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64002

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed people claimed (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	202509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of families in receipt of tax credits containing at least one member identified as self-employed</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Families benefitting from both WTC and CTC</p></td><td><p>Families benefitting from WTC Only</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">170</del> <ins class="ministerial">169</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The decrease in the number of self employed households in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ of tax credits in April 2012. This policy change removed a large number of higher income households from the whole tax credits population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In general, there is and has been a long term trend of growth in the number of self employed people.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/07/2014 15:57:45 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:57:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 7782 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64103

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current numerical strength of the UK Border Force; and whether they consider that the present strength is sufficient to meet the demands placed upon it.
	tabling member printed	Lord Eames
	uin	HL607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Border Force has a full time equivalent workforce of 7,907 and we believe this is sufficient to meet demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 07/07/2014 14:52:28 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

64108

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	Horse Racing: Betting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds they consider that the Horseracing Betting Levy is compatible with articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	uin	HL612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Horserace Betting Levy is an existing state aid which predates the UK's accession to the EU. It is on that ground that the Government considers the Levy to be compatible with the UK's obligations under European Union law and state aid rules.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/07/2014 12:53:19 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

64111

	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	Coroners and Justice Act 2009
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Crown Prosecution Service has made a charging decision not to proceed on the use of section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not hold figures centrally for the number of cases where a decision was made not to charge under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, including those cases where the victim was under 18 at the time of commission of the offence. To obtain such information would require a manual examination of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness grouped question UIN HL616 question first answered 07/07/2014 11:32:56 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

64112

	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	Coroners and Justice Act 2009
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Crown Prosecution Service has made a charging decision not to proceed on the use of section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 in each of the last five years where the victim was under 18 at the time of commission of the offence.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not hold figures centrally for the number of cases where a decision was made not to charge under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, including those cases where the victim was under 18 at the time of commission of the offence. To obtain such information would require a manual examination of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness grouped question UIN HL615 question first answered 07/07/2014 11:32:55 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

64113

	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	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Crown Prosecution Service has made a charging decision not to proceed on the use of sections 4(1), 4(2), and 4(3) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 in each of the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold figures centrally for the number of cases where a decision was made not to proceed under sections 4(1), 4(2), and 4(3) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.), including cases where the victim was under 18 at the time of commission of the offence. To obtain such information would require a manual examination of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness grouped question UIN HL618 question first answered 07/07/2014 11:32:25 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

64114

	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	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Crown Prosecution Service has made a charging decision not to proceed on the use of sections 4(1), 4(2), and 4(3) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 in each of the past five years where the victim was under 18 at the time of commission of the offence.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold figures centrally for the number of cases where a decision was made not to proceed under sections 4(1), 4(2), and 4(3) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.), including cases where the victim was under 18 at the time of commission of the offence. To obtain such information would require a manual examination of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness grouped question UIN HL617 question first answered 07/07/2014 11:32:24 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

64115

	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	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been double flagged by the Crown Prosecution Service over the past three years using the flag for monitoring human trafficking and the flag for monitoring child abuse.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service identifies both human trafficking and child abuse cases by way of a database monitoring flag applied to the electronic case record.</p><p>The number of defendants prosecuted who were flagged for human trafficking offences and where the child abuse flag was applied are outlined in the table below. During the past year there has been an increase in the numbers of such cases investigated by law enforcement agencies and referred to the CPS for prosecution.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 07/07/2014 11:33:39 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

64116

	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	Coroners and Justice Act 2009
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have taken place under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 in each of the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds figures of the number of offences charged under section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 that reached a first hearing in a magistrates' court and data for the past three financial years is contained in the following table. No charges are recorded before financial year 2011/2012.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coroners and Justice</p><p>Act 2009 { 71(1)(a) &amp; (3) }</p></td><td><p>Knowingly hold another person</p><p>in slavery / servitude</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coroners and Justice</p><p>Act 2009 { 71(1)(b) &amp; (3) }</p></td><td><p>Knowingly require another</p><p>person to perform forced /</p><p>compulsory labour</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>CPS offence based data is not held by defendant or outcome so it is not possible to ascertain the number of individual prosecutions that concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 07/07/2014 11:07:51 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

64117

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	Bovine Tuberculosis
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to report on the effect of the current badger culling trials on other wildlife and the general ecology in those areas.
	tabling member printed	The Duke of Montrose
	uin	HL621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra has published the Food and Environment Research Agency's evaluation of the potential consequences for wildlife of a badger control policy in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wildlife-of-a-badger-control-policy-in-england-evaluation-of-the-potential-consequences" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wildlife-of-a-badger-control-policy-in-england-evaluation-of-the-potential-consequences</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are not planning any further work on this at the present time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 07/07/2014 15:59:50 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	1922 label Biography information for The Duke of Montrose