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100677

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Broadband: Rural Areas
	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 he has made of the adequacy of the speed of the delivery of superfast broadband to rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	211748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The pace of delivery of the Superfast Broadband Programme has accelerated substantially across the UK over recent months, resulting with on average 40,000 premises per week now able to access superfast broadband . All 44 Phase 1 local projects are delivering superfast broadband to homes and businesses. In August the programme had reached 1 million premises, and by February 2015 we will have reached 2 million homes and businesses. The second phase to extend coverage to 95% of UK premises by 2017 is in procurement and aims to have all contracts signed by early 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 29/10/2014 10:01:40 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

100700

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Feed-in Tariffs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will review his policy on feed-in tariffs for the provision of energy.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	211752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The small scale Feed-in Tariff scheme has been a great success since its launch in April 2010, with over 600,000 installations registered for the scheme at the end of September 2014.</p><p>As required by our state aid approval, we will be conducting a periodic review of the Feed-in Tariff scheme in 2015 to check that compensation levels are appropriate for those looking to invest in their low carbon future by installing small scale renewable electricity technology at their home or business.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:30:54 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

100761

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Females: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what recent representations she has received on the role of women in public life; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	211750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>I receive regular representations on many issues including the role of women in public life.</p><p>We are removing barriers that prevent women from progressing in public life. For example, the Government has established the Centre for Public Appointments (CPA) in the Cabinet Office to ensure best practice is followed. As a result, the proportion of new female appointees to public boards has increased to 39%. We have also supported political parties to increase women’s representation thorough a combination of legislative and voluntary measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 28/10/2014 09:03:28 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

41772

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review his Department's civil contingencies response.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	190934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2014 answer text <p>As part of the UK&rsquo;s integrated approach to emergency management, the Cabinet Office works with other government departments, devolved administrations, emergency responders and other organisations to enhance the UK&rsquo;s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. The effectiveness of these arrangements are regularly reviewed. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 11/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

44782

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on sheep rustling.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	193320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office talks to a wide range of partners about rural crime and theft <br>of particular commodities. However, we have not recently received any formal <br>representations about sheep rustling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

45010

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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, how many people have entered (a) teacher training and (b) the teaching profession as qualified teachers in each of the last five years; and how many unqualified teachers have been employed in (i) England and (ii) North Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	193524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of initial teacher training entrants, qualified teacher entrants and full-time equivalent unqualified teachers in service in publicly funded schools in England, 2008 to the latest year available. Information on teachers starting training and entering service is not available by local authority area so cannot be provided for North Yorkshire. Figures for the number of full-time equivalent unqualified teachers are available and have been given.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Initial Teacher Training (ITT) <strong>[1]</strong><strong>[2]</strong></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p><p><strong>Qualified Teacher Entrants <strong>[3]</strong><strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Unqualified Teachers <strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p>1st year trainees</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Full-time</p></td><td><p> </p><p>Part-time</p></td><td><p>Full-time equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>37,270</p></td><td><p>32,330</p></td><td><p>7,500</p></td><td><p>17,530</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>38,920</p></td><td><p>29,620</p></td><td><p>8,410</p></td><td><p>17,390</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>37,900</p></td><td><p>29,770</p></td><td><p>7,570</p></td><td><p>16,930</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12 </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>36,520</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>15,150</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13 </strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>36,380</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>14,710</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Sources: ITT trainee number census (2012/13 and 2013/14) and Performance profiles data (2008/09 to 2011/12).</p><p>[2] 2012/13 and 2013/14 are based upon provisional ITT Census publications, and also contain Teach First.</p><p>[3] Source: Database of Teacher Records (March each year). Figures for 2011/12 and 2012/13 are not yet available.</p><p>[4] Figures are provisional for 2010/2011. Teacher entrants include all entrants who were awarded qualified teacher status in the previous calendar year and other qualified teachers who were recorded as entering the publicly funded sector for the first time.</p><p>[5] Sources: 618g (January 2008 and 2009) and School Workforce Census (November 2010 to 2012).2010/11 figures for North Yorkshire are not available because the data was collected in a new format and full confirmation of qualified teacher status was not provided.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

46203

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local councillors who will resign as a result of new arrangements to allow the press and public to film local authority public meetings; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	194608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None. Council meetings are public meetings which already can be reported by the press. We are merely reforming the access rules to allow the press and public to report such meetings through digital and social media. It will help bring greater awareness of the good work that councillors do for their local communities.</p><p>I would observe that the cause of openness in council meetings was championed by Margaret Thatcher, in her maiden speech to this House. As a backbencher, she successfully introduced a Private Members' Bill – the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 – to open up meetings to the press and public, spurred on by the practice of the print unions getting Labour councillors to kick out journalists from council meetings who had crossed picket lines.</p><p>Whilst that the 1960 Act did not expressly permit filming, I note from perusing the Bill Committee Hansard that Mrs Thatcher was firmly of the view that broadcast journalists should have the same rights as other members of the press and public (<em>Official Report</em>, Standing Committee C, 13 April 1960). We are updating those analogue rights for a digital age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

46349

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what prosecutions there have been for (a) sheep rustling and (b) other crimes on farms in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	194596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not the specific circumstances of each case. It is not possible to separately identify from this centrally held information offences of sheep rustling from other offences of theft. Nor is it possible to separately identify which offences occurred on a farm. This information may be held on the individual court files, which can only be checked at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

46742

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received on the regulatory regime associated with fracking.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	195089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department has received a number of comments and has been made aware of recommendations by a variety of interested parties, including Non-Governmental Organisations and members of the public, that are relevant to the UK's shale gas regulatory regime. The UK has a strong regulatory system which provides a comprehensive and fit for purpose regime for exploratory activities, but we want continuously to improve it. The Office for Unconventional Gas and Oil (OUGO) works closely with regulators and others to ensure that regulation is also fit for purpose for production; and that it remains robust enough to safeguard public safety and protect the environment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is presently conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on further onshore licensing. The SEA consultation closed on 28 March. Some of the responses to this consultation are relevant to the UK's shale gas regulatory regime. All responses will be carefully considered before any decision is made on further licensing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

46770

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he next plans to meet the Ukranian Foreign Minister; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	195088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) is in regular contact with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Andriy Deshchytsia. He met him most recently on 31 March, in the margins of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Foreign Ministers' meeting. The Government will continue to maintain regular contact with the government of Ukraine at all levels, to support their efforts to deal with the serious economic, political and security challenges that they are facing.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering