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164495

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	IVF
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 17 November (HL2643) and by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 21 November (HL2908), how it was possible to describe the annual incidence of linked infant deaths in answer to the previous question if such statistics were unavailable due to information on multiplicity not having been recorded at death registration; and what was the overall incidence of stillbirths for the past decade following foetal reduction in either the first trimester or early in the second trimester that affected (1) the remaining twin from the same twin pregnancy, (2) one of the remaining triplets from the same pregnancy, and (3) both of the remaining triplets from the same pregnancy.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL3088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 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 printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 01/12/2014 12:07:47 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL3088 Lord Alton ONS Letter.pdf title UK Statistics Authority Reply
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

156911

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Licensing Laws
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions under legislation prohibiting alcohol sales to intoxicated persons there have been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	215475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts for offences related to the sale of alcohol to an intoxicated person in England and Wales, 2009 to 2013, can be viewed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">Defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences related to selling alcohol to an intoxicated person <sup>(1)</sup>, England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 <sup>(2)(3)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>12</td><td>18</td><td><p>10</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">(1) An offence under S141 of the Licensing Act 2003</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/11/2014 17:57:07 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

156941

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	Floods
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 of the £10 million support for small and medium-sized enterprises for clean-up in flooded areas has been (a) allocated and (b) received by small and medium-sized enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	215502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2014 answer text <p>The full £10 million of funding was paid to eligible local authorities in two payments, on the 20 February and 14 March 2014. Details of total payments to local authorities are at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-funding-for-flood-affected-businesses" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-funding-for-flood-affected-businesses</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since then local authorities have allocated nearly £7 million of this funding to support business recovery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/11/2014 07:46:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

156959

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the number of professional social work placements, excluding the Step-Up and Frontline programmes, required in 2014-15; and how many places it expects to be provided by (a) local authorities, (b) third sector organisations and (iii) other organisations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	215399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 October 2014 to Question<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-09-09/208753/" target="_blank"> 209550. </a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 27/11/2014 17:25:30 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

157061

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people over the age of 30 have applied for Jobseeker's Allowance in (1) the United Kingdom, (2) the South West of England, and (3) Bristol.
tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
uin	HL3006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is publically available<strong>: </strong><a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on current Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants aged 30 or over and the number of new claims from this age group over the last 12 months, published by the Office for National Statistics, is shown in the table below. New claims do not cover all those who apply for JSA as a minority withdraw or have their claim disallowed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of JSA claimants aged 30 or over</p></td><td><p>Number of new JSA claims from people aged 30 or over</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>Year to October 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>545,535</p></td><td><p>1,325,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>26,310</p></td><td><p>87,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>10,585</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 01/12/2014 15:37:19 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

156493

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish their legislative plans to allow humanist marriages now that the public consultation is closed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL2935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is carefully considering the analysis of the responses we have received and the implications for marriage law and practice if a change were to be made to legislation. We plan to publish the Government’s response to the review by 1 January 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 26/11/2014 13:17:08 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

155867

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Fisheries: Quotas
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 international swaps were conducted by the Marine Management Organisation on behalf of the UK for (a) rays and skate and (b) plaice; and what reasons were given for the level and type of each swap.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	214436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>During 2014, the Marine Management Organisation approved 26 international swaps of ray quota. A total of 326.5 tonnes of rays were swapped out for other species, and 75.6 tonnes of ray quota were gained through international swaps.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Some 220 tonnes of plaice were swapped out during 2014, across a total of eight transactions.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>These international quota swaps were discussed with the fishing industry and approved in order to acquire stocks that UK fishermen wish to catch.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Each proposed swap is considered on its merits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/11/2014 11:17:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

155868

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Fisheries: Quotas
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 assessment she has made of the early year closure of skate, rays and plaice on the (a) economic position of and (b) effect on health and safety risks to English fishermen.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	214437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the impact that closures have had on the local fishing industry. It is important that quota limits are not exceeded, in order to protect the long term future of the industry. Early closure is used only as a last resort.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Fishermen should not risk their safety, or that of their crew and vessel at any time. Safety must always be a vessel master’s priority, whether fishing, transiting or in port.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 21/11/2014 11:21:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

155633

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on measures to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Pat Glass
uin	906028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Justice Secretary regularly meets with Cabinet colleagues, including the Home Secretary, to discuss measures that impact on the prison population.</p><p> </p><p>We will always have enough prison places for those sent to prison by the courts, and they are operated in a way that gives taxpayers the best value for money. In 2013/14 crowding in prisons was at the lowest level for 10 years, and, by May 2015, this Government will provide more adult male prison places than it inherited from the previous administration.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/11/2014 17:50:39 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

142200

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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	Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take prior to the General Election to encourage British Missions to promote an uptake in electoral registration among British citizens currently overseas who were resident in the UK at some time within the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	213794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to doing all it can to maximise voter registration, including among British citizens living overseas.</p><p>In addition, the Electoral Commission promotes awareness of UK electoral systems and electoral registration procedures including how to vote, and the Government understands that the Commission will target British citizens living overseas as part of their online advertising campaigns ahead of the General Election.</p><p>The Government will continue to explore ways to encourage registration among overseas electors in discussions with the Electoral Commission and other interested parties.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 11/11/2014 15:35:33 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope