	200919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Increasing the number of rape convictions continues to be a priority in the criminal justice system. On 6 June 2014, a Rape Action Plan was jointly published by the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which sets out a series of actions designed to improve the criminal justice response in rape cases. This followed a Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the National Policing lead for rape, which considered the investigation and prosecution of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. The Action plan can be found on the CPS website at; <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 19/06/2014 15:39:55 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis