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173872

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Kilmarnock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency which are part of the supply chain for the oil and gas industry.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	220863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold specific information on the number of oil and gas supply chain jobs in Kilmarnock and Loudon constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 14:20:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

173873

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Coal: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) type and (b) value of support provided by UK Export Finance for projects, goods or services supplied to the coal mining sector was in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	220902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the value and type of export credit financing support provided under its medium and long term products by UK Export Finance for projects in the coal mining sector in each year between 2010/11 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Value (£)</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13,551,029</p></td><td><p>53,627,280</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type of support</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>Guarantee</p></td><td><p>Guarantee</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further details of the support provided were published in UK Export Finance’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2011/12 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under its products aimed at supporting exports of goods and services sold on short terms of credit (e.g. light manufactured items), UK Export Finance does not routinely record the sector of the overseas buyer. However, to the best of its knowledge, UK Export Finance has not provided support under these products that directly relates to the coal mining sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 220903 question first answered 27/01/2015 12:49:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

173874

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Coal: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) type and (b) value of support provided by UK Export Finance was for projects, goods or services supplied to the coal mining sector in this financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	220903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the value and type of export credit financing support provided under its medium and long term products by UK Export Finance for projects in the coal mining sector in each year between 2010/11 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Value (£)</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13,551,029</p></td><td><p>53,627,280</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type of support</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>Guarantee</p></td><td><p>Guarantee</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further details of the support provided were published in UK Export Finance’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2011/12 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under its products aimed at supporting exports of goods and services sold on short terms of credit (e.g. light manufactured items), UK Export Finance does not routinely record the sector of the overseas buyer. However, to the best of its knowledge, UK Export Finance has not provided support under these products that directly relates to the coal mining sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 220902 question first answered 27/01/2015 12:49:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

173906

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to give local authorities responsibility to plan, commission and build facilities to tackle classroom overcrowding; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	220885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area.</p><p>Supporting local authorities to create school places where they are needed most is one of the Department for Education’s main priorities. This is why we have committed £5 billion in capital funding between 2011 and 2015 to help local authorities create new school places. This is more than twice the £1.9 billion in the equivalent four year period 2007/8 to 2010/11. In addition, the Department has announced an additional £2.35 billion in capital funding to help create new school places that will be needed by September 2017, giving local authorities a three-year planning horizon.</p><p>Local authorities can use this funding to expand any existing schools and can also run competitions to establish new schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/01/2015 17:37:27 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

173907

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a mechanism in place to be notified of instances when a local authority does not issue a final statement of special educational needs within the statutory time limit of 26 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	220888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>Data is collected annually from all local authorities on the numbers of final statements issued for children with special educational needs (SEN).</p><p>Guidance to local authorities on the process and timescales for carrying out statutory SEN assessments and issuing final statements of SEN is provided in the 2001 ‘Special Educational Needs Code of Practice’ and the statutory timescales are also set out in ‘The Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 2001’.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 220889 question first answered 22/01/2015 16:16:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

173908

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities in instances when a local authority does not issue a final statement of special educational needs within the statutory time limit of 26 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	220889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>Data is collected annually from all local authorities on the numbers of final statements issued for children with special educational needs (SEN).</p><p>Guidance to local authorities on the process and timescales for carrying out statutory SEN assessments and issuing final statements of SEN is provided in the 2001 ‘Special Educational Needs Code of Practice’ and the statutory timescales are also set out in ‘The Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 2001’.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 220888 question first answered 22/01/2015 16:16:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

173910

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that VAT should be applied to sixth form colleges in the same terms as mainstream schools with sixth forms.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Howarth
uin	220901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have said publicly (since December 2013) that they are sympathetic to sixth form colleges' requests for assistance towards their VAT costs, but that it is not affordable to provide this in financial years 2014-15 or 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/01/2015 16:07:58 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	47 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Howarth

173911

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	UK Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 6 November 2014 by the Minister of State in his Department, Official Report, column 949, what assistance the Department has made available to UK Coal for the preparation of an application for state aid.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	220904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).</p><p>Senior Officials from the BIS Yorkshire Humber North East Office were assigned to assist UK Coal following their interest in applying for additional government funding to extend the operation of their two deep mines. These officials provided feedback, advice and suggestions to help UK Coal prepare a case for Government support and met with them on several occasions throughout this process. On 16 January 2015, UK Coal submitted its request and supporting case for additional public sector support.</p><p>The Government is carefully considering the merits of this request including whether it represents acceptable value for money and is a good use of taxpayer’s money. Should the Government decide to make the case to the European Commission that we should pay state aid to UK Coal we will assign a team across BIS and DECC to take this forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 220906 question first answered 27/01/2015 14:56:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

173912

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	UK Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 6 November 2014 by the Minister of State in his Department, Official Report, column 949, what his Department's policy is on the provision of state aid to UK Coal in respect of Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	220905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>UK Coal submitted a request for additional public sector support to extend the working life of the Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines on 16 January 2015. The Government is carefully considering this request including whether it represents acceptable value for money and is a good use of taxpayer’s money.</p><p>If the Government concludes there is merit in supporting the new plan, it would need to ensure the plan is consistent with state aid rules applying to the coal sector and seek approval from the European Commission to pay aid to UK Coal.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 15:00:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

173913

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	UK Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 6 November 2014 by the Minister of State in his Department, Official Report, column 949, what resources the Government is making available to UK Coal in support of the provision of state aid to UK Coal in respect of Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	220906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).</p><p>Senior Officials from the BIS Yorkshire Humber North East Office were assigned to assist UK Coal following their interest in applying for additional government funding to extend the operation of their two deep mines. These officials provided feedback, advice and suggestions to help UK Coal prepare a case for Government support and met with them on several occasions throughout this process. On 16 January 2015, UK Coal submitted its request and supporting case for additional public sector support.</p><p>The Government is carefully considering the merits of this request including whether it represents acceptable value for money and is a good use of taxpayer’s money. Should the Government decide to make the case to the European Commission that we should pay state aid to UK Coal we will assign a team across BIS and DECC to take this forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 220904 question first answered 27/01/2015 14:56:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint