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50054

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date	07/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to implement the recommendations of the Arts on Prescription 2010-2012 report produced by the charity Arts & Minds.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	197995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Arts &amp; Minds charity is doing important work within the arts and health sector. I recently held a roundtable meeting on arts and health focusing on some of the issues raised in the Arts on Prescription report which the Executive Director of Arts &amp; Minds attended. Health initiatives like the Arts on Prescription scheme have the potential to result in cost savings across health and social care and health practitioners and other relevant authorities should give careful consideration to the recommendations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

50055

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average compensation payment to people of each gender was ordered in employment tribunal cases relating to claims of discrimination on the grounds of sex in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	198087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Average compensation awards in sex discrimination employment tribunal claims are shown in Table E7 of the latest Official Statistics release published by the Ministry of Justice, which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides data on the average compensation awarded in cases relating to sex discrimination broken down by gender.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 1 – Average compensation awarded in cases relating to sex discrimination by Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8,855</p></td><td><p>11,989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>6,371</p></td><td><p>10,289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>16,487</p></td><td><p>13,207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>14,393</p></td><td><p>17,528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>8,586</p></td><td><p>11,176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>This data has been taken from a live case management system so may differ from previously published Official Statistics.</p><p>This data has been extracted specifically to answer this question and are not subject to the same level of checking as Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

50056

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest compensation payment ordered in employment tribunal cases relating to discrimination on the grounds of (a) sex, (b) disability, (c) religion, (d) sexual orientation, (e) age and (f) race was in each of the last five years; and if he will list the nature of the complaint upheld in each case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	198068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I am answering these questions together.</p><p> </p><p>Data on highest compensation awards for discrimination jurisdictions for the last five years are set out in Tables E6 to E10 of the latest Official Statistics release published by the Ministry of Justice, which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013.</p><p> </p><p>Data on average compensation awards in race discrimination and religious discrimination claims are set out in Tables E6 and E9 of that publication, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the nature of complaints upheld, and the type of race or religion relevant to individual claims, is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost following a manual trawl of all relevant tribunal files. The records retention and disposal schedule applicable to such tribunal files also means that information covering each of the last five years would not be held.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 198069 198070 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

50057

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average compensation payment ordered in employment tribunal cases relating to discrimination on the grounds of race was, by ethnicity of complainant, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	198069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I am answering these questions together.</p><p> </p><p>Data on highest compensation awards for discrimination jurisdictions for the last five years are set out in Tables E6 to E10 of the latest Official Statistics release published by the Ministry of Justice, which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013.</p><p> </p><p>Data on average compensation awards in race discrimination and religious discrimination claims are set out in Tables E6 and E9 of that publication, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the nature of complaints upheld, and the type of race or religion relevant to individual claims, is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost following a manual trawl of all relevant tribunal files. The records retention and disposal schedule applicable to such tribunal files also means that information covering each of the last five years would not be held.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 198068 198070 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

50058

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average compensation payment ordered in employment tribunal cases relating to discrimination on the grounds of religion was by the religious belief of the complainant in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	198070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I am answering these questions together.</p><p> </p><p>Data on highest compensation awards for discrimination jurisdictions for the last five years are set out in Tables E6 to E10 of the latest Official Statistics release published by the Ministry of Justice, which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013.</p><p> </p><p>Data on average compensation awards in race discrimination and religious discrimination claims are set out in Tables E6 and E9 of that publication, respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the nature of complaints upheld, and the type of race or religion relevant to individual claims, is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost following a manual trawl of all relevant tribunal files. The records retention and disposal schedule applicable to such tribunal files also means that information covering each of the last five years would not be held.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 198068 198069 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

50059

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of cases costs have been awarded to an employer following an unsuccessful claim being brought against them at each stage of the proceedings at an employment tribunal in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	198065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes Official Statistics, annually, on costs awards made in employment tribunal claims. It also reports on the numbers of cases disposed of by employment tribunals. Data on costs awards are at table E12, and data on disposals of complaints are available at table E2 which shows distribution of disposed complaints by type and by jurisdiction in the latest release, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

50060

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK plans to give to the Global Partnership for Education at its next funding round.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	198097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is by far the largest donor to Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the largest bilateral donor to basic education. We are currently considering the level of future UK support to GPE based on their case for investment and the results to be delivered under their new funding model.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

50061

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what technology he plans to use to restrict the sharing of NHS patient data extracted under care.data to countries inside the European Economic Area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	198108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Data Protection Act (1998) allows personal data to be transferred to countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) on the same basis as transferring data within the United Kingdom. Personal data can only be sent to a country or territory outside the EEA if an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of individuals when processing their personal data is ensured.</p><p> </p><p>Every application for information will be considered by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), in line with the Data Protection Act, taking account of their location if it is outside the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HSCIC is required to generally publish the information it collects or may derive from a collection, but not in forms which would identify or enable the identification of individual patients or service users. HSCIC's published data will be openly available via its website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

50062

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to encourage all UK clothing companies which use suppliers in Bangladesh to join the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	198109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Over 160 companies, including many well-known British brands and retailers, have now signed up to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety, a ground-breaking, legally binding agreement between international unions and clothing companies. Signing up to the Accord shows that they are serious about their responsibilities in ensuring the safety of all those people in Bangladesh that make their clothes.</p><p>DFID has used every opportunity, such as the Westminster Debate on 30 April, my recent visit to Bangladesh, communications around the Rana Plaza anniversary, and meetings with retailers and buyers to call for companies to take responsibility for the working conditions of all those that make their clothes and to contribute to the Rana Plaza Trust Fund for the victims of the factory building collapse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

50063

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a review of the effectiveness of the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010 in preventing the use of the English legal system by vulture funds to extract funds from developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	198104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Financial Secretary to the Treasury, my right hon. Friend the Member for Bromsgrove (Mr Javid) on 6 January 2014, which includes information on the Government's approach to promoting debt sustainability among low income countries.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment for the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010 indicates direct benefits to Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) of between zero and £26m a year. The Government's decision to make the Act permanent on 25 May 2011 was taken following consultation with relevant stakeholders; evidence from that exercise suggested that the Act had some benefit on HIPCs and no evidence was found of unintended or adverse effects.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to be at the forefront of international efforts to promote responsible lending and borrowing practices, including our ongoing support for the IMF/World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework and OECD lending principles covering official export credits. The UK also supports the World Bank's debt reduction facility, which enables countries to buy back their commercial debt at a deep discount with donor backing, and the African Legal Support Facility, which provides legal advice to countries facing litigation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff