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455212

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department are responsible for coordinating and developing international policy across Government.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	28516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Promoting diversity in the Senior Civil Service is a ministerial responsibility of the Minister for the Cabinet Office. I have had frequent such meetings, and details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published routinely and can be found on www. Gov.UK.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, twice a year all Departments are required to publish an organogram and structure charts that contain information about the roles performed by staff. The latest Cabinet Office organogram is available at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office</a> and the latest structure charts may be downloaded at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:50:32 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2016 16:23:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 49154 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

455401

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his Department's policy that all prison officers in youth facilities should wear body-mounted cameras.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	28480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of young people in custody is vital and we take all incidents of violence extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>A pilot of Body Worn Video Cameras (BWVCs) is currently taking place across <del class="ministerial">24</del><ins class="ministerial">23</ins> prisons, including Cookham Wood, Feltham and Wetherby under -18 Young Offender Institutions.</p><p> </p><p>BWVCs are already in use at all Secure Training Colleges (STCs).</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/03/2016 14:50:06 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2016 14:22:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 49267 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

455452

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, all Departments are required to publish monthly workforce statistics that includes overtime costs. This information is available from the gov.uk website at:</strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-staff-numbers-and-associated-costs" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-staff-numbers-and-associated-costs</strong></a></ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/03/2016 12:27:44 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2016 11:14:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 49110 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

454781

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	George Bell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, how many people involved in investigating allegations of child abuse made against George Bell consulted his papers and diaries in Lambeth Palace Library in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	28343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">In 2013 and 2015 three staff members viewed various sections of the bishop's personal papers held at</ins> Lambeth Palace Library <ins class="ministerial">on two separate occasions.</ins> <del class="ministerial">has no record in the last three years of any of the individuals involved in these investigations making an application to view the papers and diaries of George Bell that are held in the Library.</del></p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/02/2016 16:24:51 question first ministerially corrected 06/05/2016 09:26:14 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman previous answer version 47893 answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Mrs Caroline Spelman answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

454827

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Sellafield: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what changes have been proposed to the existing terms and conditions of the Sellafield workforce under the workforce reform initiative.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	28221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Sellafield Change Programme is being put into place to improve business performance and provide greater value for the public purse while maintaining the priority of safe and secure operations. In relation to terms and conditions of employment, there are two improvements being proposed by Sellafield Ltd: first, changes to the pay and grading structure of existing staff, to ensure that pay and grading is fair and equitable; and second, new terms for new starters that are more closely aligned to market practice. In both cases the business has and will continue to engage with its employees and their representatives on the proposed changes.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the change programme are available<ins class="ministerial"> in the attached.</ins> <del class="ministerial">at:</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.nda.gov.uk/contracts-and-competition/sellafield-model-change-programme" target="_blank">http://www.nda.gov.uk/contracts-and-competition/sellafield-model-change-programme</a>.</del></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/03/2016 15:55:17 question first ministerially corrected 08/03/2016 13:52:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom attachment 1 file name New_Management_Arrangements_for_Sellafield_-_Stakeholder_Briefing.pdf title New Management Arrangements: Sellafield previous answer version 48819 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

454211

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the announcement in paragraph 1.233 of Budget 2015, HC 1093, of additional funding for children and young people's mental health services, how much of this funding has been spent by NHS England to date; how such funding has been spent; and how much in total he anticipates NHS England will have spent by the end of the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	27979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>In regard to the announcement in paragraph 1.233 of Budget 2015, HC1093 March Budget 2015, of the £1.25 billion additional funding for children and young people's mental health services, the following amount has been allocated to each clinical commissioning group (CCG):</p><p> </p><p>For 2015-16, £105 million has been allocated to CCGs, of which:</p><p>- £75 million has been allocated to transform local services through delivery of the Local Transformation Plans; and</p><p>- £30 million has been allocated for new community based eating disorder services in every area of the country.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">For 2016-17, £119 million has been included in CCG baseline allocations, of which</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£30 million eating disorders funding will be allocated once the split of this funding has been agreed. The attached table contains a breakdown of the £105 million and the £119 million by CCG.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">For 2016-17, £119 million has been included in CCG baseline allocations. £30 million eating disorders funding will also be allocated once the split of this funding has been agreed. The attached table contains a breakdown of the £105 million and the £119 million by CCG.</ins></p><p>Year to date spend information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/03/2016 17:49:18 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2016 18:21:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name CYP Allocations breakdown.xlsx title Revised allocations table previous answer version 48676 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name pq27979 table.XLSX title Table
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

454232

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 1.233 of the March Budget 2015, how much of the £1.25 billion investment in mental health services has been allocated to children and young people's mental health in each clinical commissioning group in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	28160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>In regard to the announcement in paragraph 1.233 of Budget 2015, HC1093 March Budget 2015, of the £1.25 billion additional funding for children and young people's mental health services, the following amount has been allocated to each clinical commissioning group (CCG):</p><p> </p><p>For 2015-16, £105 million has been allocated to CCGs, of which:</p><p>- £75 million has been allocated to transform local services through delivery of the Local Transformation Plans; and</p><p>- £30 million has been allocated for new community based eating disorder services in every area of the country.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">For 2016-17, £119 million has been included in CCG baseline allocations, of which</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">£30 million eating disorders funding will be allocated once the split of this funding has been agreed. The attached table contains a breakdown of the £105 million and the £119 million by CCG.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">For 2016-17, £119 million has been included in CCG baseline allocations. £30 million eating disorders funding will also be allocated once the split of this funding has been agreed. The attached table contains a breakdown of the £105 million and the £119 million by CCG.</ins></p><p>Year to date spend information is not available.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/03/2016 17:49:18 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2016 18:21:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name CYP Allocations breakdown.xlsx title Revised allocations table previous answer version 48680 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name pq27979 table.XLSX title Table
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

454262

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many injuries were sustained by children during restraint in each custodial institution in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	28142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2016 answer text <p>As the Justice Secretary has said, the safety and welfare of all those in custody is vital.</p><p>Although youth crime is down, reoffending rates are far too high and the care and supervision of young people in custody is not good enough. Restraint should only be used as a last resort, when young people are putting their own safety and the safety of others at risk.</p><p>In 2012, we introduced the Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR). Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons has welcomed the significant improvements that MMPR has brought.</p><p>The number of minor and serious injuries requiring medical treatment resulting from RPIs is published in Chapter 8 of the Youth Justice Annual Statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-annual-statistics-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-annual-statistics-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>We are investigating the accuracy of all restraint injury data from Medway Secure Training Centre.</p><p>The number of young people that establishments recorded as injured during incidents that required Restrictive Physical Intervention in each institution in the youth secure estate in each of the last eight years is set out in the attached document. This includes the following categories of injury: (i) serious injury requiring hospital treatment (ii) minor injuries requiring medical treatment and (iii) minor injuries, no treatment required.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/04/2016 14:44:19 question first ministerially corrected 08/04/2016 09:51:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name Number of injuries sustained by children during restraint.xls title injuries sustained by children during restraint previous answer version 54110 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

454306

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the premium and subsidy profile of the new TransPennine Express franchise will be in each year of that franchise's operation.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">These figures are published annually by the Office of Road and Rail at <a href="http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/html/html/95218cca-408d-4047-83ce-a542c53b59e6" target="_blank">http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/html/html/95218cca-408d-4047-83ce-a542c53b59e6</a>.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As well bringing in additional services, increased capacity, reduced fares for 16-18 year olds and jobseekers, and new cross-border services, the new Transpennine Franchise will, unlike the previous one awarded in 2003, be a premia paying franchise. The premium payments are set out below in both nominal terms and in real (i.e. constant) terms in 2015/16 prices.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>TPE</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Financial Subsidy/(Premium)</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£m </strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Nominal</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Real – 2015/16 Prices</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(7)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(6)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(20)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(19)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(52)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(46)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(99)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(85)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(111)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(93)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Core</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(144)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(116)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 8</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Option</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(157)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(123)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Year 9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Option</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(179)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(136)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9 years</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(763)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(621)</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/02/2016 11:39:07 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2016 16:08:26 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 47415 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453583

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	Software: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to implementing the EU Waste Electrical Equipment Directive (2012/19/EU) in relation to computer software.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">No consideration has been given as internet search engines are not within the defined scope of the Waste Electrical &amp; Electronic Equipment Directive. The scope of the WEEE Directive is restricted to equipment which is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work properly or equipment for the generation, transfer and measurement of such currents and fields.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">No consideration has been given to either computer software or internet search engines because they do not fall within the definition of electrical and electronic equipment specified in the WEEE Directive. Software is normally either downloaded to equipment or purchased on CDs. It is the equipment that is used to run the software that would fall in scope since that equipment is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work properly. An internet search engine is a service, not a piece of equipment, and so is also outside the scope of the Directive.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/03/2016 16:58:34 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2016 11:38:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 49925 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills