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517330

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Wholesale Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to increase competition in the pharmaceutical wholesale market.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	36440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has an active and diverse licensed wholesale dealing market for medicinal products for human use which is regulated by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. It is up to individual companies to submit such licence applications.</p><p> </p><p>If there is concern with anti-competiveness, this should be referred to the Competition and Markets Authority.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 12/05/2016 09:47:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

517596

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cycling: Fixed Penalties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 3 May (HL7756), in what manner they ensure that cyclists pay fines imposed by fixed penalty notices.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL8189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>When a fixed penalty notice is issued offenders have 28 days in which to pay the amount ordered. No enforcement action is taken during this period but if the offender fails to pay within this time the fixed penalty notice is increased by 50% and registered as a court fine. HM Courts and Tribunals Service can then take the same enforcement steps as for any court ordered fine.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 11/05/2016 13:11:44 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

517071

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to restrict the amount that mobile telephone companies and other communication providers can charge for the provision of a Porting Authorisation Code to customers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	36371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Industry rules require mobile telephone companies to provide mobile number portability (the ability to transfer a mobile phone number) to customers within the shortest possible time, and the Porting Authorisation Code (PAC) must be issued over the phone, or by text message, within two hours of a customer’s request. Companies are permitted to make reasonable charges for providing number portability, but those charges should be based on the costs of providing the PAC and should not disincentivise customers from switching. In general, mobile telephone companies do not charge customers for requesting or issuing a PAC, nor for the process of switching a customer to another provider. However, some service providers may make a termination charge, if for example a customer terminates a contract before the expiry of the minimum contract term, or if the customer changes provider before they have served out any required minimum notice period for termination (usually 30 days). The Government is committed to making it easier and quicker for consumers to switch services enabling more customers to obtain better value from their mobile service provider and fully supports Ofcom’s interim findings in the recent digital communications review. This includes Government efforts encouraging industry on a voluntary basis to remove/reduce charges for handset unlocking for consumers at the end of their contracts.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/05/2016 14:53:51 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

516143

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, (a) how much funding he has allocated to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the (i) Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and (ii) SFO's Proceeds of Crime Division in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	35794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the following tables.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFO gross budget</p></td><td><p>£44.6m</p></td><td><p>£41.3m</p></td><td><p>£40.1m</p></td><td><p>£43.7m</p></td><td><p>£54m</p></td><td><p>£59.4m</p></td><td><p>£62.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFO Proceeds of Crime Division <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£0.920m</p></td><td><p>£1.021m</p></td><td><p>£1.571m</p></td><td><p>£1.683m</p></td><td><p>£1.931m</p></td><td><p>£2.304m</p></td><td><p>£2.674m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Full time equivalent staff </strong><sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFO</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>401<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFO Proceeds of Crime Division</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>23.43</p></td><td><p>32.71</p></td><td><p>31.43</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><em>The figures includes any blockbuster funding received in each year. They exclude capital expenditure, annually managed expenditure. </em></li><li><em>The Proceeds of Crime figures include the budget for the current year and outturn for the previous years. They do not include £110k funding received from the Department for International Development in the financial years 2014-15 &amp; 2015-16.</em></li><li><em>This data covers FTE staff in post as at 31<sup>st</sup> March each year including fixed term contractors, but not agency staff. Complete records for staff in post in the Proceeds of Crime division before 2011-12 are not held centrally and the figures provided for these years are based on available data.</em></li><li><em>This is a revised figure which corrects the number previously published in the SFO Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15.</em></li></ol> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/05/2016 14:50:07 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

515377

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects her Department's updated drugs strategy to be published.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	35333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>We are currently developing a new Drug Strategy, working across Government and with key partners. We will continue to build on the 2010 Drug Strategy to take a balanced approach to drugs (reducing demand, restricting supply and building recovery) and tackle drugs as a key driver of crime.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 28/04/2016 12:20:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

514718

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children in households whose income is below the threshold for receiving free school meals; and how many such children have at least one parent who is a national from another EEA member state.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	35039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>In January 2015 there were 1,198,494 children known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals. All these children were in households whose income was below the threshold for receiving free school meals.</p><p>We do not hold any information on the nationality of the parents of these children.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/04/2016 09:48:58 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 57683 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

514731

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) incidents have been reported to trading standards teams of and (b) prosecutions have taken place for food with falsely-labelled ingredients in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	35064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>Monitoring food businesses to ensure compliance with legislation on food labelling and composition is the responsibility of county councils, unitary authorities, the London Boroughs and some but not all metropolitan borough councils. These local authorities are also responsible for taking enforcement action, including prosecutions, where non-compliance is found.</p><p>Data is reported to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the number of food analyses undertaken in relation to compositional issues and labelling and presentation issues; 23,599 analyses were undertaken in 2014/15, 16,899 for compositional issues and 6,700 for labelling and presentation issues.</p><p>Data is also reported to the FSA on the total number of prosecutions concluded for food standards issues. This includes action in relation to composition, labelling and presentation but also for other issues such as chemical contamination. In 2014/15, 75 United Kingdom food establishments were subject to prosecution.</p><p>The FSA has recently established a central register of successful food law prosecutions. Data collected for the first year of operation of the register is not yet complete, but in future it will provide more definitive data on prosecutions for offences of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 29/04/2016 12:42:33 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

514741

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has received a reply to his letter of 4 April 2016 to the European Commission Vice President for the Digital Single Market on online platforms.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	35102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>A reply to our letter was not expected. Instead the letter on online platforms was designed to influence the Commission’s thinking ahead of the release of the package before the summer. Ministerial colleagues have engaged closely with EU Commissioners as well as a number of Member States about online platforms policy and will continue to do so.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/04/2016 16:17:15 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

514823

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals relating to (a) employment and support allowance, (b) disability living allowance and (c) personal independence payment from people claiming for (i) mental health conditions and (ii) other medical conditions have been successful to date.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	35060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>This information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 27/04/2016 15:55:12 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

513444

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what basis the equality analysis undertaken under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, which showed that certain features of the new contract for doctors in training will disproportionately impact on women, would not amount to indirect discrimination as those impacts can be comfortably justified.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL7701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Equality Assessment refers to a number of important objectives the new contract pursues and explains how it delivers fairness for all junior doctors. The Government considers that the new contract is entirely consistent with the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 28/04/2016 13:54:40 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath