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77873

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Telford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions have taken place on the future of sites in Telford as part of the Building for the Future programme.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	David Wright
uin	205800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no explicit discussions abut a ‘Building for the Future’ programme.</p><p> </p><p>However as part of the recently announced Growth Deal with The Marches Local Enterprise Partnership my officials are in regular discussion with both the Partnership and Telford and Wrekin Council about the use of land assets in Telford managed by the Homes and Communities Agency and the joint stewardship arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2014 15:00:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1461 label Biography information for David Wright

77997

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Gao Zhisheng
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Chinese counterpart on the health and whereabouts of human rights' lawyer Mr Gao Zhisheng following his further detention by Chinese authorities.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
uin	205837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We remain concerned about human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been imprisoned in Xinjiang since 2011. We raised his case directly with Chinese officials during the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue on 19-20 May, and urged the Chinese authorities to respect the constitutionally guaranteed rights of all detainees, including access to family, lawyers and adequate medical care.</p><p>We understand that Gao’s prison term is due to end soon, and we urge the Chinese authorities to ensure that his rights to freedom of movement and communication are duly protected on his release.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 21/07/2014 14:24:56 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

77618

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Ground Water: Methane
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the concentration of methane in groundwater in mg/l in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	205586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The British Geological Survey (BGS) is surveying the current distribution of methane concentrations in UK groundwater, focusing on areas where aquifers are underlain by shale units that may be exploited for shale gas. The BGS website provides a summary of the methane baseline results up to April 2014 and links to regional summaries:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/shaleGas/methaneBaseline/results.html" target="_blank">www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/shaleGas/methaneBaseline/results.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Depending on the geology of a particular site and the pre-existing data available, the environmental regulator (the Environment Agency in England) could also require such monitoring by the operator before a site became operational.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/07/2014 12:31:32 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

77619

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rodents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations she has received on increased numbers of infestations of rats in a domestic setting; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	205590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I have not received any recent representations on the number of rat infestations in a domestic setting. Rats have no special legal protection and people are free to control them by legal means.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/07/2014 10:12:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

77362

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Arts: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data his Department has collected from the Taking Part Survey on the primary school pupils from each region who have engaged with (a) theatre activities, (b) music activities, (c) dance and (d) other arts in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	205450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Child data from the Taking Part survey for 5-10 year olds relates to <strong>out of school</strong> activity only. A table detailing 5-10 year olds out of school participation in individual art forms broken down by region will be placed in the libraries of both Houses. It should be noted that the confidence intervals around the point estimates are large meaning that in most instances robust comparisons between regions and time periods cannot be made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 16/07/2014 16:16:06 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

76641

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Interpreters: Afghanistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will be responsible for providing the Afghan interpreters granted visas to relocate to the United Kingdom with information on and assistance with access to any social, welfare or housing benefits and services to which they are entitled.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Those arriving in the UK under the ex gratia scheme for Afghan locally engaged civilians, including interpreters, will have full entitlement to access <br>employment.<br><br>A package of advice and assistance including how to access benefits and services will be available to those arriving in the UK under the ex gratia scheme for locally engaged staff. This will be delivered by the local authorities (or their partners) participating in the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach grouped question UIN HL982 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:42:01 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

76733

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials of each grade in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	204767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Deputy Prime Minister's Office and the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons are integral parts of the Cabinet Office and are included in this reply.</p><p>Information about payroll costs and non-consolidated pay awards in the Cabinet Office are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data</a> . Further information about pay costs is also available in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts and are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-annual-reports-and-accounts#</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 204762 question first answered 16/07/2014 16:30:26 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

76251

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Industrial Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) minor, (b) serious and (c) fatal accidents at work have been reported in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	204539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>These statistics are published on the Health and Safety Executive website at <a title="http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/regions/regtab.xls" href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/regions/regtab.xls" target="_blank">www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/regions/regtab.xls</a> for the latest year, and <a title="http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/regions/reghist.xls" href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/regions/reghist.xls" target="_blank">www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/regions/reghist.xls</a> for the previous five years.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/07/2014 16:08:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

76456

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Racially Aggravated Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average prison sentence was for offenders of each ethnicity convicted of each type of racially aggravated offence in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It has not been possible to answer the question within the timeframe. I will write to my Hon. Friend in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 204642 204652 204653 question first answered 18/07/2014 11:17:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

76486

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many offenders who absconded from mental health units in each of the last 10 years remain at large.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply.</p><p> </p><p>As of 14 July 2014 there are seven restricted patients unlawfully at large. Restricted patients are patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 following criminal proceedings and subject to a restriction order or a restriction or limitation direction. Two absconded in the last week in April 2014. The remaining four are long term, one from each of the years 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following table:</p><p> </p><p>Restricted Patients - Absconds and Escapes from Mental Health Hospitals 2010 – 2013:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Absconds</p></td><td><p>Escapes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. &quot;Abscond&quot; means to leave lawful detention without overcoming a physical barrier, for example, getting away from escorts on community or compassionate leave.</p><p>2. &quot;Escape&quot; means to leave lawful detention by overcoming a physical barrier, for example by scaling a perimeter fence.</p><p>3. These figures relate to restricted mentally disordered offenders who were detained in hospital at the time of their abscond or escape. Community leave for restricted patients must be agreed by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p>4. The increase in the number of recorded Absconds probably reflects the much improved reporting and recording of such incidents, ranging from the patient who is a few minutes late back from a scheduled trip, to a longer term, intentional abscond.</p><p>5. The figures include patients who Abscond/Escape more than once.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 204459 question first answered 15/07/2014 13:31:59 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies