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179552

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date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on strengthening the Armed Forces Covenant.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	224372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Armed Forces Covenant annual report, laid before the house on 16 December 2014, sets out the tremendous progress that was made during 2014. For a summary of the key points I refer the hon. Member to the written statement provided by my right hon Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Fallon) on 16 December 2014, (Official Report, columns 82-83WS).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/02/2015 17:33:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20141216 - WMS - Armed Forces Covenant.doc title Hansard extract - Armed Forces Covenant
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

179574

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households that have had a smart meter installed in their property have also had one or more unique energy efficiency measures installed in their property under the Energy Companies Obligation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	224401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s quarterly data on smart meter installations is currently collected from energy suppliers in an aggregated format, rather than at a household level.</p><p>As a result, it is not possible to ascertain through data linking how many Energy Companies' Obligation measures (where the data are collected at household level, and reported on monthly as National Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-statistics</a>) have been fitted in households where smart meters have been installed.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 10:21:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

179623

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Animals: Waste Disposal
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 analysis and research her Department has undertaken into the potential risk to human health of the transportation of animal carcasses and animal products in unsealed and unrefrigerated vehicles to rendering facilities.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	224369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Defra has not undertaken research into the potential risk to human health of the transportation of animal carcasses and animal products in unsealed and unrefrigerated vehicles to rendering facilities.</p><p>EU animal by-products (ABP) legislation, which is in force to protect public and animal health, requires animal carcasses and other ABP material to be collected and transported in sealed new packaging or covered leak-proof containers or vehicles at an appropriate temperature. Non-compliance with this requirement is a criminal offence under the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2013. In addition, the Government has been urging the rendering industry to consider what improvements can be made to current practice when transporting ABPs and on the issue of cooling carcasse material.</p><p>The Department understands that the rendering industry is currently undertaking and funding its own research into the costs and benefits of chilling ABPs during storage and transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/02/2015 11:15:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

179637

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	British Nationals Abroad: Ethiopia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with the government of Ethiopia the possible return of Mr Tsige to its jurisdiction since 2004.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	224414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>It is longstanding policy and practice to neither confirm nor deny whether an extradition request has been made or received, nor whether discussions have taken place. We continue to press the Ethiopian authorities for regular consular access.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/02/2015 16:36:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

179640

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on the level of violent crime in London.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	224375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.<br><br>According to the latest crime figures published by the Office for National Statistics, the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows violent crime is down by 23% under this Government, and this is supported by NHS data on hospital admissions for assault which also indicates violence is falling. <br><br>The number of violence offences recorded by the police in the year to September 2014 rose by 16% compared with the previous year, with the Metropolitan Police one of the forces seeing a rise. The Office for National Statistics noted that the increase in police recorded violence is partly due to improved reporting and recording of violence and particularly of domestic abuse. This improvement follows Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary's inspection of crime recording in every police force in England and Wales, which the Home Secretary commissioned in 2013, and which found significant under-recording of crime. The data shows that forces are acting on the findings.<br><br>We also know that some violent crimes like domestic and sexual violence are under-reported. We welcome more people reporting them to the police and we want to see more cases being brought to justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 23/02/2015 17:58:20 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

179692

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Cold Weather Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual cold weather payments were made to recipients in the UK in winter 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	224386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Only one trigger was recorded in the 2013/14 Cold Weather season and an estimated 1,100 payments paid. Further details can be found in the ‘Social Fund Cold Weather Payments for Great Britain from 1st November 2013 to 31st March 2014’ update on Gov.uk which may be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299461/sf-cwp-31-03-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299461/sf-cwp-31-03-2014.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/02/2015 13:33:56 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

179694

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of raising the participation age on the take up of apprenticeships by 16 to 19 year olds.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	224392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The latest participation data shows there was an increase in the proportion of 16-18 year olds taking an apprenticeship in 2013/14. The proportion of 16 year olds - the first cohort affected by the raising of the participation age (RPA) – was unchanged. Participation data for 2014/15 is not yet available</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are a number of factors that may affect the take up of apprenticeships, and no assessment has been made of the distinct impact of the introduction of RPA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/02/2015 14:46:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

179701

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of UK state pension reside in the French overseas department of (a) Guiana, (b) Martinique, (c) Guadeloupe and (d) Reunion.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	224357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of recipients of UK state pension residing in France, and of those how many are in the French Overseas Departments, is available at: <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/cccountry/cnage/a_carate_r_cccountry_c_cnage_may14.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/cccountry/cnage/a_carate_r_cccountry_c_cnage_may14.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 224358 question first answered 23/02/2015 13:39:02 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

179165

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the full reports by KPMG he has commissioned into the health economies of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid-Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	224177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>As part of NHS England, NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) and Monitor’s joint project to support 11 challenged local health economies develop clinically and financially sustainable five-year strategic plans, four consultancy firms (including KPMG) were commissioned to support the local areas with the development and strengthening of their plans.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports were provided by the consultants to support the project’s Programme Board, consisting of NHS England, TDA and Monitor, to manage the contracts and ensure that the service specification was being met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work is ongoing based on the contents of these reports and there are a number of steps that have to be undertaken in each of the local health economies before these reports can be released: the production of the five-year strategic plan, consideration of the plan, consultation on possible reforms to the health economy, recommendations for possible reforms following consultation, and implementation of recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To release the reports ahead of the steps identified above being completed would be likely to prejudice their outcome. The timescales for the above processes will be different in each of the 11 areas and, as the strategic plans are produced, they are made available from the relevant clinical commissioning group websites through their board papers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 224148 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:38:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

179182

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls have been logged in total since the government-funded trafficking helpline run by the NSPCC was established; and how many confirmed victims of human trafficking have been identified as a result of such calls.
tabling member constituency	Uxbridge and South Ruislip
tabling member printed	Sir John Randall
uin	224196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Modern Slavery helpline was set up on 31 July 2014 as part of a wider <br>national communications campaign. Between 31 July 2014 and 29 January 2015, <br>the NSPCC helpline received a total of 654 contacts. These contacts comprise <br>383 referrals, 82 advice cases, and 189 enquiries. The helpline ensures that <br>potential victims are referred to the appropriate agencies, including law <br>enforcement, for immediate support and assistance. As a result, the NSPCC does <br>not record the number of confirmed victims of modern slavery, including human <br>trafficking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2015 14:03:26 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge