Prison Sentences

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people (a) of each sex, (b) of each age group and (c) who have committed each offence type were sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for their first offence in each of the last five years. [167323]

Jeremy Wright: Tough sentences are available to the independent judiciary who decide the sentences for individual criminals based on the full facts of the case.

Defendants are now more likely to be convicted for committing crime and sent to prison for longer than they were a decade ago.

(a) Table 1 shows the number of offenders sentenced in England Wales to immediate custodial sentence for their first offence by gender in each year since 2008.

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(b) Table 2 shows the number of offenders sentenced in England Wales to an immediate custodial sentence for their first offence by age group in each year since 2008.

(c) Table 3 shows the number of offenders sentenced in England and Wales to an immediate custodial sentence for their first offence by offence type in each year since 2008.

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First time entrants are offenders who received their first reprimand, warning, caution or conviction for a recordable offence committed in England and Wales. Non-recordable offences (i.e. TV licence evasion, driving without insurance) are not recorded on the Police National Computer and therefore not counted. Where there were multiple offences on the same occasion, the primary offence as recorded on the Police National Computer would be counted.

Prison Service: Redundancy

Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison officers have applied for the voluntary early departure scheme in each of the last four years. [169564]

Jeremy Wright: The following table sets out the number of applications from prison officers which have been submitted for a quote for a voluntary early departure which has taken place, or will take place, in 2013-14; or which took place in each of the three preceding business years. The numbers of applications for 2010-11 are incomplete in that they only include those relating to departures which took place in March 2011:

For business years prior to 2013-14, the Ministry of Justice has only retained records of applications which were selected for a voluntary exit quote to be provided. The Ministry has not retained records of applications which were not approved.

In addition, the Ministry only holds these records by date of departure, not by date of application; and does not hold records of applications which led to departure before March 2011.

Prisoners' Release

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convicted murders (a) are currently on a day release and (b) have been on a day release in each of the last three years. [167032]

Jeremy Wright: The Department is conducting a review of the policy and processes on release on temporary licence (ROTL) and, as part of that review, we are considering the availability and quality of data, with a view to publishing more detailed information about temporary releases.

Prisoners' Transfers: Scotland

Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners currently held in prison in England have applied for a transfer to a prison in Scotland to complete their sentence. [169187]

Jeremy Wright: From 1 September 2012 to the 31 August 2013 a total of 19 prisoners submitted requests for transfer from prisons in England and Wales to prisons in Scotland to continue serving sentences of imprisonment or to facilitate a period of temporary visits with close family.

The transfer of prisoners between England and Wales and Scotland is a voluntary process with the criteria for transfers set out in the then Home Secretary's statement to Parliament on 28 October 1997.

Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance

Grahame M. Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what planned maintenance programmes have been (a) cancelled and (b) postponed at each prison establishment since April 2010. [166348]

Jeremy Wright: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is committed to maintaining a safe and decent environment across the custodial estate. All refurbishment projects are listed for inclusion in the MOJ maintenance programme

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according to the degree of refurbishment required and any associated health and safety risks to staff and prisoners.

Projects are subject to change or cancellation dependant on the changing priorities of the prison estate and the availability of funds. Cancelled projects include refurbishment of the reception area and putting new windows in the prison gym.

The following table shows the number of planned maintenance projects (a) cancelled and (b) postponed in each prison region. These form part of an ongoing programme of maintenance. Please note, the information in this table is taken as at May 2010 and not April 2010 as we get a much clearer picture of our programmes in May rather than April.

Protection from Harassment Act 1997

Gordon Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many persons were convicted for breach of a restraining order under the terms of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in 2012; [169086]

(2) how many persons were given a restraining order under the terms of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in 2012. [169087]

Jeremy Wright: To provide greater protection to potential victims of crime, the Government changed the Protection from Harassment Act so that the court may impose a restraining order when it deals with a person for any offence, whether or not they have been convicted for it.

Since 2012, the Government have introduced new specific stalking offences and delivered training and guidance for police officers and prosecutors about the new legislation. The Home Office lead on this work. The Government action plan to end violence against women and girls makes an undertaking to continue to raise awareness of stalking to improve professionals’ response.

There were 18,690 people given a restraining order under the terms of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 during 2012 in England and Wales.

There were 5,797 people convicted for breach of a restraining order under the terms of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 during 2012 in England and Wales.

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Stalking

Gordon Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether mental health assessments are made available to individuals (a) charged with and (b) convicted of stalking. [169088]

Jeremy Wright: The information is as follows:

(a) A person who is charged with an offence and diagnosed with a mental health problem may be offered a mental health assessment if the illness requires it and if there is a liaison and diversion scheme at the police station or at the court. The court may order a psychiatric report or the defence may submit one of its own volition before trial, if the suspect appears to have mental health problems that will determine the progress of the case.

We are now rolling out liaison and diversion services, so that the police and courts will be able to identify individuals with mental health problems more quickly and, wherever possible, ensure that effective treatment is available without unnecessary delays.

(b) In relation to an individual who is convicted of a stalking offence and receives a sentence for that or other offences which make him subject to statutory supervision, the offender supervisor (in prison) or offender manager (in the community) may refer the offender for a specialist mental health assessment. Such a referral is not automatic and will be made only following careful consideration of all relevant circumstances. Where a specialist mental health assessment is obtained, the offender supervisor or offender manager should review and, as necessary, revise the offender’s risk assessment, using the offender assessment system (OASys). From the OASys assessment, the offender supervisor and/or offender manager will develop a sentence plan, setting out interventions to address known risks, as well as a risk management plan, to manage those risks. In the case of an offender convicted of stalking, the sentence plan and risk management plan should contain relevant actions to address that conviction.

Where an offender convicted of a stalking offence falls to be managed under the statutory Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA), by virtue of the sentence which he received or the risk of harm which he presents, the decision to refer the offender for a specialist mental health assessment should be discussed at MAPPA meetings.

Trillium Group

Mr Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008. [169260]

Jeremy Wright: The Ministry of Justice has no spend on contracts with Trillium Group since 2008.

Home Department

Buildings

Mr Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies in each year since 2010-11. [169451]

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James Brokenshire: Expenditure on larger office refurbishment projects is subject to business case approval and procurement rules.

Expenditure is subsequently assessed on completion by way of post-project reviews. Spend data are captured and recorded against industry standard categories to provide unit rates. These costs are then able to be reviewed against cross-departmental benchmarks as required by the Government Construction Strategy.

Offences against Children

Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date she commissioned her Department's Independent Review of all Home Office files received about organised child sex abuse from 1979 to 1999; what the remit was of that inquiry; to whom it reported; what the name was of the independent reviewer; on what basis they were appointed; and if she will make a statement. [167943]

Damian Green: As set out in the published executive summary of the interim report, in February 2013 the Home Office permanent secretary commissioned an Independent Review of all Home Office files from 1979 to 1999 to identify any information received about organised child sex abuse. An experienced investigator from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) led the review with additional oversight provided by HMRC's Director of Criminal Investigation. The terms of reference can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/226170/ToR_Final.pdf

Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) with reference to her Department's review of all Home Office files received about organised child sex abuse from 1979 to 1999, how many papers or reports could not be located or accounted for by the review team; for what reasons they could not be located; and whether this was within the Government guidance on retention and disposal of files and papers at that time in each such case; [167976]

(2) how many relevant files were found to be missing from her Department's independent review of all Home Office files received about organised child sex abuse from 1979 to 1999; and if she will make a statement. [167980]

Damian Green: As set out in the executive summary of the final report the Independent Review carried out an extensive analysis of a central database containing details of over 746,000 files for the 1979 to 1999 period and identified 527 potentially relevant files which had been retained. These 527 files plus 46 personnel files (573 in total) were all physically examined by the Independent Review.

Out of an extensive analysis of a central database containing details of over 746,000 files for the 1979 to 1999 period, 114 potentially relevant files had been presumed destroyed, missing or not found.

The independent investigator was satisfied that the Home Office did pass on to the appropriate authorities any information received about child abuse in the period 1979 to 1999 which was credible and which had any realistic potential for further investigation.

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The permanent secretary has accepted all the recommendations from the independent reviewer and the Department has implemented all of them.

Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to her Department's review of all Home Office files received about organised child sex abuse from 1979 to 1999; what progress her Department has made towards meeting the recommendations of that review; and if she will make a statement. [167978]

Damian Green: The permanent secretary has accepted all the recommendations from the independent reviewer and the Department has implemented all of them.

Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to her Department's review of all Home Office files received about organised child sex abuse from 1979 to 1999, on what dates staff of her Department were dismissed for child abuse between 1996 and 1998. [167979]

Damian Green: As set out in the executive summary of the final report the four cases involving Home Office staff relate to offences in the period 1996 to 1998. None of the cases contain evidence of the direct physical abuse of children. The investigator found no evidence of any connection between the cases, or that Home Office equipment or facilities were used in the offences. All four staff were dismissed.

Specific details regarding the date on when these individuals were dismissed is not being released as this would present the possibility that they might be identified by other parties.

Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress she has made on locating the dossiers submitted to her Department by the former hon. Member for Huddersfield West (1979 to 1983) and Littleborough and Saddleworth (1983 to 1995) in relation to child abuse in 1983 and 1984; and if she will place copies of those dossiers in the Library. [167981]

Damian Green: As set out in the published executive summary of the interim report the Independent Review confirmed that the Home Office did receive information from Mr Dickens in November 1983 and in January 1984 about alleged child abuse. Copies of the material have not been retained but a Home Office file contains a copy letter dated 20 March 1984 from the Secretary of State in response to Mr Dickens. The letter confirms that the information was considered at the time and that any matters requiring investigation were referred to the police. An extract of this letter has been published at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/226167/Executive_Summary_-_Interim_Report.pdf

Public Relations

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each of the past three years; and for what purposes such consultants were engaged. [168665]

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James Brokenshire: In each of the past three financial years the Home Office and associated public bodies have had no spend on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants. This compares to £427,691 in 2007-08, £1,180,968 in 2008-09 and £508,208 in 2009-10.

Security

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in her Department since May 2010. [168612]

James Brokenshire: 1,105 departmental building passes/staff identity cards have been reported lost or stolen since May 2010 to 31 August 2013. This figure includes those building passes reported as lost or stolen by other Government Departments that either occupy or have building passes for the Home Department estate and also any agency/contractors who have Home Department passes. However, the figures do not take into account any building passes that are lost but then subsequently found by staff at home etc or are returned back to us via Royal Mail.

The loss of any Government asset, which includes Home Office building passes and staff ID cards, is treated very seriously. All staff must report the loss to their respective departmental security unit without delay. Each loss is investigated and recorded. As soon as a loss is reported to security immediate measures are taken to de-activate the access control capability. Departmental security personnel constantly remind staff to be vigilant with their passes and staff ID cards.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Banks

Mary Creagh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the study into the use of food aid commissioned by his Department in February 2013 will be published. [168331]

George Eustice [holding answer 10 September 2013]: DEFRA has commissioned research to review evidence on the landscape of food aid provision and access. The work comprises a short research project assessing evidence already publicly available on the provision of food aid in the UK. Once completed, the conclusions of this work will be made available on the Government's website.

Wales

Agricultural Sector (Wales) Bill

Mr Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with the Attorney-General on the Agricultural Sector (Wales) Bill passed by the National Assembly for Wales in July 2013. [900301]

Mr David Jones: The hon. Gentleman is undoubtedly aware that my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General has referred the question of the Assembly’s legislative competence in relation to this Bill to the Supreme Court for decision.

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Northern Ireland

Army

Mr Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will consider establishing an independent panel to investigate events surrounding the Ballymurphy Massacre in August 1971. [169134]

Mrs Villiers: I have received the proposal from the Ballymurphy families for an independent review panel into events surrounding deaths in the Ballymurphy area in August 1971. This is currently being considered.

Mr Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will work with members of the Dail to seek a way to fully investigate the events surrounding the Ballymurphy Massacre in August 1971. [169142]

Mrs Villiers: I have regular discussions with Justice Minister Alan Shatter which cover a range of issues, including addressing the past in Northern Ireland.

Paul Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 4 March 2013, Official Report, column 771W, on the Army, for what reasons she has decided that a public inquiry into the deaths at Ballymurphy on 9 August 1971 would not be in the public interest. [169143]

Mrs Villiers: In reaching my decision I considered other investigations, including fresh inquests, which were ongoing, and concluded that these would be able to establish the circumstances of the deaths.

Mr Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will meet the families of those who died in the Ballymurphy Massacre in August 1971 to discuss justice for those families. [169386]

Mrs Villiers: I met the Ballymurphy families on 31 January 2013 to hear their concerns.

Attorney-General

Aiding and Abetting

Philip Davies: To ask the Attorney-General how many cases of joint enterprise were prosecuted in each of the last five years in each prosecution service. [169681]

The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of cases prosecuted involving joint enterprise. To provide this information would require a manual search of files incurring disproportionate cost.

Buildings

Chris Ruane: To ask the Attorney-General how many square metres of office space the Law Officers' Departments (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property. [169414]

The Solicitor-General: The Law Officers' Departments do not own any properties in London.

The Attorney-General’s Office leases one site and occupies a total of 784.6 m². This has a rateable value of £500,000.

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The total floor space rented by the Serious Fraud Office in Cockspur Street, London is 3,196 m². This has a rateable value of £1,760,000.

The CPS rents 26,012 m² of office space in five properties in London. The Valuation Office Agency 2012 valuations placed on these premises amounted to £6,409,441.

Of these three properties are in London postal districts, and these represent 22,506 m² of which 5,578 m² is sub-let to other tenants. The total Valuation Office Agency 2012 valuations placed on these premises amounted to £6,023,441. Additionally the CPS rents 3,506 m² of office space in two properties in greater London (Sidcup and Croydon). The Valuation Office Agency 2012 valuations placed on these premises amounted to £386,000

TSol leases two sites which equates to 11,624.52 m² of space across London. These are operational sites for office accommodation for the department and a disaster recovery and data centre. HMCPSI has sublet 311 m² of this office space from TSol. The Valuation Office Agency 2011 valuations placed on these properties amounted to £4,015,739.

Business, Innovation and Skills

Charities

Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make it his policy to ensure that his Department does not give grants to charities whose principal officers or employees engage in criminal activity at protests. [169669]

Jo Swinson: In line with previous Administrations, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not provide grants for organisations that are involved in criminal activity. Organisations that exist for political purposes would not meet the criteria for charitable status and we would be unable to award them grants under the Charities Act 2006. If you are aware that any Government funding has been misused, or any other assistance given, for the purposes of inappropriate political campaigning, we would welcome your drawing it to our attention.

Exports: West Midlands

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprises in the west midlands started exporting for the first time as a direct result of the work of UK Trade and Investment West Midlands in the last (a) 12 months and (b) two years. [169475]

Michael Fallon: UKTI's Passport to Export clients are most likely to be new to exporting, although some may have exported in the past or have exported small quantities of goods and services.

In 2012/13 UKTI West Midlands supported 1,026 enterprises to export overseas. 175 were supported through the Passport to Export programme, 187 through the Gateway to Global Growth programme and 664 through other significant one to one assistance by the west midlands international trade advisers.

In 2011/12 UKTI West Midlands supported 884 enterprises to export overseas. 132 were supported through the Passport to Export programme, 149 through the

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Gateway to Global Growth programme and 603 through other significant one to one assistance by the west midlands international trade advisers.

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprises in the west midlands started exporting to a new market for the first time as a direct result of the work of UK Trade and Investment West Midlands in the last (a) 12 months and (b) two years. [169476]

Michael Fallon: We do not capture data on new export markets, however we are encouraging companies to look at new markets as well as developing their existing export markets and many of our services focus on finding opportunities in new markets.

In 2012/13 UKTI West Midlands supported 1,026 enterprises to export overseas. 175 were supported through the Passport to Export programme, 187 through the Gateway to Global Growth programme and 664 through other significant one to one assistance by the west midlands international trade advisers.

In 2011/12 UKTI West Midlands supported 884 enterprises to export overseas. 132 were supported through the Passport to Export programme, 149 through the Gateway to Global Growth programme and 603 through other significant one to one assistance by the west midlands international trade advisers.

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much additional export volume was generated for businesses in the west midlands as a direct result of the work of UK Trade and Investment West Midlands in the last (a) 12 months and (b) two years. [169477]

Michael Fallon: UK Trade and Investment has recently started to measure trade growth value. This measure was designed to record cases where an enterprise has progressed in its pursuit of overseas business opportunities to the point of successfully winning contracts. During FY 2013/14, west midlands SMEs completed trade growth value (TGV) forms totalling £8.19 million from 25 companies.

There are no figures available prior to April 2013, when UKTI started recording TGV data, however, there has been a significant increase in exports in the west midlands in the last 18 months. Exports reached over £6.5 billion between 1 April 2013 and 30 June 2013, according to the export statistics published on 5 September 2013 by HM Revenue and Customs. Compared to the previous quarter, exports from the west midlands increased by 6.5%, the highest growth of all English regions.

Compared with the same quarter in 2012, the growth is 18%—equating to more than £1 billion more exports from the region.

The assistance provided to exporters by the UKTI team also involves help at earlier stages in this export development process. In the west midlands in 2012/13, UKTI WM supported 175 companies (passport to export) and in 2013/14, to date, has supported 182 with the aim of supporting 350 by the end of the year.

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using the services. For UKTI trade services as a whole, the total additional sales reported in the 2012/13 UKTI annual report was £49.6 billion. We do not have a regional breakdown of these statistics.

Redundancy

Jackie Doyle-Price: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff were made redundant from non-departmental public bodies accountable to his Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how many redundancy payments were made in lieu of notice. [170342]

Jo Swinson: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) does not centrally hold the information in respect of NDPBs.

Transport

Aviation: Compensation

Stephen Phillips: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department is taking steps to improve airline passenger rights in the event of the (a) cancellation of and (b) severe delay to flights. [169293]

Mr McLoughlin: Air passenger rights in situations of denied boarding, cancellation and long delay are dealt with under EC Regulation 261/2004. The regulation applies to all services operated within the boundaries of the EU and on services from a third country on an EU carrier.

The European Commission are proposing a range of amendments to Regulation 261/2004 to reinforce enforcement policies and procedures, and improve passenger rights.

The UK Government fully support the regulation and are playing a full and active part in the negotiations and will be looking to support proposals that meet the needs of passengers while balancing the financial considerations of the airlines.

Bus Services

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many people are in receipt of a free bus pass in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the east midlands and (d) England; [169048]

(2) what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in Ashfield constituency who do not live within half a mile of a bus stop. [169058]

Stephen Hammond: The Department for Transport's survey of Travel Concession Authorities (TCAs) in 2012 showed that Nottinghamshire TCA forecast 176,000 older and disabled persons bus passes on issue to residents for the financial year 2012-13. Owing to incomplete returns it is not possible to give a total for the east midlands. It is estimated that in England there are around 10 million bus passes. Further information is published in Table BUS0821 and Table BUS0890 at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus08-concessionary-travel

The survey collects information at TCA level so the Department does not hold information for individual parliamentary constituencies such as Ashfield.

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The Department's National Travel Survey (NTS) asks the respondents to estimate the time it takes to walk to the nearest bus stop as part of the household interview. Figures for the east midlands and England can be found in the published table NTS9916 at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/nts99-travel-by-region-and-area-type-of-residence

NTS sample sizes do not allow for analysis of smaller geographic areas.

The Department does not collect any information on distances to the nearest bus stop.

High Speed 2 Railway Line

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to protect grade I and grade II listed buildings during the construction of High Speed 2. [169044]

Mr McLoughlin: HS2 Ltd has sought to avoid direct impacts on all heritage assets during the route selection process. No grade I or II* listed buildings are currently directly physically affected by either phase of the proposed HS2 route.

With the current proposed scheme for phase 2, eight grade II listed structures would be directly impacted although, with detailed design, preservation may be possible for some of the structures.

Andrew Bridgen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what amount was paid by HS2 Ltd to KPMG for its report, HS2 Regional Economic Impacts, published in September 2013. [169291]

Mr McLoughlin: The amount paid to KPMG was £242,126 inclusive of VAT.

Frank Dobson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the cost of chassis-compatible High Speed 2 trains is included in the current published estimate for the cost of High Speed 2 rolling stock. [169694]

Mr McLoughlin: The cost of the classic-compatible High Speed 2 trains is included in the current published estimate for the cost of High Speed 2 rolling stock.

Shipping

Mr Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department has taken as a result of International Shipping Week. [169488]

Stephen Hammond: Building on the success of London International Shipping Week is a key maritime priority. The Department will continue to work constructively with industry and other Government Departments, through our strategic partnership approach, to promote the UK's maritime offer and ensure that the UK maintains its competitive position as the leading place to do maritime business.

Mr Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what support his Department will provide for International Shipping Week in the light of the success of its inaugural event. [169489]

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Stephen Hammond: London International Shipping Week was a great success and clearly demonstrated the excellence of the UK maritime industry.

A feedback survey is currently being conducted with all delegates of London International Shipping Week. Officials from the Department for Transport and from across Government will continue to work closely with industry counterparts to assess the findings of the survey and to consider future events.

Travel

Gloria De Piero: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on travel for departmental officials in each of the last five years. [169014]

Stephen Hammond: The Department for Transport and its Executive Agencies' expenditure on travel for departmental officials was:

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Within the above totals, the total spent by the central Department in 2012-13 was £2,155,963. By way of comparison, the total amount spent in 2008-09 was £4,229,486.

Unmanned Air Vehicles

Mr Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to review the adequacy of the current regulatory framework for civil use of unmanned aerial vehicles. [169050]

Mr McLoughlin: There are no current plans to review the current regulatory framework for the civil use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). The Department and the Civil Aviation Authority are satisfied that the current regulations are adequate and proportionate to the level of activity in the UK.

The UK is also actively contributing to the development of harmonised, international regulations. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is currently developing RPA Guidance Material, due for publication in autumn 2014, with Standards expected about two years later. Within Europe, the European Commission's RPAS Roadmap was published on 20 June 2013—this sets out the milestones and timing aimed at an incremental integration of RPAS into European airspace from 2016, with the publication of Implementing Rules for operations, personnel licensing and certification from 2018 onwards.