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93799

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Priority School Building Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether factors additional to geography, commercial viability and condition need are assessed by her Department when selecting schools in the Priority School Building Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	210856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>On 24 May 2011, the then Secretary of State confirmed that 261 schools would be rebuilt, or have their condition needs met through the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP). These schools were selected on the basis of their condition need.</p><p>For delivery purposes, the 261 schools have been grouped into batches taking geography and commercial viability into consideration. We have sought to prioritise the delivery of those batches containing schools in the worst condition.</p><p>In June 2014, a second phase of the PSBP was launched. The schools to be included in this second phase of the PSBP will again be determined solely on the basis of their condition need.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/10/2014 13:44:28 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

93161

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Balaam Wood Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the application for Priority School Building Programme funding by Balaam Wood Academy; and what phase of the programme the Academy is at.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	210422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The second phase of the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP2) will undertake major rebuilding and refurbishment projects in schools, or individual school buildings, in the very worst condition. Responsible bodies were invited to express an interest in the programme, on behalf of their schools, in July. We are currently assessing the expressions of interest and anticipate that we will be able to inform applicants of the outcome by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/10/2014 16:07:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 22728 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

93166

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its detailed condition survey of schools in England.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	210421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Property Data Survey Programme, which carried out high-level condition surveys of the school estate in England, completed its last survey in July 2014. To ensure that the data is sufficiently robust before it is put to any further use, I asked officials to share the data that we had gathered with schools and responsible bodies and rectify any significant variances in the dataset.</p><p>The deadline for feedback from schools and responsible bodies has recently passed and officials are considering where the survey information needs to be updated. Once this is completed, the Department will give further consideration to the future publication of the data.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:47:51 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 22703 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

93158

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Priority School Building Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department has used to decide which schools will receive Priority School Building Programme funding.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	210420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>We have completed a comprehensive Property Data Survey of the school estate. We will use information from that survey, together with information regarding any significant structural or asbestos related issues included within schools’ expressions of interest, to prioritise schools or individual buildings for inclusion in the second phase of the Priority School Building Programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:41:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 22721 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

45242

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will announce (a) additional funding for and (b) a help and advice service to schools on universal free school meals.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	193900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced in his Autumn Statement on 5 December that we would be providing over £1 billion of additional revenue funding over the next two financial years, and £150 million of capital funding in 2014-15, to support the introduction of universal infant free school meals.</p><p>On 6 March we published a departmental advice document which sets out further information about the funding available and about the support available to schools. This document is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-infant-free-school-meals</p><p>On 6 March we also launched a support service, which consists of a telephone and online advice service for schools, local authorities and caterers and a direct-support service for schools facing significant challenges. The service is being provided by school food experts, the Children's Food Trust and the Lead Association for Catering in Education, in conjunction with a number of delivery partners. More information is available at: <a href="http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/Root/schools/schoolfoodplan" target="_blank">http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/Root/schools/schoolfoodplan</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

89809

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with civil society or religious groups based in the UK which have discussed the situation in Israel and Palestine since 1 July 2014; which organisations he has met; and when each such meeting took place.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	207286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>Details of my meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and are available on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 02/09/2014 13:17:58 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

48873

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what receptions were held in 10 Downing Street on each day in the week commencing 21 April 2014; and what the occasion was of each reception.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	196811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>Details of official and charity receptions held at Downing Street are published on a quarterly basis. Details can be accessed via the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

61362

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects his Department's review of unpublished datasets to be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	200191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department of Transport completed a comprehensive review of datasets held in August 2013 and this was made available via <a href="http://www.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.data.gov.uk</a> on 2<sup>nd</sup> September 2013. This included details of 470 datasets including full metadata for all unpublished datasets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:50:20 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

50465

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of introducing a refund and vehicle excise duty system based on the day a vehicle is bought and sold.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	198303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The estimated cost of amending the vehicle excise duty refund process is £10m. This information was published in the Tax Information and Impact Note published on 10 December 2013 alongside the draft 2014 Finance Bill.</p><p>This is part of the initiative to abolish the tax disc which will result in ongoing savings to the taxpayer of around £7m per annum due to no longer producing, issuing and posting tax discs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

49479

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings he has had with each private hire vehicle operator since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	197534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published every quarter and this information can be accessed on the GOV.UK website via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden