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76917

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	204809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p><em>Letter from Marcial Boo, July 2014:</em></p><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about the loss of IT equipment.</p><p>In 2013 and 2014 to date, no mobile telephones, BlackBerrys or laptops were lost by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 16/07/2014 12:48:21 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

63190

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many apprentices the Church Commissioners have employed in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2014 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners currently directly employ one member of staff on an apprenticeship scheme; this role is designed to give experience of supporting the administrative work of the national institutional structures of the Church of England. There is an intention to roll out apprenticeships more widely should this trial proves successful.</p><p>Within the Church of England there are jobs and opportunities for skilled professionals and their students to undertake apprenticeships, training, or conservation work on and within its buildings, stone/carpentry yards and stained glass workshops choir and organ schools.</p><p>There are also some more informal apprenticeship and paid internship opportunities within the local and national structures that are organised locally by those concerned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 27/06/2014 11:46:58 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

76703

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many officials in the Church Commissioners, of each grade, 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	204763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The staff employed by the Church Commissioners and the other national institutions of the Church of England are not part of the civil service and are not on incremental scales. The value of pay awards from 2010 have been as follows:</p><p>July 2010 – 3.5% (18 month deal)</p><p>January 2012 – 2.7%</p><p>January 2013 – 1.75%</p><p>January 2014 - 1%</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 15/07/2014 14:32:30 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

76704

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how much and what proportion of the Commissioners' budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	204888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners, as one of the National Church Institutions (NCIs) alongside:</p><p>(a) The Archbishops' Council,</p><p>(b) The Church of England Pensions Board,</p><p>(c) The Archbishop of Canterbury (in his Corporate Capacity),</p><p>(d) The Archbishop of York (in his Corporate Capacity),</p><p>(e) Lambeth Palace Library,</p><p>(f) The National Society (Church of England) for Promoting Religious Education</p><p>jointly employ staff carrying out service functions that are often contracted out to external organisations – including Finance, Legal, HR, Communications, Records, IT &amp; Office Services.</p><p>The figures shown below represent the cost (and associated proportion of the Church Commissioners' administration budget) of those wholly outsourced/contracted out activities that were not provided by the NCIs themselves.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>£ million</td><td>% of total</td></tr><tr><td>Actual</td><td>2009</td><td>1.0</td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>Actual</td><td>2010</td><td>0.5</td><td>5%</td></tr><tr><td>Actual</td><td>2011</td><td>0.8</td><td>7%</td></tr><tr><td>Actual</td><td>2012</td><td>1.2</td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>Actual</td><td>2013</td><td>1.0</td><td>8%</td></tr><tr><td>Budget</td><td>2014</td><td>1.0</td><td>7%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Also to note note:</p><p>(i) The Church Commissioners operate with a January-December financial year.</p><p>(ii) The figures do not include Investment Management fees – such costs of investing are treated as a direct deduction from investment income.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 15/07/2014 14:41:13 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

76272

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by the Church Commissioners in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	204465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops lost by members of the National Church Institutions which in includes the Church Commissioners for the year 2013 is as follows, data was not yet availabe for the year 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Mobile / BlackBerry</p></td><td><p>Laptop</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Data not yet available</p></td><td><p>Data not yet available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 17/07/2014 08:46:04 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

62824

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices have been hired under the Law Officers' Department's new contract for procurement.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	201525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers' Departments do not hold any central records of the number of apprentices who may have been hired by its suppliers. To provide this information would involve contacting numerous companies and would therefore incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 26/06/2014 13:43:26 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

63827

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Rape: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the fall in the percentage rate of convictions in rape cases between 2012-13 and 2013-14; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	202401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the National Policing lead for rape, considered the investigation and prosecution of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. A range of issues have been identified that may have contributed to the drop in conviction rates. The joint Crown Prosecution Service / police Rape Action Plan published on 6 June 2014 aims to address these.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 30/06/2014 13:31:30 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

63460

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many directors of companies were disqualified as a result of a criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the five preceding years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	201978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of directors of companies disqualified on conviction following prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data prior to 2008 is not collated centrally and it is not possible to provide the information requested without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 01/07/2014 11:36:24 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

63547

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by the Law Officers' Departments received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide figures for all the Law Officers' Departments as their staff performance appraisal processes for 2013-14 have yet to be completed. Figures should be available in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 01/07/2014 11:26:10 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

64871

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Corruption: Tanzania
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what reports he has received of bribery of foreign officials in Tanzania by African Barrack Gold plc; and whether the SFO plans to investigate those reports.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	203352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>As and when matters are brought to the attention of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) they are assessed in the context of the SFO's remit to investigate fraud, bribery and corruption. If appropriate, relevant matters will be considered for criminal investigation in line with SFO internal procedures. The SFO does not comment on its assessments or their status at any one time but does publish on its website details of those cases formally adopted for criminal investigation, whenever this is possible without prejudice to the investigation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 07/07/2014 15:35:30 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy