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418491

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration was given to the findings of the inspection of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre, published on 20 May 2015, in making the decision to award new contracts for the running of that centre.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	10057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The procurement process for the operation of both Rainsbrook STC and Medway STC was undertaken objectively and transparently against the published evaluation criteria and in accordance with the published evaluation booklet that was signed up to by bidders as part of the procurement process.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/09/2015 12:01:51 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418492

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timescales and processes are for the handover of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre from G4S Care and Justice Services to MTCnovo
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	10086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board intends to extend the contract with G4S at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre for five months to ensure a smooth transfer to the new provider.<br> <br> During this period MTCnovo's mobilisation team will work on site with G4S to manage the transfer. <br> <br> YJB staff will also work on site with both MTCnovo and G4S to monitor the progress of mobilisation and transformation and to ensure young people are accommodated in a safe and stable environment throughout.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 22/09/2015 09:32:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418489

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Training Centres: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria were used to award the contracts for running Rainsbrook and Medway secure training centres.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	10087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2015 answer text <p>Tenders to run Rainsbrook and Medway secure training centres were evaluated using a standard approach balancing quality and price. This included criteria relating to the quality of proposals for custodial services, property and facilities management, mobilisation and ICT.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/10/2015 15:08:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418488

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Training Centres: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual cost per place of (a) MTCnovo's contract to run Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and (b) G4S Care and Justice Services contract to run Medway Secure Training Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	10089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>Secure Training Centres (STCs) play an important role in helping young people to reform and turn their lives around. They typically cater for younger offenders with multiple or complex needs, and therefore have smaller units and higher staff ratios than some other youth establishments.</p><p>The estimated average annual cost per place over the 5 year contract period at Rainsbrook STC is £136k and at Medway STC it is £138k. These figures are based on the bid price, uplifted in line with forecasted inflation.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 13/11/2015 14:47:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

420022

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	China: Nuclear Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for the security of sensitive nuclear information of the agreement announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 21 September 2015 on commercial nuclear co-operation with China.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	11184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Security in the civil nuclear industry is of paramount importance to the Government. The UK has in place, robust security regulations which are enforced by an independent regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation. These regulations cover sensitive nuclear information as well as holdings of nuclear material and nuclear sites. The Government keeps the regulatory framework for security in the civil nuclear industry under continuous review. The Government welcomes Chinese investment to the UK, including in the nuclear energy sector.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 16/10/2015 10:56:45 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

419866

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Loan Guarantee Scheme: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the loan guarantee facility offered to Chinese nuclear companies in his announcement in Beijing on 21 September 2015 remains within the scope of the European Commission's state aid decision of 8 October 2014 concerning the Hinkley Point C project; and when the Government informed the Commission of that new loan guarantee.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	11185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s announcement on 21 September 2015 set out that the government and the Hinkley Point C project company had agreed the terms of a £2 billion guarantee through the UK Guarantees Scheme. This guarantee is the first tranche of debt guarantees that was approved as part of the European Commission’s approval of the wider support package for Hinkley Point C. The government is satisfied that the guarantee remains within the terms set out by the EU Commission.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/10/2015 15:08:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

420327

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department first learnt of the installation by Volkswagen of software to distort emissions tests on diesel vehicles; and what steps he took in response to that information.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	11186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The government first became aware of the installation of software fitted to Volkswagen vehicles to distort emissions tests following the announcement of the US Environmental Protection Agency investigation in the US on 18 September 2015.</p><p>In response, the Vehicle Certification Agency, the UK regulator, has started investigations to establish whether this affects other manufacturers.</p><p>As part of this work they will re-run laboratory tests where necessary and compare them against real world driving emissions.</p><p>The government have called on the EU to conduct a Europe wide investigation into whether there is evidence that cars here have been fitted with illegal defeat devices.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/10/2015 10:43:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

419869

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Infrastructure Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what planning powers he plans to provide to the National Infrastructure Commission; and what the relationship is between the remit of that Commission and the powers exercised by the (a) devolved administrations and (b) Secretaries of State for (i) Transport, (ii) Energy and Climate Change and (iii) Communities and Local Government.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	11187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury will soon consult on what planning powers will be given to the National Infrastructure Commission, and on its remit.</p><br /><p>It will initially focus on areas of UK government competence. Where spending is devolved, it will be a matter for the devolved governments whether they wish to work with the Commission and how to respond to any recommendations it makes.</p><br /><p>The Commission will provide objective analysis and an independent view on infrastructure needs, but Government will retain the final say on policy and which projects receive government support in being delivered.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/10/2015 15:09:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

420306

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Vehicle Certification Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the proportion of income received by the Vehicle Certification Agency from vehicle manufacturers.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	11188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The majority of the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) income is generated through charging industry for type approval services, using fees which are set by the Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2149) (as amended) on a cost recovery basis, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport. VCA provides services to a broad spectrum of organisations in the UK including not only motor manufacturers, but also a large number of independent SMEs operating across the wider business sector, which includes trailer manufacturersandbraking component suppliers. VCA has had a total of 1,155 active customers over the past 12 months, all of which were charged in line with the statutory fees for the work VCA complete to ensure EU legislation is adhered to across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/10/2015 10:46:37 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

420223

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Arrests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested for possession of cannabis in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	11259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this data centrally. The Home Office collects data on the number of people arrested for drug offences and on the number stopped and searched on suspicion of drug offences. However, cannabis possession offences cannot be separately identified. These data are published in the annual Police Powers and Procedures statistical publication, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales</p><p>The next release is scheduled for Thursday 19th November and will cover the period up to the year ending 31 March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 11262 question first answered 14/10/2015 16:32:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn