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Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 14 May 2013
Prime Minister
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Prime Minister whether he discussed his possible attendance at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Colombo during his recent bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Harper of Canada. [155074]
The Prime Minister: I discussed a number of issues, including the Commonwealth, with Prime Minister Harper during our recent meeting.
Females
Kate Green: To ask the Prime Minister which (a) women's sector organisations and (b) women's interest groups Councillor Laura Trott has met in her role as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister since February 2012. [155080]
The Prime Minister: Special advisers have meetings with a wide range of organisations and individuals on a range of subjects.
India
Jonathan Ashworth: To ask the Prime Minister what criteria were used to select which backbench hon. Members would accompany him on his recent trip to India; and what the cost was of travel and board for those hon. Members. [154881]
The Prime Minister: Representatives from the three main political parties accompanied me on my recent trip to India and they were selected on the basis of their expertise and experience. The cost will be accounted for in the published list of Ministers' visits overseas.
Policy Unit
Mr Jenkin: To ask the Prime Minister what relationships the hon. Members appointed by him serve on the Conservative Policy Board have with the Downing Street Policy Unit; whether they (a) have access to government papers, (b) are required to make a declaration of interests in the same manner as Ministers of the Crown and (c) are bound by government collective responsibility. [155187]
The Prime Minister: Members of the Conservative Party Policy Board are not members of the Government and therefore will not be bound by Government collective responsibility. Nor will they have access to Government papers.
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Attorney-General
Crown Prosecution Service
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General when the Crown Prosecution Service decided to procure 4,700 tablet computers from Logica. [154128]
The Solicitor-General: As an integral part of the department's Transforming Through Technology programme the Crown Prosecution Service decided in principle to procure tablet style devices for use by advocates in court in June 2011 when standard laptops were assessed as not fit for purpose for in-court presentation of digital cases. The decision to procure the model “HP Elitebook 2760p” from Logica was made in November 2011.
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General with reference to his answer of 24 April 2013, Official Report, column 926W, on Crown Prosecution Service: training, for what reason there were no places on the Crown Prosecution Service in-house advocacy course in 2011-12 and 2012-13. [154647]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) in-house Crown Advocacy training courses have been run on the basis of need, such as in the case of new appointments, promotions and professional development. The training consists of three separate courses, each of which must be passed before advocates, whether solicitors or barristers, are permitted to prosecute in the Crown Court on behalf of the Service. In 2011, the requirement to train more advocates ceased, as there were sufficient numbers of Crown Advocates who had passed the relevant levels of training course, to meet the current (at the time) and future needs of the CPS for the purposes of public prosecutions in the Crown Courts.
This situation has continued, therefore, in-house advocacy courses were not run in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General how much was spent by the Crown Prosecution Service on external advocacy in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the preceding 10 years. [154667]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) accounting data show that in 2012-13 and each of the preceding 10 years expenditure on external advocacy services (including advisory work) was:
| CPS expenditure on advocacy services (£) | |
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Enfield
Nick de Bois: To ask the Attorney-General how much funding (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible has allocated to the London Borough of Enfield in each of the last five years. [154507]
G4S
Mr Sheerman: To ask the Attorney-General what the current level of expenditure by the Law Officers' Departments is on contracts with G4S; and how much was spent by his Department on contracts with G4S in each year since 2008. [154546]
The Solicitor-General: The Serious Fraud Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate have not incurred any expenditure with the G4S group of companies during this period.
TSol has spent £9,257 with the G4S group of companies since 2008. Apart from the expenditure in 2011, which relates to training services provided to the AGO, the remaining expenditure relates exclusively to the maintenance of a security system provided for a building in Taunton, which TSol leases, but does not occupy. The following table summarises total expenditure with the G4S group of companies for each year since 2008.
| £ | |
TSol has not incurred any spending with the G4S group of companies since 2012.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has spent £210,701 with G4S group companies since 2008. During this time G4S have supplied security services such as key holding, guarding and maintenance of building control systems. In August 2012 the department awarded a new facilities management contract with Europa Facilities Services Ltd and the majority of services previously supplied by G4S are now delivered under this contract. G4S remain under contract at a small number of sites and as these agreements expire or if it is cost effective to do so earlier, these services will also be added to the Europa contract. Current expenditure with G4S group companies is approximately £2,500 per month. The following table summarises total expenditure with G4S group companies for each year since 2008.
| £000 | |
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Goldman Sachs
Paul Flynn: To ask the Attorney-General if he will set in train proceedings to prosecute Goldman Sachs for tax evasion. [154817]
The Solicitor-General: The responsibility for determining whether there are grounds to pursue a criminal investigation against an individual or company in relation to alleged tax evasion falls to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, which is operationally independent from the Attorney-General. Where a criminal investigation has taken place it falls to the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether or not a prosecution for a criminal offence is justified.
Prosecutions
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General how many prosecutions were discontinued in the magistrates court by way of a written notice under section 23 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the preceding 10 years. [154655]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds figures for the number of defendant prosecutions discontinued in the magistrates court by way of a written notice under section 23 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 for the last nine financial years.
| Prosecutions with outcome—Discontinued S.23 | |
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General how many prosecutions were discontinued in the magistrates court because the defence successfully applied for the prosecution to be stayed in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the preceding 10 years. [154656]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds figures for the number of defendant prosecutions discontinued in the magistrates court after a successful defence application for the prosecution to be stayed for the last seven financial years. These are set out in the following table.
| Prosecutions with outcome—prosecution stayed | |
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Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General how many cases were dropped because the Crown Prosecution Service considered that the cost of prosecution would not be warranted by the likely final sentence in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the preceding 10 years. [154657]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not decide to terminate proceedings on the factor of cost alone. Prosecutors are asked, under the revised Code for Crown Prosecutors, to consider whether a prosecution is proportionate. The cost to the CPS and the wider criminal justice system is taken into account where it could be regarded as excessive when weighed against any likely penalty but prosecutors must also consider other factors in accordance with The Code for Crown Prosecutors when making an overall assessment of the public interest in prosecuting.
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General how many (a) magistrates' court and (b) Crown court cases were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (i) pre-charge and (ii) post-charge in (A) 2012-13 and (B) each of the preceding 10 years. [154658]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not drop cases pre-charge; rather prosecutors decide in the most serious and sensitive cases, whether or not a person should be charged with a criminal offence. This decision is made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors in relation to whether there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that such a prosecution is in the public interest. The number of cases where the CPS has decided to take no further action is provided for the last eight financial years. During this period the category of cases in which the CPS advised on charge has changed so that now 72% of CPS prosecutions result from charging decisions made by the police.
| No prosecution | |||
| Financial year | Evidential | Public interest | Total pre-charge decisions |
The CPS maintains a central record of the outcomes of prosecutions (by defendant) that conclude in both the magistrates and Crown courts. Dropped cases include those where the CPS discontinue, withdraw or offer-no evidence; or where the prosecution or indictment is stayed or charges are left to lie on file.
The number of prosecutions (by defendant) dropped in the Crown and magistrates court for the last nine financial years are shown as follows:
| Magistrates court | Crown court | |
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Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General what the Crown Prosecution Service's conviction rate has been in cases where the defendant has pleaded not guilty in each of the last 10 years. [154661]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the outcomes of cases where the defendant has pleaded not guilty and the prosecution proceed to trial. The number of prosecutions (by defendant) that resulted in a conviction following a plea of not guilty for the last nine financial years are as follows:
| Convictions | Unsuccessful | Total contests following a NG plea | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | |
Please note that these figures include cases where a defendant has pleaded guilty to some, but not all, of the charges and the prosecution has continued to trial on the charges, where a not guilty plea has been entered.
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General what the Crown Prosecution Service's conviction rate has been in cases in which the defendant has pleaded not guilty of (a) rape, (b) murder, (c) murder where the case was prosecuted by a single counsel and (d) murder where there were multiple defendants and a single prosecution counsel in each of the last 10 years. [154662]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the outcomes of cases where the defendant has pleaded not guilty and the prosecution proceeded to trial. Cases where suspects are considered for offences of rape are identified by way of a monitoring flag. Flagged data are available for the last seven financial years. The outcomes of cases where a rape flag has been applied and the defendant has pleaded not guilty are as follows:
| Convictions | Unsuccessful | All contests | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | |
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The CPS's case management system does not allow the monitoring of murder cases. However, the principal offence category, which indicates the most serious offence with which the defendant is charged at the time of finalisation, allows the disaggregation of cases where the most serious offence has been categorised as ‘Homicide'. The homicide category will include murder cases but also prosecutions for manslaughter and other offences. Data are available for the last eight financial years. The outcomes of cases identified as homicide cases where the defendant has pleaded not guilty are as follows:
| Convictions | Unsuccessful | All contests | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | |
Please note that these figures include cases where a defendant has pleaded guilty to some, but not all, of the charges and the prosecution has continued to trial on the charges where a not guilty plea has been entered. The CPS do not hold a central record of the outcomes of murder cases prosecuted by a single counsel or of murder cases which involved multiple defendants and such information could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General what the cost to the Crown Prosecution Service was of delays caused by trials that were ineffective because of prosecution error in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the preceding 10 years. [154665]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the proportion of trials that were ineffective because of prosecution error. Such data could not be reasonably obtained locally or nationally other than by undertaking a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files at a disproportionate cost.
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General what the cost to the Crown Prosecution Service was of trials that were cracked because of prosecution error in (a) 2012-13 and (b) each of the preceding 10 years. [154666]
The Solicitor-General:
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the proportion of trials that were cracked because of prosecution error.
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Such data could not be reasonably obtained locally or nationally other than by undertaking a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files at a disproportionate cost.
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General with reference to the answer of 23 April 2013, Official Report, columns 825-6W, on criminal proceedings, if he provide a breakdown by offence of the cases in which the prosecution offered no evidence in the Crown Court and Magistrates' Court in (a) 2012-13 and (b) the five preceding years. [154740]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records prosecution cases according to its principal offence category (POC). The POC indicates the most serious offence with which each defendant is charged at the time of finalisation. The POCs of the cases reported in the answer of 23 April 2013, Official Report, columns 825-26W, are provided in the following tables.
| Principal offence categories for cases where the CPS offered no evidence | |||||
| Crown court | |||||
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | |
| Magistrates court | |||||
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | |
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Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
Hazel Blears: To ask the Attorney-General what steps the Law Officers' Departments are taking to implement the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 in its procurement procedures; and what guidance he has given to the Law Officers' Departments' executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies on implementation of that Act. [154524]
The Solicitor-General: All of the staff working on procurement in the Law Officers' Departments are aware of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 and the need to consider it when letting new contracts for services.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has a centralised procurement function and the Treasury Solicitor's Department, Attorney-General's Office and HM Crown Prosecution Inspectorate have transferred their procurement function to the Crown Prosecution Service under a shared service arrangement. Procurement staff are aware of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 and the need to consider it when letting new contracts for services.
In line with Government Procurement Policy, all of the Law Officer's Departments use pre-tendered pan-government contracts wherever possible for the supply of services. Such contracts will have been awarded following an open competition process led by either the Government Procurement Service or another Government Department or public sector body.
Where a requirement for services cannot be met through a pan-government contract services will be tendered for directly, usually following an open competition process. Tenders are evaluated on total value for money and not price alone. Where appropriate and in addition to considering the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 at the pre-procurement stage, tender evaluation criteria will consider the bidders response in areas such as apprenticeships, training schemes, environmental management and the use of Small and Medium Size Enterprises to deliver the service.
Rape: Prosecutions
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General how many rape prosecutions have been preceded by a pre-trial interview between the prosecutor and the complainant in each of the last five years. [154127]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service do not maintain a central record of the number of rape prosecutions that have been preceded by a pre-trial interview. Such data could not be reasonably obtained locally or nationally other than by a manual exercise which would incur a disproportionate cost.
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Scotland
Pete Wishart: To ask the Attorney-General what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in the Law Officers' Departments have had with the right hon. Member of Edinburgh South West (Mr Darling) as part of the Scotland Analysis Programme. [154815]
The Solicitor-General: Neither I and the Attorney-General nor any of our officials have met with the right hon. Member for Edinburgh South West (Mr Darling), as part of the Scotland Analysis Programme.
Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Attorney-General what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department about extending the provision of independent sexual violence advisers. [154125]
The Solicitor-General: None, though the Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), chairs the Inter Ministerial Group on Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG), which I attend. This group monitors and discusses progress against the VAWG action plan, which includes actions in relation to the network of independent sexual violence advisers.
Home Department
Asylum: Afghanistan
Stephen McPartland: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on the granting of political asylum to Afghan political interpreters; and what assessment she has made of differences in this policy and that previously applied to Iraqi interpreters who had worked with UK armed forces. [154136]
Mr Harper: Our policy is to consider all asylum applications made in the United Kingdom in accordance with our obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention and grant asylum if the individual establishes a need for protection.
Work is progressing on reviewing how to make appropriate provision to support locally employed civilians as we draw down our combat mission in Afghanistan. As part of this work we have considered both the UK's previous assistance scheme for Iraq and the arrangements that other members of the allied forces have put in place in Afghanistan. We continue to recognise our clear commitment to treat locally engaged staff fairly and appropriately, and to take all reasonable steps to ensure their safety and security beyond the term of their employment with Her Majesty's Government.
Detainees: Overseas Students
Mr Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals detained under immigration powers, were detained following closure of their educational establishment as a result of action by her Department, in each quarter since January 2009. [154070]
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Mr Harper: Information on the reasons for detention are not recorded centrally and would require examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.
Driving Offences: Bassetlaw
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued to motorists in Bassetlaw constituency in 2011. [154168]
Damian Green: The Home Office does not centrally collect data on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for motoring offences at constituency level. Available data relate to FPNs issued at police force area level and were published on 18 April 2013 in the National Statistics internet-only release ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales 2011/12’, which is available in the Library of the House and from the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-powers-and-procedures-in-england-and-wales-201112
Nottinghamshire police issued 35,812 FPNs for motoring offences in 2011.
Enfield
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding (a) her Department and (b) each of the non-departmental public bodies for which she is responsible has allocated to the London Borough of Enfield local authority in each of the last five years. [154517]
James Brokenshire: The Home Department has given grants to the London borough of Enfield as stated in the following table. However, no funding has been given as grants by any of the non-departmental public bodies.
| Financial year | Amount per year (£) |
Fireworks
Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make possession of (a) smoke bombs and (b) flares in a public place a criminal offence. [154824]
Damian Green [holding answer 13 May 2013]: There are no plans to create new offences in respect of smoke bombs or flares as legislation already exists to deal with inappropriate use of such items.
If an individual was to carry these items with the intent to cause an injury, that individual would be committing an offence of carrying an offensive weapon. It is an offence under section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 for any person to have with them an offensive weapon in a public place
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Moreover, under section 2A of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 it is an offence to carry flares without lawful authority at a designated sporting event or sports ground.
Immigrants: Detainees
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are currently held in immigration detention centres. [154961]
Mr Harper: The latest published figures show that there were 2,685 people who were detained in immigration removal centres, short term holding facilities and pre departure accommodation as at 31 December 2012.
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of people detained in the UK within Immigration Statistics. The data on people in detention as at the last day of each quarter are readily available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: October to December 2012, table dt.09.q from the Gov.uk website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Figures on people held are those detained in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers and exclude those in police cells, Prison Service establishments, short term holding rooms at ports and airports (for less than 24 hours), and those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers and their dependants.
Members: Correspondence
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 2 April 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr T N Tchinda. [154475]
Mr Harper: I have written to the right hon. Member today.
Sir Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 27 March 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman) with regard to Mr Mohammad Yahya Butt. [154478]
Mr Harper: I have written to the right hon. Member today.
Metal Theft
Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of metal theft there have been in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Pendle constituency in each of the last three years. [154681]
Mr Jeremy Browne: The information requested is not currently available from the police recorded crime statistics collected by the Home Office.
Metal theft offences have been recorded as part of the annual data requirement for the first time for financial year 2012-13 and these will be published later in 2013.
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Police
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (a) how many and (b) what proportion of police officers were in each NRS social grade in each of the last 30 years. [154793]
Damian Green: The Home Office does not collect information on police officers by social grade.
Police Authorities
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether local police authorities are required to collect data for the user satisfaction survey. [154291]
Damian Green: Police forces are required to collect data from user satisfaction surveys and submit this quarterly to the Department as part of the Annual Data Requirement (ADR). Police authorities were disbanded on 22 November 2012 following the election of Police and Crime Commissioners.
Police Remuneration Review Body
Thomas Docherty: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with Ministers in the devolved administrations of her Department's proposals for the new Police Remuneration Review Body. [154883]
Damian Green: Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings and discussions with a wide variety of partners, 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.
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill was introduced on 9 May. Clauses 112 to 115 of the Bill and paragraphs 83 to 88 of the Explanatory Notes reflect the Government's proposals on the Police Remuneration Review Body and the devolution implications of that policy, following consultation and discussions with the relevant partners, including the devolved Administrations.
Police: Complaints
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the role of police and crime commissioners is with regards to public complaints about police handling of their cases. [154184]
Damian Green: Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are directly elected to represent the public and ensure they have a voice in how their force is policed, as such they will be taking a keen interest in the public's views on these matters.
A PCC is the appropriate authority for complaints relating to the chief constable. This means that PCCs are required to deal with complaints against chief constables in accordance with legislation. The chief constable, rather than the PCC, is the appropriate authority for complaints relating to the other police officers and staff
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in the force, but PCCs are required to keep themselves informed about the chief constable's handling of those complaints.
Where it appears to the PCC that the chief constable has not complied with a legal obligation in relation to the handling of complaints or has contravened an obligation, the PCC may direct the chief constable to take whatever steps the PCC thinks appropriate. This is set out in greater detail in the Independent Police Complaints Commission's statutory guidance which can be found at: IPCC.gov.uk.
Police: Freedom of Information
Steve Rotheram: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of time is for a response to a Freedom of Information request made to (a) South Yorkshire police force and (b) West Yorkshire police force; and what steps she is taking to help these forces improve the efficiency of their replies to Freedom of Information requests. [153919]
Damian Green [holding answer 13 May 2013]: Forces have a responsibility to comply with the requirements set by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which include timescales.
Accountability for complying with those requirements rests with chief constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and no information on timeliness is collected centrally.
Police: Pensions
Mr Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding her Department provided for the police pension top-up grant in 2011-12 and 2012-13. [154948]
Damian Green: The funding of police pensions operates such that each police force pays employer and officer contributions into a separate account. These funds are then used to offset the police pensions in payment by that police force. Where the income into the police force's pensions account from contributions (plus other payments such as inward transfer values) is insufficient to meet the cash cost of pensions in payment now, it is topped up by Home Office grant.
The Home Office has provided the following top-up funding for 2011-12 and 2012-13 as follows:
| £ million | |
| *The figure for 2012-13 is based on police forces' initial forecasts. The total may be adjusted once information on police forces' actual income and expenditure has been finalised. | |
Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012
Hazel Blears: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many procurement contracts awarded to police forces in England and Wales have incorporated the social value clauses from the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 since implementation of that Act. [154113]
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Damian Green: Since implementation of that Act, the Home Department has not awarded any contracts to police forces that require a clause under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.
Publications
Ann McKechin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on subscriptions to academic journals published by (a) Reed-Elsevier, (b) Wiley-Blackwell, (c) Springer and (d) any other academic publisher in each of the last five years. [154497]
James Brokenshire: The Home Department's spend with Reed-Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Springer and other academic publishers for the period from June 2011 to December 2012 can be found in the following table. The Home Department is unable to provide figures prior to June 2011 as the data are not centrally held and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
There are other publications ordered on an ad-hoc basis but this information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| Spend, June 2011 to December 2012 | |
| Publisher | £ |
Sexual Offences
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sexual assaults occur, where the perpetrator is (a) unknown and (b) known to the victim in each year; and what estimate she has made of the number of unreported sexual offences in cases where the perpetrator is known to the victim. [154180]
Mr Hurd: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Cabinet Office.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated May 2013:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking for the number of sexual assaults where the perpetrator is (a) unknown and (b) known to the victim; and the number of unreported sexual offences in cases where the perpetrator is known to the victim [154180].
Domestic abuse is known to be under reported in face-to-face surveys therefore the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) includes a self completion module which asks 16-59 year olds about their experience of Intimate Personal Violence (IPV). The module asks respondents if they have been a victim of sexual assault in the past 12 months, however it does not ask how many times they have been a victim. As a result, the number of victims can be provided but not the number of incidents of sexual assault.
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Figures have been calculated using data collected over three years; 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 in order to provide more robust estimates of the number of victims. Using this method it is estimated that there were 8,879 victims of serious sexual assault aged 16-59 where the perpetrator was unknown to the victims and 88,742 where the perpetrator was known. These figures are based on the number of respondents who said they were a victim in the 12 months prior to interview, averaged across the three survey years.
The CSEW also asks victims of serious sexual assault whether they reported the incident to the police; however due to the relatively small numbers involved it is not possible to provide a robust estimate of reporting rates broken down by victim offender relationship.
Surveillance
Mr David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will provide an analysis of all data requests which have been made and approved under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 since the implementation of that Act. [153927]
James Brokenshire [holding answer 13 May 2013]: It is the role of the Interception of Communications Commissioner to provide oversight of the systems in place for acquiring communications data under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. The analysis of these requests is set out in his annual reports. Copies of the reports have been placed in the Library of the House; however a copy of the latest report, dated 2011, can be found at the following link:
http://www.intelligencecommissioners.com/docs/0496.pdf
The 2012 annual report will be released later this year.
Telecommunications
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what (a) organisations and (b) public authorities have provided information in response to her Department's request for business cases for access to communications data; and if she will make a statement; [154262]
(2) what local authorities have provided information about their ongoing requirement for communications data in response to her Department's request for business cases for access to communications data; and if she will make a statement; [154263]
(3) if she will place in the Library copies of the information received from all local authorities in response to her Department's request for business cases for access to communications data; and if she will make a statement; [154264]
(4) if she will place in the Library copies of the information received from the (a) Charity Commission, (b) Environment Agency, (c) Food Standards Agency, (d) Gambling Commission, (e) Health and Safety Executive, (f) Office for Communications, (g) Pensions Regulator and (h) Royal Mail in response to her Department's request for business cases for access to communications data; and if she will make a statement. [154265]
James Brokenshire:
The Government are committed to ensuring that only those public authorities that can justify their access to communications data retain these powers in the longer term. A number of public authorities
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that have current access to communications data have submitted their cases for continued access and these remain under consideration.
The public authorities who have provided further information are listed as follows:
Ambulance Services
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Charity Commission
Civil Nuclear Constabulary
Criminal Cases Review Commission
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Northern Ireland)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (Northern Ireland)
Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland)
Department of Health—Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Department for Transport—Accident Investigation Branches and Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Department for Work and Pensions (including in relation to functions formerly the responsibility of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission)
Environment Agency
Financial Services Authority
Fire and Rescue Services
Food Standards Agency
Gambling Commission
Gangmasters Licensing Authority
Health and Safety Executive
Independent Police Complaints Commission
Information Commissioner
Local authorities
Ministry of Justice (NOMS and Contracted Out Prisons)
NHS Business Services Authority
Northern Ireland Office (Prison Service)
The Office of Communications (Ofcom)
Office of Fair Trading
The Pensions Regulator
Ports Police—Dover and Liverpool
Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Royal Mail
Serious Fraud Office
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
UK Border Agency—including Border Force
All of these are being considered. As was indicated in the Gracious Speech on 8 May 2013, we will bring forward proposals for the investigation of crime in cyberspace in due course.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bahrain
Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the detention of Nafeesa Al Asfoor and Rayhana Al Mosawa in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement. [154367]
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Alistair Burt: We are aware of reports that Ms Al Asfoor and Ms Al Mosawa have been charged with activities relating to terrorism following their arrest on 20 April at the Grand Prix circuit. They have both been sentenced to an initial 60 days in prison, after which another hearing will take place to determine their further detainment or release.
We encourage the Government of Bahrain to ensure that due process is followed as this case continues.
Eritrea
Jim Sheridan: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Eritrean authorities regarding the alleged kidnapping of refugees from East Sudan. [154754]
Mark Simmonds: We remain concerned about allegations of kidnapping of Eritrean refugees from Eastern Sudan. In April the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Africa Director raised the issue with a senior representative of the Eritrean Government. In the same month, our ambassador in Asmara met the Eritrean authorities alongside EU partners to press for full cooperation with UN High Commission for Refugees. In November 2012 migration officials visited Asmara to discuss anti-trafficking and victim protection.
Israel
Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to his answer of 22 April 2013, Official Report, column 637W, on Israel, which of the Israeli companies that participated in the UK Israel Tech Hub mission (a) are based in a settlement in the Opt or the Golan and (b) have provided equipment, services or infra- structure to such a settlement. [155084]
Alistair Burt: None of the Israeli companies that participated in the UK Israel Tech Hub mission to the UK in April are based in illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories or the Golan Heights. We have no information on whether these companies have provided any equipment, services or infrastructure to any such settlements.
North Korea
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that the commission of inquiry to investigate crimes against humanity in North Korea, mandated by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2013, is adequately resourced to conduct an investigation and make recommendations by March 2014. [154911]
Mr Swire: The resolution mandating the Commission of Inquiry (COI) on human rights abuses in North Korea includes a provision requesting the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur and the COI with adequate staffing, mechanisms and the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The COI will be funded through the UN regular budget, to which the UK contributes approximately 5%. The British Government will work with partners to
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ensure the COI is provided with all assistance to carry out its mandate effectively within the prescribed time frame.
North Korea: China
Stephen Timms: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions his Department has had with the government of China on refugees from North Korea in China and on arrangements for such refugees to be resettled in third countries. [154910]
Mr Swire: Officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) raised the issue of refoulement and resettlement of refugees from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the most recent UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in January 2012. The issue was also raised in the 2012 FCO Human Rights report, published in April 2013, and at the March 2012 session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
South Sudan
Mr Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on casualties amongst UN peacekeeping forces or others during the reported assassination of Kwol Deng, the Paramount Chief of Abyei. [154442]
Mark Simmonds: As I made clear in my public statement of 5 May, we are very concerned about the incident in Abyei on 4 May in which Paramount Chief Deng Kuol Deng and a UN peacekeeper were killed in an exchange of fire between an armed group of Misseriya and UN forces. We understand that two UN peacekeepers were also seriously wounded, but reports of other casualties remain unconfirmed. The circumstances which led to the exchange of fire also remain unclear. We are closely monitoring developments, urging restraint from all sides, and calling for a swift and transparent investigation so that those responsible are held to account. We continue to urge Sudan and South Sudan to establish immediately the institutions set out in the Agreement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area signed on 20 June 2011, and to make urgent progress towards resolution of Abyei’s final status.
Mr Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy that there should be a full UN investigation into the reported assassination of Kwol Deng, the Paramount Chief of Abyei, including what is known of the perpetrators and from whom they received orders. [154443]
Mark Simmonds:
As I made clear in my public statement of 5 May, we are very concerned about the incident in Abyei on 4 May in which Paramount Chief Deng Kuol Deng and a UN peacekeeper were killed in an exchange of fire between an armed group of Misseriya and UN forces. We understand that two UN peacekeepers were also seriously wounded, but reports of other casualties remain unconfirmed. The circumstances which led to the exchange of fire also remain unclear. We are closely monitoring developments, urging restraint from all sides, and calling for a swift and transparent investigation so that those responsible are held to account. We continue
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to urge Sudan and South Sudan to establish immediately the institutions set out in the Agreement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area signed on 20 June 2011 and to make urgent progress towards resolution of Abyei's final status.
Mr Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the reported assassination of Kwol Deng, the Paramount Chief of Abyei; and if he will make a statement. [154444]
Mark Simmonds: As I made clear in my public statement of 5 May, we are very concerned about the incident in Abyei on 4 May in which Paramount Chief Deng Kwol Deng and a UN peacekeeper were killed in an exchange of fire between an armed group of Misseriya and UN forces. We understand that two UN peacekeepers were also seriously wounded, but reports of other casualties remain unconfirmed, The circumstances which led to the exchange of fire also remain unclear. We are closely monitoring developments, urging restraint from all sides, and calling for a swift and transparent investigation so that those responsible are held to account. We continue to urge Sudan and South Sudan to establish immediately the institutions set out in the Agreement on Temporary Arrangements for the Administration and Security of the Abyei Area signed on 20 June 2011 and to make urgent progress towards resolution of Abyei’s final status.
Sudan
Jim Sheridan: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Sudanese authorities regarding the alleged kidnapping of refugees from East Sudan. [154753]
Mark Simmonds: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that up to 70% of people entering and registering in refugee camps in Eastern Sudan leave shortly afterwards, for a range of reasons. UNHCR's assessment is that a high percentage of those leaving the camp do so voluntarily and travel either within or outside of Sudan in search of employment and livelihood opportunities. Some however do become victims of trafficking.
The plight of those trafficked is of deep concern. The UK, together with other donors, has provided support to the awareness raising and protection activities of humanitarian agencies through the Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF). We are working closely with the lead agencies. UNHCR and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). and we have raised concerns about trafficking in discussions with the Sudanese Government. The British embassy in Khartoum also convened a meeting in mid-February of interested embassies to discuss the situation in Eastern Sudan, in which the question of trafficking was a central point. We will remain engaged with this important issue.
Education
Academies
Kevin Brennan:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the answer of 16 April 2013, Official Report, column 360W, on academies, if he will publish anonymised details of the complaints
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concerning the conduct of academy brokers and the outcome of any investigations by his Department. [155098]
Mr Timpson: The Department requires the highest standards of conduct from academy brokers, who do a very difficult job in the face of opposition to the Government's programme to turn around failing schools.
Six formal written complaints have been made to the Department about the conduct of named academy brokers in the 12 months up to 16 April 2013. Five investigations have been concluded and resolved to the Department's satisfaction; the majority were found to be without basis.
In each case the complainant was given feedback on the investigation and was informed of how they could pursue their complaint further if they were not satisfied with the outcome. In two cases, complaints were partially upheld. One investigation is on-going.
Basic Skills: Bassetlaw
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department has made of the level of literacy and numeracy of (a) primary school leavers and (b) secondary school leavers in Bassetlaw constituency in each of the last five years. [154148]
Elizabeth Truss: The information requested is provided in the following tables:
| Primary school leavers achievements at the expected level(1) by pupils at the end of key stage 2 in Basset law parliamentary constituency(2): Years 2008-12(3 )Coverage: Bassetlaw constituency(4) | |||||
| Percentage of KS2 pupils achieving expected level in: | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012(5) |
| (1) Includes pupils who achieved Level 4 or above. Level 4 is the expected level of achievement for pupils at the end of key stage 2 (2) Parliamentary constituency figures are based on the postcode of the school. (3) Data is final data for all years. (4) Includes state-funded schools including academies. Figures do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas. (5) In 2012, English was calculated from reading test results and writing teacher assessment rather than from reading and writing tests as in previous years. English in 2012 is, therefore, not comparable to previous years. Source: National Pupil Database | |||||
| Secondary school leavers percentages of pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving A*-C grades in English and mathematics GCSEs(1) in Basset law constituency(2 )Years: 2007/08 to 2011/12(3 )Coverage: Bassetlaw constituency(4) | |||||
| Percentage of KS4 pupils achieving an A*-C grade in: | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
| (1) Full GCSEs only have been included (Full GCSEs, double awards, accredited international certificates and their predecessor iGCSEs and AS levels). Figures from 2007/08-2008/09 exclude iGCSEs, 2009/10 figures onwards include accredited iGCSEs. (2) Parliamentary constituency figures are based on the postcode of the school. (3) Data is final data for all years. (4) Includes state-funded schools including academies. Figures do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas. Source: National Pupil Database | |||||
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Children: Local Government Services
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education which local authorities (a) are in intervention and (b) have been issued with improvement notices for children's services. [155165]
Mr Timpson: The following table shows the list of local authorities which are subject either to a Direction, improvement notice, or where, following an inadequate Ofsted inspection, we are considering the appropriate form a departmental intervention might take.
| Directed using statutory powers | Issue date | Focus |
|
Following Ofsted's inadequate judgment of child protection (published 15 January 2013) | ||
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Dominic Cummings
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, columns 1170-1W, on Dominic Cummings, (1) who else attended the meetings held in his Department described as being for discussion on funding pressures on (a) 27 January 2011, (b) 27 January continued, (c) 1 February 2011 and (d) 2 February 2011; [155166]
(2) what outcomes and decisions arose from the meetings held in his Department described as being for discussion on funding pressures on (a) 27 January 2011, (b) 27 January 2011 continued, (c) 1 February 2011 and (d) 2 February 2011. [155167]
Elizabeth Truss: The meetings held at the Department for Education on funding pressures that took place on 27 January 2011, 1 February 2011 and 2 February 2011 were attended by the relevant officials working on funding and strategy within the Department. The Department does not disclose details of decisions made at departmental meetings.
Free School Meals
Mr Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he plans to consult on eligibility for free school meals ahead of the introduction of universal credit. [153906]
Mr Laws: We are working very closely with other departments, including the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions, to simplify free school meals criteria under universal credit, while ensuring that free lunches continue to be available to the families who need them most. These discussions, which include consideration of a phased implementation timetable, are in recognition of the significant number and complexity of passported benefits across Government, most of which have different eligibility criteria.
We will allow good time to enable schools, local authorities and children's charities to comment on our proposals before we introduce new entitlement criteria for free school meals under universal credit.
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Priority School Building Programme
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to announce the first batch of the priority school building programme. [155097]
Mr Laws: The first two batches of schools being delivered under the Priority School Building programme were released to the market in October last year and a further six batches of schools were released to the market earlier this year. Construction work will start on the first school later this month.
The full announcement regarding the release of batches can be found via:
http://dfe.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/schoolscapital/priority-school-building-programme/a00224812/priority-school-building-programme-announcement
Skills Funding Agency
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when the Skills Funding Agency will produce its property data survey. [155096]
Matthew Hancock: I will write to the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan) with the information requested.
Teachers
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to enhance the professionalism of teachers. [155086]
Mr Laws: We have taken steps to ensure that teaching is an attractive career proposition for the brightest and best graduates; we now have the highest ever number of graduates with good degrees applying to train as teachers. With our reforms to Initial Teacher Training they will increasingly do so in a system that is led by schools, with high-quality training designed and delivered by the profession itself.
We have significantly reduced central prescription and bureaucracy; devolving greater responsibility for decisions to those who are best placed to make them using their professional judgment—teachers and head teachers. We have created opportunities for teachers to take charge of establishing and running schools themselves.
A profession should determine its own standards; that is why we asked a group of leading teachers and head teachers to develop a new set of Teachers' Standards which define the essentials of good teaching. These clear new standards—created by teachers for teachers—are now used to assess performance and to help teachers plan their professional development.
Teachers: Training
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent assessment he has made of proposals for the establishment of a Royal College of Teaching. [155087]
Mr Laws:
The establishment of an independent professional body for teachers would represent an important step in helping the teaching profession to realise greater autonomy and self-determination, like the medical
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profession. We welcome the current debate, which sends a hugely important signal about the aims and aspirations of the teaching profession.
However, we recognise that, if it is to be successful, an emergent professional body must have its genesis within the profession itself. Any role for Government would depend on how such a body proposed to operate, and how it wished to work with Government. Nevertheless, we are firmly in agreement with the view that an effective professional body for teachers could play a vital role in further raising standards of teaching, championing excellence and enhancing the status of the teaching profession.
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to encourage continuing professional development for teachers. [155088]
Mr Laws: Research suggests that the most effective types of professional development are collaborative, sustained, closely linked to teachers' classroom practice and supported by expertise. We are creating a national network of Teaching Schools to improve the capacity of schools to take the lead in the training and development of teachers and create more opportunities for peer-to-peer learning.
The new Teachers' Standards set a clear benchmark for the level of practice expected of all teachers, and provide a valuable tool to help head teachers and teachers identify and address development needs through regular appraisal.
While we increasingly expect schools and teachers to take more responsibility for their own professional development, there are some areas where we have provided additional support, such as the National Scholarship Fund, through which we are encouraging more teachers to deepen their subject knowledge and SEN expertise. We have recently announced £2 million funding so that the best computing teachers can help train thousands more teachers.
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has put in place to monitor School Direct trainees' subsequent employment within their training school or group of schools; and whether their employment will be on a permanent or temporary basis. [155095]
Mr Laws: Employment of School Direct trainees will be monitored through the existing six month employment survey that initial teacher training providers are currently required to undertake, and the DFE school workforce survey. These will include whether employment is on a permanent or temporary basis.
Business, Innovation and Skills
Arms Trade: Bahrain
Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether Richard Paniguian, Head, UKTI Defence and Security Organisation, discussed the sale of military equipment to Bahrain during his recent visit to that country. [154066]
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Michael Fallon: In his role as Head of UK Trade Investment Defence and Security Organisation, Richard Paniguian has discussions about equipment requirements with officials from many countries, including Bahrain.
Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the sale of military equipment to Bahrain. [154067]
Michael Fallon: The Export Control Organisation within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills administers the UK's strategic export licensing system, which relates to controls on the export from the UK of specified military and dual-use goods.
All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria taking into account all relevant factors, including the prevailing circumstances in the recipient country and the stated end-use. A licence would not be issued if it was inconsistent with any of the Criteria.
Central Sussex College
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will arrange an urgent review of the financial situation of the Central Sussex College. [155110]
Matthew Hancock: Steps have already been taken to review urgently the financial situation of the College. The Chief Executive Skills Funding Agency has met the Principal and further investigations and discussions are taking place, involving the College's Audit and management teams and officials in the Agency.
Climate Change
Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 15 April 2013, Official Report, column 261W, on climate change, what statistical models were used in any analyses done to calculate significances. [153909]
Mr Willetts: The analyses used the statistical model developed by Brohan et al and published in the following peer-reviewed paper: Brohan, P., J. J. Kennedy, I. Harris, S. F. B. Tett, and P. D. Jones (2006), Uncertainty estimates in regional and global observed temperature changes: A new data set from 1850, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12106, doi:10.1029/2005JD006548.
Copyright
Grahame M. Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make it illegal to strip copyright metadata and other information which identifies the copyright holder of a piece of work. [154678]
Jo Swinson:
Section 296ZG of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) already provides protection against the deliberate removal or alteration of electronic rights management information such as metadata from copyrighted works, where there is knowledge
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or reason to believe that by doing so the person is inducing, enabling, facilitating or concealing an infringement of copyright.
Energy: Bassetlaw
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the current value of the energy sector to the economy of Bassetlaw constituency; and what estimate he has made of the value of the energy sector to the economy of Bassetlaw constituency in (a) 2018 and (b) 2023. [154160]
Michael Fallon: Estimates of the financial contributions of sectors are not available at the constituency level nor are forecasts made of such data.
Data from the Business Registers Employment Survey (BRES) indicate that the energy sector (defined here, in accordance with Section D of the Standard Industrial Classification Codes as the supply of electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning) supported around 700 jobs in the Bassetlaw constituency in 2011.
Enfield
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding (a) his Department and (b) each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible has allocated to the London borough of Enfield local authority in each of the last five years. [154506]
Jo Swinson: Core BIS has made payments to the London borough of Enfield local authority as follows:
| Financial year | £ |