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99889

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what allegations of child abuse, including investigations into such allegations, were brought to her Department's attention in 1998 and 1999.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	211176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>On 7 July the Home Secretary announced to the House that she had appointed Peter Wanless to lead a Review of an investigation by an independent expert into what information the Home Office had received in relation to child abuse allegations during the period 1979 and 1999.</p><p>The Permanent Secretary appointed Richard Whittam QC to assist in this task. The Review has had access to all material identified which would relate to child abuse and which the Department still holds. The Home Secretary has now received the report of the Review and is considering its findings ahead of the full report being published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 23/10/2014 16:19:37 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 23879 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

92966

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abduction: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children abducted by a member of their family were taken overseas in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	210262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is not notified of every case when a child is removed overseas by a relative, therefore we cannot provide accurate figures for abducted children. There are a number of steps that left behind parents can take if their child is taken overseas without their consent and we urge parents to contact the relevant desk officer in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Consular Directorate country casework teams who can provide further assistance. <br><br>The UK lobbies countries that are not signatories of the 1980 Hague Convention to sign it. If a child is removed to a country that is a signatory of the Hague Convention there are systems in place to help secure the child’s return. Cases involving non-Hague convention signatories are much harder to resolve and parents often face lengthy and expensive court proceedings abroad to try to facilitate their return.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 23/10/2014 16:37:59 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

100263

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Motherwell and Wishaw
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency have been in receipt of employment and support allowance payments for more than one year.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
uin	211267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants in the Motherwell and Wishaw parliamentary Constituency, with a duration of 1 year or more: As at February 2014:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>3,030</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP, 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest ten;</li><li>Parliamentary Constituency of claimant (Westminster) These constituencies are used for the Westminster parliament.</li><li>This information is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/10/2014 16:25:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

93870

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received compensation payments from his Department for delays to assessment and decisions for personal independence payments; and how much his Department expects to pay out in such compensation in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	210907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The reasons for making special payments are not routinely recorded and to provide the requested information would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 23/10/2014 16:37:45 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

99914

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full time equivalent staff (a) in total and (b) by category of staff were employed in (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown courts on 1 October in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on how many full time equivalent staff were employed in each Magistrates' court and Crown court on 1 October in each of the last five years is not centrally held. However, this information is available on an annual basis as at the 31<sup>st</sup> March which is attached as an annex.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 23/10/2014 16:35:50 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name 211173 - Annex A.xls title Full time equivalent staff
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

99908

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Development Tracker; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	211151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Development Tracker was launched by the Secretary of State on 31 October 2013 to present project documents, budgets, transactions and locations of DFID projects in line with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) open data standard. The Tracker has enabled a step change in public access to information on how UK development assistance is being used.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Tracker is continually assessed and improved according to user need. The Tracker has 14000 visits and 80000 page views per month. There are 2442 email subscribers and 12949 email alerts were delivered in October 2014. Almost 60% of users are from the UK, with a wide range of users from countries where we work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Tracker has received positive feedback from users. In October 2014, DFID was ranked 2nd in the global Publish What You Fund Aid Transparency Index which noted that the Tracker represents “a major step forward in improving the accessibility of information on UK development assistance by integrating IATI data for NGO implementing partners with its own data and that of other UK government departments”.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 23/10/2014 16:44:36 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

99911

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's direct spending on procurement was with companies defined as small businesses according to the definition given by the Annex to the European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	211175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID does not record information on the classifications of business below the overall category ‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SME’s) therefore we cannot respond to the level of detail you have specified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 211174 question first answered 23/10/2014 16:45:45 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

99910

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's (a) direct and (b) indirect spending on procurement was with companies defined as micro businesses according to the definition given by the Annex to the European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	211174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>DFID does not record information on the classifications of business below the overall category ‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SME’s) therefore we cannot respond to the level of detail you have specified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 211175 question first answered 23/10/2014 16:45:45 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

99912

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has offered Syrian Kurds in exile in Turkey.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	211186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Since the start of the Syria crisis, DFID has allocated £24.2 million to support Syrian refugees in Turkey. DFID has also responded to the urgent needs of the newly arrived Syrian refugees fleeing ISIL advances on Kobane, working with the relevant authorities and our partners to provide mattresses, non-food items and shelter for the most needy families. We stand ready to respond positively should further aid be needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 23/10/2014 16:46:38 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

99852

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Continuing Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether an assessment has been carried out on the effectiveness of the fast-track route for Continuing Healthcare in providing support to terminally ill people; and what discussions he has had with NHS England on working with his Department to ensure people eligible for Continuing Healthcare through the fast-track route receive it promptly.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	211125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The principles and processes for assessment of Fast-Track eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare are set out in the ‘<em>National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care</em>’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the effectiveness of the Fast Track Tool for NHS Continuing Healthcare we have recently worked closely with NHS England and other key stakeholders in developing an Assurance Framework. The aim of the Assurance Framework is to ensure compliance with the National Framework and was launched in draft earlier this year. Further work is being undertaken to refine this prior to final publication.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data regarding the number of people who have been assessed as eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC) via use of the Fast Track tool.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1 April 2013 data on the number of people who are eligible for NHS CHC has been published quarterly at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=continuing+healthcare&amp;go=Go&amp;area=both" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?q=continuing+healthcare&amp;go=Go&amp;area=both</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 211124 question first answered 23/10/2014 16:57:03 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris