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227906

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce, refine and replace the use of animals in research.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>In 2010, the coalition government made a commitment to work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research and a delivery plan has been published. The plan shows how alternative methods can deliver fast, high-quality research that <br>also boosts economic growth. <br><br>Since the Plan was published, a wealth of significant new research and knowledge dissemination on the 3Rs - Replacement, Refinement and Reduction - has been completed. It includes the launch of the first products from the National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) open innovation programme CRACK IT, a £4 million<br>competition run by Innovate UK and the NC3Rs to fund the commercialisation of non-animal technologies.<br><br>There is also the publication of important new studies on veterinary and human vaccine testing by Defra and Public Health England which have identified scope to reduce the numbers of animals used in developing vaccines. New joint working by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Home Office has additionally produced refined testing models to reduce animal <br>suffering.<br><br>We have taken major steps to encourage greater international adoption of 3Rs techniques, including a ground-breaking programme of knowledge-sharing with regulators and life science associations in China led by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit. In addition, we have published collaborative research across the global life sciences sector led by the NC3Rs and the UK’s Medicines and <br>Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to minimise the use of recovery animals in pharmaceutical development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 23/03/2015 16:01:25 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227907

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to improve the efficiency of the asylum system.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office have a number of Asylum Improvement projects underway. We are reviewing asylum processes to provide a better experience for our customers such as moving administrative tasks from the asylum interview into the screening process or revising decision letters to make them more user-friendly for customers. <br><br>We are also implementing a number of pilot initiatives to modernise our case working processes including exploring the use of Summary Notes within our asylum interviews. At the same time we are looking to invest in technology to automatically obtain a transcript of an asylum interview. This should improve the efficiency of our interviewing process and reduce the need for our customers to have lengthy interviews regarding their claim whilst we are also looking to expand on the use of video conferencing equipment to build greater flexibility into the asylum case working process and to realise potential savings. We are seeking to digitalise our work where possible, removing the need for paper-based files so our work can be moved around the country to meet service demands. <br><br>We have also made improvements to our decision making processing times. We aim to decide all straightforward asylum claims within six months. We recognise that asylum cases are often complex and require our full and thorough consideration, meaning that some decisions will take longer than six months. Those cases that do take longer than six months are actively managed to ensure they are concluded as promptly as possible. <br><br>We have significantly improved our suite of guidance on considering asylum claims, including key instructions on asylum interviews and assessing credibility. We have streamlined processes by reducing the volume of paperwork required and cutting duplication in the asylum process, including improvements to the way in which decisions are explained to applicants in correspondence to make it easier to understand. These changes are designed to support caseworkers to improve decision quality and efficiency to ensure we grant protection where it is needed whilst refusing unfounded claims more quickly, whilst also ensuring a more customer focused approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/03/2015 16:22:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227306

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of potential savings from mergers of police forces.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made any estimate as to the potential savings from merging police forces. It is not necessary for forces to merge in order to <br>become more efficient. Chief constables and police and crime commissioners are demonstrating that they can collaborate in order to make efficiency savings <br>without sacrificing the local accountability and identity of their forces. A programme of force mergers would also impose significant transition and reorganisation costs on the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/03/2015 14:36:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227165

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pieces of unlawful terrorist material have been taken off the internet since 2010; how many hate preachers have been excluded from the UK since 2010; how many organisations have been proscribed in the UK since 2010; how many (a) British citizenships have been revoked and (b) passports have been removed for terrorism-related reasons since 2010; and how many arrests the police have made for terrorism-related offences since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit has secured the removal of more than 75,000 pieces of terrorist-related content since 2010.<br><br><br>Since January 2010, 91 hate preachers have been excluded from the UK. Since May 2010, this Government have excluded 88 hate preachers from the UK. The Home <br>Secretary has the power to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good or if their exclusion is justified on public policy or public security grounds. Coming to the UK is a privilege that we refuse to extend to those who seek to subvert our shared values.<br><br><br>19 organisations have been proscribed since May 2010.<br><br><br>Since 2010 there have been 28 deprivation decisions taken on the basis that such action would be ‘conducive to the public good.<br><br><br>On 25 April 2013, the Government redefined the public interest criteria to refuse or withdraw a passport in a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament. Since the Secretary of State’s statement in April 2013, the Royal Prerogative was used 6 times in 2013 and 24 times in 2014. The Royal Prerogative was not exercised on these grounds in the period 2010-2012.<br><br><br>Since (April) 2010, over 800 people have been arrested for terrorism-related offences. Of these more than 220 have been charged and over 150 successfully prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/03/2015 14:38:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227171

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010; and how many foreign national offenders are in the process of being removed from the UK under new powers in the Immigration Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>We have removed more than 23,000 foreign national offenders from the UK since 2010.<br><br>Between July 2014 to December 2014, 2,337 had their cases processed under the new powers of the Immigration Act 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/03/2015 15:11:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227172

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent neighbourhood police officers there were in March 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>There were 15,670 full-time equivalent police officers within the neighbourhoods function as at 31 March 2010, which represents 10.9% of the total number of police officers in England and Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/03/2015 14:58:12 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227173

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in reducing the number of asylum cases dating to before 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>At the end of 2012, there were approximately 41,000 ‘legacy’ asylum and migration cases where the original application was submitted before March 2007. The Home Office committed to review and communicate decisions on all of these by the end of 2014. The work to review and communicate decisions was completed by the end of December 2014 aside from a small number of cases where an external impediment, such as an outstanding criminal investigation or ongoing litigation, prevented us completing our review<br><br>There are cases where the Home Office has completed a review and decided that it is not appropriate to grant leave but not yet removed the applicant. It is for this reason that we committed to review and communicate decisions on the pre March 2007 cases but did not guarantee that all will be concluded by the end of 2014. Such individuals will remain live whilst removal is progressed.<br><br><br>Link to the related published data:<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407276/asylum_transparency_data-q4_2014.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407276/asylum_transparency_data-q4_2014.ods</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 12:34:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

224913

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Social Rented Housing: Unemployed People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of workless households in social housing.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	226225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The latest available data shows that there were 1.4 million workless households in the social rented sector. This is a reduction of 102,000 from the previous year and follows a continual downward trend over this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>This is the largest fall in the percentage of workless households in the social rented sector since comparable records began.</p><p> </p><p>Full details can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lmac/working-and-workless-households/2014/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lmac/working-and-workless-households/2014/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/03/2015 17:27:11 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

173860

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Sport: Females
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 increase women's participation in sport and physical activity.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	907011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The number of women regularly participating in sport is up by over 588,800 since we won the Olympic bid in 2005 and has increased by 62,800 in the last year alone. However the gap between men's and women's participation is still too large. We have an independent group advising us on how best to address this, from encouraging participation through the ‘This Girl Can’ campaign launched this week, to increasing media coverage and sponsorship, and getting more women into leadership positions.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 15/01/2015 12:15:43 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

166055

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government has spent on sustainable transport in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	215810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has committed £51.952m to the Yorkshire and the Humber area as part of a range of Local Sustainable Transport Fund projects, which will be ongoing until March 2015. To date, £47.812m of this funding has been paid out. This includes £1.653m for Harrogate and Knaresborough, of which £0.968m has been paid out. A further £19.684m in funding has also been provided to Yorkshire and the Humber through the Linking Communities, Cycle Safety and Cycling Ambition grant programmes. This means that over the past three financial years, the Department has paid £67.496m to the Yorkshire and Humber area (including Harrogate and Knaresborough), and has committed £71.636m up until March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of these overall figures are as follows in the attached table, and include any funding claimed thus far in Quarters 1 and 2 of this financial year, where this breakdown is known.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Integrated Transport Block can be used for small transport improvement projects, including cycle routes. The allocations for the past three financial years are below. The current financial year is also provided for information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>2011-12</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td><td>2014-15</td></tr><tr><td>North Yorkshire</td><td>£4.474m</td><td>£4.091m</td><td>£4.091m</td><td>£5.753m</td></tr><tr><td>Yorkshire and the Humber</td><td>£47.760m</td><td>£43.666m</td><td>£43.666m</td><td>£61.403m</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The background notes provide a summary for the funding programmes mentioned above. More detailed information on the individual schemes can be found on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/12/2014 15:09:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 215810 - table.xls title 215180-table-Committed sustainable transport fund
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones