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49752

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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, what progress he has made implementing the recommendations of Getting It Right for Victims and Witnesses, Cm 8288, published in January 2012; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	197988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We have made great progress in implementing all recommendations from the ‘Getting it right for victims and witnesses' consultation.</p><p> </p><ul><li>From 1<sup>st</sup> October this year the majority of support services for victims of crime will be commissioned locally by PCCs, who are best placed to understand the needs of victims in their community. MoJ are nationally commissioning a number of services for victims and witnesses, specifically the Homicide Service, the court based witness service and the rape support fund, as well as some national helplines for victims.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Support services, whether commissioned locally or nationally, will for the first time be focused on outcomes, supporting victims to cope with the immediate impacts of crime, and as far as is possible, help them to recover.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime came into force on 10 December 2013. The Code gives victims of crime clearer entitlements from the criminal justice system and tailors services to individual need so they get the right support at the right time. It also includes a section dedicated to people under 18, their parents and guardians and a separate chapter for businesses.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We wanted to give victims a stronger voice in the criminal justice system. That is why the new Victims' Code entitles victims to make a Victim Personal Statement to leave the in no doubt about the impact of their crime on the victim. The Code now includes an improved complaints process.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Government has also published the Witness Charter alongside the Victims' Code, which demonstrates our commitment to improving all witnesses' experience of the criminal justice system.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are currently piloting pre-trial cross-examination in Leeds, Liverpool and Kingston–upon–Thames Crown Courts, allowing vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in advance and sparing them from facing questioning during the trial.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We reformed the Victim Surcharge in October 2012 to increase fines and extend it to a wider range of cases to ensure more offenders pay towards the cost of victims' services. Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) were increased from 1 July 2013 for the same aim. A clause included in the ASB, Crime and Policing Act 2014 will prevent offenders sentenced in the magistrates' courts from discharging the Surcharge as additional days in custody.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We implemented a revised Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in November 2012 that focuses on seriously injured victims of serious crime.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>More money than ever before will be available for services to support victims of crime, with a potential total budget of up to £100m, double MOJ's current spending of around £50m.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64359

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of police hunts for all prisoners who have absconded or escaped from prisons in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	202787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/07/2014 14:16:30 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

64369

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Standford Hill Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the police hunt for Michael Wheatley who absconded from HM Prison Standford Hill on 3 May 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	202784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/07/2014 14:15:31 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227814

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	227826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) provides many of its staff with Blackberrys, but for security reasons the ability to download apps has been disabled. Only one FCO-provided smart phone has authorised news apps downloaded to it. These are the Gorkana press-cuttings and BBC news apps. The apps have been downloaded as part of a pilot to test the viability of smart phone devices for work purposes.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/03/2015 14:56:54 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

62179

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	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	European Union
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which powers he is seeking to repatriate from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	904264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) said in May, Brussels has got too big, too bossy, too interfering. It should be nation states wherever possible, Europe only where necessary.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Our reform priorities are to make the EU more democratically accountable, more competitive and more flexible.</p><p /> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 17/06/2014 14:13:54 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

99836

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	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	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's latest internal guidance for officials on the drafting of answers to parliamentary questions.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Office of the Leader of the House provides guidance to all Departments on the practice of answering Parliamentary Questions.</p><p>The full Guide is available on the gov.uk website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work</a>. A copy of the guidance has already been placed in the Library. The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons intends to review the Guide to Parliamentary Work in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 27/10/2014 15:08:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100811

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department made to international counterparts during the conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Moscow.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Through the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), 179 countries have agreed to work together to reduce smoking rates, to prevent the uptake by children and to minimise the burden that tobacco use has on health. The United Kingdom remains an active participant in the WHO FCTC, as we have been since it began.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK attended the WHO FCTC to work with other countries to agree further on how this can be achieved around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 211811 question first answered 30/10/2014 17:17:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100812

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason his Department attended the conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Moscow.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Through the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), 179 countries have agreed to work together to reduce smoking rates, to prevent the uptake by children and to minimise the burden that tobacco use has on health. The United Kingdom remains an active participant in the WHO FCTC, as we have been since it began.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK attended the WHO FCTC to work with other countries to agree further on how this can be achieved around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 211810 question first answered 30/10/2014 17:17:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100813

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department received urging them to boycott the conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department received no such representations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 16:50:19 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100814

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on attendance at the conference of the parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Moscow; and whose travel, accommodation and other expenses related to attendance at the conference his Department paid for.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	211813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The sixth Conference of the Parties (COP) of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was held in Moscow over 13-18 October 2014. To be able to participate in the full range of business at the COP, the United Kingdom was represented by two officials.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The United Kingdom’s delegation travelled on economy class flights to Moscow and stayed during the COP in the hotel where the conference was held, however total costs are not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2014 16:55:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies