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Andy Slaughter – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-12-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) has been called out in each month in 2015; and to which prison the NTRG was called out in each case.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Any violence in prison is unacceptable – especially when it is directed at our hardworking staff.

We have a zero tolerance approach to violence and work closely with the police on this issue. Those who are violent could face extra time behind bars. Anyone found to have broken prison rules will be stripped of their privileges and could have time added to their sentence.

The following tables set out the occasions from 1^st January 2015 until 9^th December 2015 when the National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) has been called out to public and private sector establishments.

The information does not include aborted callouts.

	Date	Establishment
1	January	Onley
2	January	Northumberland
3	January	The Mount
4	January	Pentonville
5	January	Garth
6	January	Northumberland
7	January	Durham
8	January	Lancaster Farms
9	January	Ranby
10	January	Feltham
11	January	Morton Hall
12	January	Styal
Total	January	12
1	February	Risley
2	February	Oakwood
3	February	Lindholme
4	February	Moorland
5	February	Isis
6	February	Lindholme
7	February	Liverpool
8	February	Deerbolt
9	February	Durham
10	February	Channings Wood
11	February	Lindholme
12	February	Brinsford
13	February	Lindholme
14	February	Wetherby
15	February	Bullingdon
Total	February	15

~~Any violence in prison is unacceptable – especially when it is directed at our hardworking staff~~

We have a zero tolerance approach to violence and work closely with the police on this issue. Those who are violent could face extra time behind bars. Anyone found to have broken prison rules will be stripped of their privileges and could have time added to their sentence

The following tables set out the occasions from 1^st January 2015 until 9^th December 2015 when the National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) has been called out to public and private sector establishments.

~~The information does not include aborted callouts.~~

	Date	Establishment
1	March	Rochester
2	March	Rochester
3	March	Pentonville
4	March	Woodhill
5	March	Doncaster
6	March	Whitemoor
7	March	Deerbolt
8	March	Leicester
9	March	Woodhill
10	March	High Down
11	March	Lindholme
12	March	Isis
13	March	Wandsworth
14	March	Preston
15	March	Wandsworth
16	March	Lindholme
17	March	Wetherby
18	March	Werrington
19	March	Dovegate
20	March	Humber
21	March	Leicester
22	March	Swaleside
23	March	Brixton
24	March	Doncaster
25	March	Lindholme
26	March	Aylesbury
27	March	Hull
28	March	Northumberland
Total	March	28

	Date	Establishment
1	April	Lindholme
2	April	Manchester
3	April	Deerbolt
4	April	Glen Parva
5	April	Brixton
6	April	Leicester
7	April	Garth
8	April	Nottingham
9	April	Liverpool
10	April	Bristol
11	April	Bristol
12	April	Leeds
13	April	Stocken
14	April	Featherstone
15	April	Werrington
16	April	Dovegate
17	April	Birmingham
18	April	Northumberland
19	April	Nottingham
20	April	Wayland
21	April	Wayland
22	April	Stafford
23	April	Wetherby
24	April	Manchester
25	April	Humber
26	April	Bristol
27	April	Liverpool
Total	April	27

	Date	Establishment
1	May	Stoke Heath
2	May	Stocken
3	May	Lindholme
4	May	Highdown
5	May	Leeds
6	May	Highdown
7	May	Wandsworth
8	May	Wayland
9	May	Isis
10	May	Nottingham
11	May	Liverpool
12	May	Werrington
13	May	Leeds
14	May	Glen Parva
15	May	Dover
16	May	The Mount
17	May	Buckley Hall
18	May	Durham
19	May	Doncaster
20	May	Pentonville
21	May	Featherstone
22	May	Lincoln
23	May	Lincoln
24	May	The Mount
25	May	Exeter
26	May	Preston
27	May	Lindholme
28	May	Werrington
29	May	Bullingdon
30	May	The Mount
Total	May	30

	Date	Establishment
1	June	Hindley
2	June	Wayland
3	June	Wandsworth
4	June	Stocken
5	June	Leicester
6	June	Wayland
7	June	Lowdham Grange
8	June	Glen Parva
9	June	Lincoln
10	June	Humber
11	June	Lindholme
12	June	Lincoln
13	June	Moorland
14	June	Wormwood Scrubs
15	June	Lowdham Grange
16	June	Leeds
17	June	Highpoint
18	June	Leeds
19	June	Channings Wood
20	June	Leeds
21	June	Stocken
22	June	Glen Parva
23	June	Stocken
24	June	Swaleside
25	June	Onley
26	June	Channings Wood
27	June	Isis
28	June	Humber
29	June	Hindley
30	June	Wandsworth
31	June	Isis
32	June	Wetherby
33	June	Northumberland
34	June	Woodhill
35	June	Wayland
36	June	Highpoint
37	June	Wetherby
38	June	Frankland
39	June	Garth
40	June	Wandsworth
41	June	Coldingley
42	June	Feltham
43	June	Garth
Total	June	43

	Date	Establishment
1	July	Humber
2	July	Littlehey
3	July	Wandsworth
4	July	Bristol
5	July	Wayland
6	July	Swaleside
7	July	Wandsworth
8	July	Pentonville
9	July	Swaleside
10	July	Lindholme
11	July	Nottingham
12	July	Liverpool
13	July	Lancaster Farms
14	July	Doncaster
15	July	Leeds
16	July	Swaleside
17	July	The Mount
18	July	Humber
19	July	Buckley Hall
20	July	Eastwood Park
21	July	Highdown
22	July	Portland
23	July	Woodhill
24	July	Chelmsford
25	July	Lancaster Farms
26	July	Parkhurst
27	July	Swaleside
28	July	Lowdham Grange
Total	July	28

	Date	Establishment
1	August	Wandsworth
2	August	Glen Parva
3	August	Isis
4	August	Hewell
5	August	Wandsworth
6	August	Lowdham Grange
7	August	Manchester
8	August	Swinfen Hall
9	August	Brixton
10	August	Hewell
11	August	Featherstone
12	August	Bullingdon
13	August	Cardiff
14	August	Leicester
15	August	The Mount
16	August	Hull
17	August	Parc
18	August	The Mount
19	August	Guys Marsh
20	August	Lowdham Grange
21	August	Bullingdon
22	August	Rochester
23	August	Wayland
24	August	Parc
25	August	Belmarsh
26	August	Moorland
27	August	Bullingdon
28	August	Parc
29	August	Werrington
30	August	Hewell
31	August	Wayland
32	August	Ranby
33	August	Leicester
34	August	Wetherby
35	August	Dovegate
36	August	Manchester
37	August	Bronzefield
38	August	Birmingham
39	August	Highpoint
Total	August	39

	Date	Establishment
1	September	Nottingham
2	September	Isis
3	September	Parc
4	September	Holme House
5	September	Manchester
6	September	Lewes
7	September	Rochester
8	September	Hewell
9	September	The Mount
10	September	Chelmsford
11	September	Highpoint
12	September	Doncaster
13	September	Lincoln
14	September	Garth
15	September	Manchester
16	September	Whitemoor
17	September	Whatton
18	September	Wymott
19	September	Highpoint
20	September	Bristol
21	September	Haverigg
22	September	Lowdham Grange
23	September	Humber
24	September	Leicester
25	September	Isis
26	September	Hindley
27	September	Exeter
28	September	Glen Parva
29	September	The Mount
30	September	Feltham
31	September	High Down
32	September	Wayland
33	September	Doncaster
34	September	Lindholme
35	September	Lowdham Grange
Total	September	35

	Date	Establishment
1	October	Brixton
2	October	Erlestoke
3	October	Stocken
4	October	Dover
5	October	Isis
6	October	Bedford
7	October	Wormwood Scrubs
8	October	Manchester
9	October	Stocken
10	October	Leeds
11	October	Wealstun
12	October	Swaleside
13	October	Bristol
14	October	Coldingley
15	October	Winchester
16	October	Lowdham Grange
17	October	Winchester
18	October	Glen Parva
19	October	Wayland
20	October	Wandsworth
21	October	Highpoinnt
22	October	Lancaster Farms
23	October	Lowdham Grange
24	October	Lindholme
25	October	Moorland
26	October	Gartree
27	October	Doncaster
28	October	Swinfen Hall
29	October	Belmarsh
30	October	Winchester
31	October	Full Sutton
32	October	Brinsford
33	October	Leeds
34	October	Bedford
35	October	Manchester
Total	October	35

	Date	Establishment
1	November	Moorland
2	November	Wandsworth
3	November	Doncaster
4	November	Preston
5	November	Wandsworth
6	November	Swansea
7	November	Featherstone
8	November	Isis
9	November	Glen Parva
10	November	Wandsworth
11	November	Humber
12	November	Werrington
13	November	Birmingham
14	November	Morton Hall
15	November	Leeds
16	November	Moorland
17	November	Parc
18	November	Leicester
19	November	Nottingham
20	November	Birmingham
21	November	Leeds
22	November	Humber
23	November	Colnbrook
24	November	Humber
25	November	Wetherby
26	November	Leeds
27	November	Swinfen Hall
28	November	Winchester
29	November	Thameside
30	November	Wayland
31	November	Glen Parva
32	November	Cardiff
33	November	Lewes
34	November	Glen Parva
35	November	Glen Parva
36	November	Lindholme
37	November	The Mount
38	November	Durham
Total	November	38
1	December	Moorland
2	December	Wandsworth
3	December	Buckley Hall
4	December	Manchester
5	December	Humber
6	December	Wormwood Scrubs
7	December	Durham
8	December	Elmley
9	December	Humber
Total	December	9

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January 1, 2023

Julie Cooper – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-01-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2015 to Question 18005, how many of the students in Burnley qualified for maintenance grants in academic year 2013-14.

Joseph Johnson

Numbers of applicants awarded Maintenance Grants by Parliamentary Constituency in the academic year 2013/14 were provided in my reply to the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde, to question UIN 7227.

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January 1, 2023

Philip Hollobone – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Hollobone on 2016-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps have been taken during the Government’s negotiations on the UK’s membership of the EU to restore the UK’s rebate to its full previous value.

Mr David Lidington

The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear that the four priorities of our renegotiations are: economic governance; competitiveness; sovereignty; and benefits to EU migrants.

The EU budget financing system was agreed in 2013, when we secured an historic real-terms cut and protected the rebate. Parliament ratified that deal last year.

January 1, 2023

Baroness Jowell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Jowell on 2016-03-02.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many take charge requests the UK has received from each EU country per year since Dublin III came into force; how many of those were successful; how many involved minors; and how many of those requests involving minors were successful.

Lord Keen of Elie

Data on cases progressed under the Dublin III Regulation is recorded on the main immigration database. However, this data is not held in a way that allows it to be reported on automatically and is therefore not currently available.

January 1, 2023

Charlotte Leslie – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charlotte Leslie on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision exists for the Syrian spouses of British nationals to come to the UK to join their families.

James Brokenshire

There are several refugee schemes in operation under which a Syrian national may be able to qualify to come to the UK, including the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and Mandate – which resettles those recognised as refugees and judged to be in need of resettlement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and who have a close family member in the UK who is willing to support them.

In addition, a Syrian national can apply to join their British citizen spouse or partner in the UK under the Family Immigration Rules. If the requirements of the rules are not met, the entry clearance officer will consider whether there are exceptional or compassionate circumstances which may warrant a grant of entry clearance outside the rules.

January 1, 2023

Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-05-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are currently deployed to NATO force integration units in (a) Bulgaria, (b) Estonia, (c) Latvia, (d) Lithuania, (e) Poland and (f) Romania.

Penny Mordaunt

The UK has one officer in each of the six NATO Force Integration Units.

January 1, 2023

John Redwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2016-06-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what EU directives related to his Department’s responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.

Anna Soubry

The following EU Directives related to my Department’s responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law:

Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC

Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’)

Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts

Directive 2014/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (recast)

Commission Delegated Directive 2015/13 of 31 October 2014 amending Annex III to

Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the flowrate range of water meters.

Directive 2014/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels;

Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (recast)

Directive 2014/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of non-automatic weighing instruments

Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (recast);

Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits

Directive 2014/53/EU of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC

Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment

Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups

Directive 2014/104/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union

Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2115 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to

Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards formamide

Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2116 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to

Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards benzisothiazolinone

Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2117 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards chloromethylisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, both individually and in a ratio of 3:1

Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC

Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks

January 1, 2023

Kate Osamor – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Osamor on 2016-09-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether there are contradictions in applying the Article 1 definition of torture alongside implementing Shaw Recommendation 9, the presumption against the detention for victims of rape and other sexual or gender based violence, including female genital mutilation, for which the identity of the perpetrator is irrelevant.

Mr Robert Goodwill

For the purposes of the Government’s “adults at risk in immigration detention” policy, which was implemented on 12 September, the Government has adopted a definition of torture in line with that set out in the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT). This covers acts of torture carried out by, or on behalf of state authorities and, in guidance issued to Home Office staff, to doctors working in immigration removal centres, and to other staff, it has been made clear that the definition also covers acts of torture or ill-treatment carried out by groups exploiting instability and civil war to hold territory. It does not, however, cover acts of violence carried out in the course of, for example, neighbourhood disputes. The definition employed most accurately reflects the need to protect those who are most likely to be deleteriously affected by detention – that is, those who have been harmed by the state (or by an organisation exercising similar control) and for whom detention is most likely to be redolent of the harm they have suffered. In addition, individuals will fall within the scope of the adults at risk policy if the harm to which they have been subjected causes them to suffer from a condition which also falls within the “indicators of risk” set out in the policy, regardless of whether it falls within the strict definition of “torture” and regardless of the perpetrator of the violence. The policy recognises a broad range of groups of individuals as those likely to be particularly vulnerable to harm in detention without necessarily having to define them as victims of torture.

In making the decision to employ the UNCAT definition of torture, the Government took into account a range of considerations, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees guidelines, but concluded that the UNCAT definition provided the appropriate level of protection. The Government believes that this approach is fully in line with Stephen Shaw’s recommendations in respect of vulnerable people. The adults at risk policy as a whole represents a broadening of the scope of individuals considered vulnerable, by virtue of the inclusion within the list of indicators of risk set out in the policy of, for example, victims of sexual or gender based violence (including female genital mutilation), transsexual individuals, and those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Overall, the impact of the adoption of the UNCAT definition on different groups of vulnerable individuals will depend on the circumstances of the particular case. The Government does not anticipate that it will have a disproportionate impact on any specific group. In particular, the Government does not see that there are contradictions in applying the new definition of torture alongside the inclusion in the policy, as an indicator of risk, being a victim of sexual or gender based violence. Although the perpetrator of the violence is, by necessity, a key part of the definition of torture, the adults at risk policy focuses as a whole on the impact on the individual and on whether detention is appropriate in their particular case. Home Office caseworkers have been provided with training and communications on the new adults at risk policy, including in respect of the definition of torture. Guidance on the adults at risk policy has been issued, including to the commissioners of healthcare in Immigration Removal Centres.

January 1, 2023

Lord Black of Brentwood – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Black of Brentwood on 2015-11-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the number of people in the UK who suffer from Charles Bonnet syndrome.

Lord Prior of Brampton

No assessment has been made of the number of people in the United Kingdom who suffer from Charles Bonnet syndrome.

However, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) estimate there are more than 100,000 cases of Charles Bonnet Syndrome in the UK.

To raise awareness, the NHS Choices website provides information on Charles Bonnet Syndrome. This can be found at:

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/charles-bonnet-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx.

A copy of this web page is attached.

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January 1, 2023

Jonathan Reynolds – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Reynolds on 2015-12-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of the negotiations on the TransPennine Express rail franchise agreement.

Andrew Jones

The costs of the project to procure the TransPennine Express rail franchise, to the end of November 2015, were £6.9M. Forecast costs to project completion, including project mobilisation, are expected to add a further £0.6M to this, making an estimated total of £7.5M by the end of the project. These figures include adviser costs (financial, technical and legal advisers), pay costs for the project team, “non-pay” costs (such as staff training, travel, bidder day seminar, consultation materials, etc) and VAT where applicable. The costs of procuring this franchise however need to be set against the context of a deal whereby the Government will receive £400million in premiums over the life of the franchise, compared to the previous situation where the franchise was subsidised. In addition, the franchise will deliver a transformation in services, with, for example, an overall capacity boost of nearly 70% across the region during the morning peak and doubling the number of Manchester to Newcastle services from December 2017.

January 1, 2023

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