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528112

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date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Soil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research and development her Department is funding into the potential role of agroforestry in improving soil health and condition and prevention of erosion.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	41020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Development supports a number of research programmes that assess the use of agroforestry to promote soil health and prevent as well as reduce erosion. This includes, for example, work with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the global Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research programme (CCAFS).</p><p>My Department also supports a wide range of development programmes with agro-ecological components, from agroforestry, soil and water conservation, land use management to climate resilience and conservation agriculture. These include, for example, The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP), and Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED). The full range of our programmes can be found on our Development Tracker website.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/06/2016 14:32:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

528113

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Students: Sponsorship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many undergraduates studying (a) soil biology, (b) soil chemistry and (c) combined soil biology and chemistry her Department is sponsoring at (i) UK universities and colleges and (ii) universities and colleges in third countries.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	41009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID is not currently centrally funding any undergraduates studying (a) soil biology, (b) soil chemistry or (c) combined soil biology and chemistry at (i) UK universities and college or (ii) universities and colleges in third countries.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/06/2016 16:04:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

528114

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Soil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department provides support to farmer networks and farmer-to-farmer training to promote good soil management.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	41011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID is supporting farmer networks and farmer to farmer training on soil management. For example we fund the International Fund for Agriculture Development’s Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP). This is assisting farmers networks on the promotion of better land and soil management practices and technologies including those developed under our support by the international agriculture research organisation the CGIAR.</p><p>For example in Nigeria ASAP is supporting the establishment and strengthening of community development associations for 200,000 smallholder farmers to adopt agricultural practices that both reduce soil erosion and their risks to climate change.</p><p>We are also funding farmer to farmer training under our country programmes. In Zambia this is focussed on climate smart agriculture and better management of soils. While in Malawi our support on conservation agriculture has helped 60,000 smallholder farmers to increase their crop yields and incomes by 25% on average.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/06/2016 14:31:25 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

524013

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unpaid Fines: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines of what total monetary value were written off by HM Courts Service in Staffordshire in each year since 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	39882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>Due to the limited management information that can be extracted from the Libra system it is not possible to identify how many financial impositions have been cancelled.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total value of financial impositions cancelled in Staffordshire in each of the year since 2010-11.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Value Legally Cancelled regardless of Imposition date</p></td><td><p>Total Value Admin Cancelled regardless of Imposition date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£1,237,941</p></td><td><p>£722,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£1,181,416</p></td><td><p>£692,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,256,081</p></td><td><p>£924,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£1,406,722</p></td><td><p>£835,113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£1,320,535</p></td><td><p>£656,536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015 – Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>£1,154,484</p></td><td><p>£410,937</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data for January 2016 to March 2016 is not included as the data has not been published yet.</p><p> </p><p>A legal cancellation can be applied when an imposition has been cancelled in court by a Judge or Magistrate, for example if an appeal is successful or if some of the original amount imposed is remitted after the offenders financial circumstances have been reconsidered.</p><p> </p><p>Financial impositions are only administratively cancelled after all attempts to collect the amount outstanding have been made, and in accordance with a strict cancellation criteria. Any imposition which has been administratively cancelled still retains legal status and can be written back at any time if more information is found which will enable collection, for example if a new address for the offender is discovered. We periodically review administratively cancelled accounts.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/06/2016 09:02:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

524057

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	New Enterprise Allowance: Stafford
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 Stafford constituency are in receipt of the New Enterprise Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	39993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>The following table gives the number of mentor and business starts in Stafford for New Enterprise Allowance from April 2011 to December 2015. These figures are taken from the latest Official Statistics which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-apr-2011-to-dec-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-apr-2011-to-dec-2015</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>New Enterprise Allowance: Mentor starts <sup>(1) </sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> New Enterprise Allowance: Business starts <sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>1) Figures show the number of starts where people have begun working with a business mentor.</em></p><p><em>2) Figures show the number of mentor starts that have progressed to set up their own business.</em></p><p><em>3) Values are rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p><p><em>4) Some claimants on Universal Credit (UC) are not captured in the data, there may be a small undercount of starts in areas where UC has been introduced.</em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/06/2016 10:25:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

521940

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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	New Businesses: Stafford
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 new companies were started in Stafford constituency in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Companies House estimates that, in the Stafford parliamentary constituency area, the number of new companies started is as follows:</p><p>2014-15: 1,649</p><p>2015-16: 1,701</p><p>These figures are estimates because Companies House’s data is drawn from postcode areas and these can cross constituency boundaries.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/06/2016 10:17:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522194

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Curfews: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many curfew orders have been issued for anti-social behaviour in Stafford constituency since the introduction of such orders.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on curfew orders issued for anti-social behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/06/2016 13:00:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522195

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the trends in the level of crime in Stafford constituency in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crime Survey statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that crime in England and Wales fell by 7% in the year to the end of December 2015 (the latest period for which data is available), and has fallen by well over a quarter since 2010.</p><p>Over the same period, crimes recorded by the police have risen. The independent ONS has been clear that rises in police recorded crime are largely the result of more victims coming forward to report certain offences and improvements in police crime recording practices. Police recorded crime for the Stafford constituency for the last three years is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/06/2016 16:15:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name Table 38844.xlsx title Recorded crime figures
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522196

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences involving the fraudulent use of personal information have been reported to Staffordshire Police in each year since 2006; and how many such reports led to a (a) prosecution and (b) conviction.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office do not hold the information requested. The responsibility for recording fraud offences transferred to Action Fraud from individual police forces between April 2011 and March 2013. Therefore, no fraud offences should have been recorded by Staffordshire police since then.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice do not hold the information requested on prosecutions and convictions.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/06/2016 12:57:12 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522234

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve the rail network and services between London and Stafford.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>As part of the Rail Investment Strategy, Network Rail has delivered a package of major infrastructure improvements in the Stafford area. This includes the grade separation of Norton Bridge junction – which was been brought into use almost 12 months early this May – and has created additional capacity for services on the West Coast Main Line.</p><p> </p><p>Rail services between Stafford and London are currently provided by the West Midlands and InterCity West Coast franchises. These franchises are due be replaced when they expire in October 2017 and April 2018 respectively. The Department has completed a consultation in respect of the replacement West Midlands franchise, and commenced another in respect of InterCity West Coast earlier this month. The outcomes of those consultations will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Looking to the future, HS2 will deliver high-speed services between London and Stafford from 2026.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/06/2016 14:33:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy