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  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sentence was received by each employee of the Prison Service found guilty in 2013 of criminal activity in the workplace.

    Jeremy Wright

    The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not hold records of employees found guilty of all types of criminal activity.

    Whilst the vast majority of its staff are honest and hard working, NOMS is committed to detecting, deterring and disrupting all corrupt behaviour by individuals working in prisons. A dedicated NOMS Corruption Prevention Unit was set up to ensure staff corruption is identified and tackled. As part of this work NOMS has compiled a central record of staff convicted of criminal offences which meet the NOMS definition of corruption.

    This definition is that corruption occurs when a person in a position of authority or trust abuses their position for their or another person’s benefit or gain. This would include the misuse of their role in order to plan or commit a criminal act, or a deliberate failure to act to prevent criminal behaviour.

    There were 23 convictions for corruption-related offences during 2013. A breakdown of the different sentences is provided below.

    Sentences

    4 years 6 months imprisonment

    4 years imprisonment

    3 years imprisonment

    1 year 9 months imprisonment

    1 year 4 months imprisonment

    1 year 1 month imprisonment

    1 year imprisonment

    9 months imprisonment

    8 months imprisonment

    6 months imprisonment

    4 months imprisonment

    10 months imprisonment

    12 month custodial sentence suspended for 2 years.

    11 months custodial sentence suspended for a year

    9 months custodial sentence suspended for 12 months. 200 hours community service

    8 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years and a 6 month residency order

    4 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years

    4 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 yrs. 100 hrs unpaid work

    12mths Community Order. 150 hours unpaid work

    100 hours community service and 12 months probation

    Community Order. Ordered to pay £85 costs and £60 to complainants

    The total number of convictions by year for corruption-related offences is shown in the table below. The number of convictions has remained broadly constant over the last five years.

    2013

    23

    2012

    25

    2011

    21

    2010

    18

    2009

    21

    The information provided has been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

  • Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Evans on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the Salvation Army in January 2014; in which (a) region, (b) county, (c) metropolitan district, (d) district council area, (e) city and (f) parliamentary constituency each of the suspected victims was found; which agency referred each person to that Scheme; in which town the shelter to which such people were placed for the statutory period was; what continued contact is had with each such victim after they have exited the shelter to avoid re-trafficking; and if she will make a statement.

    Karen Bradley

    In January, 2014 there were 90 referrals to the Government-funded support
    service for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales
    administered by the Salvation Army.

    In order to ensure that victims cannot be identified, the tables below only
    provide data at a regional level.

    Nationality

    Nationality

    Number of Referrals

    Albanian

    23

    Bulgarian

    2

    Cameroonian

    2

    Czech

    3

    Chinese

    1

    Ethiopian

    1

    Ghanaian

    2

    Hungarian

    3

    Indian

    2

    Iranian

    1

    Iraqi

    1

    Kenyan

    2

    Lithuanian

    4

    Moroccan

    1

    Nigerian

    10

    Pakistani

    1

    Polish

    3

    Romanian

    8

    Sierra Leonean

    1

    Slovakian

    7

    Sri Lankan

    1

    Togolese

    1

    Ugandan

    3

    Vietnamese

    6

    Not known

    1

    Total

    90

    Gender

    Gender

    Number of Referrals

    Female

    59

    Male

    31

    Transgender

    0

    Total

    90

    Region where victim was found

    Region

    Number of Referrals

    East

    4

    East Midlands

    2

    North East

    1

    North East

    3

    South

    28

    South East

    11

    South West

    5

    Wales

    2

    West Midlands

    12

    Yorkshire

    19

    Not Known

    3

    Total

    90

    Agency type that referred victims

    Agency type

    Number of Referrals

    GLA

    1

    Home Office

    27

    Legal Representative

    5

    Local Authority

    5

    NGO

    18

    Other

    5

    Police

    25

    Self Referral

    4

    Total

    90

    The victim care contract does not require support providers to maintain any form
    of formal contact after the recovery and reflection period. However, some survivors do maintain informal contact with their support provider, but we do not have this information.

  • Mr Tom Watson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mr Tom Watson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Tom Watson on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 325W, on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, how many NCA employees who work in Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command have arrest powers.

    Damian Green

    [holding answer 20 March 2014]

    I refer the Honourable Member to my reply of 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 326W.

    The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Command is fully integrated within the National Crime Agency (NCA). As part of the NCA, the CEOP Command is able to draw on the whole of the NCA’s resources. The NCA works as a flexible organisation and as such there will be NCA officers whose work covers a range of serious and organised crime threats.

    In total the NCA has 1,900 officers who currently hold arrest powers who can be called upon to tackle child exploitation. This number is for NCA permanent officers and does not include secondees or those attached to the NCA.

  • Mr Andy Slaughter – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Mr Andy Slaughter – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Andy Slaughter on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have fewer staff now than in May 2010.

    Elizabeth Truss

    Local authorities are responsible for, and retain the flexibility for, children’s centres provision in their area. They have a statutory duty to consult if any changes are planned and to ensure there is a sufficient number of children’s centres to meet the needs of their local communities.

  • Mr Simon Burns – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Mr Simon Burns – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Simon Burns on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers teaching in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Essex and (d) Chelmsford constituency undertook specialist training on educational provision for children and young people on the autism spectrum in each of the last five years.

    Edward Timpson

    These figures are not collected centrally. Schools make their own decisions on what training their staff need to support their pupils, based on the individual circumstances of the school.

    The Department for Education funds the Autism Education Trust (AET) to provide tiered training on autism: basic awareness training for teaching and non-teaching staff at level 1; practical knowledge and hands-on tools and techniques for all staff working directly with children and young people with autistic spectrum disorders at level 2; and level 3 training for those seeking more advanced knowledge and those pursuing a training role, such as lead practitioners in autism and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators. Between 2011 and 2013 the AET received grant funding under grant from the Department to provide training to schools and from 2013 to 2015 is contracted to provide training to early years providers, schools and further education colleges.

  • Andrew Percy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Andrew Percy – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Percy on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Brigg and Goole constituency participate in the Schools Direct Programme.

    David Laws

    Our records show that there are no School Direct lead schools located in the parliamentary constituency of Brigg and Goole.

    However, many School Direct lead schools work in partnership with other schools to deliver the programme.

  • Mr Andy Slaughter – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Mr Andy Slaughter – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Andy Slaughter on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of state-funded schools have changed their head teacher since September 2011.

    David Laws

    The information requested is not held centrally.

  • Michael Fabricant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Michael Fabricant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Fabricant on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the education funding per pupil is in (a) Staffordshire and (b) Brent for 2014-15.

    David Laws

    The information requested is provided in the table below.

    Funding per pupil (Dedicated schools grant) 2014-15

    Early years block per pupil, 2014-15

    Higher needs block

    2014-15 total*

    Staffordshire

    £4,310

    £3,515

    £62.19 million

    Brent

    £5,066

    £5,930

    £55.54 million

    *High needs funding is no longer allocated on a per-pupil basis.

    In addition, schools will receive money from the pupil premium for pupils recorded on the January 2014 School Census: £1,300 for each primary pupil, and £935 for each secondary pupil, known to have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years; £1,900 per pupil for each pupil recorded as adopted from care under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or who has left care under a Special Guardianship or Residence Order; and £300 for each pupil whose parents were in the armed services in the last four years or is in receipt of a child pension from the Ministry of Defence.

  • Mr Andy Slaughter – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Mr Andy Slaughter – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Andy Slaughter on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of maintained schools that have opened since September 2011 have changed their headteacher since that date.

    David Laws

    The information requested is not held centrally.

  • Mr Jamie Reed – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    Mr Jamie Reed – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Jamie Reed on 2014-03-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training schemes his Department has in place to enable teachers to support children who have type one diabetes.

    Edward Timpson

    The training of school staff to support pupils with medical conditions is a matter for schools. However, the Department for Education fully expects them to be aware of and understand the needs of pupils with medical conditions such as diabetes, and to put arrangements in place to provide effective support. This should include ensuring that school staff receive suitable training.

    From September 2014, there will be a new duty, (introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014), on governing bodies of maintained schools (and proprietors of academies) to make arrangements to support pupils at school with medical conditions and to have regard to statutory guidance. The guidance (upon which we have consulted publicly) will set out the requirements on schools to support children with medical conditions, which we would expect them to apply to conditions like diabetes. The guidance will set out expectations in respect of staff training.