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694252

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Housing: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing people over 65 with advice on the prevention of fires in domestic homes.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	65519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>It is for individual fire and rescue services to determine how best they can use their resources to mitigate the risks associated with fire in their communities. Over 65’s are disproportionately represented in fire fatality statistics; they consistently make up about 50% of those who die in dwelling fires, yet make up less than 18% of the population.</p><p><br>Of the 581,000 visits by fire and rescue services to individuals in their own homes carried out in 2015/16, nearly half (268,000) were made to those aged 65 and over.</p><p><br>These visits are designed to help householders to assess the risk of fire and enable fire and rescue services to provide them with tailored fire prevention advice and, in some cases, with products designed to minimise the risks should a fire break out. These could include smoke alarms, flame retardant bedding, electric deep fat fryers and, in some cases, personal fire suppression systems.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 06/03/2017 16:11:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

62423

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against 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 sexual abuse cases involving children there have been in (a) Bolton, (b) Lancashire, (c) England, (d) Scotland and (e) Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	201142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Home Office Statistics does not collect information on sexual abuse cases <br>involving children.<br><br>While the Home Office does hold data for offences covered by the Sexual <br>Offences Act 2003 (which may cover some sexual abuse offences), we do not hold <br>data on how many cases there are. <br><br>The Department for Education collects and publishes information on the numbers <br>of children referred to and assessed by children's social services in England. <br>This includes statistics at local authority level on the number of children who <br>are subject of a child protection plan by category of abuse, including sexual <br>abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 17/07/2014 14:16:45 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

45318

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 steps she has taken to ensure the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme delivers a cost effective network that meets the standards of security and resilience essential for mission-critical communications.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	194001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Programme has undertaken an extensive market engagement exercise to help <br>determine the technical and commercial feasibility of the proposed Emergency <br>Services Network (ESN). The results of these industry soundings indicate that <br>it should be possible to move to Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) solution based <br>technologies that will be more cost effective and will allow the Emergency <br>Services communications to evolve in line with developments in the consumer <br>market. The outline business case, approved in March 2014, included costs for <br>the security and resilience enhancements required to provide the appropriate <br>service levels for ESN users.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

45319

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 assurances she has received from operators of commercially available mobile networks that the emergency services will be able to over-ride commercial or public traffic during emergencies.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	194000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme has worked with the <br>Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) since February 2013, running a series of <br>supplier workshops and market engagement sessions throughout 2013 and the first <br>quarter of 2014 ahead of procurement launch. The MNOs have run a series of <br>capability demonstrations, organised by the Programme, to showcase development <br>of this technical solution. The Programme has confidence that this capability <br>is deliverable. The MNOs met the Minister for the Cabinet Office during <br>February 2014, where they confirmed their ability and willingness to deliver <br>the technology required to enable the emergency services to operate effectively <br>over a commercially available mobile network, including provision of <br>prioritisation of Emergency Service traffic.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

45320

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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 discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers about proposals for the emergency services communications network to be operated on a commercially available network.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	193999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The recommendation to base the replacement communication system, for the <br>emergency services, on a commercially available network was agreed during <br>development of the Emergency Service Mobile Communications Programme Business <br>Case. This preferred direction of travel and alternative options, were briefed <br>to ACPO, and were written with the involvement, assurance and approval of the 3 <br>emergency services, funding departments and the devolved governments of Wales <br>and Scotland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi