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64615

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Elizabeth Truss MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare, that "our 15 year-olds are up to three years behind their peers in the top-performing countries in reading and mathematics", what action they propose to address this.
	tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
	uin	HL698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education believes that improving the quality of teaching in literacy and numeracy is crucial to building the foundation for future study and work. The Government has revised the national curriculum and set more rigorous and challenging content in English and mathematics to match the highest performing countries around the world. The new programmes of study for English and maths will challenge pupils to realise their potential in an increasingly competitive global market.</p><p> </p><p>The new maths GCSE will have more content, be more challenging and – alongside English - will be double weighted in school performance tables. The Department has recently allocated £11 million to fund <del class="ministerial">over</del> 32 new maths hubs to support a more challenging maths GCSE to improve the quality of maths education. This initiative, which includes a teacher exchange programme with Shanghai, will enable every school and college in England, from early years to the post-16 sector, to access locally-tailored support in all areas of maths teaching and learning.</p><p> </p><p>The new national curriculum for English places a greater emphasis on reading and requires pupils to study a range of books, poems and plays.</p><p>The national curriculum for English will give teachers greater flexibility and freedom which will help to raise standards and expectations for all pupils. It has been significantly slimmed down and will free up teachers to use their professional judgement to design curricula that meet the needs of their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>The new English language GCSE will place greater demands on pupils and has more emphasis on those skills demanded by employers. The new English literature GCSE will build on this foundation, and encourage students to read, write and think critically.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/07/2014 15:42:37 question first ministerially corrected 09/07/2014 15:07:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash previous answer version 8669 answering member printed Lord Nash answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

61553

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Learning Disability: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that people with learning disabilities are not excluded from NHS England's five-year strategic plan for National Health Service commissioners to improve quality of and access to health care, outlined in Everyone Counts: Planning for Patients 2014/15–2018/19.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
	uin	HL322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government's Mandate to NHS England, sets out our ambitions for the health service, which include an objective that NHS England ensures clinical commissioning groups work with local authorities to ensure that vulnerable people, particularly those with learning disabilities and autism, receive safe, appropriate, high quality care. NHS England sets out how it will achieve the objectives in the Mandate in its 2014-15 – 2016-17 business plan. The Government will hold NHS England to account for its achievement.</p><p> </p><p><em>Everyone Counts: Planning for Patients 2014/15 to 2018/19</em>sets out a framework within which commissioners will need to work with providers and partners in local government to develop five year plans to secure the continuity of sustainable high quality care for all. Building on <em>Everyone Counts</em>, NHS England is beginning a programme of work to consider how to improve quality of and access to health care for people with learning disabilities. Within the framework there is specific reference to <em>Transforming Care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital. </em>This is a non-negotiable item that NHS England expects to be part of every relationship between commissioners and providers. As part of this, clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and specialised commissioners should work together to implement the core specification which describes the core principles that must be present in all education, health and social care services for children, young people, adults and older people with learning disabilities and/or autism who either display, or are at risk of displaying, behaviour that challenges.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is committed to work to reduce premature mortality amongst people with learning disability, including actions in response to the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 26/06/2014 14:01:36 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2014 15:34:49 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe previous answer version 6304 answering member printed Earl Baldwin of Bewdley answering member 3446
	tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins

61513

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	European General Court
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will be publishing a response to proposals from the European Court of Justice for new rules of procedure that would permit the General Court to take into account, in actions for annulment, confidential information that has not been shown to some of the parties to the proceedings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pannick
	uin	HL291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government issued an Explanatory Memorandum on the 25 <del class="ministerial">May</del> <ins class="ministerial">April</ins> in which it highlighted these proposals as a matter of particular interest. This is a complex and sensitive issue which Governments across the EU are very carefully considering. We are aware of parliamentary interest in this issue and will continue to update on developments. Under the Treaty on European Union national security remains the sole responsibility of each Member State.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 19/06/2014 11:56:31 question first ministerially corrected 23/07/2014 14:51:10 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi previous answer version 2243 answering member printed Baroness Warsi answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
	tabling member	3870 label Biography information for Lord Pannick

79478

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to initiate a review of the sustainability of the student loans system.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
	uin	HL1377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no current plans to initiate a formal review of the student loans system in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The costs of the loan system are based on projections of graduate repayments over the next 35 years. These projections were revised in 2013-14 following changes to the student loan repayments model but will continue to fluctuate due to numerous macroeconomic variables, and present no immediate pressure on the system. Funding for new student loans is secure for the remainder of the Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Popat question first answered 11/08/2014 11:43:29 question first ministerially corrected 08/09/2014 08:16:28 answering member 4173 label Biography information for Lord Popat previous answer version 16050 answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire answering member 1816
	tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

77773

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Liverpool
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the relative impact on Liverpool, compared to Leeds and Manchester, if neither HS2 nor the proposed HS3 rail links are connected to the city.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL1070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>The high level assessments of potential options for the route of Phase Two of HS2, including options for serving Liverpool, were published and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/options-for-phase-two-of-the-high-speed-rail-network" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/options-for-phase-two-of-the-high-speed-rail-network</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The potential route of HS3 to introduce improved rail links in the North has not been decided. The plans are at an early stage. The Government has asked Sir David Higgins to produce a Plan for bringing the benefits of high speed rail to the north more quickly, as well as initial proposals for faster east-west connections – including options on route, timescales and cost, and to deliver this in the Autumn. This will start the process by which we can have a proper debate about the future of rail connectivity in the North.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 18/07/2014 11:00:40 question first ministerially corrected 21/07/2014 11:16:51 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer previous answer version 11110 answering member printed Baroness Adams of Craigielea answering member 631
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

77965

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Genetically Modified Organisms: Labelling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's position is in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on labelling of products containing GM in the UK food chain; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
	uin	205728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This issue has yet to be discussed in detail within the framework of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The Government will consider its negotiation position based on a range of factors including the environmental impact and public health benefit of such anti-microbial treatments that can reduce potential for foodborne illness.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The existing EU rules which require GM-derived food to be labelled are not expected to be discussed or reviewed as part of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/07/2014 10:12:20 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2014 08:04:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 11865 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

64819

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Police Cautions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cautions have been issued for offences of (a) murder, (b) rape, (c) sexual assault, (d) robbery and (e) burglary in (i) each year between 2010 and 2013 and (ii) each month since January 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	203136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of offenders (including young people) cautioned, for offences of rape, sexual assault, robbery and burglary, by months in England and Wales from 2010 to 2013 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. There were no cautions administered for murder.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Simple cautions (previously police cautions) are a non-statutory disposal available to the police to dispose of any offence committed by an adult and designed for dealing with low level, mainly first time offending. The Government does not believe that cautions are appropriate for serious offences. We issued new guidelines on 14 November 2014 following a detailed review of how cautions were being used by police forces, and are strengthening the law to prevent cautions being used for serious offences.</del></p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice issues guidance on the process to be followed by the police and the CPS when they are administering simple cautions for adult offenders. This guidance states that the use of a simple caution for indictable only offences, such as rape, should only be given following authorisation by the CPS. These will be cases where there were exceptional circumstances which would mean that it was not in the public interest to prosecute.</p><p> </p><p>The overall number of simple cautions issued has halved since 2007. The cautioning rate, that is, the number of offenders cautioned as a percentage of offenders who were either cautioned or convicted, in 2013 was 20 per cent; this has declined from a peak of 31 per cent in 2007.</p><p>The Government is clear that serious offences should always be brought to court and to ensure that there is increased public confidence in the justice system last year announced limits on the use of simple cautions. These changes restrict the use of cautions for indictable only offences and certain serious either way offences unless there are exceptional circumstances and a senior police officer, as well as the CPS for certain cases, has agreed that a caution should be administered.</p><p>The MOJ guidance on Adult Simple Cautions was amended in November last year to reflect these changes, and we are currently legislating in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill to place statutory restrictions around their use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 07/07/2014 15:20:18 question first ministerially corrected 28/08/2014 11:45:56 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name Offenders cautioned(1)(2) for selected offences, by month, England and Wales, 2010-2013(3).xls title Offenders cautioned for selected offences -2010-13 previous answer version 9230 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name Offenders cautioned(1)(2) for selected offences, by month, England and Wales, 2010-2013(3).xls title Offenders cautioned for selected offences -2010-13
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

64342

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Knee Replacements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS knee replacement operations were carried out in England, by region, in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	202780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows how many knee replacement operations were carried out in England, by region, in the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows how many knee replacement revisions were carried out by the National Health Service in England in the last three years. Information relating to how long the average time interval was between total knee replacement and subsequent revision procedures is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Full Knee Replacement</p></td><td><p>Only one bone in the knee joint is replaced</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>825</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Yorkshire And The Humber</p></td><td><p>759</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>551</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>733</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South East Coast</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>7,024</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>704</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Yorkshire And The Humber</p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>747</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South East Coast</p></td><td><p>613</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>839</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>6,539</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>759</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Yorkshire And The Humber</p></td><td><p>677</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>713</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>596</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South East Coast</p></td><td><p>584</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>915</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>6,525</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p>1. Finished Consultant Episode (FCE): Both tables show FCEs. An FCE is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. The figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person.</p><p>2. The data should not be described as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on one or more occasion.</p><p>3. †Providers that are not based in England have been removed, and therefore the national totals may not be equal to the sum of the regional totals.</p><p>4. To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been replaced with “*” (an asterisk). Where it was still possible to identify figures from the total, additional figures have been replaced with &quot;*”.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/07/2014 14:46:03 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 09:31:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ202780_PQ202778 - Amended Table.docx title Table previous answer version 7888 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ202780_PQ202778 - Table.docx title Table
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

63270

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner practices were (a) refurbished and (b) replaced in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	201710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Prior to April 2013, granting funding for the refurbishment and replacement of general practitioner premises was the responsibility of primary care trusts (PCTs). Information pertaining to this period is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for funding general practice premises development has now been transferred to NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 April 2013 and 1 April 2014, more than 100 business cases for premises development were approved by NHS England. NHS England <ins class="ministerial">will be publishing </ins><del class="ministerial">has now published</del> Principles of Good Practice <ins class="ministerial">later in the autumn. This </ins> <del class="ministerial">that</del> set<ins class="ministerial">s</ins> out how <del class="ministerial">area</del> teams should review and prioritise business case proposals, and since 1 April 2014 a further 46 business cases have been approved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 26/06/2014 14:49:17 question first ministerially corrected 11/09/2014 13:48:27 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb previous answer version 6377 answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

62968

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, which contractors have been hired by PICT during the current financial year; and which such contractors have had their contracts terminated due to poor performance.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	201451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>So far during the financial year 2014/15 PICT has employed <del class="ministerial">57</del><ins class="ministerial">61</ins> contractors, of whom <del class="ministerial">14</del><ins class="ministerial">15</ins> have been supporting services for Members. Further details cannot be provided without identifying individuals. Many are on short term contracts. None has had a contract terminated early.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 24/06/2014 10:19:35 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2014 12:08:43 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso previous answer version 4754 answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty