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91163

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Muslim Brotherhood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the report by Sir John Jenkins on the Muslim Brotherhood.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	208636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>Work is underway across Government to consider the findings of the Muslim Brotherhood review. We will make the main findings of the review public in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 208637 question first answered 11/09/2014 14:29:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

91164

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Muslim Brotherhood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the report by Sir John Jenkins on the Muslim Brotherhood.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	208637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>Work is underway across Government to consider the findings of the Muslim Brotherhood review. We will make the main findings of the review public in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 208636 question first answered 11/09/2014 14:29:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

91309

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for setting remuneration for police and crime commissioners; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Senior Salaries' Review Body (SSRB) makes an independent recommendation on Police and Crime Commissioners’ pay for the Home Secretary’s decision.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/09/2014 16:06:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

91327

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's publication entitled Appointments to Boards and Equality Law, published in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	208793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Government welcomed the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) legal framework on board appointments. The Guidance was only recently published (July 2014) so it is still too early to assess its impact.</p><p> </p><p>The EHRC Guidance is clear that the deliberate use of all-women long-lists or shortlists is likely to constitute unlawful sex discrimination. However, where there is no predetermination to draw up an all-women shortlist and an objective and consistent assessment of all candidates demonstrates that the best qualified candidates are all women, an all-women shortlist will be lawful, just as an all-male shortlist would be in the same circumstances.</p><p>The framework is also useful in highlighting that there are many good practices that focus on positive measures that will help create an even playing field. This best practice has led to great progress being made in the number of women on boards. For the first time, every board of Britain’s top 100 companies have at least one woman and we now have over 22% women on the boards of our FTSE 100 companies (up from 12.5% in 2011).</p><p> </p><p>We could not have got this far without the excellent work of the Executive Search Community to improve gender parity in our boardrooms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 11/09/2014 11:20:15 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

90937

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Forced Labour: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions for forced labour there were in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	208480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution was commenced at a magistrates’ courts rather than the identifying the number of people prosecuted or convicted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 creates the offence of holding someone in slavery or servitude, or requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last three years the number of offences charged by way of Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act, and Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act as conspiracies to commit the offences, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coroners and Justice Act 2009 { 71 }</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 1(1) } - Conspiracy</p><p>to hold a person in slavery, servitude or</p><p>perform forced or compulsory labour</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management</p><p>Information System</p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding, or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same victim.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to the offence of trafficking for forced labour, the CPS will also prosecute for offences of trafficking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:46:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

90938

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gangmasters: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times prosecutions have been brought against those who have had their licence revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	208482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No prosecutions have been brought by the Crown Prosecution Service against those who have had their licence revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in any of the last three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:53:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

90939

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions of offences under the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 there have been in each year between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	208553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution was commenced at a magistrates’ court, rather than the identifying the number of people prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last five years the number of offences charged by way of the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indecent Displays (Control) Act</p><p>1981 {1(1) and 4}: Make / cause /</p><p>permit display of indecent matter</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:48:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

90940

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when the Crown Prosection Service last (a) issued and (b) reviewed guidelines for prosecutions under the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981; and whether a further review of those guidelines is planned.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	208554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The CPS issued legal guidelines in relation to Obscene Publications in June 2001. The legal guidance was last reviewed in July 2011 and, at that time, guidance was added for the offence under section 1 of the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981. There is currently no intention to further review those guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:50:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

90941

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Bail: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals against bail were made by prosecutors in Crown courts since 3 December 2012.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	208542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the number or outcomes of appeals against bail conducted by the CPS in Crown courts. This information could only be obtained by examining all prosecution files maintained during the requested period, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2014 12:51:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

90947

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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	Minimum Wage
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 employers have been issued with a Notice of Underpayment since 1 October 2013; and of those how many have been identified under the Department's National Minimum Wage naming scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and the effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notices of Underpayment (NOU) have been issued in 571 cases where investigations were completed between 1 October 2013 and 31 July 2014. 118 of these were for investigations that commenced on or after 1 October 2013 and were therefore issued under the new scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of these, the Government has so far named 30 employers under the revised scheme. Between them they owed workers a total of over £50,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £24,000. Some employers may also not be named if they make representations that fall under the very exceptional circumstances of the scheme or if they have arrears of £100 or less. However the vast majority of employers issued with a notice of underpayment will be named and shamed once the time limits for appeals have expired.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 11/09/2014 15:11:27 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms