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100092

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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	Zero Hours Contracts
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 he is taking to help workers on zero hours contracts who desire regular, contracted employment.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	211362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Under the Flexible Working Regulations, brought in on 30 June, all employees with 26 continuous weeks of service have the right to request flexible working from their employer. Individuals on zero hours contracts, who are employees, can request a change in their contracts, which could also include a request to move to a fixed hours contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/10/2014 14:48:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100093

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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	STEM Subjects: Females
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 the Government is taking to increase the participation of women in STEM fields.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	211363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is backing the three-year Your Life campaign, which aims to increase the number of people participating in a wide range of careers that need skills in science, technology, engineering and maths, particularly women. To date more than 200 organisations have pledged action to the campaign to boost the role of women in STEM fields. A publicity drive to encourage young people, especially girls, aged 14 to 16 to take STEM subjects, will launch in November 2014.</p><p>We fund the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering to run a joint STEM Diversity Programme to understand and address issues of diversity, including gender, in the STEM workforce. Actions include a 10 point plan to ensure that women in science, technology, engineering and manufacturing have the same opportunities to progress in their career as their male counterparts</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 27/10/2014 15:01:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100201

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Mother and Baby Units
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for commissioning perinatal mental health mother and baby units within NHS England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	211354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning perinatal mental health units in England. NHS England works with a range of stakeholders at a national level to determine the outcomes expected for specialised services such as perinatal mental health. The service specification for perinatal mental health services can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-c/c06/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-c/c06/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/10/2014 10:40:32 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

100241

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence was for people found guilty of (a) stalking and (b) harassment in 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	211252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA) makes it a criminal offence for someone to pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment (section 2) or causes someone to fear that violence will be used against them (section 4).</p><p> </p><p>The PHA was amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to insert two specific offences of stalking - sections 2A (stalking) and 4A (stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress).</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial sentence for people found guilty of harassment and stalking in between 2009 and 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:50:43 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name PQ 211252 ( table).xls title harassment and stalking - custodial sentences
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100249

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office: Powers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient powers to enforce his rulings.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	211203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to making sure that the Information Commissioner has sufficient resource to carry out its statutory duties.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice works closely with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to keep its enforcement powers under review.</p><p> </p><p>Further information about the ICO’s enforcement powers can be found on its website - www.ico.org.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:44:23 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

100250

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parades
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made on the new Parading Panel; and when this panel will begin work.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	211220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>My discussions about the establishment of a Panel on Parading in the Twaddell/Ardoyne area of North Belfast are ongoing. I have recently written to the Executive parties seeking their thoughts on possible panel membership and am awaiting responses.</p><p>I would urge political parties and others with an involvement in the dispute to engage constructively with this process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 27/10/2014 16:15:12 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

100255

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines on foreign lorry drivers are unpaid.
tabling member constituency	Daventry
tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
uin	211225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Since 2009 to the present date, the number of unpaid notices issued to foreign commercial vehicle drivers by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is 417.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 14:09:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

100256

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 1 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to protect High Speed 1 services to Ashford and other intermediate stations after the sale of the Government's shareholding; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	211207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is not undertaking a sale of High Speed 1(HS1) network. The HS1 network is operated on a concession from Government and remains the property of the Secretary of State. Given that there is no sale occurring there is no impact on the current level of services to Ashford or intermediate stations.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2014 10:38:39 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

100257

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department's review of the Government Car Service will be published.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	211251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The review of the Government Car Service is part of the Government’s &quot;Ultra low emission vehicle (ULEV) readiness project&quot;, through which central department fleets are being reviewed to see where ULEVs could be run cost effectively, and funding provided to introduce ULEVs into these fleets. We expect to announce the results of this project, including how many vehicles will be introduced into each fleet, following completion of all reviews.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/10/2014 12:42:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

100258

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total of each cost heading for transfer of the Highways Agency to a government-owned company.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	211246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has published an Impact Assessment detailing the estimated cost of roads reform and transforming the Highways Agency into a Strategic Highways Company. We have estimated these costs as a one off transitional cost of £11 million (the cost of necessary reform to Department for Transport, Highways Agency, the monitor and watchdog) alongside average annual costs of £10 million going forward; this will generate an estimated annual benefit of £380 million.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 24/10/2014 10:42:02 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden