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454134

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Special Advisers provide policy, political, and communications advice to Ministers, across the business of the Department in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 25/02/2016 16:06:33 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454237

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information police forces hold on the (a) nationality and (b) ethnicity of those (i) arrested for (ii) convicted of sexual assaults against women.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	28000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Under the annual data requirement (ADR), police forces are required to submit data to the Home Office on the ethnicity and sex of persons arrested for sexual offences. These data cannot be broken down to identify the number of arrests for sexual offences against women. Data on the nationality of persons arrested are not collected centrally.</p><p>Police forces hold a range of personal information on the Police National Computer (PNC) and local police databases on those arrested and convicted of any offence, including sexual assaults against women.</p><p>Additionally, the personal information of anyone cautioned or convicted for a sexual offence listed in Schedule 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, including sexual assault, is held on the police dangerous persons’ database, Violent and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/02/2016 16:17:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

454327

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 12 January 2016 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Ms S Lyons.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	27845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Our records show that this correspondence, regarding the overpayment of Tax Credits, was transferred to Ministerial colleagues at HM Treasury on 26 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/02/2016 15:51:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

453555

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
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	Tunisia: Unemployment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are discussing unemployment in Kasserine and other parts of Tunisia with the government of that country; and whether any steps are being taken to mobilise investment from the Arab Partnership Fund and other institutions to improve employment rates in those areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>We have regular dialogue with the Tunisian government on a range of issues, including their economic development, particularly in marginalised areas like Kasserine.</p><p>UK support to Tunisia has doubled in the last year to nearly £6 million, and we will continue this high level of support in the next financial year. Since 2011, working with international partners and using funds including the Arab Partnership, Arab Partnership Economic Facility and Conflict Security and Stability Fund, the UK has supported private sector development, vocational training, job creation, economic governance and transparency, including in marginalised areas. Partners such as Germany, the US, France, the EU, the European Reconstruction and Development Bank, the World Bank and the European Investment Bank are also involved in similar initiatives. It is also important that the Tunisian government sets out and implements its vision for economic and social development. This will help ensure that international support is sustainable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 25/02/2016 16:24:33 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

453565

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Health Services: Police Custody
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for healthcare services provided within police custody being considered healthcare facilities, and being funded, inspected, and regulated accordingly, in the light of the number of vulnerable individuals with complex health-related issues who are brought into police custody.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL6267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The primary function of a police custody suite is to provide safe detention whilst investigating officers gather evidence, statements and conduct necessary interviews relating to any alleged offence. The provision of custody facilities, including healthcare services within police custody suites is the responsibility of individual police forces, and Police and Crime Commissioners have flexibility to prioritise resources according to local need.</p><p>Both College of Policing and NHS guidance is available to Police and Crime Commissioners to inform their commissioning of healthcare services. Regulation and inspection of police custody including healthcare provision is performed jointly by the three appropriate inspectorate bodies; Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation, and the Care Quality Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/02/2016 13:27:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

453623

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Islamic State: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been prosecuted for going abroad to assist Daesh.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	27830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>As of the end January 2016, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had successfully prosecuted and convicted 38 individuals in 27 cases where the allegations were considered to be related to the conflict in Syria.</p><p>The CPS does not hold central records for the number of people prosecuted in relation to Daesh.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/02/2016 10:37:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

453624

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the public sector exit cap proposed in the Enterprise Bill on employees of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	27757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>An impact analysis was published within the exit payment cap consultation document which respondents had an opportunity to comment on. Further, the Government has been working with departments, including the Department of Energy and Climate Change, to inform the impact of a public sector exit payment cap set at £95,000 in different sectors and on different categories of workers. The exit payment cap consultation can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-public-sector-exit-payment-cap" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-public-sector-exit-payment-cap</a></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/02/2016 17:12:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

453625

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2016 to Question 26010, when his Department plans to establish the reading room for classified documents relating to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	27767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The reading room for classified documents relating to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is not yet open. Members of both Houses will be informed of the process and details of how to access the room shortly, once these have been finalised.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/02/2016 16:26:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

453635

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many officials of his Department are (a) responsible for external trade policy, (b) working on policy related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and (c) worked on policy related to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	27658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>There are 41 civil servants in my Department primarily working on trade policy. Of these 10 are primarily working on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement was one of a number of trade negotiations being handled by a team of 5 BIS officials. They are assisted by officials in other Government Departments, notably the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as well as by other officials within my Department for whom trade policy is not their primary responsibility.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/02/2016 16:28:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

453637

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in employment earn (a) the national minimum wage rate which will apply from 1 April 2016 and (b) between that rate and one per cent above that rate.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	27643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 25/02/2016 14:48:31 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 27634 .pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - National Minimum Wage Rate
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell