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101753

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout the Law Officers' Departments' buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in the Law Officers' Departments which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	212618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments are committed to reducing their energy usage and where it is cost effective to do would consider replacing lighting with LED systems. However there are currently no plans to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout the Law Officers' Departments' buildings and sites, most of which are leasehold.</p><p>At present, neither of the buildings currently occupied by the Attorney General’s Office or Serious Fraud Office have any LED lighting, and the Treasury Solicitor’s Department and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate only have LED lighting in the lift lobby area of their main building.</p><p>The CPS have replaced the lighting on one floor of their headquarters building with an LED system, but do not hold a central record of the technical specifications of the lighting systems in use in all of its buildings. To verify the details of all lighting systems would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Law Officers’ Departments reduced CO2 emissions by 29% in 2012/13 exceeding the Greening Government Commitment (GGC) target to reduce CO2 emissions by 25% by 2014/15 compared to 2009/10.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/11/2014 15:49:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

101615

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in Crown Courts in Wales in each of the last five calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	212436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the numbers of defendants and the outcome of prosecution proceedings, divided into twelve Principal Offence Categories, including ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p>The category of ‘Fraud and Forgery, includes offences prosecuted by way of the Fraud Act 2006, fraudulently evading income tax, VAT, excise duty or national insurance, bankruptcy offences, money laundering, forgery or using a false instrument and obtaining property, services or pecuniary advantage by deception.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows, in each of the last five calendar years, the number of defendants prosecuted and finalised, in Crown Courts in Wales, where the Principal Offence was categorised as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution to indicate the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged at the time of finalisation. It is not possible to disaggregate the outcomes of individual offences, such as fraud, without undertaking a manual search of case records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This table does not include those cases prosecuted by the DWP prosecution teams that merged with the CPS in 2012, as the DWP Cardiff team prosecutes cases in Crown Courts in England, as well as Wales. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of cases prosecuted solely in Wales without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/11/2014 15:53:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

101616

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sham Marriage: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought on breaches of immigration law arising from sham marriages in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	212437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Offences of breaching immigration law may be prosecuted by way of Section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 (assisting unlawful immigration to a European Union Member State) or by way of Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act (conspiracy).</p><p>The offence created by Section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 encompasses both the offence of assisting illegal entry (whether by smuggling someone in a vehicle or by providing false documents for presentation at a port) or by assisting someone to remain by deception (for example, by entering into a sham marriage) which facilitate a breach of the immigration laws. Conspiracies to facilitate breaches of immigration law are charged by way of Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.</p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ courts for assisting unlawful immigration or conspiracy. However it is not possible to disaggregate which of these offences relate to sham marriages rather than other immigration law breaches without reviewing individual case files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 04/11/2014 14:31:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

101617

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Tesco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what reports he has received on whether the Serious Fraud Office will apply for additional funding from HM Treasury to finance its investigation into Tesco.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	212438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has a core budget to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute the most serious and complex cases of fraud, bribery and corruption, and some exceptionally large cases will arise that require additional resources. However it is not in the public interest to specify in detail what resources the SFO intends to dedicate to each case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/11/2014 15:56:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

101618

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	212493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The following table contains the available costs information for internal staff or client surveys which the Law Officer’s Departments commissioned during 2013 and 2014. These costs were all incurred with Survey Monkey.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Subscription costs – Survey Monkey</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Treasury Solicitor’s Department</p></td><td><p>£272</p></td><td><p>£296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General’s Office</p></td><td><p>£249</p></td><td><p>£249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate</p></td><td><p>£203</p></td><td><p>£151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious Fraud Office</p></td><td><p>£299</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the number and costs of all surveys and focus groups across the organisation, and to determine this would involve contacting all CPS Areas to manually check their records over the two year period, which would represent a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/11/2014 15:52:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

101619

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
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	UK Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent officials of what grade in his Department have been assigned to assist UK Coal in the drafting of a state aid bid.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	212484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Senior Officials from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Yorkshire Humber North East Office have been assigned to assist UK Coal following their interest in applying for government funding to extend the operation of the two remaining deep mines until the end of 2018. These officials met with UK Coal on 10 October and are now working with them to help prepare a case for Government support. The company fully understands that this is the first phase of a complex and challenging process before the government submits a state aid case to the European Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/11/2014 16:24:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

101620

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent by (a) 10 Downing Street, (b) the Deputy Prime Minister's Office, (c) the Office of the Leader of the House and (d) the Cabinet Office on (i) focus groups and (ii) surveys in (A) 2013 and (B) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	212513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office, the Deputy Prime Minister's Office and the Office of the Leader of the House are integral parts of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Spend incurred by my department on focus groups and surveys does not fall into a dedicated account code and can therefore only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 212497 question first answered 05/11/2014 17:40:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

101621

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his officials had with the Office for National Statistics between January and October 2014 on provision for backdating of payments of European contributions to accord with the European Statistics Agency reconciliation of the European Budget under ESA95.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	212527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The net impact on UK contributions to the EU of revisions to the UK GNI under ESA95 could not have been calculated without the relevant information across all Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/11/2014 17:56:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

101622

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the progress of arrangements to secure compliance with the requirements of ESA 2010 with respect to future calculation of the UK's European Budget contribution.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	212528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Under the Own Resources Decision of 7 June 2007, ESA 95 is the current statistical base for calculations of Member State contributions to the EU Budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>ESA2010 will not become the statistical base for Member State contributions to the EU Budget until the new Own Resources Decision, agreed in May 2014, comes into force following ratification by all EU Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/11/2014 17:56:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

101623

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of the European Statistics Agency's calculation of UK's contribution liability in respect of the European Budget under ESA 95 between 27 May and 13 October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	212529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The European Commission are responsible for calculating Member State contributions to the EU Budget using data provided by Eurostat who collate and validate the data from Member States’ national statistical institutions, including for the UK the Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister has stated, HM Treasury will now assess the data in exhaustive detail to check how the statistics were arrived at and the methodology that was used.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/11/2014 17:56:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie