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42695

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people aged 18 to 24 years old in Scotland have been unemployed for (a) six months, (b) one year, (c) two years and (d) more than two years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	191751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ191751.pdf title Unemployment in Scotland - ONS Letter
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

42697

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Government department has allocated to charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institutions to deliver programmes through the Charities Act 2006 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	191743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p>Cabinet Office is investing £470 million over the Spending Review period directly to support charities and voluntary groups. In most cases these payments are made under the Charities Act 2006.</p><p>Data on the legal powers exercised to make these and previous allocations to charitable, benevolent and philanthropic institutions by the Cabinet Office is not held. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

42709

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of individual taxpayers in each £1,000 band of gross income between £40,000 and £70,000.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	191879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>HM TREASURY</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>David Ruffley MP</p><p> </p><p><strong>BURY ST EDMUNDS</strong></p><p> </p><p>To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the numbers of individual taxpayers in each £1,000 band of gross income between £40,000 and £70,000. 191879</p><p> </p><p>DAVID GAUKE</p><p>The estimates requested are in the table attached.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of taxpayers <br>(thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Income in £1,000 bands<br>(lower bound £)</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>2011-12<sub>(1)</sub></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Projections from</strong></p><p><strong>2011-12 data</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14<sub>(2)</sub></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15<sub>(2)</sub></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>40,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>41,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>278</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>42,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>43,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>257</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>44,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>45,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>46,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>47,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>48,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>49,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>50,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>51,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>52,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>53,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>54,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>55,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>56,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>57,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>58,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>59,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>60,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>61,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>62,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>63,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>64,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>65,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>66,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>67,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>68,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>69,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>(1) These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes 2011-12 which is the latest year for which outturn data is available.</p><p> </p><p>(2) These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes 2011-12 projected forward using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility's December 2013 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

42710

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of raising the income tax personal allowance for 2014-15 from £10,000, (a) £10,550, (b) £11,000, (c) £11,500, (d) £12,000, (e) £12,500 and (f) £13,000.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	191880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The cost of raising the income tax personal allowance may be approximated using the “Direct effects of illustrative tax changes” table as published on the internet at the following address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

42793

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount of (a) tobacco and cigar products, (b) Class A and B drugs and (c) alcohol products were recovered by the Border Agency or its predecessor (i) in total value and (ii) from all ports and airports in the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	191690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>[holding answer 17 March 2014]</p><p>Statistics on drugs, alcohol and tobacco seized at the border are published by the Home Office on a quarterly basis and can be found at the below links. We do not hold data on the total value of these seizures.</p><p>Tax revenue protected by the detention of undeclared goods - publications - http://<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-revenue-from-undeclared-goods" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-revenue-from-undeclared-goods</a></p><p>Drug seizures by Border Force in the UK, 2011 to 2013 - Publications - <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-seizures-made-by-border-force-in-the-uk" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-seizures-made-by-border-force-in-the-uk</a></p><p>Seizures of drugs in England and Wales, 2010 to 2011 - Publications - <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p><p>Please note the 2010 to 2011 Seizure of Drugs statistics are for England and Wales only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

42809

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-EU students (a) came to the UK and (b) departed the UK in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	191830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ191830.pdf title EU and Non EU Students - ONS Letter
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

42812

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to record the departure of non-EU students as they leave the UK at the end of their studies.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	191828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics long-term international migration data <br>include estimates of the numbers of students leaving the UK. At the request of <br>the Home Office and other migration statistics users, the ONS has improved its <br>methodology with an aim to identify emigrants who had originally arrived as <br>students. This has assisted in assessing the contribution of students to <br>overall net migration. It is estimated that 49,000 non-EU migrants, who had <br>previously immigrated for study, had emigrated from the UK in the year ending <br>September 2013. <br><br>HM Government has made a commitment to reintroduce exit checks. By 2015, we <br>will have checks in place on those who leave the UK by scheduled international <br>air, sea and rail services. Introducing exit checks will improve our ability to <br>confirm departure and to identify those who have failed to leave the UK when <br>they should have done so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

42815

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals convicted of (a) murder or (b) attempted murder in each of the last 10 years have been released with exclusion zones forming a part of their licence arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	191826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer these questions without carrying out a manual search through all relevant individual offender files, at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Conditions such as an exclusion zone may be applied to an offender's licence where it is necessary to manage the risk that the individual offender poses following release into the community - and where it is proportionate to that risk. Where qualifying victims have exercised their statutory right to make representations about the offender's licence conditions, the exclusion zone set will take into account those representations. In each case, the supervising officer proposes conditions as appropriate and requests these from the appropriate authority, which applies it to the licence on behalf of the Secretary of State. In the case of determinate sentence prisoners, the authority is the prison governor; in the case of indeterminate sentence prisoners, or others whose release is on the direction of the Parole Board, the authority is the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>These conditions must be kept under review, and are intended to be flexible to the possible resettlement needs of an offender in the community and any new risks that arise.</p><p> </p><p>An exclusion zone will rarely be absolute, as it is recognised that there may be exceptional reasons why the offender needs to enter the exclusion zone. Thus, where an exclusion zone is included in the offender's licence, it will usually be open to the supervising officer to grant the offender permission to enter the exclusion zone, for a temporary period and for a specific purpose.</p><p> </p><p>As this is a purely localised decision, there is no national record of the number of occasions such permission has been given. It is, therefore, not possible to answer the questions regarding how many times an offender has been granted permission to enter the exclusion zone applied to his licence.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the last 10 years is not available in the required electronic format to answer the question relating to numbers of offenders with exclusion zones included in their licence. To provide such information would again require a manual interrogation of offenders' records and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 191781 191795 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

42820

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions an individual on licence for an attempted murder conviction has been granted permission to enter an exclusion zone which has been formed as part of their licence arrangement in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	191781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer these questions without carrying out a manual search through all relevant individual offender files, at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Conditions such as an exclusion zone may be applied to an offender's licence where it is necessary to manage the risk that the individual offender poses following release into the community - and where it is proportionate to that risk. Where qualifying victims have exercised their statutory right to make representations about the offender's licence conditions, the exclusion zone set will take into account those representations. In each case, the supervising officer proposes conditions as appropriate and requests these from the appropriate authority, which applies it to the licence on behalf of the Secretary of State. In the case of determinate sentence prisoners, the authority is the prison governor; in the case of indeterminate sentence prisoners, or others whose release is on the direction of the Parole Board, the authority is the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>These conditions must be kept under review, and are intended to be flexible to the possible resettlement needs of an offender in the community and any new risks that arise.</p><p> </p><p>An exclusion zone will rarely be absolute, as it is recognised that there may be exceptional reasons why the offender needs to enter the exclusion zone. Thus, where an exclusion zone is included in the offender's licence, it will usually be open to the supervising officer to grant the offender permission to enter the exclusion zone, for a temporary period and for a specific purpose.</p><p> </p><p>As this is a purely localised decision, there is no national record of the number of occasions such permission has been given. It is, therefore, not possible to answer the questions regarding how many times an offender has been granted permission to enter the exclusion zone applied to his licence.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the last 10 years is not available in the required electronic format to answer the question relating to numbers of offenders with exclusion zones included in their licence. To provide such information would again require a manual interrogation of offenders' records and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 191795 191826 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

42821

registered interest
date	12/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a convicted attempted murderer released on licence has been allowed to enter an exclusion zone formed as part of their licence arrangement within one week of their release in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	191795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer these questions without carrying out a manual search through all relevant individual offender files, at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Conditions such as an exclusion zone may be applied to an offender's licence where it is necessary to manage the risk that the individual offender poses following release into the community - and where it is proportionate to that risk. Where qualifying victims have exercised their statutory right to make representations about the offender's licence conditions, the exclusion zone set will take into account those representations. In each case, the supervising officer proposes conditions as appropriate and requests these from the appropriate authority, which applies it to the licence on behalf of the Secretary of State. In the case of determinate sentence prisoners, the authority is the prison governor; in the case of indeterminate sentence prisoners, or others whose release is on the direction of the Parole Board, the authority is the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>These conditions must be kept under review, and are intended to be flexible to the possible resettlement needs of an offender in the community and any new risks that arise.</p><p> </p><p>An exclusion zone will rarely be absolute, as it is recognised that there may be exceptional reasons why the offender needs to enter the exclusion zone. Thus, where an exclusion zone is included in the offender's licence, it will usually be open to the supervising officer to grant the offender permission to enter the exclusion zone, for a temporary period and for a specific purpose.</p><p> </p><p>As this is a purely localised decision, there is no national record of the number of occasions such permission has been given. It is, therefore, not possible to answer the questions regarding how many times an offender has been granted permission to enter the exclusion zone applied to his licence.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the last 10 years is not available in the required electronic format to answer the question relating to numbers of offenders with exclusion zones included in their licence. To provide such information would again require a manual interrogation of offenders' records and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 191781 191826 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram