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The statistics on railway suicides in each of the last 10 years are:<\/p>

Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Suicides<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2004/05<\/p><\/td>

193<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2005/06<\/p><\/td>

225<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2006/07<\/p><\/td>

224<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2007/08<\/p><\/td>

207<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2008/09<\/p><\/td>

218<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

238<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

207<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

249<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

246<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

279<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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A comprehensive national rail suicide prevention programme is in place which is managed by Network Rail on behalf of the industry and includes a contract with the Samaritans. The programme has been evaluated by RSSB (formerly the Rail Standards & Safety Board) and, whilst the number of suicides had increased in the past few years, this is in line with an increase at a national level. The evaluation has indicated that the programme has been particularly successful in bringing together a wide range of different organisations in planning, promoting and delivering complex activities at both national and local levels. The training of over 5,600 front line staff has also seen a significant increase in the number of interventions, for example, the British Transport Police recorded a total of 631 interventions that have been made in situations judged as having the potential to result in suicide during 2013/14.<\/p>

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The Department for Transport continues to support the programme and has provided funding to extend the Samaritans contract until 2019. Network Rail is expanding its work in this area and is currently exploring further innovations such as the use of blue lighting at stations following successful trials in Japan.<\/p>

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The UK makes regular representations to the Government of Burma about the living conditions faced by the Rohingya in Rakhine State, which is the key driver of their migration to third countries. We have also raised it with our international partners in the region. The Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), discussed the trafficking of the Rohingya people with the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister at the Asia-Europe meeting in Milan in October last year. We have also raised with the Thai authorities the importance of treating Rohingya refugees in Thailand in line with international humanitarian norms and standards. We continue to make it clear to the Government of Burma that the humanitarian situation in Rakhine must be addressed as a matter of priority. The UK is one of the largest bilateral aid donors to Rakhine, providing £12m since 2012 for humanitarian assistance.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3474", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Anelay of St Johns"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-09T14:38:19.517Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-02-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Burma"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether they have made representations to the government of Burma about reported human trafficking involving removing Rohingya to other countries in the region.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3895", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead"} ], "uin" : "HL4641"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177285", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177285/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Government sees the effective handling of police complaints as critical to public trust in the police. On the 22 July, the Home Secretary launched an end to end review of the entire police complaints system, including the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and the local role played by Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs).

The review looked at the complaints system from start to finish and for all complaints from the most minor to the most serious. Immediately following the review a public consultation on proposals for a reformed police complaints system was launched, which concluded on 5 February.

The proposals include giving a greater role to PCCs in the handling of complaints, ensuring the recording of all complaints, introducing the concept of super-complaints which is used in the financial sector and simplifying the terminology for complaint resolutions. The Government is also committed to providing Her Majesty\u2019s Inspectorate of Constabulary and the IPCC with the tools they need to provide necessary scrutiny of the police complaints system. The Home Secretary has announced that the IPCC would be expanded to enable it to take on all \u2018serious and sensitive\u2019 investigations involving the police.

The proposals would make the complaints system more independent of the police, easier for the public to follow, more focused on resolving complaints locally, and provide a simpler system of appeals.

The Government will formally respond shortly.<\/p>

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The requested information has not been released as it is Border Force policy not to release port-specific staff numbers on grounds of national security.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bates"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Bates"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-09T14:37:05.477Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-02-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "UK Border Force"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what is the present numerical strength of the United Kingdom Border Force employed at (1) Heathrow, and (2) Gatwick, airports; and whether they have plans to increase that strength.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2793", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Eames"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Eames"} ], "uin" : "HL4659"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177297", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/177297/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The use and retention of custody photographs taken by the police is a complex issue and needs careful consideration of the balance between public protection and civil liberties. The Government is reviewing the framework within which the police use these custody images, and expects to be able to report in the Spring.<\/p>

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The British Government does not hold this information as the Council of Europe\u2019s Committee of Ministers is the body responsible for supervising Member States\u2019 implementation of the European Court of Human Rights\u2019 judgments, including on payment of just satisfaction. The UK plays an active role in the Committee of Ministers, and has regularly used this forum to press Russia to comply with Court rulings, in line with its international human rights obligations.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3474", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Anelay of St Johns"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-06T13:26:05.3Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-02-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Russia"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what is the total sum payable by Russia following judgments of the European Court of Human Rights; whether payments have been made in some cases; and whether they will make representations about any delays in payments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Hylton"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Hylton"} ], "uin" : "HL4580"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176961", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176961/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The majority of refugees displaced from Syria, an estimated 3.8 million people, remain in countries neighbouring Syria. That is why the Government has committed £700 million to the emergency response in the region, the second largest bilateral contribution after the USA, helping hundreds of thousands of people in need.

We have not undertaken a formal assessment of the motivation for Syrian migrants to try to reach the European Union, or the routes they choose to get here. However, given the scale of the crisis in Syria and the hardship and human suffering it has caused, it is to be expected that some Syrians will seek to leave the region by whatever routes are available.<\/p>

With millions of people in need in Syria and the region, the Government believes that humanitarian aid and actively seeking to end the conflict are the most effective ways for the UK to help the majority of those displaced, rather than larger scale resettlement. We have made our position on this clear in relevant discussions with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), for example at the UNHCR Global Resettlement Pledging Conference in Geneva on 9 December 2014. We also liaise regularly with the UNHCR at a working level about the relocation of particularly vulnerable displaced Syrians to the UK under the UK\u2019s Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1091", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bates"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Bates"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-02-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "HL4592"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-02-09T15:03:30.097Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-02-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Syria"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what discussions they have had with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees regarding the number of Syrian refugees in Syria\u2019s neighbouring countries who have been identified as being in need of resettlement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/738", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Alton of Liverpool"} ], "uin" : "HL4591"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176962", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/176962/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The majority of refugees displaced from Syria, an estimated 3.8 million people, remain in countries neighbouring Syria. That is why the Government has committed £700 million to the emergency response in the region, the second largest bilateral contribution after the USA, helping hundreds of thousands of people in need.

We have not undertaken a formal assessment of the motivation for Syrian migrants to try to reach the European Union, or the routes they choose to get here. However, given the scale of the crisis in Syria and the hardship and human suffering it has caused, it is to be expected that some Syrians will seek to leave the region by whatever routes are available.<\/p>

With millions of people in need in Syria and the region, the Government believes that humanitarian aid and actively seeking to end the conflict are the most effective ways for the UK to help the majority of those displaced, rather than larger scale resettlement. We have made our position on this clear in relevant discussions with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), for example at the UNHCR Global Resettlement Pledging Conference in Geneva on 9 December 2014. We also liaise regularly with the UNHCR at a working level about the relocation of particularly vulnerable displaced Syrians to the UK under the UK\u2019s Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme.<\/p>

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We do not currently have any plans to review the school starting age in England.<\/p>

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The majority of children in countries from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development attend non-compulsory pre-school education before the age of five.<\/p>

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We believe it is important to ensure that young children receive high-quality age-appropriate education. To this end, all types of setting for children aged from birth up until the end of the school year in which they turn five are required to deliver the early years foundation stage curriculum.<\/p>

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Current UK copyright law is found in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended). It protects the rights of creators, including fine artists and photographers, enabling them to stop people copying either the whole or any substantial part of their work, either directly or indirectly, without the permission of the artist or photographer. This may include, among other things, the reproduction of a photograph in a painting.<\/p>

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However, UK law, in line with the European copyright framework, also provides a number of exceptions to copyright, where, in limited circumstances, some copying may be permitted without requiring permission and without infringing copyright. For example, one UK exception to copyright permits 'fair dealing' with a work for the purposes of caricature, parody or pastiche. European law is clear that the application of that exception in any particular case must strike a fair balance between the interests and rights of rights holder on the one hand and the freedom of expression of the user on the other, taking all the circumstances into account.<\/p>

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In the recent case against the artist Luc Tuymans, the Belgian court ruled that it was not satisfied that the reproduction in that particular case satisfied the criteria for \u2018parody.\u2019 Parody is an autonomous concept in European copyright law.<\/p>

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