Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote British horticulture.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
There’s huge potential in British Horticulture.
We’re seeing exciting innovation. For example the strawberries season has been extended to 9 months of the year and due to new growing technologies we’ve seen the highest crop of cherries ever.
Two weeks ago I held a roundtable with leading figures in the sector to discuss what more we can do to help them grow.
Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses worked in the NHS (a) in 2010 and (b) on the most recent date for which figures are available.
Answered by Jeremy Hunt
There are over 6,000 more nurses on our hospital wards since May 2010.
Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help children affected by the crisis in Syria.
Answered by Justine Greening
The UK has committed 700 million pounds in response to the Syria crisis, which is providing food, medical care and relief items to some of those most affected – including children. At the UN in September I announced a further 50 million pounds of funding specifically for the No Lost Generation Initiative. These funds will provide education, psycho-social support, and protection for Syrian children within Syria and in neighbouring countries.
Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests each police force in England has made for European arrest warrants for the extradition of individuals elsewhere in the European Union for return to the UK since July 2014.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Between 21 July 2014 and 31 October 2014, 48 Arrest Warrants have been issued on behalf of police forces in England. This breaks down as follows:
Arrest Warrants issued to other Member States, by Force Area | Total |
Avon & Somerset | 2 |
Bedfordshire | 1 |
Cambridgeshire | 0 |
Cheshire | 1 |
Cleveland | 0 |
Cumbria | 0 |
Derbyshire | 0 |
Devon & Cornwall | 2 |
Dorset | 1 |
Durham | 1 |
Essex Police | 0 |
Gloucestershire | 0 |
Greater Manchester | 0 |
Hampshire | 2 |
Hertfordshire | 1 |
Humberside | 0 |
Kent | 1 |
Lancashire | 2 |
Leicestershire | 1 |
Lincolnshire | 0 |
London - Metropolitan | 10 |
City of London Police | 0 |
Merseyside | 9 |
Norfolk | 0 |
North Yorkshire | 3 |
Northamptonshire | 0 |
Northumbria | 1 |
Nottinghamshire | 1 |
South Yorkshire | 0 |
Staffordshire | 2 |
Suffolk | 0 |
Surrey | 0 |
Sussex | 2 |
Thames Valley | 1 |
Warwickshire | 0 |
West Mercia | 0 |
West Midlands | 2 |
West Yorkshire | 2 |
Wiltshire | 0 |
Total | 48 |
These figures have been provided by the National Crime Agency and are not validated. It will be subject to further verification and end-of-year
validation and so may change.
Between 21 July 2014 and 31 October 2014, the National Crime Agency has refused to certify 59 Arrest Warrants. Of those, 21 Arrest Warrants have been refused on the basis that the person’s extradition would be disproportionate. This includes for non-payment of child maintenance and using forged banks note to the value of around 31 pounds to pay for goods in a shop. A further 38 Arrest Warrants because have been refused on the basis that they would obviously be refused by the courts for a failure to establish dual criminality.
Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many European arrest warrant requests have been rejected since July 2014.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Between 21 July 2014 and 31 October 2014, 48 Arrest Warrants have been issued on behalf of police forces in England. This breaks down as follows:
Arrest Warrants issued to other Member States, by Force Area | Total |
Avon & Somerset | 2 |
Bedfordshire | 1 |
Cambridgeshire | 0 |
Cheshire | 1 |
Cleveland | 0 |
Cumbria | 0 |
Derbyshire | 0 |
Devon & Cornwall | 2 |
Dorset | 1 |
Durham | 1 |
Essex Police | 0 |
Gloucestershire | 0 |
Greater Manchester | 0 |
Hampshire | 2 |
Hertfordshire | 1 |
Humberside | 0 |
Kent | 1 |
Lancashire | 2 |
Leicestershire | 1 |
Lincolnshire | 0 |
London - Metropolitan | 10 |
City of London Police | 0 |
Merseyside | 9 |
Norfolk | 0 |
North Yorkshire | 3 |
Northamptonshire | 0 |
Northumbria | 1 |
Nottinghamshire | 1 |
South Yorkshire | 0 |
Staffordshire | 2 |
Suffolk | 0 |
Surrey | 0 |
Sussex | 2 |
Thames Valley | 1 |
Warwickshire | 0 |
West Mercia | 0 |
West Midlands | 2 |
West Yorkshire | 2 |
Wiltshire | 0 |
Total | 48 |
These figures have been provided by the National Crime Agency and are not validated. It will be subject to further verification and end-of-year
validation and so may change.
Between 21 July 2014 and 31 October 2014, the National Crime Agency has refused to certify 59 Arrest Warrants. Of those, 21 Arrest Warrants have been refused on the basis that the person’s extradition would be disproportionate. This includes for non-payment of child maintenance and using forged banks note to the value of around 31 pounds to pay for goods in a shop. A further 38 Arrest Warrants because have been refused on the basis that they would obviously be refused by the courts for a failure to establish dual criminality.
Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons European arrest warrants have been rejected since July 2014.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Between 21 July 2014 and 31 October 2014, 48 Arrest Warrants have been issued on behalf of police forces in England. This breaks down as follows:
Arrest Warrants issued to other Member States, by Force Area | Total |
Avon & Somerset | 2 |
Bedfordshire | 1 |
Cambridgeshire | 0 |
Cheshire | 1 |
Cleveland | 0 |
Cumbria | 0 |
Derbyshire | 0 |
Devon & Cornwall | 2 |
Dorset | 1 |
Durham | 1 |
Essex Police | 0 |
Gloucestershire | 0 |
Greater Manchester | 0 |
Hampshire | 2 |
Hertfordshire | 1 |
Humberside | 0 |
Kent | 1 |
Lancashire | 2 |
Leicestershire | 1 |
Lincolnshire | 0 |
London - Metropolitan | 10 |
City of London Police | 0 |
Merseyside | 9 |
Norfolk | 0 |
North Yorkshire | 3 |
Northamptonshire | 0 |
Northumbria | 1 |
Nottinghamshire | 1 |
South Yorkshire | 0 |
Staffordshire | 2 |
Suffolk | 0 |
Surrey | 0 |
Sussex | 2 |
Thames Valley | 1 |
Warwickshire | 0 |
West Mercia | 0 |
West Midlands | 2 |
West Yorkshire | 2 |
Wiltshire | 0 |
Total | 48 |
These figures have been provided by the National Crime Agency and are not validated. It will be subject to further verification and end-of-year
validation and so may change.
Between 21 July 2014 and 31 October 2014, the National Crime Agency has refused to certify 59 Arrest Warrants. Of those, 21 Arrest Warrants have been refused on the basis that the person’s extradition would be disproportionate. This includes for non-payment of child maintenance and using forged banks note to the value of around 31 pounds to pay for goods in a shop. A further 38 Arrest Warrants because have been refused on the basis that they would obviously be refused by the courts for a failure to establish dual criminality.
Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Hassan Haydari, previously detained at HMP Bullingdon, was deported.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.
Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help refugees from conflict in South Sudan.
Answered by Justine Greening
£42.5 million has been committed by DFID for support to refugees in the region through UN agencies including UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP. DFID offices in the neighbouring countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda are working closely to monitor the situation and provide guidance for future humanitarian support.
Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure fair and efficient distribution of international aid in South Sudan.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
DFID is working with aid and humanitarian partners to ensure that the aid being delivered is done so on the basis of need and prioritisation, to ensure the requirements of the most vulnerable are being met, and all accessible areas are being served.
Asked by: Tony Baldry (Conservative - Banbury)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent violence against women in the conflict-affected states of South Sudan.
Answered by Mark Simmonds
The United Kingdom is working to prevent violence against women in South Sudan in a number of ways. First, the UK, with the US and Norway (the Troika), is an active member of the peace talks in Addis Ababa and is supporting regional efforts to address the crisis. Secondly, we are supporting the work of the African Union's Commission of Inquiry that will investigate allegations of violence and abuse to ensure accountability. Third, the UK is one of the leading humanitarian donors contributing, around £94 million to date, that will help protect the most vulnerable, especially women and girls. And fourth, and crucially in this regard, South Sudan is a country for engagement for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative. The Government signed the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, and attended the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London on 10-13 June. We will continue to engage the South Sudan Government on how to take this initiative forward.