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437057

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date	10/12/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many alleged human traffickers have been prosecuted by the CPS as a result of calls made to the NSPCC human trafficking and modern slavery helpline between July 2014 and June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	19543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>In the last financial year the CPS successfully prosecuted 130 human trafficking cases. However, the CPS does not record how an allegation of human trafficking or modern slavery was brought to the attention of the investigative authorities.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/12/2015 13:01:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

437131

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Higher Education: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Independent Adjudicator can monitor the implementation by higher education institutions of provision for disabled students who do not have complex needs.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	19505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Higher education institutions have a legal duty under the Equality Act 2010 to provide reasonable adjustments for disabled students and to monitor their compliance with their Equality Act duties. The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 require institutions to publish information as to their compliance with the general public sector equality duty.</p><p>Students who are dissatisfied with the provision of support, and raise their concerns through their institution’s formal complaints procedures, can then also take their case to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator. This is a free service for the student.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/12/2015 14:53:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

437143

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Solar Power: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she has written to the European Commissioner for Trade on ending the minimum import price on Chinese solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	19514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to the European Commissioner for Trade in November, requesting ending the minimum import price.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/12/2015 15:38:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

437195

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
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 set up a dedicated correspondence team in her Department to liaise with applicants solicitors on the processing of asylum claims.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	19574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Asylum Operations has existing processes that ensure claimants and legal representatives have contact details should they wish to discuss case progression. In addition, all claimants and representatives are kept informed should an initial decision on their asylum claim be delayed, with this correspondence outlining the reason for delay and providing an approximate timescale as to when a decision can be expected.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/12/2015 17:26:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

437197

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime: Young Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the page on the National Crime Agency website entitled, Cyber crime: Preventing young people from getting involved, what the statistical evidence is for the statement that more and more teenagers and young people are involved in cyber crime.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	19544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The evidence to support this statement has derived from analysis by the National Crime Agency of investigations involving their National Cyber Crime Unit. This found the average age of suspects to be 17, compared to 24 in the previous year. The statement has also been informed by debriefing sessions that the National Cyber Crime Unit has undertaken with offenders, and academic engagement.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/12/2015 17:34:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

437204

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons he intends to close; and what consultation is taking place or is planned to take place on those closures.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	19570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>No decisions have yet been made on which prisons will be closed. After the announcement of a closure, the Ministry of Justice will work actively with stakeholders to ensure that we manage the local impact of a prison closure.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/12/2015 17:42:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

437209

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration detainees were held in each prison establishment in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	19539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not routinely collected and could be provided only by examining individual case records, which would result in disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/12/2015 17:35:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

437239

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Scotland
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 effect of a 50 per cent reduction in air passenger duty in Scotland on Manchester Airport.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	19573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The government is currently undertaking a consultation into options to support regional airports from the impacts of air passenger duty devolution. We are carefully considering the evidence we have received from stakeholders and will respond in due course.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/12/2015 17:27:50 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

436626

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the relationship will be between the new Institute for Apprentices and the industry-led body that will administer the Apprenticeships Levy.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	19485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>It is our intention that the independent Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) will be established by April 2017. The Institute will approve apprenticeship standards and safeguard apprenticeship quality.</p><br /><p>The body will not be responsible for the operational functions associated with funding of apprenticeships and the administration of the levy. These will be fulfilled by the Government’s operational agencies.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/12/2015 14:36:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

436628

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the distribution and use of funds raised by the proposed Apprenticeship Levy.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	19462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Skills policy is a devolved area so the devolved administrations will continue to have control over how to support businesses through training and apprenticeships.</p><br /><p>We are working closely with the Welsh Government and other devolved administrations to ensure they get their fair share of the levy and can work out how best to use it to complement their own apprenticeships and skills policies.</p><br /><p>We will engage with skills ministers in the devolved administrations, including Julie James AC/AM, to do all we can to make the levy work for employers and would-be apprentices across the UK.</p><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/12/2015 14:19:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan