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417124

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Afghan interpreters (1) have already been relocated to the United Kingdom under the post-conflict redundancy scheme, and (2) have had their application approved and are awaiting relocation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL2044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>Over 170 former local staff have already been relocated to the UK under the Ex Gratia Redundancy Scheme along with approximately 400 family members. Over 35 more local staff have had their application approved and been granted a visa, along with their immediate family members and will be relocating to the UK in the near future.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 10/09/2015 16:45:22 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

417129

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Euthanasia: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence for the offence of assisted suicide is for each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	9328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of offenders sentenced at all courts, by type of sentence and custodial sentence length band, for the offence of encouraging or assisting suicide or attempted suicide, in England and Wales, for the period 2009 to 2014, is available at the following link:</p><p><em> </em></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>Select the offence “76 Aiding Suicide” to present information on offenders sentenced at all courts for this offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not publish the average custodial sentence length in circumstances where the number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody is too small to give a meaningful average – specifically when there are fewer than five offenders.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/09/2015 13:55:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

417130

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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: Mckinsey and Company
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 employees of McKinsey are working on his Department's spending review; for how long those employees have been so engaged; what remit those staff have been given; what the cost to the public purse is of such staff; and if he will list which organisations and individuals his Department has consulted during that spending review.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>There are four pieces of work where McKinsey have been providing assistance to the Department:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>operating costs across the Department and Partner Organisations;</li><li>the cost of goods and services procured from third parties, led by the Crown Commercial Service;</li><li>a review of the Student Loans Company; and</li><li>cost drivers in Further Education, jointly with the Department for Education and Her Majesty’s Treasury.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no McKinsey employees working directly on the Department’s Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has consulted with our key Partner Organisations during the Spending Review process and Her Majesty’s Treasury have undertaken a public consultation on the Spending Review which closed on 4<sup>th</sup> September.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 9317 question first answered 10/09/2015 16:39:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417131

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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: Mckinsey and Company
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what reviews his Department is conducting with assistance from McKinsey.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>There are four pieces of work where McKinsey have been providing assistance to the Department:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>operating costs across the Department and Partner Organisations;</li><li>the cost of goods and services procured from third parties, led by the Crown Commercial Service;</li><li>a review of the Student Loans Company; and</li><li>cost drivers in Further Education, jointly with the Department for Education and Her Majesty’s Treasury.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no McKinsey employees working directly on the Department’s Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has consulted with our key Partner Organisations during the Spending Review process and Her Majesty’s Treasury have undertaken a public consultation on the Spending Review which closed on 4<sup>th</sup> September.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 9316 question first answered 10/09/2015 16:39:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417134

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Research Councils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on the future of the Research Councils.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has commissioned Sir Paul Nurse to lead an independent review of the Research Councils. As part of the review, there was an open call for evidence which received over 250 responses. Sir Paul is supported by Advisory and Reference Groups representing a range of academic disciplines, universities, business and HE organisations as well as the Research Councils themselves.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/09/2015 16:38:17 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417136

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) HEIs, (b) Research Institutes, (c) Catapult Centres and (d) other research institutions funded by HEFCE are located within the boundaries of two local enterprise partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/09/2015 16:57:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417191

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Pregnancy: Discrimination
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 potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal were notified to Acas under the early conciliation scheme in 2014-15; and how many of those claims (i) were settled by conciliation by Acas, (ii) progressed to a tribunal claim and (iii) were not settled by conciliation by Acas but did not progress to a tribunal case.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This information is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The total number of potential tribunal claims for pregnancy-related detriment or dismissal notified to Acas under the early conciliation scheme by individuals in 2014-15 was 1,851. Of these:</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 308 were settled by Acas at early conciliation stage and recorded on a COT3 settlement document;</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 545 progressed to a tribunal claim being taken, 264 of which were subsequently settled on an Acas COT3 following further conciliation;</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">· 998 were not settled through Acas, but did not progress to a tribunal case.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">An additional 18 notifications were made by employers. Seventeen of these were settled by Acas and the other was neither settled nor progressed to a tribunal.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government does not have data on the number of private settlements which settled claims before reaching a tribunal. The independently commissioned survey of early conciliation (a sample across all jurisdictions) found that 61 per cent of claimants (and their representatives) who did not settle but decided not to submit a tribunal claim reported that Acas was a factor in their decision.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Please note: (i) The jurisdictional provided to Acas is only indicative based on the information given by the prospective claimant; (ii) Counted individually there were a total of 1,882 notifications which means that a small number of claimants notified against more than one respondent.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/09/2015 16:40:49 question first ministerially corrected 14/09/2015 09:48:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 20420 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

417199

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has for tackling digital exclusion over this Parliament; and if he will publish the data that his Department collects on digital exclusion.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>Government is committed to making digital inclusion part of wider policy, programmes and digital services. Investment has been made in the national super-fast broadband roll out and funding for a basic digital skills programme that will reach 1 million digitally excluded people over 5 years and £7.4m has also been committed to fund free wifi and internet access for libraries in England.</p><p> </p><p>Digital inclusion is tracked through data collected and published by organisations such the ONS (internet use) and BBC/Go ON UK (basic digital skills). We will continue to monitor progress on this basis.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/09/2015 14:46:47 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

417200

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the principles his Department follows for handling and sharing the data of members of the public.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office processes personal data in accordance with the principles set out in Schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act 1998. The Cabinet Office’s entry on the Data Protection Register is available on the Information Commissioner’s Office website at <a href="https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/DoSearch?reg=163896" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/DoSearch?reg=163896</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/09/2015 15:05:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

417204

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Lost Working Days
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average working days lost per full time equivalent member of staff was as a result of sick days and absences in the Civil Service in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	9241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The Average Working Days Lost (AWDL) per staff year in the Civil Service has fallen from 8.8 days in 2010 to 7.4 days in 2015. This shows we are making good progress in reducing sickness absence in the Civil Service, and we are continuing to monitor and actively manage staff attendance.</p><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Working Days Lost per staff year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31st March 2010</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31st March 2013</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31st March 2014</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31st March 2015</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/09/2015 15:07:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard