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227954

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which approved news applications staff in the Government Equalities Office are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>GEO users are not prevented from downloading any news applications for use on their work-provided phones and tablets.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/03/2015 17:38:43 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

100905

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Burglary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at which courts people with 15 or more previous convictions were not sent to prison on conviction for burglary in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	211920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent judiciary, taking account of the circumstances of the case and the maximum penalty for the offence. But when sentencing an offender the courts must treat recent and relevant previous convictions as an aggravating factor. There is also a mandatory minimum sentence of three years’ imprisonment for a third conviction for domestic burglary. The sentencing guideline for burglary aims to ensure that the effect on victims is at the centre of considerations about what sentence each offender should receive. The average custodial sentence length for domestic burglary has increased from 21.4 months in 2009 to 23.6 months in 2013.</p><p>This Government is committed to strengthening sentences, so that they combine both punishment and requirements that are effective at preventing further offending. We are transforming rehabilitation, by bringing together the best of the public, private and voluntary sectors, and only rewarding them when they actually do reduce re-offending.</p><p>During the 12 months ending June 2014, all local justice areas sentenced at least one offender with 15 or more previous convictions to a sentence that did not entail immediate custody for their latest conviction of a burglary offence.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/03/2015 17:54:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227917

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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	227830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>MoJ staff can access any news websites via their internet browser. We do block some sites but this does not typically include news sites. In terms of downloadable applications we enable the BBC App and others on demand.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/03/2015 10:27:39 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
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

227841

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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	227827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Staff in the Department are not allowed to download any news applications onto their work-provided phones.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The relatively small number of mostly senior staff who use tablets provided by the Department can download news applications, subject to conformance with the Department’s Acceptable Use of ICT Policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/03/2015 16:02:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227955

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which approved new applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>All applications on DWP phones and tablets are preloaded and secure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 14:00:38 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227945

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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	227833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Staff in the Department for Transport and its Agencies are not authorised to download any news applications on their work provided phones and tablets. There is an exception for staff in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) where the following official news applications are available in their works app store to download to their work-provided devices:</p><p> </p><p>· Sky News</p><p>· GOV.UK news</p><p>· Microsoft (Bing) news</p><p> </p><p>Some devices are configured for business and personal use. Application downloads on the business side are prohibited. On the personal side, staff can download applications from the relevant app store at their own expense, but no record is kept.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/03/2015 11:15:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227769

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Mobile devices available to staff in the Department for Education do not permit the downloading of non-standard applications. No ‘news’ applications are available on mobile devices issued to staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Staff can access ‘news’ websites via the internet and are bound by the Department’s ‘Acceptable Use of Information Technology’ policy. There are no current plans to change this policy to allow application downloads.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 24/03/2015 14:27:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227745

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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	227820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>News applications currently available to DCMS users are BBC News, Sky News, The Daily Mail, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Mirror, The Spectator, The Sun, The Telegraph and The Times.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 24/03/2015 11:17:45 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227695

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	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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	227816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Staff are not prevented from downloading any news applications for use on their work-provided phones and tablets.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/03/2015 10:29:40 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies