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100672

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Allowances: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential costs and benefits of removing the cap on entrepreneurs' tax relief.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	211741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The last published cost for changing the cap on entrepreneurs' tax relief related to increasing the lifetime limit from £5m of qualifying gains to £10m. This is available in the full Budget 2011 document at the following address on page 42 in table 2.1 of the report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130129110402/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/2011budget.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130129110402/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/2011budget.htm</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/10/2014 17:10:28 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

100100

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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	Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU Precautionary Principle on the scale of scientific innovation in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	211393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department has made no systematic assessment of the effect of the precautionary principle on scientific innovation in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/10/2014 16:14:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

101117

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Competition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to help businesses and individuals to switch their gas and electricity suppliers more quickly.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	211929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We have worked with Energy UK, Ofgem, suppliers and other key industry partners to develop and implement proposals which will enable domestic customers to switch supplier 17 days, half the time it currently takes. The industry code changes to enable to this will come in to force on 6 November and Energy UK members have all committed to offering it by the end of the year. These code changes will also enable more streamlined switching of non-domestic customers.</p><p>The Department is also working with Ofgem to support their proposals for a longer term move to next day switching. A key element of this is the roll out of smart meters.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 17:13:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

101359

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children in England also have a sibling in care; and how many looked-after children in England are (a) living with at least one of their siblings and (b) not living with any of their siblings.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Alan Johnson
	uin	212283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The data requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 30/10/2014 16:10:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	376 label Biography information for Alan Johnson

100862

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will co-operate with the Department for Communities and Local Government over potential actions to reduce the costs associated with planning regulations and other barriers in relation to the rollout of high-speed broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	211848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>DCMS worked closely with Communities and Local Government, industry and other interested parties to design and implement in 2013 a significant and substantial package of planning relaxations in England. The changes support the roll out of fixed line high-speed broadband in protected areas*, and high-speed mobile broadband (4G) in protected and unprotected areas by removing the need to seek planning permission for specified developments. This year, joint working with Communities and Local Government has continued, together with house builders and communications providers, to develop an action plan to ensure that new developments have access to superfast broadband.</p><p> </p><p>*(National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, World Heritage Site, Norfolk and Suffolk Broads and Conservation Areas but not Sites of Special Scientific Interest)</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/10/2014 11:24:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

100863

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will hold discussions with local authorities to encourage uptake of narrow trenching techniques in order to lower deployment costs for high-speed broadband connections and expedite its rollout to more homes and businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	211849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We encourage and support a range of innovative approaches in street works, particularly where these can lower the cost and speed up deployment of superfast broadband. The standards that street works reinstatements must meet are set out in the statutory code, the Specification of the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways (SROH). SROH sets out a range of deployment methods and approved materials that undertakers can use when carrying out street works, including narrow trenching and the use of foamed concrete as a reinstatement material.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/10/2014 11:25:18 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

100861

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	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	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage infrastructure-based competition across the market for high-speed broadband connections; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	211867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK has a highly competitive broadband market. Superfast broadband is currently available to 78% of UK premises, up from 45% in 2010. In addition to BT, KCom and Virgin Media, a growing number of both fixed and wireless providers are making infrastructure investments. In September 2012 the Government announced a package of measures to reduce the barriers to deployment of superfast broadband, reducing red tape and bureaucracy to enable communications providers to deploy competing networks. The Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy consultation invited industry to submit views on what more the Government might do to support infrastructure deployment. That consultation closed on 1 October and the Government is currently considering the responses received.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/10/2014 11:22:39 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

100717

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Impact Assessment for his Department's decision to bring the production of the annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology in house from 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	211710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211708 211709 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100716

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the Risk Assessment for his Department's decision to bring the production of the annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology in house from 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	211709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211708 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100719

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the next annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology to be laid before parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	211708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211707 211709 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:24 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

100718

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Assistive Technology: Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the next annual report on Research and Development Work Relating to Assistive Technology.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	211707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Section 22 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 sets out the following requirement:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>“The Secretary of State shall as respects each year lay before Parliament a report on the progress made during that year in research and development work carried out by or on behalf of any Minister of the Crown in relation to equipment that might increase the range of activities and independence or well-being of disabled persons, and in particular such equipment that might improve the indoor and outdoor mobility of such persons.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In recent years the report has been produced by the Foundation for Assistive Technology and this contract expired in June 2014 following production of the report for 2013-14. Future reports will be produced by the Department and it is expected that the report for 2014-15 will be laid before Parliament and published in July 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no specific impact or risk assessment. The Government will continue to meet the requirement set out in section 22.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 211708 211709 211710 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:13:23 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

101038

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Brigg and Goole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees in Brigg and Goole constituency were paid the minimum wage in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	212071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 30/10/2014 14:13:14 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 212071 ONS 371.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Minimum Wage
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

101107

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Premium: Brigg and Goole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding schools in Brigg and Goole constituency received under the pupil premium in 2013-14; and what estimate she has made of how much funding those schools will receive in pupil premium in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	212068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Schools and academies in Brigg and Goole constituency have been allocated £2.231 million through the pupil premium for financial year 2013 to 2014, and £2.851 million for financial year 2014 to 2015.</p><p> </p><p>This includes funding through the deprivation and service child elements for financial year 2013 to 2014, and also the children adopted from care element for financial year 2014 to 2015, but excludes the looked-after children element in both years as this is not available at a parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/10/2014 15:26:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

101157

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dementia: Brigg and Goole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Brigg and Goole constituency have been diagnossed with dementia in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	212069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available for the format requested. The number of people on the dementia register is available. This is a measure of prevalence rather than incidence. The number of people recorded on practice disease registers is taken from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Dementia has been included on the QOF register since 2006-07. The following table shows all available data for East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), and East Riding and North Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) as these cover the Brigg and Goole constituency.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Number of patients on the QOF dementia register in the specified organisations</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS organisation</p></td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Practices<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Practice List Size<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number on QOF dementia register<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire CCG</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>300,957</p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>300,944</p></td><td><p>1,828</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire CCG</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>169,997</p></td><td><p>1,117</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>169,743</p></td><td><p>1,006</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire PCT</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>316,567</p></td><td><p>1,694</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>315,463</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>314,860</p></td><td><p>1,365</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>314,194</p></td><td><p>1,236</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>313,306</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>311,789</p></td><td><p>1,110</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire PCT</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>167,482</p></td><td><p>901</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>166,569</p></td><td><p>771</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>167,044</p></td><td><p>726</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>166,897</p></td><td><p>701</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>165,893</p></td><td><p>664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>164,819</p></td><td><p>638</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Note</em>:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Practices, practice list sizes and number of patients on the dementia register are based only on those general practitioner practices that participated in QOF.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 30/10/2014 16:15:57 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

101452

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to her Department's press office on answering queries from student journalists.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	212186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has not issued any guidance to the press office on dealing with student journalists.The press office receives between 100 and 200 calls a day from accredited regional, national, international and specialist journalists from both print and broadcast media. Any student journalist who contacts the Home Office press office in relation to a student publication is advised that statistics, departmental announcements, <br>ministerial speeches and quotes, which may assist their enquiries, are available on the government website, gov.uk. We do not have the resources to deal with any student request related to their studies.This is a common approach adopted by other government departments and organisations of a similar size which receive significant media interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/10/2014 11:37:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

100629

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Care Leavers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to help young care leavers who are not able to stay in foster care to make a successful transition to independence.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL2360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Care Leaver Strategy, published in October 2013, recognises that care leavers require support on a wide range of issues that affect their lives. It sets out the support that will be provided to all care leavers in relation to staying in education, finding accommodation, accessing benefits, experiencing good physical and mental health and finding work. [1]</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education will publish shortly a report on the progress we have made against the commitments set out in the strategy. This builds on a significant programme of work to improve support for care leavers, which has resulted in important changes such as the development of the Care Leaver Charter and the introduction of Junior ISAs for all children in care.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our continuing work to improve care leavers’ outcomes, the Department introduced a new duty on local authorities to support ‘staying put’ arrangements and have provided funding for local authorities to support this. For the first time, this will provide for children in foster placements to receive support to remain with their foster family until age 21, where this is what both parties want.</p><p> </p><p>Similar arrangements do not currently apply to children in residential care. Further work is needed before introducing a legal duty on local authorities that would require them to extend staying put arrangements to all young people leaving residential care. We are consequently working with the sector to better understand what would be involved and have supported work through the Department’s Children’s Services Innovation Programme to identify how staying put arrangements might work for children in residential care.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to drive innovation in provision for care leavers, for example through funding projects like ‘New Belongings’, which has enabled 9 local authorities to develop a range of new and innovative approaches to supporting care leavers.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266484/Care_Leaver_Strategy.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266484/Care_Leaver_Strategy.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/10/2014 16:34:16 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

100923

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children under the age of five were taken by their parents to accident and emergency departments for treatment in 2012 and 2013.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
	uin	HL2391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In the following table, we have provided information concerning the number of accident and emergency attendances<sup>1</sup> (excluding planned attendances) for children aged under five by arrival mode, 2012-13 to 2013-14<sup>2</sup> (provisional data)<sup>3</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please be aware that data for 2013-14 is provisional and is therefore, subject to change.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Arrival mode</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14 (provisional)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brought in by ambulance (including helicopter/air ambulance)</p></td><td><p>220,277</p></td><td><p>223,571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1,572,518</p></td><td><p>1,511,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>21,296</p></td><td><p>36,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,814,091</p></td><td><p>1,771,453</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre<sup>4 </sup></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. HES is not the official source of total A&amp;E activity, this is the NHS England situation reports collection:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, HES permits further analysis of A&amp;E activity as there are a range of data items by which HES can be analysed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. HES figures are available from 2007-08 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage and changes in National Health Service practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. The data is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made. Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, i.e. November from the (month 9) April to November extract. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. Health and Social Care Information Centre liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 12:00:01 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

100926

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nursing and Midwifery Council
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that the Nursing and Midwifery Council reduces the number of cases that have been awaiting investigation for more than two years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
	uin	HL2394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is an independent body and responsible for matters concerning the discharge of its statutory duties, including pursuing Fitness to Practise (FtP) investigations against its registrants. Statistical information about NMC FtP cases is not routinely collected or held centrally. However, the NMC advises that as at 30 September 2014, it was dealing with 4271 FtP cases, of these 231 cases were aged over 24 months. This compares with 320 such cases as at 8 October 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 13 October 2014, the Government laid a draft Section 60 Order in Parliament to amend the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, the governing legislative framework of the NMC. This Order contains a number of proposed amendments that subject to approval will give the NMC powers that will help it to carry out its FtP regulatory function more effectively and reduce the time it takes the NMC to deal with FtP cases.<em> </em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:24:46 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

100924

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Respiratory System: Diseases
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to raise awareness of bronchiolitis among parents with very young children.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Manzoor
	uin	HL2392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Bronchiolitis is a common lower respiratory tract infection that most commonly affects babies and young children under a year old. Most cases are mild and improve without specific treatment within about two weeks, although some children have severe symptoms and need treatment in hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for parents on bronchiolitis, including the symptoms, causes and potential treatments for the condition, is provided by the NHS Choices website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Bronchiolitis/Pages/Introduction.aspx</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the British Lung Foundation has produced a free leaflet on bronchiolitis in babies for parents:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.blf.org.uk/Publication/Detail/Bronchiolitis-and-your-baby</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>and for clinicians the Clinical Knowledge Summary Service run by National Institute for Health &amp; Care Excellence contains easily accessible information about the usual causes of acute chest signs in children and their management:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>http://cks.nice.org.uk/cough-acute-with-chest-signs-in-children</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:24:09 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4289 label Biography information for Baroness Manzoor

100633

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North West
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many representations have been made to Ministers at the Department for Transport by Members of Parliament about regional rail link improvements from Manchester to East Lancashire since May 2010 including (1) to Clitheroe, (2) to Burnley, and (3) to Rawtenstall.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
	uin	HL2364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>A number of representations have been made by Members of Parliament since May 2010 concerning rail improvements in the North-West. In addition there has been one Adjournment Debate on improving rail services between Clitheroe, Blackburn and Manchester, one letter regarding improvements to Clitheroe, twelve Parliamentary Questions and six letters concerning the Todmorden curve or services to Burnley, and two Parliamentary Questions concerning the Rawtenstall rail extension project.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/10/2014 12:11:51 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

100630

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North West
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for improving inter-regional rail links in the North West of England, particularly between East Lancashire and Greater Manchester.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
	uin	HL2361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The case for improving inter-regional rail links in the North West of England has been assessed in a number of studies including the Northern Hub and Network Rail’s Lancashire and Cumbria and North-West Route Utilisation strategies. The case will be further addressed in respect of Network Rail’s Control Period 6 (2019-20<ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del>4) and beyond through the Northern Route Study as part of Network Rail’s Long Term Planning Process to inform decisions on the Government’s Rail Investment Strategy for Control Period 6.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/10/2014 12:12:57 question first ministerially corrected 05/11/2014 12:17:05 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer previous answer version 25208 answering member printed Baroness Kramer answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

100631

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North West
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve rail links between East Lancashire and Manchester; and what factors were considered when making judgements about which projects to support.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
	uin	HL2362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Plans to improve rail links between East Lancashire and Manchester including the scheme to install a two-mile loop between Darwen and Sough tunnel (near Entwistle) to facilitate additional services between Blackburn and Manchester and the introduction of improved Burnley – Manchester services using the recently-constructed curve at Todmorden are being promoted by the relevant local authorities. The judgement of which projects to support is a matter for the promoters.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 30/10/2014 12:12:24 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

100037

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Dismissal
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many general practitioners have been dismissed by primary care trusts, or by the Care Quality Commission, in each year since 2005.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL2243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally collected. Departmental officials are aware that the General Medical Council does collect some demographic data about doctors and this is published in its annual report ‘The state of medical education and practice in the UK’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England, has registered all general practitioner (GP) practices since April 2012. The CQC’s role is to inspect and regulate GP practices, including those practices run by single-handed GPs. The CQC regulates at a provider level and may remove a practice’s registration where care is not meeting the required standard. Actions taken against an individual GP would be the responsibility of NHS England for contractual issues and the General Medical Council for professional issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 30/10/2014 16:18:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

100943

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Email: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases of phishing have been reported to the police in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL2411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of cases of phishing that have been reported to the police is not centrally available.</p><p>Phishing is an enabler to commit fraud and is not in itself a crime. Where a phishing e-mail has been used to commit fraud or computer misuse offences, the relevant fraud or computer misuse offence would be recorded by Action Fraud, who are now responsible for the central recording of fraud offences previously recorded by individual police forces.</p><p>Fraud offences recorded by Action Fraud, including those relating to computer misuse crime, are published on a quarterly basis by ONS.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2014 12:19:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

100944

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Email: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action is being taken to support victims of phishing.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL2412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office has been working with Action Fraud and the NFIB to improve victim support, including support to victims of phishing. Victims who have reported to Action Fraud are provided with feedback about their case, including whether it has been sent to a force for investigation, and if so the name of that force. The NFIB or the force managing the report will ensure effective victim support, under obligations laid out to Government Agencies within the Ministry of Justice’s Victims Code (2013), is received. This can include referrals to support services such as Victim Support, and regular updates on the progress of the investigation through a series of the victim ‘fulfilment’ communications. In urgent cases local police forces will be called in to provide a direct service to vulnerable victims and to prevent re-victimisation.</p><p>We are also reviewing the victim experience and what aspects of the victim code are of particular importance for victims of cyber crime, including phishing and cyber crime more generally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2014 12:19:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

100942

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Email: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of individuals falling victim to e-mail and internet phishing each year; and what is their estimate of the total value of the amount of money involved.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL2410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>I would refer the noble Baroness to the reply I gave to the noble Lord, Lord Stone of Blackheath on 14 October 2014, Official Report, column 30W.</p><p>It is not possible to give an exact figure for the number of individuals falling victim to email and internet phishing attacks each year as data held centrally cannot separately identify phishing scams. Phishing is an enabler to commit fraud or computer misuse offences, it is not in itself a crime, and the methods by which offences are committed are not collated centrally. Action Fraud will record the relevant fraud, or computer misuse offence, in instances where a phishing email has been used. It is therefore also not possible to estimate the total amount of money this would involve. However, a survey by the Oxford Internet Institute shows that 19 per cent of internet users experienced phishing attempts in 2013, down from 22 per cent in 2011.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2014 16:19:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

99958

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Local Government: Lighting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Essex County Council has applied for funding for LED lighting under the Salix project from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL2173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>DECC funds the Salix energy efficiency loan scheme in England, with funding decisions on individual energy efficiency projects made by Salix Finance Ltd in accordance with objective criteria.</p><p>According to Salix Finance Ltd, Essex County Council has not made an application at any time to the scheme.</p><p>Salix publishes an annually updated list of organisations in receipt of funding on its website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.salixfinance.co.uk/about-us/successes" target="_blank">www.salixfinance.co.uk/about-us/successes</a></p><p> </p><p>Information provided by Salix Finance Ltd is that, from the start of the scheme in 2004 to 31 March 2014, 83 local authorities applied for and received funding for energy efficiency projects that include LED lighting.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2172 question first answered 30/10/2014 14:34:22 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

99957

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Local Government: Lighting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which local authorities have applied for funding for LED lighting under the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Salix project.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL2172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>DECC funds the Salix energy efficiency loan scheme in England, with funding decisions on individual energy efficiency projects made by Salix Finance Ltd in accordance with objective criteria.</p><p>According to Salix Finance Ltd, Essex County Council has not made an application at any time to the scheme.</p><p>Salix publishes an annually updated list of organisations in receipt of funding on its website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.salixfinance.co.uk/about-us/successes" target="_blank">www.salixfinance.co.uk/about-us/successes</a></p><p> </p><p>Information provided by Salix Finance Ltd is that, from the start of the scheme in 2004 to 31 March 2014, 83 local authorities applied for and received funding for energy efficiency projects that include LED lighting.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2173 question first answered 30/10/2014 14:34:21 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

100654

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the list of electricity generating plants that has pre-qualified to bid in to this year’s planned capacity auction, how many gigawatts of existing coal plant are eligible for contracts of over one year and how many gigawatts of new gas capacity have qualified to bid for 15 year contracts; what is the total gigawatt capacity of new plant qualifying for 15 year contracts that is under the current threshold for the application of emissions controls under the European Emissions Trading scheme; and what is the breakdown in terms of fuel type of these smaller pre-qualifying units.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
	uin	HL2385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>In total 67.3GW of capacity has prequalified to participate in the first Capacity Market auction in December this year.</p><p>This is extremely positive and indicates that the auction will be competitive, which will help to keep costs down while providing security of supply for consumers.</p><p>Information relating to the eligibility of each plant that has successfully pre-qualified is publicly available on National Grid’s website as the Delivery Body for the Capacity Market.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/10/2014 16:46:25 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

100655

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the list of electricity generating plants that have pre-qualified to bid in to this year’s planned capacity auction, of the plants eligible for 15 year contracts, what proportion are new build compared to those subject to substantial refurbishments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
	uin	HL2386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information relating to the eligibility of each plant that has successfully prequalified and is eligible for a 15 year capacity agreement is publicly available on National Grid’s website as the Delivery Body for the Capacity Market.</p><p>It should be noted that E.ON, the owners of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, have publicly stated that they will not seek an agreement in excess of 3 years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/10/2014 17:14:40 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

100657

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Electricity Generation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the rules governing capacity market auctions, what measures have been included to guard against undue market dominance by any of the companies bidding in the capacity market mechanism; and whether OFGEM has a role in overseeing fair competition in the mechanism.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Worthington
	uin	HL2388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Capacity Market has been designed to mitigate the risks of gaming. We commissioned expert external advice from Charles River Associates on this issue and implemented the recommendations contained within that report which is available on the DECC website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252746/CRA_Report_on_the_Capacity_Market_Gaming_Risks.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/252746/CRA_Report_on_the_Capacity_Market_Gaming_Risks.pdf</a>.</p><p>Anti-gaming measures include having in place an auction monitor who will ensure that the rules are properly followed by all participants during the auction. If the auction monitor were to find any irregularities, the Secretary of State ultimately has the ability to annul the auction after it has taken place.</p><p>Ofgem has the power to investigate any company bidding into the auction should they consider this necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/10/2014 16:48:27 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name CRA_Report_on_the_Capacity_Market_Gaming_Risks.pdf title CRA Report on the Capacity Market Gaming Risks
	tabling member	4235 label Biography information for Baroness Worthington

100697

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what modelling has been conducted to estimate the effect on UK employment levels of movements upwards and downwards in energy prices.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	211665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>DECC has not carried out any such analysis.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 15:10:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

101336

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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	Annual Reports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 has not yet been published; and when that report is due to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	212257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>DCMS’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 was published on Wednesday 29<sup>th</sup> October.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 30/10/2014 11:28:30 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

100671

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the proposed closures of each HM Revenue and Customs office in North Wales; how many (a) forced and (b) voluntary redundancies each such closure entails; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such closures on levels of service by HM Revenue and Customs in North Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced on 16 October 2014 the closure of 14 of its smaller offices across the UK which do not fit the medium to long term plans of any line of business currently operating from them. This included one office in North Wales, Government Buildings, Colwyn Bay and followed consultation with staff, departmental trade unions and elected representatives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the decision, 38 people in Colwyn Bay have been given priority status for vacancies at their grade both within HMRC and in other government departments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not invited staff in Colwyn Bay office to consider voluntary redundancy at this stage. HMRC remains committed to avoiding compulsory redundancy and will do everything it reasonably can to avoid it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There will be no impact on local HMRC services when the office in Colwyn Bay closes in July 2015 as it is not involved in direct customer-facing work.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/10/2014 17:08:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

100666

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Acorn Agricultural Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2014 to Question 209889, how many complaints his Department received about Acorn Agriculture Finance (a) before and (b) after that company was granted licences.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Companies House does not have a company registered in the name of Acorn Agriculture Finance. A company in the name of Acorn Agricultural Finance Limited is shown on the company index of names and Companies House has not received any complaints against the company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 15:40:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

100662

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Post Offices: Rhyl
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on the proposed relocation or closure of Rhyl Post Office.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The proposed franchising of some of its Crown Post Offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited (POL). I understand that the company continues to explore all options for Rhyl with a view to finding a retail partner for the franchise. In the event that a suitable new retail partner cannot be found, POL has given a commitment that a post office service will be retained within the area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As this is the operational responsibility of the company I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 30/10/2014 15:32:33 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

100692

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the actual and percentage change in pay for school support staff has been in each of the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The requested 15 year time series is not available. The Department for Education now collects data on school support staff pay through the annual School Workforce Census but, to date, the pay data has been too incomplete to publish.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/10/2014 15:28:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

100755

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Clwyd
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the closure of courts in the Vale of Clwyd; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such closures on staff numbers and levels of service.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service keeps the use of its estate under review in order to make the best use of its resources for users and taxpayers alike.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to close Rhyl County Court and move its work to Prestatyn Magistrates’ Court was announced by the Lord Chancellor in December 2010. The closure required enabling work at Prestatyn Magistrates' Court to accommodate the additional work, which has not yet been finalised. The court will not close until this work has been concluded. The effects on staff and levels of service were considered in response to the consultation and will form part of any closure implementation plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/10/2014 16:17:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

100749

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes have been made to the process of recording notifiable recorded crime categories since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Crime Recording Standard (NCRS) governs the recording of Notifiable Offences by the Police. There have been no changes to NCRS since 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 30/10/2014 11:45:09 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101206

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, in which year electoral registration officers were placed under an obligation to make houshold visits where no response was received to either a household enquiry form or an invitation to register.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Commission informs me that the general duty on Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to take all necessary steps to maintain the electoral register, including making house-to-house enquiries, was introduced in 2006. Specific provisions requiring EROs to follow up any non-responses to household enquiry forms and invitations to register with personal visits came into effect at the beginning of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration, which commenced on 10 June 2014 in England and Wales and from 19 September 2014 in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>EROs are now in the process of carrying out personal canvassing to follow up non-responses to household enquiry forms and invitations to register. The Commission will continue to monitor the performance of EROs and, if there are any instances where the necessary visits are not being carried out, it will consider the full range of options available, including making a recommendation to the Secretary of State to make a direction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter grouped question UIN 211984 question first answered 30/10/2014 13:21:18 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101204

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Identity Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 206672, what discussions the Commission has had with Liberty on the Electoral Commission's proposals to introduce electoral identity cards.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	212012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Commission has not yet had discussions with Liberty on its recommendation that electors in Great Britain should be required in future to present an acceptable form of photographic identification (ID) prior to being issued with a ballot paper at polling stations, as has been the requirement in Northern Ireland since 2003. The Commission has recommended that any voter ID scheme for Great Britain should provide for electors to obtain an alternative form of identification, such as a free electoral ID card, if they do not have access to any other specified form of identification.</p><p>The Commission is consulting a wide range of relevant organisations to develop and test options for suitable forms of identification, and it will consult Liberty as part of this work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 30/10/2014 13:24:04 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101207

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208311, what the most significant reason was for the increase in the numbers of people registered to vote in Northern Ireland between 2012 and 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	212011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission carried out an evaluation of the canvass and other registration activities conducted as part of the 2013 annual canvass. The evaluation is presented in ‘<em>Report on the Northern Ireland electoral registration canvass 2013’</em> available on the Electoral Commission’s website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 30/10/2014 13:22:36 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101205

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which electoral registration officers have failed in their obligation to make household visits when no response was received to either a household enquiry form or an invitation to register; and what steps the Electoral Commission took in response to each individual case in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Commission informs me that the general duty on Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to take all necessary steps to maintain the electoral register, including making house-to-house enquiries, was introduced in 2006. Specific provisions requiring EROs to follow up any non-responses to household enquiry forms and invitations to register with personal visits came into effect at the beginning of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration, which commenced on 10 June 2014 in England and Wales and from 19 September 2014 in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>EROs are now in the process of carrying out personal canvassing to follow up non-responses to household enquiry forms and invitations to register. The Commission will continue to monitor the performance of EROs and, if there are any instances where the necessary visits are not being carried out, it will consider the full range of options available, including making a recommendation to the Secretary of State to make a direction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter grouped question UIN 211983 question first answered 30/10/2014 13:21:18 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101703

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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	Agriculture: Regulation
	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 progress she is making in reducing the burden of regulation on farmers.
	tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
	tabling member printed	David Morris
	uin	905755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Food and farming is a vital part of our economy, generating £100bn and employing one in eight people. We want to enable farmers to spend their time producing high quality British produce and contribute to this. This is why, by the end of this Parliament, we will have reduced the volume of guidance by 80%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/10/2014 16:07:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

100758

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to the Civil Aviation Authority on the amount of time that body should take to process applications for licences.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	David Mowat
	uin	211695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>As the aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has its own internal performance targets for processing licence applications.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA publishes its code of practice on its website. This sets out the standards and the levels of service which both the aviation industry and individuals may expect. Specifically – under Approval, certification and licensing service standards – the CAA say ‘Personnel Licences will be issued within ten working days’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not provide any additional guidance on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/10/2014 14:13:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat

101018

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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	Deloitte
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment the Insolvency Service has made of the performance of Deloitte as an appointed administrator in collective redundancy consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	211982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Responsibility for assessing the conduct and performance of insolvency practitioners in their role as Administrators falls to the Regulatory Professional Body of which they are a member. The role of the Secretary of State, through the Insolvency Service, is to ensure that these bodies are effectively undertaking their regulatory functions.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2014, an Employment Tribunal judgement was handed down which was critical of the role of the Administrators (from Deloitte) in their handling of redundancies involving approximately 6,500 employees following the collapse of Comet, a large national retailer of electrical goods. The judgement was referred by the Insolvency Service to the Administrators’ Regulatory Professional Body, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales for consideration of disciplinary action. That investigation is currently on-going.</p><p> </p><p>An Employment Tribunal had previously made criticisms of the Administrators of WW Realisations 1 Limited formerly known as Woolworths (also from Deloitte). That matter was also referred by the Insolvency Service to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales for consideration. No disciplinary action was taken as a result of that investigation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 30/10/2014 15:34:24 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

101193

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 208447, how many people convicted of (a) class A, (b) class B and (c) class C drug offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 were fined in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	212152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Sentencing and fines imposed in individual cases are a matter for the independent courts, within the limits set by Parliament and following sentencing guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>The number of persons found guilty, fined and given a custodial sentence for class A, class B and class C drug offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (the latest data available) can be viewed in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><strong>Persons found guilty, fined and given a custodial sentence for class A, class B and class C drug offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, England and Wales 2009-2013 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Total guilty</td><td>Total Fine</td><td>Immediate Custody</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>20,293</td><td>5,915</td><td>5,627</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>25,565</td><td>11,801</td><td>1,459</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>2,977</td><td>792</td><td>625</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class unspecified drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>271</td><td>3</td><td>237</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>232</td><td>78</td><td>40</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various summary offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(6)</sup></td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>18,632</td><td>5,450</td><td>5,343</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>38,284</td><td>16,678</td><td>2,969</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>1,811</td><td>600</td><td>245</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class unspecified drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>368</td><td>3</td><td>296</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>241</td><td>79</td><td>32</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various summary offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(6)</sup></td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>16352</td><td>4766</td><td>4857</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>41524</td><td>17655</td><td>3705</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>1655</td><td>591</td><td>180</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class unspecified drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>376</td><td>6</td><td>316</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>233</td><td>81</td><td>31</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various summary offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(6)</sup></td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A Drug</td><td>15184</td><td>5009</td><td>4721</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B Drugs</td><td>40526</td><td>15814</td><td>3428</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C Drugs</td><td>1222</td><td>391</td><td>96</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class Unspecified</td><td>288</td><td>0</td><td>253</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>177</td><td>74</td><td>13</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A Drug</td><td>15,426</td><td>5,086</td><td>4,924</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B Drugs</td><td>39,407</td><td>15,162</td><td>3,280</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C Drugs</td><td>1,108</td><td>334</td><td>107</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class Unspecified</td><td>318</td><td>0</td><td>271</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>222</td><td>97</td><td>18</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>(-) = Nil</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">(1) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">(2) The conviction statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 212153 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:39:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

101192

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 208447, how many people convicted of (a) class A, (b) class B and (c) class C drug offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 were given custodial sentences in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	212153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Sentencing and fines imposed in individual cases are a matter for the independent courts, within the limits set by Parliament and following sentencing guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>The number of persons found guilty, fined and given a custodial sentence for class A, class B and class C drug offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (the latest data available) can be viewed in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><strong>Persons found guilty, fined and given a custodial sentence for class A, class B and class C drug offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, England and Wales 2009-2013 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Total guilty</td><td>Total Fine</td><td>Immediate Custody</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>20,293</td><td>5,915</td><td>5,627</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>25,565</td><td>11,801</td><td>1,459</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>2,977</td><td>792</td><td>625</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class unspecified drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>271</td><td>3</td><td>237</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>232</td><td>78</td><td>40</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various summary offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(6)</sup></td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>18,632</td><td>5,450</td><td>5,343</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>38,284</td><td>16,678</td><td>2,969</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>1,811</td><td>600</td><td>245</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class unspecified drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>368</td><td>3</td><td>296</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>241</td><td>79</td><td>32</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various summary offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(6)</sup></td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>16352</td><td>4766</td><td>4857</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>41524</td><td>17655</td><td>3705</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>1655</td><td>591</td><td>180</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class unspecified drug offences <sup>(4)</sup></td><td>376</td><td>6</td><td>316</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>233</td><td>81</td><td>31</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various summary offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(6)</sup></td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A Drug</td><td>15184</td><td>5009</td><td>4721</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B Drugs</td><td>40526</td><td>15814</td><td>3428</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C Drugs</td><td>1222</td><td>391</td><td>96</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class Unspecified</td><td>288</td><td>0</td><td>253</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>177</td><td>74</td><td>13</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class A Drug</td><td>15,426</td><td>5,086</td><td>4,924</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class B Drugs</td><td>39,407</td><td>15,162</td><td>3,280</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class C Drugs</td><td>1,108</td><td>334</td><td>107</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Class Unspecified</td><td>318</td><td>0</td><td>271</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Various triable either way offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 <sup>(5)</sup></td><td>222</td><td>97</td><td>18</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>(-) = Nil</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">(1) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="10">(2) The conviction statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 212152 question first answered 30/10/2014 16:39:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

101246

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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	Access to Work Programme
	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 (a) Scotland and (b) the UK received support through the Access to Work scheme in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	211996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>35,530 individuals were helped through Access to Work in GB in the 2013/14 financial year. 2,830 of which were in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 30/10/2014 13:59:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

101245

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding was provided to disabled people in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK through the Access to Work scheme in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	211995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions provided funding to disabled people in (a) Scotland of £6M and (b) GB £108M through the Access to Work scheme in 2013-14.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 30/10/2014 12:49:01 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford