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631771

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Permission: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals to his Department on new housing projects have been (a) approved and (b) not approved in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	52350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Planning Inspectors determine each appeal on its individual merits, in light of the circumstances, and policy, applicable to each case.</p><p>We publish on a quarterly basis appeals decided and their outcome on PINS part of gov.uk, see link below (Table 2.5).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 19/01/2017 16:31:03 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

631787

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tech City UK and Tech North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Government has spent on (a) Tech City and (b) Tech North to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	52415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The government has supported Tech City through two separate initiatives:</p><p> </p><p>From April 2011 to 31 March 2014, UK Trade and Investment (now the Department for International Trade) funded the Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO) to a total of £5,590,000. TCIO’s remit was to attract inward investment into the ‘Tech City’ cluster in East London, and to support companies in the cluster to expand internationally.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2014, Tech City UK was set up as a company limited by guarantee. Tech North was established in 2015/16 FY as part of Tech City UK, and supports the digital economy across the Northern Powerhouse. Up to October 2016, the Government has funded Tech City UK to a total of £8,742,061, of which £2,734,831 was for Tech North.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/12/2016 15:11:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

631909

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dogs: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dogs were reported stolen in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	52302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office holds statistics on notifiable offences recorded by the police. The police record offences of thefts in a number of categories and supply this information to the Home Office. Thefts of pets in general as well as dogs and cats more specifically are most likely to be recorded within ‘other theft’ and cannot be separately identified within this category.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 52301 52303 question first answered 20/12/2016 16:45:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

631911

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pets: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pets were reported stolen in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	52303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office holds statistics on notifiable offences recorded by the police. The police record offences of thefts in a number of categories and supply this information to the Home Office. Thefts of pets in general as well as dogs and cats more specifically are most likely to be recorded within ‘other theft’ and cannot be separately identified within this category.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 52301 52302 question first answered 20/12/2016 16:45:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

631915

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cats: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cats were reported stolen in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	52301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office holds statistics on notifiable offences recorded by the police. The police record offences of thefts in a number of categories and supply this information to the Home Office. Thefts of pets in general as well as dogs and cats more specifically are most likely to be recorded within ‘other theft’ and cannot be separately identified within this category.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 52302 52303 question first answered 20/12/2016 16:45:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

631923

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have (a) escaped and (b) absconded from prison by crime class order in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	52321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>NOMS takes public protection and escapes from prison extremely seriously. An immediate investigation, independent of the prison, is completed following any escape to determine what went wrong and to learn lessons for the future. The vast majority of those who escape are quickly re-captured by the police and charged and prosecuted.</p><p>KPI escapes<sup>1</sup> from establishment by offence between 2011/12 to 2015/16 are published on gov.uk. The security category of the prison is also provided. Figures for 2010/11 are not published; there was one KPI escape from a Cat B establishment in 2010/11. The prisoner who escaped was serving a sentence for theft. All prisoners who escaped between 2010/11 and 2015/16 have been returned to custody following the incident.</p><p>Absconds take place only from open (Cat D) prisons. Absconds between 2011/12 and 2015/16 by the main offence of the prisoner at the time of the abscond are published on gov.uk. Figures for 2010/11 are not published and are provided below. Three prisoners who absconded from open prison in 2010/11 were still unlawfully at large on 30 April 2016; all other absconders have been returned to custody.</p><p> </p><p><sup>NOTE 1</sup> An escape is deemed to be a KPI escape if (i) the prisoner is at liberty for 15 minutes or more before recapture or (ii) an offence is committed during an escape lasting less than 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Absconds by offence<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ALL OFFENCES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>235</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft offences</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary non-motoring</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 52322 52323 52526 question first answered 12/12/2016 19:28:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

631924

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have (a) escaped and (b) absconded from prison by crime class order; and how many such people have been captured in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	52322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>NOMS takes public protection and escapes from prison extremely seriously. An immediate investigation, independent of the prison, is completed following any escape to determine what went wrong and to learn lessons for the future. The vast majority of those who escape are quickly re-captured by the police and charged and prosecuted.</p><p>KPI escapes<sup>1</sup> from establishment by offence between 2011/12 to 2015/16 are published on gov.uk. The security category of the prison is also provided. Figures for 2010/11 are not published; there was one KPI escape from a Cat B establishment in 2010/11. The prisoner who escaped was serving a sentence for theft. All prisoners who escaped between 2010/11 and 2015/16 have been returned to custody following the incident.</p><p>Absconds take place only from open (Cat D) prisons. Absconds between 2011/12 and 2015/16 by the main offence of the prisoner at the time of the abscond are published on gov.uk. Figures for 2010/11 are not published and are provided below. Three prisoners who absconded from open prison in 2010/11 were still unlawfully at large on 30 April 2016; all other absconders have been returned to custody.</p><p> </p><p><sup>NOTE 1</sup> An escape is deemed to be a KPI escape if (i) the prisoner is at liberty for 15 minutes or more before recapture or (ii) an offence is committed during an escape lasting less than 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Absconds by offence<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ALL OFFENCES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>235</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft offences</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary non-motoring</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 52321 52323 52526 question first answered 12/12/2016 19:28:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

631925

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have (a) escaped and (b) absconded from category (i) A, (ii) B, (iii) C and (iv) D prisons in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	52323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>NOMS takes public protection and escapes from prison extremely seriously. An immediate investigation, independent of the prison, is completed following any escape to determine what went wrong and to learn lessons for the future. The vast majority of those who escape are quickly re-captured by the police and charged and prosecuted.</p><p>KPI escapes<sup>1</sup> from establishment by offence between 2011/12 to 2015/16 are published on gov.uk. The security category of the prison is also provided. Figures for 2010/11 are not published; there was one KPI escape from a Cat B establishment in 2010/11. The prisoner who escaped was serving a sentence for theft. All prisoners who escaped between 2010/11 and 2015/16 have been returned to custody following the incident.</p><p>Absconds take place only from open (Cat D) prisons. Absconds between 2011/12 and 2015/16 by the main offence of the prisoner at the time of the abscond are published on gov.uk. Figures for 2010/11 are not published and are provided below. Three prisoners who absconded from open prison in 2010/11 were still unlawfully at large on 30 April 2016; all other absconders have been returned to custody.</p><p> </p><p><sup>NOTE 1</sup> An escape is deemed to be a KPI escape if (i) the prisoner is at liberty for 15 minutes or more before recapture or (ii) an offence is committed during an escape lasting less than 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Absconds by offence<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ALL OFFENCES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>235</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft offences</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary non-motoring</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 52321 52322 52526 question first answered 12/12/2016 19:28:52 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

631932

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pentonville Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual Report 2015 on HM Prison Pentonville, published by the Independent Monitoring Board in July 2016, what progress her Department has made on the replacement of (a) the worst 100 windows by the end of 2016 and (b) every cell window by September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	52499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The window replacement programme at HMP Pentonville is underway and is making good progress. The Secretary of State has spoken with the Governor about the programme to ensure that the appropriate support is being provided, and the plan is being reviewed in order to accelerate progress.</p><p>The recently published White Paper on prison reform announced a major shake-up of the prison system with 2,500 extra prison officers and new security measures to tackle drones, phones and drugs and help make prisons places of safety and reform.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 18:10:37 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

631934

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with the (a) Prison Governors Association and (b) Prison Officers Association on the regularity of accommodation fabric checks and cell searches outside the high security estate.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	52495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>Prison Service Instructions are reviewed on a regular basis in keeping with changes in policy and legislation and where new threats or opportunities arise. As part of the Prison Reform programme, work is underway to revise all Prison Instructions, providing simpler and more manageable documents which will allow prisons to operate more effectively.</p><p>Meetings held by Ministers are published on .gov.uk. The Secretary of State has met recently with representatives of the Prison Officers’ Association and Prison Governors Association and discussed a range of issues. Officials from the National Offender Management Service regularly hold discussions with staff associations, including on matters relating to security.</p><p>As part of the work on prison reform announced by the Government in the recent White Paper, we are planning to boost our searching capability within prisons and are examining options for better equipped and more widely deployed searching teams at national, regional and local levels. We are also investing in improved intelligence capabilities at all levels to enable searching and other security activities to be targeted more effectively.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 52494 question first answered 16/12/2016 18:21:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon