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  • Greg Mulholland – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Greg Mulholland – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to recognise child trafficking as a separate offence to adult trafficking.

    Karen Bradley

    The most effective way to protect child victims of trafficking is to have a
    general offence, which applies to both adults and children. The Modern
    Slavery Bill contains a general human trafficking offence, which does not
    require prosecutors to prove the age of the child, as this can lead to practical
    problems during prosecutions. Targeting a child will, however, be an
    aggravating factor for sentencing purposes, and the human trafficking
    offence in the Modern Slavery Bill will carry a maximum sentence of life
    imprisonment.

  • Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

    Chris Ruane – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Ruane on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many and what proportion of people were deleted from the electoral register after the second year of non-response to electoral canvass in the 10 local authorities with the (a) greatest and (b) smallest decreases; and what parliamentary constituencies are covered by such local authorities.

    Mr Gary Streeter

    The Electoral Commission informs me that the requested data is presented in the table below. This data is for Great Britain and therefore excludes Northern Ireland.

    Local authority

    Number of deletions (from Nov 2013 register) following second year of non-response

    Deletions (from Nov 2013 register) following second year of non-response (% of register)

    Decrease (Dec 2012 to Feb/March 2014)

    Leeds

    28,190

    5.0

    -24177

    Birmingham

    0

    0.0

    -20243

    Cornwall

    16541

    3.9

    -13273

    Newham

    2491

    1.2

    -13183

    Northampton

    2,659

    1.7

    -11851

    Shropshire

    3,360

    1.4

    -11551

    Barnet

    2422

    1.0

    -11255

    Maidstone

    10498

    8.7

    -9257

    Durham

    1191

    0.3

    -6683

    Taunton Deane

    –

    –

    -7578

    Adur

    370

    0.8

    -109

    Staffordshire Moorlands

    195

    0.2

    -99

    North West Leicestershire

    20

    0.0

    -97

    Lewes

    569

    0.7

    -82

    Cotswold

    105

    0.2

    -80

    Oadby and Wigston

    45

    0.1

    -73

    Newcastle-Under-Lyme

    885

    0.9

    -72

    Shetland Islands

    17

    0.1

    -48

    Surrey Heath

    602

    0.9

    -36

    Tunbridge Wells

    0

    0.0

    -22

    The following constituencies are covered by these areas:

    East Ham

    West Ham

    Elmet and Rothwell

    Leeds Central

    Leeds East

    Leeds North East

    Leeds North West

    Leeds West

    Morley and Outwood

    Pudsey

    Birmingham Edgbaston

    Birmingham, Erdington

    Birmingham, Hall Green

    Birmingham, Hodge Hill

    Birmingham, Ladywood

    Birmingham Northfield

    Birmingham, Perry Barr

    Birmingham Selly Oak

    Birmingham, Yardley

    Sutton Coldfield

    Camborne and Redruth

    North Cornwall

    South East Cornwall

    St Ives (includes the Isles of Scilly)

    Truro and Falmouth

    Northampton North

    Northampton South

    South Northamptonshire

    Ludlow

    North Shropshire

    Shrewsbury and Atcham

    The Wrekin

    Chipping Barnet

    Finchley and Golders Green

    Hendon

    Faversham and Mid Kent

    Maidstone and The Weald

    Taunton Deane

    Bishop Auckland

    City of Durham

    Easington

    North Durham

    North West Durham

    Sedgefield

    East Worthing and Shoreham

    Staffordshire Moorlands

    Stone

    North West Leicestershire

    Brighton, Kemptown

    Lewes

    The Cotswolds

    Harborough

    Newcastle-under-Lyme

    Staffordshire Moorlands

    Stoke-on-Trent North

    Stone

    Orkney and Shetland

    Surrey Heath

    Maidstone and The Weald

    Tunbridge Wells

  • Lord Condon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Lord Condon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Condon on 2014-06-26.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent award to Kent Police Special Constabulary of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, whether there are any steps being taken nationally to encourage membership of the Special Constabulary.

    Lord Taylor of Holbeach

    The Special Constabulary is an integral part of policing.

    Individual police forces are responsible for determining their own recruitment requirements in order to meet local policing needs. In line with the Government’s commitment to increase the number of volunteers, the Home Office continues to support the development of the Special Constabulary in England and Wales.

  • Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2014-06-26.

    To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Nigerian authorities about access for detainees to lawyers and to their families whilst they are in detention.

    Baroness Warsi

    The UK remains committed to supporting efforts to help enhance the effectiveness and accountability of the Nigerian police and judicial system. We regularly raise human rights concerns, including access to lawyers, with senior members of the Nigerian government at State and Federal level and will continue to do so. We raised specific concerns on the treatment of detainees at military-run detention centres at the UN Universal Periodic Review of Nigeria in Geneva on 22 October 2013.

  • Lyn Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Lyn Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lyn Brown on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of how many pumps were available in each fire and rescue authority (a) during periods of Fire Brigades Union strike action in 2013-14 and (b) on comparable non-strike days in the same period.

    Brandon Lewis

    I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 30 June, Official Report, Column 409-410W.

  • Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of cinemas in operation in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each year between 1997 and 2010.

    Mr Edward Vaizey

    The table shows the number of cinemas in operation in the four nations from 2002 to 2010. Please note that no data is available for the period before 2002:

    2002

    2003

    2004

    2005

    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009

    2010

    England

    531

    494

    508

    526

    552

    580

    588

    586

    574

    Wales

    23

    21

    23

    23

    23

    23

    24

    25

    27

    Scotland

    57

    52

    52

    51

    63

    65

    61

    63

    63

    Northern Ireland

    52

    48

    57

    55

    55

    54

    48

    46

    48

    Channel Islands

    4

    4

    2

    2

    2

    3

    3

    2

    2

    Isle of Man

    1

    1

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    2

    Total

    668

    620

    644

    659

    697

    727

    726

    724

    716

    Source:Dodona Research

  • John Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    John Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Robertson on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion as a percentage of the compulsory stock obligations for motor gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel products are currently being held physically on the UK mainland; and if he will make a statement.

    Michael Fallon

    Obligated companies in the UK are required to hold at least one-third of their obligation as finished products of petrol, diesel and jet-fuel. The remaining two-thirds of the obligation can be met with a wider range of oil products and crude oil, known as ‘Any Oil’, potentially including additional stocks of petrol, diesel and jet-fuel. Companies are able to hold stocks both in the UK and in facilities within the European Union.

    In April 2014 in total companies held 104% of the obligation for finished products of petrol in the UK, while for jet fuel this was 96% and diesel 78%. The higher figure for petrol is a result of stocks of this product also being held by obligated companies in the UK toward the ‘Any Oil’ obligation.

  • Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    Richard Burden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for the UK of the decision of the EU Council to implement restrictive measures on trade with Crimea and Sevastopol on 25 June 2014; and if he will make a statement.

    Mr David Lidington

    According to Ukrainian official statistics approximately 1.3% of Ukraine’s total exports of goods came from Crimea in 2012. For the UK, the pro rata figure would equate to roughly £3.5m per year. The impact of this regulation on UK-Crimea trade will depend on the amount of goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol that comply with the criteria stipulated within the regulation.

  • Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff and at what grades work for the National Clinical Director for Cancer.

    Jane Ellison

    The National Clinical Director (NCD) for Cancer is seconded to NHS England as a senior clinical advisor on cancer. The work of the NCD is supported through a number of NHS England’s priority programmes, including the Prevention and Early Diagnosis Programme, the long-term conditions, Older People, and End of life Care programme. In addition, there are a number of relevant clinical reference groups and other staff supporting specialised commissioning functions who are also aligned with the work of the NCD.

    The NCD is not an executive post within NHS England and does not directly line manage any NHS England employees.

  • Sarah Teather – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Sarah Teather – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Teather on 2014-06-26.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Inspection of the UK Border Agency’s handling of legacy asylum and migration cases, published in November 2012, what steps have been taken in response to recommendation 1 of that report.

    Karen Bradley

    The Older Live Cases Unit routinely and regularly matches asylum and migration
    legacy cases against the Police National Computer (PNC) and Warnings Index (WI)
    records, until the point at which cases are finally concluded. The checks are
    undertaken on a rolling three monthly basis. Results are recorded on a bespoke
    database which informs the decision making process within the Older Live Cases
    Unit.

    Compliance with the recommendation was acknowledged by the Independent Chief
    Inspector of Borders and Immigration in his report, An investigation into the
    progress made on legacy asylum and migration cases January – March 2013,
    published in June 2013, where he stated, "security checks had been completed
    in each of the cases we sampled (144), indicating that the Agency had
    implemented our earlier recommendation to routinely and regularly
    match legacy cases against the PNC and WI until finally concluded."