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101657

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students of each institution have been deported from UK universities and colleges as a result of Educational Testing Service investigations in each month since February 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	212476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS. <br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly transparency data which shows the total number of individuals who have been removed as a result of their involvement in the Educational Testing Service fraud. The most recent published data covers the period up to 30 June 2014 and can be found at: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014</a> <br><br>As at 30 June, the Home Office had made more than 1800 refusal and removal decisions, carried out almost 800 enforcement visits, detained over 300 <br>individuals and removed over 90.<br><br>We are unable to break the number of individuals who have been removed into sub groups based on the institution of study as this runs the risk of making those individuals identifiable. In addition to this the data that would be required to make the requested breakdown is not available from one source and would incur disproportionate costs to gather it manually. <br><br>As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regularupdates to the House. These updates will be provided as part of the <br>regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212477 212478 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:26:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25571 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

101656

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the country of origin was of each student deported as a result of the BBC Panorama investigation broadcast in February 2014; and to which country was each such student returned.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	212477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS. <br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly transparency data which shows the total number of individuals who have been removed as a result of their involvement in the Educational Testing Service fraud. The most recent published data covers the period up to 30 June 2014 and can be found at: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014</a> <br><br>As at 30 June, the Home Office had made more than 1800 refusal and removal decisions, carried out almost 800 enforcement visits, detained over 300 <br>individuals and removed over 90.<br><br>We are unable to break the number of individuals who have been removed into sub groups based on the institution of study as this runs the risk of making those individuals identifiable. In addition to this the data that would be required to make the requested breakdown is not available from one source and would incur disproportionate costs to gather it manually. <br><br>As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regularupdates to the House. These updates will be provided as part of the <br>regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212476 212478 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:26:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25715 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

101654

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students of have been deported from UK universities and colleges as a result of investigations into Educational Testing Service since February 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	212478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Following investigations, significant steps have been taken to identify, locate and remove those who have fraudulently obtained visas through abuse of ETS. <br><br>The Home Office publishes quarterly transparency data which shows the total number of individuals who have been removed as a result of their involvement in the Educational Testing Service fraud. The most recent published data covers the period up to 30 June 2014 and can be found at: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2014</a> <br><br>As at 30 June, the Home Office had made more than 1800 refusal and removal decisions, carried out almost 800 enforcement visits, detained over 300 <br>individuals and removed over 90.<br><br>We are unable to break the number of individuals who have been removed into sub groups based on the institution of study as this runs the risk of making those individuals identifiable. In addition to this the data that would be required to make the requested breakdown is not available from one source and would incur disproportionate costs to gather it manually. <br><br>As I stated to the House on 24 June, the Home Office will provide regularupdates to the House. These updates will be provided as part of the <br>regular publication of data on the department’s work on borders and immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212476 212477 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:26:54 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25719 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

101687

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the legal basis permitting HM Revenue and Customs to remove money from personal bank accounts without first obtaining a Court Order, as announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Budget speech in March.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
	uin	HL2509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government consulted on the process and safeguards for the Direct Recovery of Debts between 6 May and 29 July 2014. This policy will modernise and strengthen HM Revenue’s and Customs’ ability to recover tax and tax credit debts from those who are refusing to pay what they owe but have sufficient funds in their accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish draft legislation in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with the Government’s Tax Policy Framework, this draft legislation will be consulted on before it is included in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance_Bill" target="_blank">Finance Bill</a>, where it will be subject to the usual Parliamentary scrutiny</p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 17/11/2014 14:17:05 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke

101689

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer
	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 relationship between the quality of survival experienced by National Health Service cancer patients and the rates of length of survival of such patients.
	tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
	uin	HL2511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>We know that more people are living with and beyond cancer and we recognise that a number of those people will have a reduced quality of life as a consequence of their cancer or its treatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are a number of pieces of work set up to address those problems. Macmillan Cancer Support published the first stage of its ‘Routes from Diagnosis’ work earlier this year, developed in conjunction with Public Health England and Monitor Deloitte. In addition, the national cancer patient experience survey and a programme of tumour specific patient reported outcome surveys are giving us valuable insight directly from people affected by cancer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Based on the work of the National Cancer Survivorship Initiative, there is a current programme of work being delivered by NHS England in collaboration with Macmillan Cancer Support to embed a number of these priorities into mainstream commissioning. This is formally supported by reference to the Cancer Recovery Package in the recently published Five Year Forward View.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/11/2014 14:32:10 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

101688

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of emerging immuno-oncology treatments and their impact on patient survival and the design of National Health Service cancer services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Colwyn
	uin	HL2510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides advice to the National Health Service on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of drugs and treatments. We understand that at least one immuno-oncology treatment, sipuleucel-T for prostate cancer, is currently being appraised by NICE. Further information is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/GID-TAG346</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/11/2014 14:32:36 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3394 label Biography information for Lord Colwyn

101691

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cancer: Drugs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to make new cancer drugs more accessible.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Patients have the right to cancer drugs and treatments that have been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence technology appraisal guidance for use in the National Health Service, where their doctor believes they are clinically appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We announced in August that the Cancer Drugs Fund would be increased to £280 million in both 2014-15 and 2015-16. Since October 2010, over 55,000 cancer patients in England have benefited from the Fund and this extra funding is helping to ensure that patients continue to receive the effective cancer drugs which are right for them.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We have launched an Early Access to Medicines Scheme to give patients with life threatening or seriously debilitating conditions access to medicines that do not yet have a marketing authorisation when there is a clear unmet medical need. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency awarded the first promising innovative medicine designation for a cell therapy product for the treatment of cancer on 8 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the National Health Service and its partners have begun a ground-breaking new project which will sequence 100,000 whole human genomes of patients with cancer or a rare disease by the end of 2017. This will lead to faster diagnosis and better targeting of treatments.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 17/11/2014 14:34:27 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

101679

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many women were in prisons in England on 30 June in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 respectively.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
	uin	HL2501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The decision to sentence a person to a custodial sentence, or to remand a person into custody prior to trial or sentencing, is a matter for the independent judiciary and courts will take into account all the circumstances of the offence and the offender in determining this.</p><p> </p><p>For the last two years, the female prison population has been consistently under 4,000 for the first time in a decade. Data on the number of women in prison is published annually at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/339036/prison-population-2014.xls</p><p> </p><p>The numbers of women in prisons in England on 30<sup>th</sup> June on each of the years in question were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4,463</p></td><td><p>4,283</p></td><td><p>4,505</p></td><td><p>4,307</p></td><td><p>4,267</p></td><td><p>4,185</p></td><td><p>4,123</p></td><td><p>3,853</p></td><td><p>3,929</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making sure that sentencers have robust community options at their disposal. The Female Offenders Advisory Board are working in Greater Manchester on a pathfinder aimed at providing sentencers with robust and effective sentencing options in the community which may divert women from custody, where appropriate. Learning from the pathfinder will inform a new operating model for working differently with women in the criminal justice system. We are also testing a new model of liaison and diversion in police custody and the courts. The trial scheme, in 10 areas, will aim to identify, assess and refer people with mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and social vulnerabilities into treatment or support services.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to make sure that female offenders have the support they need to turn their lives around. In March 2014, we published a first year progress report on delivery of our strategic objectives for female offenders, which sets out clearly our key priorities for addressing the needs of female offenders and reducing the number of women in custody. Our Transforming Rehabilitation reforms also mean that those serving under 12 month sentences will, for the first time in recent history, be subject to statutory supervision including a licence period in the community, aimed at supporting successful community reintegration and rehabilitation. Proportionally, more women than men are serving short sentences so they will benefit particularly from this element of the reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 17/11/2014 14:18:29 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

101681

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Asylum: Care Leavers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are currently being looked after by local authorities; and how many are being supported after the age of 18 under leaving care legislation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL2503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) looked after by each local authority in England at 31 March 2013 are published in Table LAA4 of the ‘Children looked after in England’ statistical first release.[1]</p><p> </p><p>The latest available figures (for 31 March 2014) are currently being prepared and will be published in December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education collects information on care leavers aged 19 years old who were looked after aged 16 years old. The number of UASC who were care leavers aged 19 in the year ending 31 March 2013 is published in Table F1 of the Statistical first release.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/11/2014 14:45:17 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

101625

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Public Opinion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	212494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held in the form requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost, although I am not aware of significant expenditure.<br><br>As outlined in the answer of 25 March 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, House of Lords, Column WA99, we have undertaken qualitative research into the experience of tenants who might take up the Right to Buy, to help inform ways of increasing the take-up of the Right to Buy.</p><p> </p><p>We have significantly reduced spending on surveys compared to the last Administration– for example, by abolishing the £4 million Citizenship Survey and the £5 million Place Survey.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 17/11/2014 11:47:13 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed