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348663

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the work of the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund is co-ordinated at ministerial level; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	1139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Security Council (NSC) approves the overall strategy and direction of the Conflict Security and Stability Fund (CSSF).</p><p>As the Written Ministerial statement of 12 March set out, the NSC has agreed a range of country and regional strategies, along with approaches on peacekeeping and multilateral institutions which together form a strategic framework for NSC Departments to prioritise HMG’s effort to tackle instability and insecurity overseas.</p><p>The NSC has agreed CSSF allocations for FY15/16. These allocations may change during the course of FY15/16 to reflect changing priorities or to enable the Government to respond more effectively to new cases of conflict and instability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 09/06/2015 14:59:19 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

381359

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	London Airports: Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much corporation tax Heathrow and Gatwick Airports paid in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	2632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Ministers are not privy to the details of the tax affairs of individual companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are legally obliged to protect taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/06/2015 16:00:04 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

384676

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of 18 to 24 year old (a) women and (b) men were not in education, employment or training in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) region in England in each of the last four quarters for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	3536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 below shows estimates of the proportion of people aged 18 to 24 not in education, employment or training in regions for quarter 1, 2012 to 2015. This is based on the ONS Labour Force Survey.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Trends should be assessed by comparing the current time period with the same time period in the previous year(s), to account for seasonal effects. Therefore in Table 1, we have shown the latest quarter (January-March 2015) with January-March figures for 2012, 2013 and 2014. Estimates are not available at parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note that these estimates are subject to large sampling variability and should therefore be treated with caution and viewed in conjunction with their Confidence Intervals (CIs), which indicate how accurate an estimate is. For example, a CI of +/-5.5 percentage points means that the sampling variability ranges from 5.5 percentage points above the estimate and 5.5 percentage points below the estimate. Confidence Intervals have also been provided in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Proportion of 18 to 24 year olds not in education, employment or training (NEET) by region</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012 quarter 1</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013 quarter 1</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014 quarter 1</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015 quarter 1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td><td><p><em>CI (+/-)</em></p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td><td><p><em>CI (+/-)</em></p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td><td><p><em>CI (+/-)</em></p></td><td><p>Proportion</p></td><td><p><em>CI (+/-)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>19.9%</p></td><td><p><em>5.5</em></p></td><td><p>20.1%</p></td><td><p><em>6.5</em></p></td><td><p>15.4%</p></td><td><p><em>5.1</em></p></td><td><p>17.0%</p></td><td><p><em>5.7</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>23.5%</p></td><td><p><em>6.0</em></p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td><td><p><em>6.4</em></p></td><td><p>22.7%</p></td><td><p><em>6.2</em></p></td><td><p>26.1%</p></td><td><p><em>6.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21.6%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>4.1</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.6%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21.4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>20.3%</p></td><td><p><em>3.7</em></p></td><td><p>15.7%</p></td><td><p><em>3.6</em></p></td><td><p>16.2%</p></td><td><p><em>3.5</em></p></td><td><p>11.3%</p></td><td><p><em>3.1</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>22.8%</p></td><td><p><em>3.8</em></p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td><td><p><em>3.7</em></p></td><td><p>19.0%</p></td><td><p><em>3.5</em></p></td><td><p>19.1%</p></td><td><p><em>3.8</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21.6%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.6</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.6%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.5</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.5</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>22.7%</p></td><td><p><em>4.2</em></p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td><td><p><em>3.7</em></p></td><td><p>15.0%</p></td><td><p><em>3.8</em></p></td><td><p>17.1%</p></td><td><p><em>4.3</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>21.7%</p></td><td><p><em>3.8</em></p></td><td><p>22.4%</p></td><td><p><em>4.1</em></p></td><td><p>16.8%</p></td><td><p><em>3.8</em></p></td><td><p>19.6%</p></td><td><p><em>4.0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.8</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.8</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.7</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18.3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.9</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>East Midlands<strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>17.2%</p></td><td><p><em>4.6</em></p></td><td><p>11.3%</p></td><td><p><em>3.7</em></p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td><td><p><em>4.5</em></p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td><td><p><em>3.6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p><em>4.4</em></p></td><td><p>22.4%</p></td><td><p><em>4.7</em></p></td><td><p>15.1%</p></td><td><p><em>4.2</em></p></td><td><p>16.4%</p></td><td><p><em>4.4</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>3.2</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.6%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>3.0</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>3.1</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.8</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>18.6%</p></td><td><p><em>4.1</em></p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p><em>4.5</em></p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td><td><p><em>4.2</em></p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td><td><p><em>4.1</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>21.7%</p></td><td><p><em>4.1</em></p></td><td><p>26.7%</p></td><td><p><em>5.0</em></p></td><td><p>23.6%</p></td><td><p><em>4.5</em></p></td><td><p>17.6%</p></td><td><p><em>4.6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.9</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21.8%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>3.4</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20.3%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>3.1</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>3.1</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td><td><p><em>4.1</em></p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td><td><p><em>3.8</em></p></td><td><p>14.5%</p></td><td><p><em>3.9</em></p></td><td><p>11.4%</p></td><td><p><em>3.6</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>17.1%</p></td><td><p><em>4.2</em></p></td><td><p>17.7%</p></td><td><p><em>4.2</em></p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td><td><p><em>3.9</em></p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td><td><p><em>4.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.9</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.8</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.7</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.9</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>14.0%</p></td><td><p><em>3.6</em></p></td><td><p>15.5%</p></td><td><p><em>4.0</em></p></td><td><p>10.7%</p></td><td><p><em>3.1</em></p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td><td><p><em>2.7</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>18.4%</p></td><td><p><em>3.8</em></p></td><td><p>17.2%</p></td><td><p><em>3.8</em></p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td><td><p><em>3.5</em></p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p><em>3.4</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.6</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.7</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.4</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.2</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>10.6%</p></td><td><p><em>2.8</em></p></td><td><p>14.5%</p></td><td><p><em>3.3</em></p></td><td><p>10.3%</p></td><td><p><em>2.8</em></p></td><td><p>9.4%</p></td><td><p><em>2.7</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>17.2%</p></td><td><p><em>3.4</em></p></td><td><p>16.8%</p></td><td><p><em>3.4</em></p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p><em>3.2</em></p></td><td><p>16.2%</p></td><td><p><em>3.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.2</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.6%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.4</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.1</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.2</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>15.1%</p></td><td><p><em>4.2</em></p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td><td><p><em>4.3</em></p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td><td><p><em>3.5</em></p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td><td><p><em>3.9</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>16.4%</p></td><td><p><em>4.2</em></p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p><em>4.5</em></p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td><td><p><em>4.2</em></p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td><td><p><em>3.9</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.9</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.6%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>3.1</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12.8%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.7</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2.8</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>16.6%</p></td><td><p><em>1.3</em></p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td><td><p><em>1.3</em></p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p><em>1.2</em></p></td><td><p>11.8%</p></td><td><p><em>1.2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>19.4%</p></td><td><p><em>1.3</em></p></td><td><p>20.0%</p></td><td><p><em>1.4</em></p></td><td><p>17.3%</p></td><td><p><em>1.3</em></p></td><td><p>17.5%</p></td><td><p><em>1.4</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>0.9</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.6%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>1.0</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15.4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>0.9</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.6%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>0.9</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1) The data source is the Labour Force Survey.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>2) Confidence intervals are measured in percentage points.</p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 25/06/2015 15:45:01 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

384718

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for Harrow West's letters of 23 March 2015 and 14 May 2015 on Ms Dubla of Harrow.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	3528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office replied to the letter of the 23 March from the Hon Member on 7 May. Your MP Account Manager has supplied a further copy of this reply to your office and confirmed that there is no longer a requirement to reply to the letter of the 14 May.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2015 15:50:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

387298

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: 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 members of staff worked in HM Passport Office processing applications for first passports for UK children born overseas in May (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	5453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office deploys its workforce flexibly across different types of work in order to manage performance against service standards. As individual staff process several different types of application it is not possible to provide a breakdown of how many work solely on first time applications for children born overseas.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 14:48:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 11683 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

387299

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: 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 first passports have been issued to British children born overseas in each of the last three years; what the average length of time was to process applications from each overseas country in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	5451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of first time passports issued to children overseas and average processing times are set out in the table below.</p><p>Due to the way management information was captured previously it is not possible to provide comparative data for the number of passports issued to children overseas before January 2014 or a breakdown of processing times by country prior to January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/07/2015 09:50:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 5451 Gareth Thomas Processing Times 1st time child overseas apps v1.2(1).xlsx title First time passports issued to children previous answer version 11682 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

416396

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Sri Lanka: Human Rights
	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 made to his Sri Lankan counterpart on the treatment of Tamil detainees in Sri Lanka since the election of President Maithripala Sirisena; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	8715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>We frequently engage with the government of Sri Lanka on human rights issues including on the treatment of detainees.</p><p>We have raised human rights issues at all levels, as the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), did when he met President Sirisena in March. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), did likewise with the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister on 2 June. I have also raised the issue with the government on a number of occasions, including during my visit to Sri Lanka in January.</p><p>The UK has actively supported the improvement of human rights, accountability and reconciliation in Sri Lanka through multilateral organisations such as the UN, the Commonwealth and the EU as well as through bilateral funding of targeted programmes.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 09/09/2015 14:02:23 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

416397

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have led to a custodial sentence for knife crime in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	8712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of knife possession offences resulting in immediate custody in England and Wales, monthly from April 2014 to March 2015, is available via the link below. The most recent quarterly statistics were published on 11 June at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly-brief-january-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/knife-possession-sentencing-quarterly-brief-january-to-march-2015</a>.</p><p>Following the commencement of the relevant provisions in the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, offenders convicted of a second offence of possession of a knife or offensive weapon and sentenced on or after 17 July 2015 face a minimum custodial sentence of six months.</p><p>The next set of statistics will be published tomorrow</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/09/2015 15:28:16 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

416398

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Driving Offences: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been successfully prosecuted for using a mobile phone while driving in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	8713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of the offence of using a mobile phone while driving in England and Wales, by month, in 2014 can be viewed in the table.</p><p>Court proceedings data for 2015 are planned for publication in May 2016</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/09/2015 15:46:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 8713 - table.xls title mobile phone while driving court statistics, 2014
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

416399

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Middle East: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their counterparts in (i) the United Arab Emirates, (ii) Saudi Arabia, (iii) Kuwait and (iv) Qatar to encourage each of those countries to accept a greater number of Syrian refugees; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	9084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK actively engages and collaborates with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council on humanitarian and development assistance, and the Gulf States continue to contribute generously to humanitarian support for the Syria crisis. Kuwait is the 3rd largest bilateral donor globally, Saudi Arabia is 5th, the UAE 6th and Qatar 10th (the UK is 2nd). Contributions from these four Gulf states to UN appeals alone amount to over $2.5bn. Kuwait chairs the Top Donor Group and has hosted three pledging conferences. The Gulf States are also contributing through regional charities. For example, the UAE funds the Emirates Jordan camp which houses over 6000 refugees.</p><p>I also discussed the issue with my Emirate counterpart, Dr Anwar Gargash, during the UK-UAE taskforce which I attended in Abu Dhabi last week.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/09/2015 15:54:36 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas