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Daily Report Monday, 15 December 2014 CONTENTS Daily Report Monday, 15 December 2014 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 15 December 2014 and the information is correct at the time of publication (06:34 P.M., 15 December 2014). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written- questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 7 CABINET OFFICE 25 ATTORNEY GENERAL 7 Cervical Cancer 25 Directors 7 Civil Servants: Pensions 26 Disabled Staff 8 Crown Commercial Service 26 Furniture 8 Cybercrime 27 Legal Costs 9 Debts 27 Older Workers 9 Directors 27 Pay 9 Food Banks 28 Religious Hatred 10 Government Departments: Shoplifting: Prosecutions 11 Fraud and Administration 28 BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND Government Departments: SKILLS 12 Procurement 28 Adult Education: Medway 12 Infant Mortality 29 Apprentices 12 Iraq Committee of Inquiry 29 Apprentices: Minimum Wage 14 Pay 29 Direct Mail 14 Personal Savings 30 Furniture 15 Staff 30 Holiday Leave: Pay 15 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 31 Minimum Wage 16 Armed Forces Covenant 31 Pay 17 Business Plans 32 Regional Growth Fund 17 Change of Use 32 Research: Finance 24 Coastal Areas 34 South West 24 Homelessness and Sleeping Staff 25 Rough 34 2 Monday, 15 December 2014 Daily Report Housing: Morecambe 34 Military Aircraft 49 Local Government Finance 35 Nuclear Weapons: Transport 50 Local Government Finance: Pay 50 Harrow 35 South West 51 Non-domestic Rates 35 Veterans: Wales 52 Private Rented Housing 36 DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER 52 Private Rented Housing: Fires 36 Electoral Register 52 Travellers 37 EDUCATION 53 Travellers: Caravan Sites 37 Children in Care 53 CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 37 Education: Standards 54 Broadband: Urban Areas 37 Furniture 55 Creative Industries Council 38 Non-teaching Staff 55 Directors 39 Pay 56 Domestic Visits 39 Pre-school Education 56 Football 40 Pupil Exclusions 56 Furniture 41 Schools: Leadership 57 Horse Racing: Betting 41 Schools: Staff 57 Mobile Phones 42 South West 58 Press 44 Teachers 58 Public Expenditure 44 Young Offender Institutions: Public Libraries 44 Education 58 Telecommunications 45 ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 59 DEFENCE 45 Disabled Staff 59 Afghanistan 45 Electricity: Billing 59 Armed Forces: Chemicals 45 Energy: Prices 59 Clyde Naval Base 46 Fossil Fuelled Power Stations 60 Defence Medical Services 46 Older Workers 60 European Fighter Aircraft 47 Pay 61 Furniture 47 Power Failures 61 Iraq 48 Staff 61 Islamic State 48 Wind Power: Seas and Oceans 62 Logistic Commodities and ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL Services 49 AFFAIRS 62 Middle East 49 Animal Welfare 62 Monday, 15 December 2014 Daily Report 3 Crime: Nature Conservation 63 Autism 77 Disabled Staff 64 Bladder Cancer 78 Dolphins: Japan 64 Bladder Cancer: Drugs 78 Fisheries: Quotas 64 Cancer: Drugs 79 Flood Control: Humber Estuary 64 Care Homes: Fees and Charges 79 Furniture 65 Cervical Cancer 80 Ministers' Private Offices 65 Congenital Abnormalities 80 Older Workers 65 Dental Services 81 Pay 66 Diabetes 87 Rivers 66 Diabetes: Dementia 88 Rivers: Hertfordshire 67 Directors 88 Rivers: North Tyneside 68 Drinks: Sugar 89 Wildlife: Smuggling 68 Eating Disorders 89 FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH Furniture 90 OFFICE 69 Health Professions: Regulation 90 Bahrain 69 Health Services: Greater London 93 British Overseas Territories 70 Health Services: Suffolk 93 Directors 70 Hearing Impairment 93 Disabled Staff 71 Hospitals: Inspections 93 Furniture 71 Hospitals: Parking 94 Gambia 71 Hospitals: Waiting Lists 94 Iraq 72 Huntington's Disease 96 Middle East 73 Influenza: Vaccination 97 Older Workers 73 Lung Cancer 98 Pay 74 Mental Illness: Drugs 98 Private Military and Security Motor Neurone Disease 98 Companies 74 Multiple Births 99 Taiwan 75 Muscular Dystrophy: Drugs 103 Tanzania 76 NHS: Complaints 104 Written Questions: Government Responses 76 NHS: Costs 104 HEALTH 76 NHS: Finance 105 Abortion 76 NHS: Public Relations 106 Anaemia 77 Nurses: English Language 107 4 Monday, 15 December 2014 Daily Report Obesity: Children 107 Homophobia 123 Official Hospitality 108 Immigration 124 Older People 108 Law and Order 124 Pancreatic Cancer: Drugs 108 National Border Targeting Parkinson's Disease: Drugs 109 Centre 125 Pay 109 Offences against Children: Databases 126 Prescriptions 110 Police and Crime Prescriptions: Fees and Charges 110 Commissioners 126 Social Services: Complaints 111 Police: Airports 127 Temporary Employment 111 Proceeds of Crime 127 Thyroid Gland: Diseases 112 Radicalism: Internet 127 World Health Assembly 113 Sexual Offences: Victim Support HOME OFFICE 113 Schemes 127 Antisemitism 113 Vetting 128 Armed Forces: Libya 114 HOUSE OF COMMONS Asylum 114 COMMISSION 129 Borders: Security 115 House of Commons: Publications 129 Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre 115 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 129 Construction: Work Permits 116 Afghanistan 129 Counter-terrorism 116 Arab States 131 Crimes of Violence: Females 117 Burma 131 Criminal Records 118 Charities 132 Dangerous Dogs 118 Developing Countries: Accountancy 132 Detention Centres 118 Developing Countries: Water 132 Directors 118 Directors 133 Drugs: USA 119 Ebola 133 Entry Clearances: English Language 120 Elections 134 Entry Clearances: India 120 Furniture 134 Firearms: Clwyd 121 India 134 Food: Theft 122 Overseas Aid 135 Furniture 123 Pay 136 HM Passport Office 123 Procurement 136 Monday, 15 December 2014 Daily Report 5 Sierra Leone 137 Directors 152 Syria 137 Disabled Staff 153 West Africa: Ebola 137 East Anglia Railway Line 153 Yemen 138 First Hull Trains 154 JUSTICE 138 Furniture 154 Altcourse Prison 138 London-Weymouth Railway Courts: Security Guards 139 Line 155 Employment Tribunals Service 139 Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Belfast 155 Judicial Review 140 Maritime and Coastguard Judiciary 140 Agency: Stornoway 155 Legal Aid Scheme 141 Ministers' Private Offices 156 Religious Hatred 141 Motor Vehicles: Insurance 156 Shoplifting 143 Northern Rail 157 Terrorism Prevention and Older Workers 157 Investigation Measures 143 Pay 157 NORTHERN IRELAND 144 Railways: East Riding 158 Directors 144 Road Traffic: Shipley 158 Disabled Staff 145 Roads: Capital Investment 161 Furniture 145 Roads: Construction 161 Pay 145 Roads: Kent 162 PRIME MINISTER 146 Transport: Weather 163 Alexandra Wilson 146 Unmanned Air Vehicles 163 SCOTLAND 147 TREASURY 164 Income Tax 147 Air Passenger Duty: Children 164 Pay 147 Co-operative Bank 164 Staff 148 Derelict Land 165 TRANSPORT 149 Directors 165 A1: A421 149 Fuels: Prices 165 A14: Suffolk 149 Gaming Machines: Excise Duties 166 A47: Norfolk 149 Hospices: VAT 166 British Transport Police 150 In Work Credit 167 Cycling: Coventry 150 Listed Buildings: VAT 167 Cycling: Urban Areas 151 Oil: Prices 167 Dartford-Thurrock Crossing 151 6 Monday, 15 December 2014 Daily Report Orchestras: Tax Allowances 168 Jobseeker's Allowance: Pay 168 Disqualification 178 Public Expenditure: Females 169 Older Workers 179 Stamp Duty Land Tax: East Pay 179 Sussex 169 Social Security Benefits 179 Television: Tax Allowances 170 State Retirement Pensions: WALES 170 Females 180 Directors 170 Work Programme 181 Furniture 170 MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 182 Infrastructure 171 CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 182 Pay 171 Broadband: Urban Areas 182 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 172 HEALTH 182 Directors 172 Abortion 182 Gender Recognition 172 WRITTEN STATEMENTS 183 Hearing Impairment 173 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 183 Pay 173 Public sector pension reform 183 WORK AND PENSIONS 174 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL Children: Maintenance 174 AFFAIRS 185 Directors 174 Agenda for December’s Disabled Staff 175 Agriculture and Fisheries Employment and Support Council 185 Allowance: Clwyd 175 FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH Employment Schemes 175 OFFICE 186 Employment Schemes: Young OSCE Ministerial Council, Basel, People 176 4-5 December 2014 186 Housing Benefit 177 TREASURY 188 Housing Benefit: Social Rented Charter for Budget Housing 177 Responsibility–Autumn Statement 2014 update 188 Jobcentre Plus 178 WORK AND PENSIONS 189 Jobseeker's Allowance: Clwyd 178 Benefit Cap Review 189 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. Daily Report Monday, 15 December 2014 ANSWERS 7 ANSWERS ATTORNEY GENERAL Directors Mrs Sharon Hodgson: [217347] To ask the Attorney General, how many members of the Law Officers' Departments' executive board are (a) male and (b) female. Mrs Sharon Hodgson: [217368] To ask the Attorney General, how many members of the Law Officers' Departments' executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background. Mrs Sharon Hodgson: [217389] To ask the Attorney General, how many members of the Law Officers' Departments' executive board are disabled. Mr Robert Buckland: The following table contains the information requested that is available. There is no compulsory requirement for staff to declare their ethnicity, or if they have a disability and such data is therefore incomplete. LAW OFFICER’S DEPARTMENTS – EXECUTIVE OR SENIOR MANAGEMENT BOARD MEMBERS Department Male Female Declared Declared white Declared other disabled ethnicity Attorney 4 3 0 2 0 General’s Office Crown 5 2 0 6 0 Prosecution Service Serious Fraud 10 4 0 11 0 Office HM Crown 3 2 0 2 1 Prosecution Service Inspectorate Treasury 5 4 0 8 0 Solicitor’s Department 8 Daily Report Monday, 15 December
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