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date	07/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Life Imprisonment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales as of 7 November 2023; and how many of those individuals were sentenced (a) on or prior to 9 November 2000, (b) between 9 November 2000 and 4 April 2005 and (c) after 4 April 2005.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>As of 30 September 2023, the number of people serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales is 259. We are not providing data as at 7 November because of the restrictions of the Code of Practice for Statistics. The information requested [the number of offenders serving a life sentence for second listed offences as at 07 November] is a subset of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly which we routinely publish. Figures relating to population in prison, releases and recall of offenders for October-December 2023 are planned for publication on 25 April 2024.</p><p>See table below for answer to question on sentencing.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period of Sentence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Recalled Life</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unreleased Life</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Before and including 09 November 2000</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>After 09 November 2000 and up to 04 April 2005</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>After 04 April 2005</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>359</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Given the periods covered, the figures given up to 04 April 2005 relate to the automatic life sentence which was then replaced by Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) on 05 April 2005. The life sentence for second listed offence was introduced some years after 2005. As such, we have combined the automatic life sentence and the life sentence for second listed offence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/11/2023 13:58:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1461136

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of how the model of collaborative funding for covid-19 research at pace might be used to fund other research areas.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 15 February 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-07/119577" target="_blank">119577</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 17/05/2022 08:23:51 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1313461

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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	Kickstart Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart scheme placements have been (a) approved, (b) advertised and (c) started by young people.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>Through the Kickstart Scheme, as of the 6<sup>th</sup> May 2021, there have been:</p><ul><li>Over 200,000 jobs approved;</li><li>Over 108,000 jobs made available for young people to apply for;</li><li>Over 20,000 young people starting jobs.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing Kickstart applications, referrals and starts, the data collected might be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system which has been developed quickly. The management information presented here has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics, but is provided in the interests of transparency. Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information available for the programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/05/2021 16:58:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1149009

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with her Turkish counterpart to help ensure continuity of trade with Turkey in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Recognising the importance of our trading relationship with Turkey, my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade spoke with her counterpart, Minister Pekcan, soon after taking up her role. They discussed the challenge of achieving continuity of trade, in a no deal scenario, given Turkey’s customs union with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless they agreed that there continued to be a shared ambition for a strong future trading relationship between Turkey and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 17/10/2019 16:30:41 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

731229

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Serious Fraud Office's news release of 20 June 2017, SFO charges in Barclays Qatar capital raising case, whether he has re-assessed the merits of maintaining the Serious Fraud Office as a separate office.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to strengthening the UK's response to bribery, corruption, money laundering, fraud and other forms of economic crime.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is continuing to review options to improve the effectiveness of the UK's response to economic crime, and any measures resulting from this work will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 27/06/2017 11:08:22 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

347008

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the recruitment of qualified (a) science, (b) mathematics and (c) English teachers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>We want to attract the top graduates into teaching. For 2015/16, we are continuing to fund the prestigious scholarship schemes worth £25,000 in mathematics, physics and chemistry; and have announced increases in bursaries worth up to £25,000 in each of these subjects and up to £9,000 for biology. We are also continuing to provide bursaries of up to £9,000 for those training in English.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An additional £6,000 grant uplift is available to schools that want to increase their salary offer for School Direct (salaried) trainees in maths, physics and computing. Funding for subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses remains available for trainees in a number of subjects including maths, physics and chemistry. SKE helps trainees to start initial teacher training (ITT) with refreshed, curriculum-specific subject knowledge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister announced on 11 March 2015 a further allocation of £67 million for the next five years to train an extra 2,500 mathematics and physics teachers and upskilling 15,000 existing teachers. Measures include new schemes to attract more A Level students, undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers, career-changers and overseas STEM teachers into teaching; and classes to upskill 3,000 non-specialist teachers each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also given greater freedom to schools to pay extra for the recruitment of qualified teachers which can be used for shortage subject teachers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 250 question first answered 03/06/2015 14:00:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh