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386195

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the privatisation of the collection and enforcement of fines, compensation and other charges imposed by the criminal courts.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	4538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The department is committed to enforcing as many criminal financial impositions as possible. Working with an external provider would bring the necessary investment, technology and innovation to build on the improvements already made by HMCTS.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 07/07/2015 16:16:30 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

385981

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the business case for the privatisation of the collection and enforcement of fines compensation and other charges imposed by the criminal courts will be published.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	4457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The procurement process for an external provider for compliance and enforcement services is bound by commercial confidentiality and as such specifics relating to the preferred bidder’s solution detailed in the project’s business case cannot be shared.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/07/2015 09:20:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

385982

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Debt Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what payment methods will be available for people to pay fines, compensation and other charges imposed by the criminal courts under the contract for that service with a private provider.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	4456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The contract for compliance and enforcement services has not yet been awarded. The payment methods available for people to pay financial impositions will be agreed once a contract has been awarded.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/07/2015 09:17:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

385811

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff who have been dismissed from her Department in the last three years were within 24 months of retirement.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	4354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Numbers of staff dismissed in each category are shown in the table below. PQ4356 requests information on personal data; in order to protect individuals’ identity, numbers in these categories are rounded to the nearest five and suppressed below five.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Within 24 months of retirement</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Trade Union Representatives</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>&lt;5</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Black and Minority Ethnic</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Over 50 years old</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4355 4356 question first answered 30/06/2015 15:11:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

385812

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff who have been dismissed from her Department in the last three years were trade union representatives.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	4355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Numbers of staff dismissed in each category are shown in the table below. PQ4356 requests information on personal data; in order to protect individuals’ identity, numbers in these categories are rounded to the nearest five and suppressed below five.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Within 24 months of retirement</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Trade Union Representatives</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>&lt;5</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Black and Minority Ethnic</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Over 50 years old</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4354 4356 question first answered 30/06/2015 15:11:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

385813

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in her Department have been dismissed in the last three years; how many such staff were (a) disabled, (b) black and minority ethnic, (c) over 50 years old, (d) female and (e) male.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	4356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Numbers of staff dismissed in each category are shown in the table below. PQ4356 requests information on personal data; in order to protect individuals’ identity, numbers in these categories are rounded to the nearest five and suppressed below five.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Within 24 months of retirement</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Trade Union Representatives</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>&lt;5</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Black and Minority Ethnic</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Over 50 years old</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4354 4355 question first answered 30/06/2015 15:11:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

381414

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the accreditation process for GCSE Mathematics in ensuring appropriate standards.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	2639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Ofqual has carried out a programme of research to review the awarding organisations’ sample assessment materials for the new Mathematics GCSEs with a particular emphasis on comparability and an appropriate standard of demand. Ofqual published the outcomes of this research on 21 May and awarding organisations are revising their sample assessment materials. Information regarding this can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/actions-in-response-to-ofquals-gcse-maths-research-report" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/actions-in-response-to-ofquals-gcse-maths-research-report</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/06/2015 14:38:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

349370

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Ivory
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 legislative proposals her Department plans to bring forward to implement a total ban on ivory sales in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	1580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK has played a leading role in galvanising international action to combat the illegal wildlife trade, and in pressing for a total ban on ivory sales we will work with our international partners and interested parties at home to seek their views about how we best achieve this and over what timeframe.</p><p>The Government is committed to maintaining the current global ban on any new international trade in raw ivory. In addition, the UK does not permit trade in raw ivory tusks of any age and we are pressing for this approach to be taken across the whole of the European Union.</p><p>We also warmly welcome the recent indications from the Government of China that it intends in due course to close its legal domestic market for ivory. This will remove a key driver of the demand which in turn fuels the continued poaching that is currently resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of elephants every year.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 1581 1582 question first answered 16/06/2015 09:25:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

349371

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Ivory
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 recent steps she has taken to implement a total ban on ivory sales.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	1581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK has played a leading role in galvanising international action to combat the illegal wildlife trade, and in pressing for a total ban on ivory sales we will work with our international partners and interested parties at home to seek their views about how we best achieve this and over what timeframe.</p><p>The Government is committed to maintaining the current global ban on any new international trade in raw ivory. In addition, the UK does not permit trade in raw ivory tusks of any age and we are pressing for this approach to be taken across the whole of the European Union.</p><p>We also warmly welcome the recent indications from the Government of China that it intends in due course to close its legal domestic market for ivory. This will remove a key driver of the demand which in turn fuels the continued poaching that is currently resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of elephants every year.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 1580 1582 question first answered 16/06/2015 09:25:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

349429

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Ivory
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 her policy is on a total ban on ivory sales in the UK and internationally.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	1582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK has played a leading role in galvanising international action to combat the illegal wildlife trade, and in pressing for a total ban on ivory sales we will work with our international partners and interested parties at home to seek their views about how we best achieve this and over what timeframe.</p><p>The Government is committed to maintaining the current global ban on any new international trade in raw ivory. In addition, the UK does not permit trade in raw ivory tusks of any age and we are pressing for this approach to be taken across the whole of the European Union.</p><p>We also warmly welcome the recent indications from the Government of China that it intends in due course to close its legal domestic market for ivory. This will remove a key driver of the demand which in turn fuels the continued poaching that is currently resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of elephants every year.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 1580 1581 question first answered 16/06/2015 09:25:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith