receiving outstanding feedback from colleagues or external customers.<\/li><\/ul> <\/p>
From the scheme\u2019s launch in June 2013 to December 2013, 360 staff received a reward with an average payment of £34. From January 2014 to September 2014, 285 staff received a reward with an average payment of £30.<\/p>
<\/p>
I am unsure of whether the hon. Member wishes to disparage such small-scale bonuses because they may involve giving out shopping vouchers, yet we believe that they are a cost-effective way of improving staff performance within Whitehall and delivering a better service to the public.<\/p>
<\/p>
Indeed, the vouchers given for saving taxpayers\u2019 money have delivered at least £40,000 of quantifiable savings and further efficiency improvements on top. Under the Labour Government, the state congratulated those that regulated more, spent more and taxed more. We want to reward those who regulate less, spend less and tax less.<\/p>
<\/p>
I would hope the hon. Member, as a Co-operative Party MP, supports the underlying principles of staff involvement, economic participation and self-improvement which we are embracing.<\/p>
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The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) publishes a quarterly statistics bulletin recording Freedom of Information responses from all Government Departments, including the Ministry of Defence. The bulletin includes tables showing how many requests were granted in full, or resulted in some or all information being withheld. The MOJ statistics bulletin can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics<\/p>"}
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I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 1 September 2014, (Official Report, column 95W). Since that answer, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has spent a further £17,470.52 in 2013-14, bringing the total in that financial year to £66,319.58. In the current financial year, to date the MOD has spent £14,471.00.<\/p>"}
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There are currently 926 Service Family accommodation properties in Colchester. On 30 September 2014, 124 of these were unoccupied.<\/p>
Of these 124 unoccupied, 50 were three-bedroomed and 29 were four-bedroomed properties.<\/p>
The Ministry of Defence always maintains a management margin of vacant properties, in order to ensure that properties are available for incoming families and to allow for essential maintenance.<\/p>
36 of the 124 properties have since been allocated to families. They are due to move in these in the near future.<\/p>
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In the UK's view, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada includes policy areas that are Member State competence and as such should be a mixed agreement.<\/p>"}
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Article 2(3) of the European Convention on Extradition allows a Contracting Party to exclude offences from the application of the Convention where its domestic law does not allow extradition for those offences. At the time of ratification in May 1991, the UK made two reservations concerning Article 2 of the Convention. One of these reserved the right to refuse extradition if it appears, in relation to the offence(s) in respect of which a person's return is sought, that by reason of its trivial nature, or because the accusation is not made in good faith in the interests of justice, extradition would in all the circumstances be unjust or oppressive. The UK has not made any further reservations or notifications concerning Article 2.
Other Contracting Parties may also exclude offences under Article 2(3), making this a less effective tool than the European Arrest Warrant for returning wanted British criminals to face justice.
Under the Convention, extradition takes longer and is more expensive than surrender under the European Arrest Warrant. It is also less effective as a Contracting Party may also refuse to extradite its own nationals under the Convention, which means that some people may never face justice.
In non-European Arrest Warrant cases, the following EU Member States havean absolute bar on extraditing their own nationals to the UK:
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
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France
Germany
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Latvia
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A further nine have made declarations to the European Convention on Extradition to the effect that they will not extradite their own nationals:
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Hungary
Lithuania
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Portugal
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Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private
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Although one aspect of the investigation has been discontinued, a live investigation continues to be progressed. Accordingly, it wouldnot be appropriate to comment further.
The information requested regarding costs is not readily available and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.<\/p>
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