'(1) This section applies where it is alleged that a teacher or member of staff, including a volunteer at an educational institution providing education for persons under 18 years of age, has— (a) behaved in a way that has harmed a child, or may have harmed a child, (b) committed a criminal offence against or related to a child, or (c) behaved towards a child or children in a way that...
Phil Woolas: Information on the proportion of allegations of misconduct received each year by the Standards Board for England relating to members of police authorities, fire and civil defence authorities, national park authorities and the Broads Authority is given as follows. The board's records do not distinguish between allegations made in respect of elected and co-opted members. 2002–03 Members of...
Michael Wills: The Electoral Commission's report "Allegations of electoral malpractice in England and Wales 2000 to 2006", gives details of allegations of electoral malpractice. The report found that between 2000 and 2006 there were 402 allegations of offences under the Representation of the People Act (RPA) 1983 (RPA offences include tampering with nomination papers, making false declarations as to...
Amanda Milling: The FCDO takes all allegations of torture and mistreatment very seriously. The FCDO records all information about allegations of torture mistreatment reported to us by British nationals, and the action taken in response to those allegations, within individual case files. The decision to close a case is taken based on the individual circumstances of the case. British nationals are kept updated...
Moved by Baroness Williams of Trafford 139: Clause 28, page 46, leave out line 15 and insert “result from a re-investigation of the allegation (whether carried out under regulations under this section or under the Police Reform Act 2002) that begins within the period specified in the regulations.The period specified” 140: Clause 28, page 46, leave out lines 30 to 40 and insert—“(c)...
Mr Harry Ewing: ...he gave to the shadow Leader of the House about the possibility of a statement being made by the Home Secretary next week on the Brixton prison break-out. Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that two allegations were made in the programme in question? One was about the alleged involvement of the special branch. The other—equally damaging and important—was the allegation that the Home...
Edward Timpson: Local authorities are responsible for putting in place arrangements for the appropriate management of allegations against people who work with children. Statuary guidance on handling allegations is set out in Working Together 2015 and Keeping Children Safe in Education. The Department for Education does not hold records of allegations made against staff. While sympathetic to the...
Baroness Hanham: The clause is extremely concerning. This is a double jeopardy situation where someone makes an allegation, a hearing is held, and the person making the allegation does not like the outcome and has a right to take it to a higher authority. That is very dodgy indeed. I cannot think of any situation in the law or in tribunals where an allegation can be made and the person making the allegation...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns: The Government takes any allegations of human rights abuses or violations extremely seriously and stands ready to challenge governments on these allegations. These are grave allegations made by Human Rights Watch and we stand ready to raise concerns with the Kurdistan Regional Government. We are currently working with the European Union Delegation in Kurdistan, other local diplomatic missions...
Miss Bernadette Devlin: I have said that the gentleman referred to has had opportunities in the past to repudiate this allegation. In fact, the Minister for Home Affairs has been asked to inquire into this and a number of other allegations about people who were members of the U.S.C. The Minister has refrained from making such inquiries. It is therefore not my responsibility to repeat the allegation outside the...
Mr Michael Noble: I have been informed that a general allegation has been made against an officer of the Department. It is now being investigated by one of our senior inspectors. Naturally, I take any such allegation—from whatever source it may come—seriously, but the right hon. Gentleman will appreciate that it is very easy to make mischief by allegation of this kind. The allegation is of a general...
Dawn Primarolo: Data on allegations made about social workers are not collected by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. I am not aware of any allegations about intimidation or bullying by social workers having been reported to the Department by a Special Guardian in the last 12 months. Social worker employers hold information on allegations made about social workers in their employment as it is...
Andrew RT Davies: I have the letter here—it is in the public domain, so you can comment on it—that was sent to James Price at the beginning of March that clearly itemises the allegations that were made against the chair and how those allegations were rebuked. There are some very serious allegations levelled against the previous chair and also the current chief executive of Sport Wales. Sport Wales handles...
Baroness Rawlings: My Lords, we are all against, obviously, corrupt practices, and the making of payments to police officers by journalists is a serious crime. These allegations are being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The IPCC is experienced in investigating allegations of corrupt behaviour by police. These range from allegations of corrupt relationships, misuse of public funds...
Andrew Selous: The Youth Justice Board (YJB) was informed of the allegations on 30 December 2015 by the Chair of Medway Local Safeguarding Children’s Board and G4S. On 4 January 2016, Medway Local Safeguarding Children’s Board contacted the responsible local authorities of the 10 children and young people named in the allegations. On 8 January, the YJB contacted all youth offending teams and all...
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: ...about offences, including accusations that may subsequently turn out to be false, is not routinely held centrally. In 2007 the Department for Children, Schools and Families carried out a review of allegations against staff working with children and young people across the whole of the children's workforce. 128 local authorities provided data on 3,099 allegations where action was concluded...
Emily Thornberry: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offending took place in the UK were prosecuted by the Services Prosecuting Authority in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012; (2) how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offending took place...
Alban Maginness: ...to Ms McCann, and she has an important role in the historical institutional abuse inquiry. Yesterday, in London, a lady who was appointed to head a similar type of inquiry resigned because of alleged associations with Leon Brittan. Previous to that, Lady Butler-Sloss also resigned, given other associations with Lord Brittan. Given that they resigned over those allegations, would it not...
Lord Nash: EFA does not classify allegations into fraud or other forms of irregularity until they have been investigated. The number of fraud allegations cannot therefore be isolated from other allegations of irregularity. After investigation EFA concluded that only 10 of the allegations received in respect of academies and free schools since 2012-13 were probable fraud. This shows that there are low...
Lord Howell of Guildford: The UK is aware of allegations made by the Al-Iraqiya List of torture in Iraqi prisons. We are unable to comment on the substance of the allegations which are properly for the Iraqi courts to address. We do, however, remain concerned over allegations of torture and mistreatment in Iraqi prisons. We regularly raise these concerns with the Government of Iraq. We will continue to support Iraq in...