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93456

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of births where one or both parents were born outside the UK there were in (a) London and (b) Greater London in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 17/10/2014 10:13:17 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 210759 ONS 348.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Births
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93137

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Families Federation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met the Armies Families Federation; and what was discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>As the Minister responsible for welfare issues, I met the Chief Executive of the Army Families Federation on 14 October 2014 to discuss Army housing. I will also be speaking about this and a variety of other issues at the Army Families Federation Conference on 21 October.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/10/2014 16:59:12 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93182

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Livestock: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the welfare of animals during transportation.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the EU Commission and other Member States to ensure better enforcement of the rules on the welfare of animals during transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/10/2014 11:52:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93207

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Russia
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 effect and effectiveness of existing EU sanctions on Russia.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU in respect of Russia’s actions in Ukraine are designed to impose a cost on Russia, deter further escalation of this crisis, and support the wider diplomatic effort to reach a sustainable solution. EU sanctions already announced have exacerbated negative trends in Russia’s economy: capital flight in the first half of 2014 was greater than for the whole of 2013; and growth predictions have been revised downwards. Russian access to western financial markets is being severely constrained as lenders consider the risks of Russian exposure in the current climate. The strengthening of sanctions is signaling clearly to the Russian leadership that its policy of trying to destabilise Ukraine will continue to have serious consequences.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/10/2014 13:33:36 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93309

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants were (a) granted refugee status, (b) granted Humanitarian Protection or Discretionary Leave and (c) refused asylum, Humanitarian Protection or Discretionary Leave at initial decision in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 cohorts of asylum applicants; how many appeals against those decisions were lodged in each of those years; and of those appeals how many were (A) allowed and (B) dismissed.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Published figures on initial decisions for main asylum applicants, including grants of asylum, Humanitarian Protection and Discretionary Leave, and refusals, are available in Table as_01 of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. <br><br>Figures relate to decisions made in the given year, rather than for a cohort of applicants.<br><br>Published figures on the number of asylum appeal applications and determinations, including appeals allowed and appeals dismissed, are available in Table as_14 (Asylum data table Volume 1) of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April – June 2014, is available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/10/2014 14:10:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93324

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of operation of the cap on recruitment of non-EU workers.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The annual limit, together with other reforms the Government has made since 2010, is helping to deliver an immigration system which works in the national interest: welcoming migrant workers who will contribute to economic growth, while reducing numbers to a more sustainable level and eliminating abuse.<br><br>The limit was last formally reviewed in 2012 by the Migration Advisory Committee, who recommended no change to its level. The Government has <br>committed to maintaining the limit at 20,700 places per year for at least the remainder of this parliament, to provide businesses with a period of policy stability.<br><br>The limit is working effectively and we continue to monitor its operation. Non-EU net migration was 218,000 in September 2010. We have cut it to 162,000 – down 56,000 under this Government. At the same time, the limit has not prevented businesses recruiting people with the skills they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/10/2014 14:20:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

93363

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Works
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to make utility companies more accountable for traffic delays arising from their street works.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	210399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Utility companies have statutory powers to carry out works to maintain or install their apparatus in the street to provide the services that we all rely on. Under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, the street authority has a duty to co-ordinate all works on its road network in order to minimise inconvenience to road users, and utilities have a duty to co-operate with them in doing that. The Traffic Management Act 2004 also places a 'Network Management Duty' on authorities to keep traffic moving as far as practical.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 the Government increased the penalties that local authorities can impose where street works by utility companies overrun their agreed duration, up to a maximum charge of £10,000 a day.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/10/2014 11:23:10 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

91683

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Agriculture: Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to establish an agricultural technology catapult centre.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	209248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>This Department is investing £90 million to establish a small number of Centres for Agricultural Innovation. These Centres have similar overarching objectives to Catapult Centres and will drive increased translation of research and levels of innovation in agriculture and its supply chains, whilst both improving UK competitiveness and leadership in the Agri-Tech sector, and encouraging greater inward investment.</p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK is responsible for the establishment of new Catapult Centres, and is guided by specific criteria when considering new sectors and challenges. Whilst the current funding arrangements mean we cannot establish these existing Centres as a Catapult Centre, we will continue to explore the potential future Centres for Agricultural Innovation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/10/2014 13:52:48 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

91684

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	Agriculture: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from the (a) research councils and (b) Technology Strategy Board was allocated to agricultural research in the financial years 2005-06 to 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	209252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills’ funding for agricultural research is through the UK Research Councils and Innovate UK (formerly TSB) as per the figures given below:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Research Council funding for agriculture research:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="9"><p><strong>£k</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Council</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006-07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007-08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BBSRC</p></td><td><p>58,200</p></td><td><p>67,100</p></td><td><p>71,200</p></td><td><p>75,200</p></td><td><p>83,800</p></td><td><p>89,600</p></td><td><p>88,200</p></td><td><p>91,600</p></td><td><p>89,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESRC</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>2,221</p></td><td><p>4,168</p></td><td><p>4,832</p></td><td><p>5,166</p></td><td><p>4,526</p></td><td><p>2,883</p></td><td><p>3,494</p></td><td><p>3,551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NERC</p></td><td><p>3,228</p></td><td><p>2,668</p></td><td><p>3,875</p></td><td><p>4,732</p></td><td><p>6,508</p></td><td><p>13,626</p></td><td><p>7,540</p></td><td><p>20,149</p></td><td><p>18,151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>61,428</p></td><td><p>69,768</p></td><td><p>79,243</p></td><td><p>84,764</p></td><td><p>95,474</p></td><td><p>107,752</p></td><td><p>98,623</p></td><td><p>115,243</p></td><td><p>110,902</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Innovate UK’s</strong> <strong>funding for agriculture research:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>£</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006-07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007-08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>864,062</p></td><td><p>903,749</p></td><td><p>871,506</p></td><td><p>517,216</p></td><td><p>1,176,288</p></td><td><p>8,191,617</p></td><td><p>8,252,014</p></td><td><p>12,773,370</p></td><td><p>9,014,373</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 17/10/2014 08:55:43 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

91708

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Sea Cadet Corps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all Sea Cadets units.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	209256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>There are currently 388 Sea Cadet Units across the UK. I will place details of these locations in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2014 16:09:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name PQO5153.doc title Sea Cadet units across the UK
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching