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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

513445

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Drinking Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the findings of Human Rights Watch in its recent report <i>Nepotism and Neglect</i>, which identifies the failure of the authorities in Bangladesh to respond to the effects of arsenic in the drinking water of Bangladesh’s rural poor; and whether they will raise that issue with the government of Bangladesh.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL7702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government along with other donors, discusses issues such as safe drinking water with members of the Government of Bangladesh. Water quality testing, which focussed upon arsenic, has been a major part of DFID’s support for ensuring access to clean arsenic free water in rural Bangladesh. DFID has also supported arsenic testing by assisting the Government of Bangladesh to establish a national water-point database. The UK works with the Government of Bangladesh to use the database to identify water points which exceed the arsenic national standard can be identified and corrective necessary action taken.</p><p>DFID has also delivered large scale results on water, sanitation and hygiene education through our strategic partnership with BRAC. This has given 699,000 people access to clean drinking water, including in arsenic prone areas, through deep tube wells, piped water supply systems and pond sand filters to over the last 5 years<em>.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 26/04/2016 14:48:46 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

513446

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Working Conditions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have taken place with the government of Bangladesh about toxic, insanitary and unsafe working conditions in Hazaribagh, Dhaka.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL7703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government’s work around conditions in the leather industry in Bangladesh focuses on the issue of child labour. We support efforts in this particular area through the Manusher Johnno Foundation (MJF). MJF have campaigned successfully to include “Leather Works” on the Government of Bangladesh’s list of hazardous works for children. As a consequence, employers in the leather industry are now bound by a Code of Conduct which is aligned with the domestic Labour Law and National Child Labour Elimination Policy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 26/04/2016 14:26:59 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

513447

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Bangladesh about child marriage, and whether it is their policy that the revised Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 should retain the minimum age of marriage for women at 18 years age without exceptions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL7704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>We welcome the commitments made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Girl Summit last year and in New York in September to end marriage under the age 15 by 2021 and under 18 by 2041. We expect the age of marriage to be maintained at 18.</p><p>Alongside other Donor Partners and NGOs we continue to discuss with the Government of Bangladesh our concerns regarding the legislation, including the possibility of an exception clause that might allow marriage below 18 in certain circumstances, with the aim of ensuring that the public commitments at the UK Girl Summit are maintained. Meanwhile, we are working with other parts of HMG and donor partners to press for improved implementation of policies that protect and promote the status of women and girls. Activities to tackle inequality and promote empowerment are embedded across all of our wider programmes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/05/2016 15:00:20 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead