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100186

	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	Patients: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether missed or inadequate hydrocortisone administration is included in the NHS list of Never Events.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	211233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Missed or inadequate hydrocortisone administration is not currently included in the list of ‘never events’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We can confirm that the current list of Never Events is under review and there is a consultation underway which opened online on the 6 October 2014 and closes on 31 October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/10/2014 15:28:25 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:30:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman previous answer version 24770 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

42301

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Oxford East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	191199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.</p><p> </p><p>The ward results for the Oxford East constituency were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ward</p></td><td><p>Green matches</p></td><td><p>Amber matches</p></td><td><p>Red matches</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barton &amp; Sandhills</p></td><td><p>75.6%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>22.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackbird Leys</p></td><td><p>77.9%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>19.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carfax</p></td><td><p>17.6%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>80.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Churchill</p></td><td><p>54.1%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>43.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cowley</p></td><td><p>70.3%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>27.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cowley Marsh</p></td><td><p>55.6%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>41.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headington</p></td><td><p>63.4%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>33.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headington Hill &amp; Northway</p></td><td><p>53.8%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>44.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hinksey Park</p></td><td><p>60.8%</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>36.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holywell</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>91.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iffley Fields</p></td><td><p>63.6%</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>33.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlemore</p></td><td><p>72.8%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>25.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lye Valley</p></td><td><p>68.6%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>29.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marston</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>21.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northfield Brook</p></td><td><p>79.0%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>19.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarry &amp; Risinghurst</p></td><td><p>73.3%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>24.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rose Hill &amp; Iffley</p></td><td><p>75.4%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>22.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Clement's</p></td><td><p>42.1%</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>54.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Mary's</p></td><td><p>36.1%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td><td><p>59.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Results for all wards are available on the Commission's website here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

100139

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Driving Offences: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to better secure the payment of speeding fines by offenders whose vehicles are registered overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	211277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to encourage payment of impositions and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>When it appears to HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) that an offender is normally resident in another EU country HMCTS can transfer road traffic offence fines, imposed by courts in this country, to other EU jurisdictions for enforcement under the EU Framework Decision on Mutual Recognition of Financial Penalties (MRFP). The Framework Decision obliges Member States to take over enforcement of eligible fines imposed by other Member States’ courts, where the offender is resident or has assets in the enforcing state. All monies collected however are retained by the enforcing Member State.</p><p> </p><p>Where the offender is resident in a non EU country or in one not included in the MRFP Framework there is no mechanism for HMCTS to be able to recover the amounts outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify the value of fines outstanding which relate to motoring offences for offenders who live overseas without incurring disproportionate cost as this information could only be obtained by a manual search of all live fine accounts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 211323 question first answered 27/10/2014 15:32:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

100259

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of speeding fines incurred by motorists whose vehicle is registered overseas were paid in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	211323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to encourage payment of impositions and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>When it appears to HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) that an offender is normally resident in another EU country HMCTS can transfer road traffic offence fines, imposed by courts in this country, to other EU jurisdictions for enforcement under the EU Framework Decision on Mutual Recognition of Financial Penalties (MRFP). The Framework Decision obliges Member States to take over enforcement of eligible fines imposed by other Member States’ courts, where the offender is resident or has assets in the enforcing state. All monies collected however are retained by the enforcing Member State.</p><p> </p><p>Where the offender is resident in a non EU country or in one not included in the MRFP Framework there is no mechanism for HMCTS to be able to recover the amounts outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify the value of fines outstanding which relate to motoring offences for offenders who live overseas without incurring disproportionate cost as this information could only be obtained by a manual search of all live fine accounts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 211277 question first answered 27/10/2014 15:32:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

48298

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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, how many Israeli citizens were found to be working in the UK without an appropriate visa in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	196266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table gives the number of Israeli nationals arrested on illegal <br>working type enforcement visits from 2009 to 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Table 1 – Israeli nationals arrested on illegal working type enforcement visits, 2009 to 2013</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrests</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </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></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

78752

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department informed Campsfield House operators Mitie of the advice of the Oxfordshire Fire Service that sprinklers should be fitted there.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	206468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Chief Fire Officer of Oxfordshire wrote to the previous operator of Campsfield House, GEO, in 2007. Mitie were not made aware of this correspondence before the incident last year. Following the incident, sprinklers have now been fitted throughout the centre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/09/2014 16:17:43 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

78753

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason fire sprinklers were not installed at Campsfield House, Oxfordshire prior to the fire in those premises in October 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	206462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Campsfield House was fully compliant with fire safety requirements at the time <br>of the fire in October 2013.</p><p><br>Other older centres, including Campsfield (which is a former HMPS facility) and all the prison sites utilised as Immigration Removal Centres, have had comprehensive fire strategies that do not involve automated fire suppression systems. Sprinklers are one of several options available for fire prevention.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/07/2014 11:47:09 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

78760

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who met the costs of damaged caused by the fire in October 2013 at Campsfield House, Oxfordshire.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	206467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The cost of the re-instatement of Campsfield House was met fully by the <br>operator, MITIE, and their insurers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/07/2014 10:21:59 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

89761

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether staff answering calls to the UK Visas and Immigration MPs' Hotline who are not directly employed by the Home Office receive the same training and have access to the same information as staff who are directly employed.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	207384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>All staff, whether employed directly or via an agency, receive the same training and have access to the same systems.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/09/2014 15:29:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

89762

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of staff answering enquiries to the UK Visas and Immigration MPs' Hotline have been directly employed by the Home Office in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
	uin	207385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Between 1 January and 31 March 2014, two members of the team who answered UK Visas and Immigration MP’s Hotline were employed via an agency.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/09/2014 15:28:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith