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819907

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cessation of international protection (Articles 11 and 17 Directive 2011/95/EU) decisions were made by the UK in response to asylum applications in 2017; and how many cessation of international protection decisions were made by the UK in 2017 by nationality of applicant.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	121979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>We have a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, for as long as it is needed, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention. However, refugee status is not necessarily permanent and it may be appropriate to revoke such status where it is clear someone no longer needs protection; where evidence emerges that status was obtained by deception; or where someone commits a serious crime and is a danger to the community or represents a threat to national security.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 121980 question first answered 17/01/2018 12:57:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

819908

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many withdrawal of international protection (Articles 14 and 19 Directive 2011/95/EU) decisions were made by the UK in response to asylum applications in 2017; and how many withdrawal of international protection decisions were made by the UK in 2017 by nationality of applicant.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	121980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>We have a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, for as long as it is needed, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention. However, refugee status is not necessarily permanent and it may be appropriate to revoke such status where it is clear someone no longer needs protection; where evidence emerges that status was obtained by deception; or where someone commits a serious crime and is a danger to the community or represents a threat to national security.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 121979 question first answered 17/01/2018 12:57:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

800857

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of trends in access to justice resulting from court and tribunal service closures in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	902761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We are investing over £1bn to transform our justice system providing new ways to access justice online, reducing the need to travel to a court or tribunal building in many cases.</p><p>We will continue to monitor the performance of the justice system as we roll out our programme of reforms.</p><p>Any court or tribunal that we are considering closing is done so through a consultation and an impact assessment is published alongside this.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/12/2017 17:33:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

795048

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bedford Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were subject to adjudications in HMP Bedford in 2016, and of those prisoners how many were Muslim, and what the breakdown was by ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	115590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of adjudications at HM Prison Bedford in 2016, broken down by ethnicity of the prison’s prisoner population and of Muslim prisoners held at the prison, can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Discipline procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Prison and Young Offender Institution Rules, which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total number of offences<sup>(1)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>All adjudications at HMP Bedford</strong></p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>929</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnic breakdown of those prisoners:<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- White</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Mixed/multiple ethnic groups</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Asian or Asian British</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Other ethnic groups</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Not Known <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Adjudications involving Muslim prisoners</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>209</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnic breakdown of those Muslim prisoners:<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- White</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Mixed/multiple ethnic groups</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Asian or Asian British</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Other ethnic groups</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Not Known <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(1) The number of offences refers to the number of adjudications for which one or more punishments may be imposed onto an offender. (2) Offences were recorded under the 2011 Census categories which have replaced the 2001 Census categories and therefore Chinese have moved from &quot;Chinese or other ethnic group&quot; to the &quot;Asian/Asian British&quot; category, and the group renamed to &quot;Other ethnic group&quot;. This is in line with changes made to the ethnic group classifications in other National Statistic publications on populations in England and Wales following the 2011 Census. (3) Includes prisoners where ethnicity is not known either due to no recording or a recording of 'Not Stated'.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 04/12/2017 13:37:23 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

795051

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal judges and staff there were in (a) the Eastern Region and (b) Bedford in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	115593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is only available from 2012 and can be found in the tables below</p><p> </p><p>Employment Tribunals Salaried Judges</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mar-12</p></td><td><p>Mar-13</p></td><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>Mar-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bedford</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Eastern Region</strong></p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td><td><p>15.4</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td><td><p>16.4</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Employment Tribunal Staff</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar-12</p></td><td><p>Mar-13</p></td><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>Mar-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bedford</strong></p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Eastern Region</strong></p></td><td><p>66.3</p></td><td><p>67.8</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td><td><p>38.6</p></td><td><p>34.9</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Eastern Region was created on 1 April 2012 and comprised Bedford Employment Tribunal, Watford Employment Tribunal, Bury St Edmunds Tribunal, and Huntingdon Employment Tribunal. The Employment Tribunal salaried judges from Bedford Employment Tribunal transferred to Huntingdon Employment Tribunal on 1 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2015 the South East Region was created and comprised Bedford Employment Tribunals, Watford Employment Tribunal, Bury St Edmunds Tribunal, Huntingdon Employment Tribunal, Reading Employment Tribunal and Norwich Employment Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 29/11/2017 15:59:33 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

794360

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bedford Prison: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional days of imprisonment were imposed as punishment on prisoners at HM Prison Bedford during 2016?
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	115333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">During 2016, there were 26 instances of additional days awarded as a punishment following an adjudication at HM Prison Bedford, totalling 411 additional days.</ins><del class="ministerial">The number of additional days awarded to prisoners at HM Prison Bedford as a result of adjudications in 2016 was 26.</del></p><p> </p><p>Discipline procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Prison and Young Offender Institution Rules, which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly. Independent Adjudicators are District Judges or Deputy District Judges who attend prisons and young offender institutions when necessary to hear those adjudication cases which are deemed to be sufficiently serious. Such cases may merit a punishment of additional days to a prisoner’s time spent in custody if the prisoner or young person is found guilty. Only Independent Adjudicators can make an award of additional days as a punishment. The most serious offences will be referred to the Police.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/11/2017 17:30:54 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2018 16:41:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 25575 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

794363

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bedford Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners aged (a) 19, (b) 20 and (c) 21 years old are held at HM Prison Bedford.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	115336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>As of 30 September 2017, the number of prisoners aged 19, 20 and 21 held at HM Prison Bedford was as follows:</p><p>There were 13 prisoners aged 19</p><p>There were 17 prisoners aged 20</p><p>There were 14 prisoners aged 21</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/12/2017 15:00:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

769919

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the publication of the Government's Green Paper on family justice.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	107456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>I am clear that we need to look across the entire family justice system to make sure it is delivering the best outcomes for children and families, and protecting its most vulnerable users. We are working to consider what further changes are needed and will bring forward our proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/10/2017 16:39:01 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

768200

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the equalities impact assessment carried out for the East Midlands Rail Franchise; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>I am currently not in a position to publish the equalities impact assessment. The equalities impact assessment will be considered alongside the development of the Invitation to Tender. As the public consultation closed on 11 October 2017, and the responses are being analysed, an equality impact assessment cannot be completed at this stage. I will be considering the equality impact assessment in due course once it has been prepared.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/10/2017 15:31:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

767671

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to modify overhead electrification equipment between Bedford and London.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	106743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>We are developing plans to adjust the Overhead Line Equipment between Bedford and London in order to enable the new trains coming into service on the Midland Main Line from 2022 to run at the improved line speeds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/10/2017 14:53:19 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin