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92490

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music Venues: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of changes in the level of threat facing music venues and cultural centres as a result of noise complaints; what the reasons are for this change; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current (a) legislative framework and (b) departmental guidelines on this matter.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	209284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has recently reviewed its legislation as part of the Red Tape Challenge and believes that the law, as currently constituted, strikes the appropriate balance between considering the needs of music venues and managing the adverse effects that can come from noise.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is in regular contact with the Department for the Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs and the Department for Communities and Local Government on how the Licensing Act 2003, the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and the planning system inter-relate with one another for entertainment premises. The overall regulatory regime has to strike a balance between enabling communities to have well-run entertainment events, the needs of music venues as businesses, and managing the adverse effects that can come from noise.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not collect data relating to noise complaints. Results emerging from the National Noise Attitude survey in 2012 show that an estimated 3% of the UK population specifically identified public houses, clubs and other types of entertainment venue as a source of noise that was “moderately, very or extremely” bothering, annoying or disturbing them. These findings are similar to the results of previous noise attitude surveys conducted in 2008 and 2000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps its legislation and guidance on licensing, statutory noise nuisance, and planning under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/10/2014 10:13:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

92698

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what organisations or individuals were specifically invited to respond to his Department's consultation on changing merchant shipping regulations: weighing of goods vehicles and emergency equipment lockers, published on 16 June 2014; and when he plans to publish his Department's response to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	209303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The consultees that were specifically invited to respond to the revocation of these merchant shipping regulations are listed as part of the consultation package that is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312182/prposed-revocation-4-package.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312182/prposed-revocation-4-package.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We are considering the responses to the consultation and we will publish the Department’s response once we have completed our consideration of the comments we received.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 15/10/2014 10:32:50 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

92700

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, columns 661-2W, on official visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	209267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Details of all Ministerial overseas travel are published on a quarterly basis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/10/2014 09:55:31 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

91928

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Children: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with children's privacy campaigners.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Ministers have not held any recent discussions on this matter. The Government has introduced a new system of independent self-regulation of the press that protects press freedom whilst offering real redress when mistakes are made. This is a matter for independent press self-regulators. The Government has no plans formally to review the law in this particular area.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 209439 question first answered 15/10/2014 09:04:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

91929

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Children: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and the Secretary of State for Education about the protection of children from unwarranted press intrusion.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Ministers have not held any recent discussions on this matter. The Government has introduced a new system of independent self-regulation of the press that protects press freedom whilst offering real redress when mistakes are made. This is a matter for independent press self-regulators. The Government has no plans formally to review the law in this particular area.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 209438 question first answered 15/10/2014 09:04:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

91948

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Kings Science Academy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the Chairs of Kings Free Schools and Academies Trust have been since its establishment; and on what dates each such Chair took took up and relinquished office.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	209567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Our record of the dates each Chair of the board of trustees at Kings Science Academy took up and relinquished office is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287911/140113_graham_stuart_-revised_jb.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287911/140113_graham_stuart_-revised_jb.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From pre-opening to 30 September 2011, the Chair was Mr Nadim Qureshi. On 27 September 2011, the Department for Education was informed that Mr Alan Lewis would be the Chair from 1 October 2011. We learnt in October 2012 that we had been misinformed. This was looked at as part of the EFA’s wider investigation into financial management and governance at KSA in December 2012, which confirmed there had been no chair in place for the first year of the school’s operation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 25 October 2012 to 13 March 2013, the Chair was Dr Asim Suleman. From 13 March 2013 to 7 October 2013, Mr John Bowers was Acting Chair, and has been Chair from 7 October 2013.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 15/10/2014 08:48:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

91949

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) workers in agencies which report to her Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	209495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education and its executive agencies have no directly employed staff or agency workers paid below the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>External contractors who provide facilities management services to the Department have confirmed that they have 146 staff paid under this rate. This includes 48 staff paid under the London Living Wage and 98 staff paid under the UK Living Wage. All contracted staff are paid above the minimum wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 15/10/2014 08:25:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

92043

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2014 to Question 202937, when he expects to provide the information requested.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	209446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>I wrote to the honourable member on 25 September 2014 replying to Questions 202936, 202937 and 202938.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/10/2014 10:05:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

92057

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Children: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last reviewed the laws protecting children from press intrusion; and if he will commission such a review before the end of the present Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Under the civil law, a claim may be brought to protect the privacy of children under the tort of misuse of private information. Remedies available include damages for the breach of privacy and an injunction to prevent any further publication. While the publication of images of children without parental consent is not itself a criminal offence, a number of criminal offences exist dealing with specific circumstances - for example the taking, distributing, publishing and possession with a view to distribution of any indecent photograph of a child under 18 is an offence under the Protection of Children Act 1978.</p><p> </p><p>The civil and criminal law generally is kept under review to ensure that it is appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2014 09:15:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92059

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of violence were recorded in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	209535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of violent incidents reported in Magistrates Courts and Crown Courts, are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Magistrates Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/2011</strong></p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/2012</strong></p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice takes the security of all court users seriously and it is the policy of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) that all security incidents are reported and investigated. All incidents involving violence are reported to the police for further investigation. The figures provided comprise reported incidents from the reporting years April to March and resulting in actual violence and include incidents between and against parties, court users and court staff and contractors. These figures do not include incidents of verbal abuse or verbal threats as they do not fall within the remit of the request.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2014 09:20:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan