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102023

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Missing Persons: Hampshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people under the age of 18 in the care of Hampshire County Council have been reported missing in the last three years; and how many such people are still unaccounted for.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education currently collects information on children looked after by local authorities in England who went missing from their agreed placement for a period of 24 hours or more.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached shows the number of children who went missing from their agreed placement whilst looked after by Hampshire, Portsmouth or Southampton local authority, during the years ending 31 March 2012 to 2014. Children who went missing on more than one occasion during the year have been recorded only once for that year. The table also shows the number of these children who were still missing at 31 March 2014, the latest date for which data are available. In addition to these, there will also be some children who have turned 18, and therefore ceased to be looked after whilst missing. In such cases, information is not collected on whether these young people are still missing.</p><p> </p><p>Comparisons with other data sources, including numbers of missing children reported to the police, indicate that the number of children missing from their agreed placement may be an undercount of the true figure and should be treated with caution. Extensive work on improving the quality of this data has been undertaken during the past two years’ data collections. An increase in the number of children missing from their agreed placement over recent years may therefore be due to improved recording rather than a true increase. From 2015, the information will be collected differently to improve the quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 212804 212805 question first answered 07/11/2014 13:59:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name 212803-table_of_missing_children_looked_after_2012-2014.doc title Table of missing children looked after: 2012-14
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

102027

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
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
hansard heading	Society Network Foundation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department awarded in (a) grants and (b) contracts to the Society Network Foundation between 2010 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	212818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media &amp; Sport did not provide any financial or non-financial support to the Society Network Foundation between 2010 and 2014, nor has it been awarded any contracts.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 212817 question first answered 06/11/2014 11:30:21 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

102030

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Navy were dismissed for drug-related offences in the last three years; and how many such dismissals were for possession or use of cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested in respect of the Naval Service is provided in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of personnel dismissed for drug-related offences</p></td><td><p>Number of personnel dismissed for the possession or use of cannabis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (to 3 November)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information has been compiled using the date of conviction, not the date of offence. It does not include administrative discharges and therefore compulsory drug test failures are not included.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/11/2014 17:26:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

102031

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British Army were dismissed for drug-related offences in the last three years; and how many such dismissals were for possession or use of cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The table sets out the information requested in respect of the British Army.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of British Army personnel dismissed for drug-related offences?</p></td><td><p>Number of British Army personnel dismissed for possession or use of cannabis?</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p><p>(as at 31 Oct)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The information has been compiled using the date of conviction, not the date of offence. It does not include administrative discharges and therefore compulsory drugs test failures are not included.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2014 17:35:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

102032

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Air Force were dismissed for drug-related offences in the last three years; and how many such dismissals were for possession or use of cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Number of personnel dismissed for drug-related offences</td><td>Number of personnel dismissed for the possession or use of Canabis</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2014 (to 5 November)</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information has been compiled using the date of conviction, not the date of the offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2014 17:26:14 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

102042

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
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	Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ease with which Syrian nationals can cross the Lebanese border.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	212795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Lebanon is currently hosting over 1.3million refugees and has shown enormous generosity in welcoming those in need which the UK has consistently welcomed.</p><p>The Lebanese cabinet agreed new guidelines on Syrian refugees on 23 October saying that new arrivals would be restricted to &quot;special humanitarian cases&quot;. The Government of Lebanon is also trying to reduce numbers of refugees already inside Lebanon, partly by encouraging displaced Syrians to return to their or another country. We assess that current restrictions have resulted in a reduction of 75% in those entering Lebanon over the last month.</p><p>The UK continues to urge Lebanon not to return Syrian refugees as we do not judge it safe to do so at present.</p><p>The UK has so far committed £140m in humanitarian and development assistance to Lebanon since the start of the Syria crisis, much of which is to assist with refugees.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 06/11/2014 13:08:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

102068

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce the length of time taken to answer calls to tax credit helplines.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	212822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Over the next few months HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will be migrating its existing telephone services to a new telephony platform. This will improve the way that the queuing systems work and, over time, will lead to reduced wait times.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also looking at a number of initiatives to improve customer service and wait times. These include: greater flexible working across HMRC to improve its response to particular peaks in demand; and investing in online and digital services for the future, opening up a wider variety of channels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC helplines, including those for Tax Credit Helpline are landline numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212842 question first answered 17/11/2014 15:52:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

102072

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce landline telephone numbers for calls to HM Revenue and Customs' helplines for working tax credits queries.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	212842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Over the next few months HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will be migrating its existing telephone services to a new telephony platform. This will improve the way that the queuing systems work and, over time, will lead to reduced wait times.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also looking at a number of initiatives to improve customer service and wait times. These include: greater flexible working across HMRC to improve its response to particular peaks in demand; and investing in online and digital services for the future, opening up a wider variety of channels.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC helplines, including those for Tax Credit Helpline are landline numbers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212822 question first answered 17/11/2014 15:52:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

102077

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how long the average jobseeker's allowance sanction lasted in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	212844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested in relation to both Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) sanction durations is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 212843 question first answered 07/11/2014 14:20:38 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

101755

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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
hansard heading	Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the system for registering new .uk domains with Nominet is accessible and straightforward.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	212644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p><em>Nominet is responsible for managing the UK registry and any policy changes, such as the introduction of new .uk domain names, is done in full consultation with its stakeholders, which includes the Government. The Government favours this multi-stakeholder model approach to internet governance. The processes for .uk domains are fully transparent and Nominet has justified their policy position when publishing the response to the consultation on second level domain names.</em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/11/2014 09:55:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins