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748254

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date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Departments policy to include student numbers in official migration statistics.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>International students are included in net migration statistics that are produced by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS). In line with the internationally agreed UN definition, these statistics define a migrant as someone changing their normal place of residence for more than a year. Students are therefore included in the same way as other migrants. Other countries, such as the United States, Canada, and Australia also include students in their net migration figures. Like other migrants, students who stay for longer than 12 months have an impact on communities, infrastructure and services while they are here, so it is right that they are included in the net migration count.</p><p> </p><p>There is no limit to the number of genuine international students who can come to study in the United Kingdom and there are no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/07/2017 13:09:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748255

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Psychoactive Substances Act.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Since the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 came into force, hundreds of retailers across the United Kingdom have either closed down or are no longer selling psychoactive substances; police have arrested suppliers; and action by the National Crime Agency has resulted in the removal of psychoactive substances being sold by UK based websites. In 2016, there were 28 convictions in England and Wales and seven people jailed under the new powers.</p><p> </p><p>Section 58 of the Act commits the Secretary of State to review the operation of the Act, prepare a report of the review, and lay a copy of the report before Parliament 30 months after the commencement of the Act. This review will therefore report its findings in late 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s review of the Psychoactive Substances Act will measure, as far as possible, any change in activity pre- and post- implementation by using, or developing, existing data sources.</p><p> </p><p /><p> </p><p> </p><p /><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/07/2017 10:48:20 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

748256

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many protected disclosures were made by staff in her Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many such disclosures were found to be valid; how many staff alleged detriment as a result of making such a disclosure; and how many staff who (a) made such a disclosure and (b) alleged detriment as a result of a disclosure subsequently left the employment of the Department.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	2835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>DFID has had 10 protected disclosures made of which 2 were found to be valid as shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Protected Disclosures made</p></td><td><p>Valid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>No staff member has alleged detriment or left DFID as a result of the disclosure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/07/2017 16:33:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

748257

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iraq: Reconstruction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is providing to ensure that historical and church buildings in Mosul are rebuilt.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK condemns Daesh's destruction of historical and religious buildings in Iraq, whether they be archaeological sites, churches, mosques or temples.</p><p>The UK's Cultural Protection Fund of £30 million is designed to build capacity and capability in conflict zones in order to protect cultural heritage. Over £4 million from the fund has been awarded to Iraq across four projects. £3 million of this has been allocated to the British Museum's Rescue Archaeology Project. This project supplements the skills of a team of Iraqi national heritage sector workers to assess and record the condition of heritage sites and carry out rescue archaeology as a preliminary to reconstruction at sites damaged by Daesh. The first cohort of Iraqi archaeologists completed their training in 2016 and the second cohort completed their training earlier this year in London.</p><p>The UK is also funding: the University of Manchester, working with the State Board for Antiquities and Heritage in Iraq, to survey and document the pre-Islamic Alexandrian city of Charax, as well as 14 other sites in Iraq; and the University of Liverpool to record, preserve and promote understanding of Yezidi heritage and identity.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/07/2017 12:07:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

748258

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Cholera
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government is providing to help tackle cholera outbreaks in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	2746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The current cholera outbreak in Yemen has been declared by the UN as the worst in the world. Since the start of the outbreak in April, over 250,000 cholera cases have been recorded with more than 1,600 deaths. Children make up 46% of the cases, which are still increasing at a rate of 6,500 a day.</p><p>In response, the UK has increased our funding for Yemen to £139 million for 2017/18. This includes support to tackle the underlying causes of cholera by helping provide emergency food, nutrition, health, water and sanitation, as well as supporting cholera prevention and providing medical supplies and treatment for those affected. In addition, the UK is helping to fund one million lifesaving cholera vaccines through GAVI, the Global Vaccine Alliance.</p><p>The UK is the second largest donor to the UN’s Yemen appeal, and continues active lobbying for a political solution as well for others in the international community to step up co-ordinated action and funding.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 10/07/2017 16:29:52 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

748259

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any community rehabilitation companies in England or Wales use bio-metric machines as a method of reporting for offenders.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	2745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland; and Staffordshire and West Midlands Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC) have piloted Biometric Reporting Kiosks. The pilot has involved stakeholder engagement with the National Probation Service and HM Courts Service in the area, and will be evaluated before it is implemented more widely.</p><p> </p><p>At the appropriate time, we will work closely with CRCs on their proposed plans to roll out Biometric Reporting Kiosks more widely. We continue to closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/07/2017 16:41:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

748260

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are awaiting determination by the First Tier Immigration Tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	2781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is published regularly as Official Statistics. The number of registered appeals awaiting determination as of 31 March 2017 in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was 52,365.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/07/2017 15:50:45 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

748261

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Judges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new immigration judges were appointed in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	2782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Over the course of 2017, to date, one Resident Judge has been appointed to the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/07/2017 15:51:51 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

748262

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been murdered since February 2015 by offenders who at the time of the offence, were being supervised by community rehabilitation companies.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	2744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>A mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review is triggered where an offender under statutory probation supervision is charged with murder, manslaughter, rape or certain other serious violent or sexual offences. Not in all cases will the charge result in a conviction for an SFO.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the number of SFO reviews carried out by the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Probation Provider</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire CRC</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire CRC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire and Greater Manchester CRC</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria and Lancashire CRC</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland CRC</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset, Devon and Cornwall CRC</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham Tees Valley CRC</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex CRC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire and Isle of Wight CRC</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside, Lincolnshire, and North Yorkshire CRC</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex CRC</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London CRC</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside CRC</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk and Suffolk CRC</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria CRC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire CRC</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire and West Midlands CRC</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley CRC</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales CRC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire and West Mercia CRC</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire CRC</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total CRC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>233</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total NPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>285</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>284</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>507</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>517</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are not able to answer from central records the question in the precise form asked. However, between 1 February 2015 and 31 Dec 2016, 46 offenders were convicted of murder, who at the time of the offence were subject to supervision by a Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC). This figure is subject to change as a number of other cases are still going through the legal process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below provides the number of SFOs carried out by the former Probation Trusts in England and Wales between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Probation Trust</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire and Rutland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>441</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>441</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>409</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>429</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 2737 2786 question first answered 12/07/2017 15:39:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

748263

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation staff were employed by each community rehabilitation company in England and Wales on (a) 1 April 2015, (b) 1 April 2016 and (c) 1 April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	2785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>When Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) were under public ownership (from 1 June 2014 to 31 January 2015), we published workforce information on a quarterly basis. The final iteration of these statistics was published on 31 December 2014 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-rehabilitation-companies-workforce-information-report-quarter-3-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-rehabilitation-companies-workforce-information-report-quarter-3-2014-to-2015</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts with CRCs require each CRC to ensure that it employs a sufficient level of staff, and that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. We closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/07/2017 15:43:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts