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638043

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Exports: Swindon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value of exports emanating from Swindon was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	53280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Data relating to the geographical area including Swindon are published as per below:</p><p> </p><p>a) <strong>Swindon Growth Hub</strong> - These figures cover trade in goods only for 2015. The Swindon Growth Hub is defined as an area that incorporates all of SN and BA postcodes – see attached spreadsheet, taken from the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/FreedomofInformation.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/FreedomofInformation.aspx</a></p><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>b) <strong>HMRC Regional Trade Statistics database</strong> – These figures cover trade in goods only since 1996. Data are available for the Government Region South West and all other Government Regions:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx</a></p><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>c) <strong>ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports</strong> – These are experimental statistics covering trade in services during 2011-2014. These data are on a different basis than the HMRC data in (a) and (b) above. Data are available for the Government Region South West and all other Government Regions – see attached spreadsheet, taken from the link below:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2014/relateddata" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2014/relateddata</a></p><p>Source: Office for National Statistics</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier attachment 1 file name 31006 - Copy of HMRC Swindon Growth Hub.xlsx title Swindon Growth Hub 2 file name 31006 - Copy of ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports.xls title ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports question first answered 21/11/2016 17:53:24 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2016 15:41:15 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 21671 answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

573606

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many young people from (a) North Swindon and (b) England have participated in the National Citizen Service in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	44588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The NCS Trust does not collect data at a constituency level. Therefore, the figures in the table below are for the local authority area of Swindon. Details of participation rates have been held at local authority level since 2012. The participation rates set out below also include a small number of participants from Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>There was considerable national growth in the programme in 2015 – exact figures on 2015 NCS participation will be published in the independent evaluation in due course.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Swindon</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>England and Northern Ireland</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,434</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">117</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">26,003</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">110</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">39,994</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">181</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">57,789</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Swindon</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>England and Northern Ireland</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8,434</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">117</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26,003</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">110</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">39,994</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 07/09/2016 15:54:29 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2016 13:06:33 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 9630 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

49485

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the foreword to the Draft Modern Slavery Bill, when she plans to start the review of the operation and effectiveness of the National Referral Mechanism; how long that review will take; who will undertake it; and when it will be published.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	197466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The review into the operation and effectiveness of the National Referral <br>Mechanism was announced on 9 April 2014. I have placed a copy of the Terms of <br>Reference in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 8882 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

905472

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to increase the maximum age for magistrates.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	144898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The magistracy is an integral part of the judiciary and therefore, as for all judicial office holders appointed since 1995, magistrates are subject to a uniform mandatory retirement age of 70. This has been the policy of successive Lord Chancellor’s since 1995. The government’s response to the recent report of the Lords Constitution Committee indicated that further consideration would be given to the arguments in favour of, and against, a change to the judicial mandatory retirement age. That consideration is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/05/2018 13:40:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 60355 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

62337

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department is taking to help end domestic abuse and violence against women.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	201115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Domestic violence is a dreadful form of abuse and is not acceptable within our <br>society. The Coalition Government's approach to tackling domestic violence and <br>abuse is set out in its Violence against Women and Girls Action Plan, updated in March <br>2014.<br><br>In 2013, the Home Secretary commissioned Her Majesty's Inspectorate of <br>Constabulary to undertake a comprehensive review on how the police deal with<br>domestic violence and abuse. HMIC's report exposed significant failings. In response<br>to the Review, the Home Secretary has established a National Oversight Group, which <br>she is chairing, and on which I sit, to ensure HMIC's recommendations are acted upon.<br>The Group met for the first time on 10 June. The Home Secretary has also written to chief constables making it clear that every police force must have an action plan in place by September 2014, to improve their response to domestic violence and abuse.<br><br>The Government is committed to ensuring that the police and other agencies have <br>the tools necessary to tackle domestic violence, to bring offenders to justice <br>and to ensure victims have the support they need to rebuild their lives. On 8 <br>March 2014, the Government announced the national roll-out of Domestic Violence <br>Protection Orders following the successful conclusion of a one-year <br>pilot in three police force areas including Wiltshire, as well as the Domestic <br>Violence Disclosure Scheme following the successful conclusion in <br>September 2013 of a one-year pilot in four police force areas – once again <br>including Wiltshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 26/06/2014 15:22:10 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 4350 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

172569

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on making domestic violence a specific criminal offence.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	220007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the police and other frontline agencies have the tools they need to respond effectively to domestic violence and abuse. <br><br>We launched an eight week consultation last August to ask whether the law around domestic abuse needs to be strengthened and subsequently announced we would create a specific offence of domestic abuse which captures coercive and <br>controlling behaviour. <br><br>The offence will be introduced as a Government amendment to the Serious Crime Bill and will impose a maximum five years imprisonment, a fine, or both.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/01/2015 14:35:50 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 37906 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

102033

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Medals Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Sir John Holmes' independent Military Medals Review.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	212798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to make excellent progress in implementing the recommendations of Sir John Holmes's Medals Review. For example, the Prime Minister recently presented South Atlantic Medals to those personnel who became eligible under the change of criteria recommended by Sir John. In addition, the MOD Medal Office has issued in excess of 13,000 Arctic Stars and over 7,000 Bomber Command Clasps.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:49:15 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 26464 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

102034

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Decorations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what criteria applications for service medals for auxiliary personnel are judged.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	212834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Operational and Gallantry Medal awards for our Reserve Forces are judged under the same criteria as those for their Regular counterparts. The difference between awards for Reserve and Regular service is in relation to length of service.</p><p>The Volunteer Reserves Service Medal (VRSM) can be awarded to all Volunteer Reserve personnel after 10 years service. The Long Service and Good Conduct medal can be awarded to regular personnel below the rank of officer after 15 years exemplary service.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2014 17:48:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 26465 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

678688

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken on improving mental health support for young offenders.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	61595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services Transformation Programme is improving mental health outcomes for children and young people. Within the Programme, the Health and Justice and Specialised Commissioning Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services Transformation Workstream is responding to challenges around the commissioning and provision of mental health services for those held in the children and young people’s secure estate (CYPSE), including testing and evaluating the Secure Stairs integrated framework of care across the CYPSE.</p><p> </p><p>The Workstream is also targeting improved mental health service provision for children and young people coming into contact with other elements of the health and justice pathway, such as Liaison and Diversion services, Sexual Assault Referral Centres and crisis care related to police custody.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 02/02/2017 17:56:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

678700

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth offenders have participated in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	61698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of youth offenders who have participated in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme each year since 2010 is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the positive impact the award has and are working with education providers and the National Offender Management Service to deliver The Award in Youth Offending Institutions and Secure Training Centres.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/02/2017 14:54:49 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson