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43906

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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, what assessment her Department has made of the outcome of the recent Illegal Wildlife Trade conference and the resulting London Declaration; and what steps she plans to take to ensure that animal welfare is a key element of her Department's response to that declaration.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	192662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office recognises that the illegal wildlife trade is not only a serious threat to our environment, but is also a transnational criminal industry worth billions of pounds every year, and one which drives corruption and insecurity and undermines efforts to cut poverty and develop sustainable economic opportunities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I was therefore pleased that world leaders from over forty nations, including key states such as Botswana, Chad, China, Gabon, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Vietnam, alongside the United States and Russia, gathered in London on 13 February 2014 and made a political commitment to take actions to eradicate the demand for illegal wildlife products, strengthen law enforcement, ensure effective legal frameworks, and to reduce the incentive for communities in source countries to get involved in the trade by supporting the development of alternative, sustainable livelihoods. I co-chaired part of the proceedings to underline the Home Office's commitment to this issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will continue to work with other departments to ensure that the Government delivers on the UK Commitment to Action on the Illegal Wildlife Trade.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

45034

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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
	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 facilities exist for the retention and care of non-native wildlife species confiscated in the UK; where those facilities are located; and how many times such non-native wildlife species confiscated have been returned to the people or location where they were first confiscated.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	193703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Non-native wildlife specimens (including plants) may be retained for various reasons by the Police, UK Border Force (UKBF), Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (RBG Kew), local authorities and other organisations such as the RSPCA.</p><p>RBG Kew has a Plant Quarantine Unit and keeps records of all plant material entering its collections but not records of confiscated specimens that are returned to the people or location they were confiscated from.</p><p> </p><p>UKBF re-homes seized wildlife after having consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, the UK's CITES scientific authority for fauna, on appropriate location. It has not been UK practice to return wildlife to countries of export as there is no guarantee of its return to the wild or that it will not re-enter illegal trade. UKBF does not disclose publically the locations where seized items are held. All seized animals remain the property of the crown.</p><p>No police-run facilities exist for the retention and care of non-native wildlife species confiscated in the UK: each case is dealt with on an ad-hoc basis. Information about returned specimens is not held centrally.</p><p>Defra does not hold information about holding facilities used by local authorities and other organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

48329

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions under the Hunting Act 2004 there were in 2013; how many of those prosecutions were successful; and what offences these prosecutions involved.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	196479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2013 are planned for publication in May 2014.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227773

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults were enrolled on (a) Level 4, (b) Level 5 and (c) Level 6 courses in England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	227916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1b of the Statistical First Release ‘Higher Education Enrolments and Qualifications Obtained in the UK 2013/14’ provides the number of enrolments at both Higher Education Institutions and Further Education Colleges by qualification aim.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on how higher education qualification aims are ascribed to the National Vocational Qualification Levels is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a%5e_%5eCOURSEAIM.html" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a^_^COURSEAIM.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 25/03/2015 15:04:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 52018 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

421770

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	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	Adult Education: Sheffield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether primary legislation is required to implement the proposals on the adult skills budget in the Sheffield City Region Devolution Agreement, announced on 2 October 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	12160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>One of the conditions for full devolution of adult skills funding in relation to the Sheffield City Region is that Parliament has legislated to enable transfer of the current statutory duties on my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to secure appropriate facilities for further education for adults from the relevant budget and for provision to be free in certain circumstances. Primary legislation would be needed for that purpose.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 21/10/2015 14:53:20 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

384949

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Government funding has been allocated to increase the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	3923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to treble the number of apprenticeships in food, farming and agri-tech is a key part of the Government’s overall programme to increase apprenticeships, which is led and funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The future funding of apprenticeships will, as with all Government expenditure be considered as part of the next Spending Review. Our priority is to grow the number of apprenticeships and we will fund accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 4215 question first answered 30/06/2015 14:41:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

384952

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many apprenticeships will be created at (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level in the food, farming and agri-tech sectors in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	3916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not have targets for intermediate, advanced or higher level apprenticeships. Apprenticeships are real jobs with training. The locations and sectors where apprenticeships are available are determined by employers offering opportunities. The Food and Drink Federation recently pledged to increase the number of level 3 apprentices in food and drink manufacturing by 20% by 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/06/2015 13:33:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

384954

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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: Apprentices
	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 recent discussions she has had with representatives of the food and farming industry on apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	3918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has discussed apprenticeships during a number of meetings with the food and farming industry. We will continue to do so as we take forward proposals for a long-term plan to promote growth in our food and farming sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/06/2015 13:37:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

387487

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	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: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings her Department has had with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on trebling the the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	5347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Officials in Defra and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills meet regularly to discuss how to treble the number of apprenticeships in food, farming and agri-tech. We will continue to work closely with other government departments and the food and farming sector to achieve the Government’s commitment on apprenticeships.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/07/2015 13:03:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

387488

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	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: Apprentices
	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 her Department is taking to achieve the commitment to treble the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	5346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Defra is working with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to achieve the Government’s commitment to treble the number of apprenticeships in food, farming and agri-tech. This will be an important part of the Government’s overall programme to increase apprenticeships during this Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/07/2015 13:00:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith