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Daily Report Wednesday, 25 March 2015 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 25 March 2015 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:29 P.M., 25 March 2015). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 6 Low Pay 17 ATTORNEY GENERAL 6 Minimum Wage 18 Domestic Violence: North West 6 Public Sector: Mutual Societies 18 EU Countries 6 Shoplifting: North West 18 Staff 6 Youth Services 18 BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL SKILLS 7 GOVERNMENT 19 Adult Education 7 Affordable Housing 19 Adult Education: Hackney 8 Affordable Housing: South East 20 Adult Education: Lancashire 8 Council Housing: Greater Economic Growth: South West 9 London 21 Local Enterprise Partnerships 9 Forced Labour 22 Regional Growth Fund 10 Local Government Finance: Derbyshire 22 CABINET OFFICE 15 Local Plans 24 Brain: Tumours 15 Parking 25 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 15 Private Sector: Thames Gateway 26 Civil Servants 16 Right to Buy Scheme 27 Efficiency and Reform Group 16 Social Services 28 Electronic Government 16 York 28 Government Departments: CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 29 Advertising 17 Broadband: North West 29 Government Departments: Broadband: Rural Areas 29 Disclosure of Information 17 Broadband: Urban Areas 30 Government Departments: Internet: EU Action 32 Trade Unions 17 Local Press 32 2 Wednesday, 25 March 2015 Daily Report Mobile Phones 32 Passports: British Nationals Natural History Museum 35 Abroad 53 Ofcom 35 Pay 55 DEFENCE 36 Saudi Arabia and Egypt 55 Conditions of Employment 36 South Sudan 56 Employment Agencies 37 Sudan 56 ICT 38 Ukraine 57 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft 38 Yemen 57 Languages 40 HEALTH 58 Redundancy 40 Ambulance Services 58 Staff 41 Ambulance Services: East of England 58 DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER 43 Aspirin 58 Members: Correspondence 43 Barts Health NHS Trust 59 EDUCATION 43 Childbirth 59 Children: Day Care 43 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 59 Pay 44 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Tauheedul Education Trust 45 Disease 60 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL Colorectal Cancer 62 AFFAIRS 45 Contraceptives: Inflammatory Animal Products: Israel 45 Bowel Disease 62 Bovine Tuberculosis 46 Dental Services 63 Dairy Farming 46 Dental Services: Clacton 63 Dangerous Dogs 47 Doctors: Lancashire 64 Ivory: China 47 Empty Property 65 Pigeons: Diseases 47 Fractures 66 School Milk 48 General Practitioners 66 FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH Health and Social Care Act OFFICE 49 2012 66 Bahrain 49 Health Services: Private Sector 67 Employment Agencies 50 Health Services: Young People 68 European Union 51 Hepatitis: Drugs 69 Ilois: Resettlement 52 Hospitals: Cleaning Services 69 Legal Costs 52 Inflammatory Bowel Disease 70 Middle East 52 Wednesday, 25 March 2015 Daily Report 3 Joint Committee on Vaccination Passports 87 and Immunisation 72 Police: Blackpool 88 King's College Hospital 72 Private Rented Housing 89 Maternity Services 73 Sexual Offences 89 Medicine: Research 73 Surveys 90 Mental Health Services 74 HOUSE OF COMMONS NHS 111 76 COMMISSION 91 NHS Foundation Trusts 76 Select Committees: ICT 91 NHS Protect 76 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 91 NHS: Billing 77 Bangladesh 91 NHS: Buildings 77 Democratic Republic of Congo 92 NHS: Managers 77 Developing Countries: NHS: Standards 78 Conditions of Employment 93 Nottingham University Hospitals International Assistance 93 NHS Trust 78 Nigeria 94 Nurses 78 Overseas Aid 94 Nurses: Lancashire 79 Palestinians 94 Nursing and Midwifery Council 81 Pay 95 Nutrition: Health Education 81 Procurement 95 Patients: Safety 82 Rwanda 96 Radiotherapy 82 Syria 96 Research 83 Vanuatu 96 Sugar 84 JUSTICE 97 University Hospitals of Leicester Contempt of Court 97 NHS Trust 84 Data Protection 100 Vulnerable Adults: Protection 84 Electronic Tagging 100 Written Questions 85 Employment and Support HOME OFFICE 85 Allowance: Preston 100 Crimes of Violence: Blackpool 85 Employment Tribunals Service 101 Domestic Violence 86 Offences against Children 102 Entry Clearances 86 Pay 106 National Centre for Preston Prison 106 Replacement, Refinement and Prisoners: Females 107 Reduction of Animals in Research 86 Prisons: Wrexham 107 4 Wednesday, 25 March 2015 Daily Report Procurement 108 Electronic Government 125 Property Rights: Appeals 108 Employment and Support Squatting 109 Allowance 125 Theft: North West 109 Energy: Taxation 125 PRIME MINISTER 110 Financial Services: ICT 126 York 110 Housing: Sales 127 SCOTLAND 111 Income Tax: Pendle 128 Advertising 111 Inheritance Tax 128 Conditions of Employment 111 Marriage: Tax Allowances 129 ICT 111 National Savings Bonds: Pensioners 129 Staff 112 Pensions 129 TRANSPORT 112 Pensions: Advisory Services 130 Bus Services: Greater London 112 Private Rented Housing: Cycleways: Pendle 113 Taxation 130 Cycling: Pendle 113 Revenue and Customs: First Great Western 114 Swansea 131 High Speed 2 Railway Line 114 Social Services: Pay 131 Highways Agency 115 Surveys 132 Honeybourne Station 119 Tax Avoidance 132 Humber Bridge 119 Tax Evasion 133 London Bridge Station 120 Taxation: Self-assessment 135 North West 120 VAT 135 Pay 120 Welfare Tax Credits: Preston 136 Railway Stations: Overcrowding 121 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 136 Railways 121 Natural History Museum 136 Railways: Clacton 122 WORK AND PENSIONS 137 Road Traffic Control: Lancashire 122 Diesel: Health Hazards 137 Roads: Clacton 123 Employment and Support Transport: North of England 123 Allowance 137 Transport: Pendle 124 Employment Schemes: Wales 137 TREASURY 124 Farms: Safety 138 Climate Change 124 Hearing Impairment 138 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Housing Benefit 139 Agency 124 Jobclubs 139 Wednesday, 25 March 2015 Daily Report 5 Jobseeker's Allowance 140 Royal Navy Nuclear Reactor MAXMIMUS Health and Human Prototype Review 155 Services 140 EDUCATION 156 Social Security Benefits: Voluntary and Community Disqualification 141 Sector National Prospectus Social Security Benefits: Preston 141 Grants 156 Trussell Trust 142 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS 157 Universal Credit 142 March’s Agriculture and Work Capability Assessment 142 Fisheries Council 157 Work Programme 143 Red Tape Challenge 159 MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 144 HEALTH 159 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL Health Services in the East of GOVERNMENT 144 England 159 Community Relations 144 Infected blood 160 WORK AND PENSIONS 144 SPEAKER'S COMMITTEE FOR THE Bank Services: Greater London 144 INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTARY Offshore Industry: Safety 145 STANDARDS AUTHORITY 161 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 146 IPSA’s estimate 2015-16 161 BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND TREASURY 161 SKILLS 146 Progress against the Coalition’s Performance Targets for the commitment to increase the National Measurement & proportion of revenue Regulation Office for 2015- accounted for by environmental 2016 146 taxes 161 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL Public Services 163 GOVERNMENT 147 The UK 2015 National Reform Contingencies Fund advances 147 Programme 163 Planning Update 147 WORK AND PENSIONS 164 DEFENCE 155 Relationship Support 164 Armed Forces Pay Review Body– Medical and Dental Officers 155 Notes: Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an oral question and has since been unstarred. 6 Daily Report Wednesday, 25 March 2015 ANSWERS ANSWERS ATTORNEY GENERAL Domestic Violence: North West Mark Hendrick: [228086] To ask the Attorney General, how many dedicated staff there are to deal with domestic violence cases at each Crown Prosecution Service office in the North West. Mr Robert Buckland: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) North West has two main offices based in Preston and Greater Manchester. In addition there are two smaller offices at Barrow and Cumbria. CPS North West has 230 prosecutors of varying grades who have received comprehensive domestic violence training. These staff are split between Preston and Manchester. There are 9 Specialist Domestic Violence Co-ordinators in Greater Manchester and 9 Specialist Domestic Violence Prosecutors who prosecute the Specialist Domestic Violence Courts in Cumbria and Lancashire. EU Countries Miss Anne McIntosh: [228351] To ask the Attorney General, when he last met one of his counterparts from an EU member state; and if he will make a statement. Mr Robert Buckland: The Attorney General last met with EU counterparts during the Global Law Summit, which took place in London between 23 – 25 February 2015. Matters discussed included countering violent extremism, domestic prosecution policy and broader criminal justice issues. Staff Gloria De Piero: [227952] To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of employees in the Law Officers Departments identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity. Mr Robert Buckland: It is not compulsory for staff to declare their ethnicity and the following table therefore only provides details on the number of staff in the Law Officers’ Departments who have chosen to declare their ethnicity, and the proportions these represent of the overall workforce. Daily Report Wednesday, 25 March 2015 ANSWERS 7 TREASURY SOLICITOR’S CROWN PROSECUTION DEPARTMENT (TSOL) * SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE SERVICE Ethnic Origin Total Percentage Total Percentage Total Percentage Asian/Asian 122 6.1% 29 7.3% 471 7.4% British Black/Black 97 4.8% 17 4.3% 351 5.5% British Mixed/Multiple 53
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