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516015

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to help SMEs win public procurement projects.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	904721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>In 2014-15, Central Government spent over £12 billion (27.1%) with small and medium sized businesses, which shows a continued year on year increase in SMEs winning public procurements.</p><p>The Government is determined to deliver its new target of one third of spend with SMEs by the end of this Parliament. The Crown Commercial Service is working with departments to develop and implement individual plans to deliver in 2020.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/04/2016 14:44:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

674246

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2017
	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	Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU
	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 steps she is taking to ensure that UK agricultural produce will have access to EU markets after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	908265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Defra is working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union and the Department for International Trade to ensure the UK gets the best possible deal on market access for our agri-food sector when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, we want a reciprocal deal that delivers no tariffs on trade between the UK and EU. We are also working to minimise burdensome non-tariff-barriers to such trade, while maintaining high standards for food safety, animal welfare and the environment.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 19/01/2017 17:23:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

686099

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	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	Dogs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from what countries dogs were imported into the UK for (a) non-commercial reasons under the Pet Travel Scheme and (b) commercial reasons in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	63358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The countries from which dogs were imported into the UK in 2016 for non-commercial reasons under the Pet Travel Scheme, as indicated in data provided by carriers, are listed in part (a) of the attached Annex. Countries from which dogs were imported into the UK for commercial reasons are listed in part (b).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/02/2017 18:02:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name Annex PQ 63358 16.doc title annex PQ 63358
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

523064

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Egypt: Non-governmental Organisations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has (a) received and (b) made to the Egyptian government on investigations in Egypt into non-governmental organisations and their funding which form part of Case No. 173 (2011).
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	39317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>We have received representations from both Parliamentarians and non-governmental organisations in relation to this case.</p><p>We are deeply concerned by growing restrictions on civil society in Egypt, including asset freezes and travel bans against human rights defenders and NGOs. I have frequently raised this with the Egyptian Ambassador and issued a statement on 22 March. Officials regularly raise our concerns with representatives of the Egyptian Government in both Cairo and London, most recently in May.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/06/2016 11:30:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

539649

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children with refugee status in the UK have been granted permission to sponsor family members to join them under the refugee family reunion rules in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	43152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>Under the Family Reunion Rules, children cannot sponsor family members. Any grant of leave in such cases would be on an exceptional basis outside the Immigration Rules. To obtain the information would involve examining individual case records and would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/07/2016 15:10:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

686176

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals to the National Referral Mechanism under the claim of adult-sexual exploitation resulted in positive conclusive decisions in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	63356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of positive conclusive decisions made through the National Referral Mechanism for claims of adult-sexual exploitation are*:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Positive conclusive decisions*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>216</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*The data is based on management information provided by the National Crime Agency. The veracity of this information has not been verified by the Home Office</em></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/02/2017 13:24:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

517268

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Middle East: Islamic State
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of ISIL on migration flows in the Middle East.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	904859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The appalling violence that Daesh inflicts is a contributory factor to migration both within and from the Middle East. There are 13.5 million vulnerable and displaced people inside Syria, and over 4.8 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring counties. That is why the UK has pledged over £2.3 billion to Syria and the region, the largest ever UK response to a humanitarian crisis.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 04/05/2016 15:19:17 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

687271

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	World Trade Organisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the WTO.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	908698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p><em>I have had a number of constructive discussions with the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevedo, including a recent face-to-face meeting and I will have many more such meetings. He has been very supportive of the UK’s position. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>I have also met Ministers and Permanent Representatives from a broad cross-section of WTO Members.</em></p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 09/02/2017 17:56:18 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

622681

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	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 tackle drug use in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	906958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The government is determined to tackle the problem of drugs in prisons in England and Wales by addressing both supply and demand.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced new legislation to criminalise supply and possession of psychoactive substances in prison. We have developed and introduced new tests for specified psychoactive substances into all prisons, and have trained 300 dogs to detect such substances.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with healthcare partners to provide effective drug treatment programmes and on communications to make sure that prisoners are aware of the dangers of taking psychoactive substances and visitors of the consequences of attempting to bring them in.</p><p> </p><p>We will shortly set out further details of our plans to make prisons places of safety and reform in a white paper.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 01/11/2016 17:26:03 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

708592

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	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 ensure that prisoners receive the education they need to ensure a reduction in reoffending.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
	uin	66542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>We are clear that our prisons must become places of discipline, hard work and self-improvement, for offenders to improve their maths and English and get a job on release</p><p><br> Alongside our work to boost staffing numbers, these reforms will help offenders turn their lives around, reduce reoffending and create safer communities.</p><p> </p><p>Our recent White Paper on prison reform described how we have already stripped out unnecessary rules and governance from our education contracts to allow governors more oversight and control of existing services. Over the coming months, we will make prison governors fully responsible for education provision in their prisons once existing contracts end, commissioning the services they think are most appropriate in their individual prison. This will allow governors to decide how to structure their educational regime, and who delivers it, while following a core common curriculum set nationally which will focus on maths and English.</p><p> </p><p>To support this, prisons will create a personalised learning plan based on an assessment of need on reception, integrating it into the individual’s sentence plan, and we will use the same awarding bodies for particular types of provision to enable continuity of learning if prisoners move elsewhere. To ensure the quality of education delivery in prison improves, we will make sure that those providing that education have the right skills and capabilities to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The White Paper <em>Prison Safety and Reform</em> set out a suite of performance measures through which governors will be held to account for outcomes in their prisons including educational progress made by prisoners. We will compare levels of attainment of maths and English on release with those at the start of custody, and look at the number of qualifications, or other accredited and work-focussed activity, prisoners complete. In future, we will develop measures that assess individual progress against milestones in a Personal Learning Plan.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/03/2017 18:00:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael