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170613

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	eBay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that all online retailers trading on eBay in the UK display VAT numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	218935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>There is no requirement in tax legislation for a VAT-registered person to declare to a customer that they are registered or to provide a VAT registration number, unless they make a supply to another VAT-registered person, in which case they are obliged to issue a VAT invoice including their VAT number. However businesses are required to comply with the Electronic Commerce Regulations 2002 concerning the provision of this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:38:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

171223

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Young People: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms there are for the identification of young carers by her Department in order to facilitate the provision of support and benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	219295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has changed the law to improve how young carers are identified and supported. This change consolidates and simplifies legislation relating to young carers’ assessments, making rights and duties clearer to both young people and practitioners; extends the right to an assessment of needs for support to all young carers regardless of who they care for or what type of care they provide; and makes it clear to local authorities that they must carry out an assessment of a young carer’s needs for support on request or on the appearance of need. These new duties come into effect in April 2015. The changes we have introduced apply to all children, including those aged sixteen to eighteen in further education.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that we do not have reliable information about the numbers of young carers in England. This is why we have initiated a research project which, for the first time, will provide reliable information about the numbers and needs of young carers and their families.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219291 219292 219294 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

170285

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the savings to the Law Officers' Departments from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems the Law Officers' Departments have introduced or plan to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has made an estimated saving of £164 in respect of stationery costs since June 2014. There may also have been some savings in staff time but it is not possible to quantify this without incurring a disproportionate cost. There have been no other identified savings.</p><p> </p><p>There have also not been any modifications made to existing ICT systems that were dependent on introduction of the Q&amp;A system.</p><p> </p><p>One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:06 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

171324

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment: Highlands of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time for work capability assessments in Highland; and what discussions he has had with Atos on that reduction.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	John Thurso
	uin	219206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Official statistics for ESA processing times are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of people whose Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessment has not yet been completed in the Highland Local Authority area is 1,700; of these 1,400 relate to new ESA claims.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken robust action to improve the process and are in daily contact with Atos. We are committed to putting this right.</p><p> </p><p>Atos Healthcare will continue to deliver Work Capability Assessments until they exit from the contract on 28 February 2015. The new supplier, MAXIMUS Health and Human Services, will be responsible for all service delivery from 1 March 2015 including any outstanding work carried over from Atos. The priority for MAXIMUS will be to transition the service smoothly from Atos and stabilise the service to deliver the best service possible for claimants, increase the volume of assessments carried out and reduce waiting times without compromising quality.</p><p> </p><p>The process for claimants will remain the same during the transition so they should continue to attend their assessments.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 219203 219204 219205 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:51:38 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso

171323

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment: Highlands of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for employment and support allowance in Highland have been waiting for a work capability assessment for (a) longer than three months, (b) longer than four months, (c) longer than five months and (d) longer than six months.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	John Thurso
	uin	219205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Official statistics for ESA processing times are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of people whose Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessment has not yet been completed in the Highland Local Authority area is 1,700; of these 1,400 relate to new ESA claims.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken robust action to improve the process and are in daily contact with Atos. We are committed to putting this right.</p><p> </p><p>Atos Healthcare will continue to deliver Work Capability Assessments until they exit from the contract on 28 February 2015. The new supplier, MAXIMUS Health and Human Services, will be responsible for all service delivery from 1 March 2015 including any outstanding work carried over from Atos. The priority for MAXIMUS will be to transition the service smoothly from Atos and stabilise the service to deliver the best service possible for claimants, increase the volume of assessments carried out and reduce waiting times without compromising quality.</p><p> </p><p>The process for claimants will remain the same during the transition so they should continue to attend their assessments.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 219203 219204 219206 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:51:38 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso

171322

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment: Highlands of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for employment and support allowance in Highland are awaiting a work capability assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	John Thurso
	uin	219204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Official statistics for ESA processing times are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of people whose Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessment has not yet been completed in the Highland Local Authority area is 1,700; of these 1,400 relate to new ESA claims.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken robust action to improve the process and are in daily contact with Atos. We are committed to putting this right.</p><p> </p><p>Atos Healthcare will continue to deliver Work Capability Assessments until they exit from the contract on 28 February 2015. The new supplier, MAXIMUS Health and Human Services, will be responsible for all service delivery from 1 March 2015 including any outstanding work carried over from Atos. The priority for MAXIMUS will be to transition the service smoothly from Atos and stabilise the service to deliver the best service possible for claimants, increase the volume of assessments carried out and reduce waiting times without compromising quality.</p><p> </p><p>The process for claimants will remain the same during the transition so they should continue to attend their assessments.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 219203 219205 219206 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:51:38 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso

171321

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment: Highlands of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is in Highland for people requiring an employment and support allowance work capability assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	John Thurso
	uin	219203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Official statistics for ESA processing times are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of people whose Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) functional assessment has not yet been completed in the Highland Local Authority area is 1,700; of these 1,400 relate to new ESA claims.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken robust action to improve the process and are in daily contact with Atos. We are committed to putting this right.</p><p> </p><p>Atos Healthcare will continue to deliver Work Capability Assessments until they exit from the contract on 28 February 2015. The new supplier, MAXIMUS Health and Human Services, will be responsible for all service delivery from 1 March 2015 including any outstanding work carried over from Atos. The priority for MAXIMUS will be to transition the service smoothly from Atos and stabilise the service to deliver the best service possible for claimants, increase the volume of assessments carried out and reduce waiting times without compromising quality.</p><p> </p><p>The process for claimants will remain the same during the transition so they should continue to attend their assessments.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 219204 219205 219206 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:51:38 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso

170789

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many instances of fraud have been recorded in the universal credit programme since April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	218946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Officials are currently working on defining what Universal Credit official statistics will be published in the future. We are recording any instances of fraud on UC but these figures are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/01/2015 17:51:30 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

171227

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of the 22,900 claiming universal credit up to 13 November 2014, in how many cases the claimant has initially been unemployed and then moved into employment during their claim.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	219156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest statistics for Universal Credit were published on 17 December 2014, see link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389416/Universal_Credit_statistical_first_release_Dec_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389416/Universal_Credit_statistical_first_release_Dec_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:10 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

171226

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who claimed universal credit up to 13 November 2014 have not accepted the terms of their claimant commitment.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	219155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>25,890 people have claimed Universal Credit up to 13 November 2014. All of these people have attended an initial interview and accepted the terms of their claimant commitment.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/01/2015 17:35:20 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

171691

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the recent change in the number of 16 to 24 year olds unemployed for more than two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	219513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Youth unemployment has fallen by 208,000 – over a fifth – on the year to 754,000. <strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Estimates of long-term youth unemployment on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) definition are based on relatively small samples of individuals and can fluctuate from one period to another. The information published by the Office for National Statistics covers 18-24 year olds and shows that over the last year as a whole the number unemployed for two years or more has fallen by about 10%. The number of young people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance for more than two years – the group directly covered by Government employment support – nearly halved in the year to November 2014</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/01/2015 17:55:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

170782

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	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	USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government communicated with the US (a) Senate Committee on Intelligence or people contributing to that Committee and (b) Administration about that Committee's study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program and UK involvement in (i) torture and (ii) rendition; whether any information in earlier drafts or unpublished versions of that study relating to (A) direct or (B) indirect UK involvement in that programme were (1) redacted or (2) not published following representations from the Government; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	219031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The US gave our intelligence Agencies limited sight of some sections of the executive summary prior to its publication.</p><p> </p><p>Our Agencies highlighted a small number of issues in the proposed text where changes would be necessary to protect UK national security and intelligence operations. None of these redactions related to allegations of UK involvement in detainee mistreatment.</p><p> </p><p>We did not lobby, at any level, to have information removed or redacted in relation to UK involvement in rendition or mistreatment of detainees. The British Government did not receive an advance copy of the summary before publication, and has not seen a copy of the full report.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:26 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

170614

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the new rates of stamp duty, under what category land will be sold if planning permission has been granted for both commercial and residential purposes.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	219042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Undeveloped land is treated as non-residential property for stamp duty land tax (SDLT) purposes. The existence or otherwise of planning permission is immaterial.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:36:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

171098

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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, how many children who are cared for by a grandparent have a (a) special educational need and (b) disability.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	219315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:34:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171097

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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 recent estimate she has made of the number of children with a special educational need or disability who are cared for through an informal arrangement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	219314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of children cared for in an informal arrangement by a non-family member.</p><p>The Department holds data on the number of private fostering arrangements notified to local authorities (i.e. arrangements of 28 days or more where the carer is not a close relative). This data does not identify if a child has a special educational need or disability. Figures are published annually in the statistical first release ‘Notifications of Private Fostering Arrangements in England’.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At 31 March 2014, 1,640 children were reported as being cared for and accommodated in private fostering arrangements in England. However, the Department suspects that this is an undercount as it relies upon carers notifying the local authority of the arrangement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328518/SFR22-2014_text.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328518/SFR22-2014_text.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219297 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:48 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171103

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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, how many children have a statement for or related to behavioural difficulties.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	219300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information is collected in the School Census on the type of special educational need (SEN) for children with statements in schools.</p><p>From the January 2014 School Census there were 42,330 children with a statement of special educational needs who were identified with the type of need as ‘Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulties’. This includes those with this need as their primary need or as their secondary need only. The School Census covers maintained schools, non-maintained special schools and Pupil Referral Units. Children with a statement in independent schools or who are not at school are not included.</p><p>This information can be found in table G2 in the additional tables of the Statistical First Release ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2014’.[1]</p><p>The Department for Education is changing the category of ‘Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties’ to ‘Social, Emotional and Mental Health’ as part of the SEN and disability reforms introduced in September 2014. The aim of this is to reflect that while behavioural issues can be an indication of SEN, there should be a focus on identifying underlying issues and putting appropriate support in place so that these children can be fully supported</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:38:19 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171593

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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	South West
	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 identifiable expenditure her Department has spent on Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2007-08.
	tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
	tabling member printed	Sarah Newton
	uin	219402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold consolidated information at this level of detail. The main source of funding for waste, environmental and other Defra-related local authority functions comes from the annual Revenue Support Grant. Since 2007-08, funding received by Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from Defra and its Arms Length Bodies has additionally included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· waste PFI credits</p><p> </p><p>· grants for water and sewerage infrastructure works on the Isles of Scilly</p><p> </p><p>· flood and coastal defence capital grant in aid for flood and funding for resilience projects</p><p> </p><p>· rural development programme funding</p><p> </p><p>· catchment restoration funding for the South Cornwall River Improvement Project</p><p> </p><p>· European Fisheries Fund money to support sustainable development of fishing communities</p><p> </p><p>· grant aid for Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service to help crews to deal with local flood emergencies</p><p> </p><p>· funding for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty</p><p> </p><p>· capital grants for catchment sensitive farming</p><p> </p><p>· funding for the South West Bioheat Programme</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:57:28 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton

171624

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Self-harm: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) boys and (b) girls aged between 10 and 17 have been admitted to hospital for self-harm in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	219543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. However, data is collected according to the financial year from April to March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for how many boys and girls between 10 and 17 who have been admitted to hospital for self-harm each year since April 2010 is outlined in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="11"><p>Count of finished admission episodes (FAEs)<sup>1</sup> with a cause code of self harm<sup>2</sup> for patients aged 10-17 for the years 2010-11 to 2012-13.</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="10"><p>Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>2010-11</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2011-12</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2012-13</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Age (years)</p></td><td><p>Boys</p></td><td><p>Girls</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Boys</p></td><td><p>Girls</p></td><td><p>Boys</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Girls</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>11</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>35</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>12</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>329</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>13</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>135</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,186</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>14</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>2,171</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>245</p></td><td><p>2,115</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,479</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>15</p></td><td><p>567</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>499</p></td><td><p>2,804</p></td><td><p>559</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,434</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>16</p></td><td><p>648</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>558</p></td><td><p>2,228</p></td><td><p>544</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,464</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>739</p></td><td><p>2,428</p></td><td><p>715</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,277</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data should not be interpreted as a count of people as the same person may have been admitted on more than one occasion. Reference should be made to the notes when interpreting the data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2014 the Government launched the Mental Health Action Plan, <em>Closing the Gap: Priorities for essential change in mental health. </em>Of the 25 actions in the plan, one offers a commitment to change the way front line services respond to self-harm and to ensure that no-one experiencing a mental health crisis should ever be turned away from services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the revised Public Health Outcomes Framework we have introduced a new indicator that is specifically about self-harm. Under this indicator, we will measure:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- attendances at emergency departments for self-harm per 100,000 population</p><p> </p><p>- percentage of attendances at emergency departments for self-harm that received a psychosocial assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This two-part indicator helps us not only understand the prevalence of self-harm but also how emergency departments are responding. This information can then inform future commissioning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has invested £54 million into the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT) over 2011-15/16. The CYP IAPT programme is designed to improve access to evidence-based psychological therapies for a range of issues, including self-harm, and the CYP IAPT curriculum includes training in evidence-based treatments for young people who self-harm.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December the Government announced an investment of £30 million per year from 2015-16 to 2019-20 to improve services for children and young people with mental health problems. This includes improving access for young people who self-harm to services in their communities with properly trained teams, making hospital admission a last resort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing £30 million in 2015-16 to improve psychiatric liaison in general hospitals. This will help to ensure young people who present at hospital after self-harming that could be the result of an underlying mental health condition are referred for assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data is not available on the number of girls and boys aged under 18 years who received hospital treatment for self-harm each year since 2010 who were offered a comprehensive assessment of their physical, psychological and social needs in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, and accepted that offer, broken down by each NHS trust in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Finished admission episodes. A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>Cause Code. A supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Only the first external cause code which is coded within the episode is counted in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). The cause codes used to identify episodes of self-harm were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Only the first external cause code which is coded within the episode is counted in HES.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cause codes used to identify episodes of self-harm were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>X60 – Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to nonopioid analgesics, antipryretics and antirheumatics</p><p> </p><p>X61 – Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic, antiparkinsom and psychotropic drugs, note elsewhere classified</p><p> </p><p>X62 – Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens], not elsewhere classified</p><p> </p><p>X63 – Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other drugs acting on the automatic nervous system</p><p> </p><p>X64 – Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances</p><p> </p><p>X65 - Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol</p><p> </p><p>X66 - Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to organic solvents and halogenated hydrocarbons and their vapours</p><p> </p><p>X67 - Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other gases and vapours</p><p> </p><p>X68 - Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to pesticides</p><p> </p><p>X69 - Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other and unspecified chemicals and noxious substances</p><p> </p><p>X70 - Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation</p><p> </p><p>X71 - Intentional self-harm by drowning and submersion</p><p> </p><p>X72 - Intentional self-harm by handgun discharge</p><p> </p><p>X73 - Intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge</p><p> </p><p>X74 - Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge</p><p> </p><p>X75 - Intentional self-harm by explosive material</p><p> </p><p>X76 - Intentional self-harm by smoke, fire and flames</p><p> </p><p>X77 - Intentional self-harm by steam, hot vapours and hot objects</p><p> </p><p>X78 - Intentional self-harm by sharp object</p><p> </p><p>X79 - Intentional self-harm by blunt object</p><p> </p><p>X80 - Intentional self-harm by jumping from a high place</p><p> </p><p>X81 - Intentional self-harm by jumping or lying before moving object</p><p> </p><p>X82 - Intentional self-harm by crashing of motor vehicle</p><p> </p><p>X83 - Intentional self-harm by other specified means</p><p> </p><p>X84 - Intentional self-harm by unspecified means</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/01/2015 17:42:55 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

170778

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Training Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of the four secure training centres currently operating in England has received the best rating from Ofsted.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	218896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>All currently operating Secure Training Centres were rated ‘good’ in their most recent Ofsted reports.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:56 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

170777

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Training Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the need for secure training centre places in each region of England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	218895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Board is responsible for commissioning and placing all young people under-18 in a suitable secure establishment. The Board reviews its plans regularly to ensure that there is sufficient national and regional capacity in the overall system to place young people safely.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:53:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

171663

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Publications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government spent on the case Gordon-Jones, R (on the appplication of) v The Secretary of State for Justice & Anor [2014] EWHC 3997 (Admin) (5 December 2014).
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	219542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I anticipate that the Ministry of Justice will incur costs of approximately £72,000, including VAT.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:47:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

171662

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of crime were consulted before the perpetrator was released in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	219535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Victim Contact Scheme enables victims of offenders who receive a sentence of imprisonment of 12 months or more or a hospital order, for violent or sexual offences, to be informed at key stages of the offender’s sentence. Key stages include any transfer to open prison conditions. Victims will also be informed of the prospective date of release.</p><p> </p><p>Where the offender is serving a determinate sentence, the release date is fixed. Victims will be informed of the expected month of release very early following sentence and will be updated should this date change - for example, if the offender receives added days.</p><p> </p><p>Where the offender is subject to discretionary release by the Parole Board, the victim will be informed early in the sentence of the month in which the offender will become eligible for consideration for release, and be informed of the Parole Board’s decision, including if this is to release the offender.</p><p> </p><p>Where release is subject to a Parole Board hearing the victim has the right to make a Victim Personal Statement. The Victim Personal Statement (VPS) provides victims with a valuable opportunity to tell the Parole Board how the prisoner’s offence has affected them or their family and what the impact of the prisoner’s release will be on them. The victim can apply to the Parole Board to read the VPS in person, with the presumption that the Parole Board will agree to this. The right to make a VPS to the Parole Board, and to apply to read it in person, was enshrined in the revised Victims Code which was published in October 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The Victim Contact Scheme also provides a statutory right for victims to make representations about the licence conditions that should be in place on release, to reassure and protect them, and to be informed which conditions have been included on the licence as a result of their request. These will typically be exclusion zones to reduce the risks of unexpected contact, and to prohibit contact with the victim.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service does not record information centrally in relation to the number of victims who make a VPS and has not made an estimate of this number.</p><p> </p><p>In September this year, we published “Our Commitment to Victims” undertaking to do more to help victims navigate the criminal justice system, access the information and support they need, protect vulnerable victims and witnesses in court and to guarantee their rights in law.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:09 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

171669

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders held in a cell designed for one inmate shared it with (a) one other and (b) more than one other inmate in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	219502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Figures for the number of prisoners held two to a cell designed for one (known as ‘doubling’) are set out in the table below for the years 2008-09 to 2013-14. To place the numbers in context they are shown alongside the average prisoner population and the percentage of the population held two to a cell designed for one.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average number of prisoners held two to a cell designed for one</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average prisoner population</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of average prisoner population held two to a cell designed for one</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>19,153</p></td><td><p>82,830</p></td><td><p>23.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>19,083</p></td><td><p>83,971</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>19,268</p></td><td><p>84,920</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>20,152</p></td><td><p>86,638</p></td><td><p>23.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>19,044</p></td><td><p>85,729</p></td><td><p>22.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>18,515</p></td><td><p>84,594</p></td><td><p>21.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>While the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) collects the total number of prisoners held in crowded conditions (e.g. two prisoners held in a cell designed for one, or three prisoners held in a cell designed for two) it does not centrally record how many prisoners were held in a cell designed for one prisoner and shared it with more than one other prisoner. To identify the number of prisoners who were held in a cell designed for one but shared it with more than one other prisoner in each of the last four years would require manually going through individual prison cell certificate records in each prison, followed by a manual trawl of prisoners' individuals records to identify each prisoner’s cell location in each of the last four years, which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We will always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts and continue to modernise the prison estate so that it delivers best value for the taxpayer. This Government has a long term strategy for managing the prison estate which will provide more adult male prison capacity than we inherited from the previous Government.</p><p> </p><p>Crowding occurs when the number of prisoners in an accommodation unit exceeds the Certified Normal Accommodation in that unit. The average rate of crowding is published in NOMS Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013-14, the average number of prisoners held in crowded conditions decreased to 22.9% of the total population compared to 23.3% in 2012-13. This is the lowest level since 2001-02 and has come down from a high of 25.3% in 2007-08.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:44:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

171195

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to page two of her Department's strategic framework for economic development for shared prosperity and poverty reduction, published in January 2013 (a) in which countries and (b) on which projects the £1.8 billion of her Department's budget to be targeted on economic development will be spent.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	219268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Delivery of the Economic Development Strategy is a cross DFID priority. Programme planning and design is based on an assessment of need and context in the countries in which DFID works.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 05/01/2015 17:54:12 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

171531

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy to carry out a revaluation of business rates in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	219454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Yes. Section 29 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 changed the date of the business revaluation in England to 2017.</p><p>We announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rates bills in England, bringing the total support from 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement measures to £1.4 billion in 2015-16. That included extending the existing revaluation transitional relief scheme for two years, 2015-16 and 2016-17, for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 17:37:05 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

171240

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to tax authorities in (a) Ireland and Luxembourg and (b) other EU countries to ensure that profits made in the UK can be taxed in the UK at UK tax rates.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	219220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Profit shifting by multinationals is a global problem. It is essential to look at this issue in a comprehensive and coordinated manner so that we can come up with effective solutions. The UK is at the forefront of multilateral action through the G20 and the OECD to reform the international tax standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK used its Presidency of the G8 to successfully build international support for this work. We are now playing a leading role in the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project to reform the international tax landscape in order to ensure that profits are taxed where economic activities are performed and where value is created.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:44 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

171239

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what access he has to evidence by the EU enquiry into the extent and the means of tax avoidance by multinational corporations through Luxembourg and the Irish Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	219226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The European Commission has a duty of confidentiality to Member States in relation to the information they provide to the Commission. Where appropriate, HMRC can request information relevant to UK tax matters directly from the fiscal authorities in Member States under existing arrangements for the exchange of information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:42:35 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

171146

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much in (a) cash and (b) real terms was spent on child and adolescent mental health services in (i) Warrington and (ii) the North West per person in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	219102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested, as children and young people with mental health problems are provided with treatment by a wide range of services and organisations and in a variety of settings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures below outline the aggregated primary care trust (PCT) spend on child and adolescent mental health services in Warrington and the North West in the last five years. This however, is not representative of all spending on treating mental health problems in children and young people, as figures do not include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- spend by local authorities, including children’s services and schools’ expenditure on early intervention or emotional resilience programmes</p><p> </p><p>- £54 million invested by the Department over the four years from 2011-12 to 2014-15 in the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) programme.</p><p> </p><p>- The £150 million investment over five years for NHS England in child and adolescent mental health services including services for the treatment of eating disorders announced in the Autumn Statement in December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Warrington PCT expenditure on Mental Health Disorders – Child and Adolescent</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million (cash)</p></td><td><p>£ million (real, 2013-14 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1.51</p></td><td><p>1.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3.23</p></td><td><p>3.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1.37</p></td><td><p>1.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3.39</p></td><td><p>3.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3.60</p></td><td><p>3.67</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Table 2: North West Strategic Health Authority expenditure on Mental Health Disorders – Child and Adolescent</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£ million (cash)</p></td><td><p>£ million (real, 2013-14 prices)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>89.04</p></td><td><p>98.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>91.19</p></td><td><p>98.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>82.83</p></td><td><p>87.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>93.43</p></td><td><p>96.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>95.84</p></td><td><p>97.60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source</em>: Programme Budgeting Data, NHS England</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>The figures in the table have been rounded to the nearest £million.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="2" type="1"><li>Programme budgeting returns are based on a subset of PCT accounts data and represent a subset of overall NHS expenditure data.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="3" type="1"><li>Calculating programme budgeting data is complex and not all healthcare activity or services can be classified directly to a programme budgeting category or care setting. When it is not possible to reasonably estimate a programme budgeting category, expenditure is classified as ‘Other’. Expenditure on General Medical Services and Personal Medical Services cannot be reasonably estimated at disease specific level, and is separately identified as a subcategory of ‘Other’ expenditure.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="4" type="1"><li>The allocation of expenditure to programme budgeting subcategories is not always straightforward, and subcategory level data should therefore be used with caution.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="5" type="1"><li>In order to improve data quality, continual refinements have been made to the programme budgeting data calculation methodology since the first collection in 2003-04. The underlying data which support programme budgeting data are also subject to yearly changes. Programme budgeting data cannot be used to analyse changes in investment in specific service areas between years. Users of the data should note that significant changes to the data calculation methodology were introduced in 2010-11.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="6" type="1"><li>Figures for years 2003-04 to 2009-10 are calculated using provider costs as a basis. Figures for 2010-11 to 2012-13 are calculated using price paid for specific activities and services purchased from healthcare providers. PCTs follow standard guidance, procedures and mappings when calculating programme budgeting data.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="7" type="1"><li>PCT figures used to calculate 2010-11 data differ from those previously published in the 2010-11 programme budgeting benchmarking spreadsheet. This is due to the correction of errors identified for five PCTs for this year.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="8" type="1"><li>Aggregate PCT data supersede previously published England level programme budgeting data. England level data incorporated estimates of expenditure on healthcare conditions for the Department of Health, Strategic Health Authorities and Special Health Authorities. England level data is no longer published this data as aggregate PCT figures provide a more accurate and meaningful representation of the breakdown of NHS expenditure by healthcare condition.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol start="9" type="1"><li>For 2003-04, figures are based on PCT net expenditure. For 2004-05 onwards, figures are based on PCT spend on own population. This is calculated by adjusting net expenditure to add back expenditure funded from sources outside the NHS and to deduct expenditure on other PCT populations incurred through lead commissioning arrangements.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 05/01/2015 17:38:58 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

170736

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and which areas have a 111 service for mental health.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	219055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>All NHS 111 areas receive mental health calls and there are algorithms within NHS Pathways, the clinical content used within NHS 111, to enable assessment with additional support from nurses. Some areas are piloting enhanced access to mental health practitioners, either within the NHS 111 call centre or by transferring to teams outside. These are being supported through an NHS 111 Learning and Development Phase 2 programme with the aim of improving the accessibility and quality of response for mental health service users.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/01/2015 17:59:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

171627

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medical Treatments: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what process is in place to co-ordinate the review of the evaluation of cancer drugs led by Bruce Keogh and the Freeman review into innovative medicines and medical technology.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
	uin	219458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that representatives from NHS England, the Department of Health, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, ten key cancer charities, and the pharmaceutical industry met on 4 December 2014, to discuss the future of cancer drugs commissioning. They have committed to establishing a working group, to meet early in the new year, to develop a robust process to support the sustainable long-term commissioning of cancer drugs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The external review of the pathways for the development, assessment, and adoption of innovative medicines and medical technology will consider how to speed up access for National Health Service patients to cost-effective new diagnostics, medicines and devices. We are still establishing the processes by which the review will link with other pieces of work in progress and we expect the review will be able to take account of the work NHS England is coordinating on the commissioning of cancer drugs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/01/2015 17:56:36 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

171529

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Dorset
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the applications from Christchurch and East Dorset Councils for an award under Part A of the Transformation Challenge Award Scheme 2015-16 satisfied the criteria for such awards; and for what reason the bid was unsuccessful.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	219462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The application from Christchurch and East Dorset Councils for the 2015-16 Transformation Challenge Award satisfied the basic criteria as published in the prospectus for the expression of interest stage. The authorities were then invited to submit a full application. The application was assessed alongside all other applications but unfortunately we could not fund them all. Christchurch and East Dorset Councils’ application was not as strong as the successful applications.</p><p> </p><p>If the authorities have any questions regarding their application, my officials would be happy to answer them.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 17:34:42 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

170604

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he issues for companies on what health and safety data they should publish.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Companies are not required by law to publish data on their health and safety performance, and consequently the Health and Safety Executive does not offer generic guidance on this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, for high hazard businesses operating under the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999, the competent authority, comprising HSE and the relevant environmental regulators, has recently (October 2014) published a Performance and Recognition Framework which describes how it takes account of business performance in planning its interventions. The Framework encourages the adoption by major hazard operators of industry-wide Process Safety Leadership Principles, which advocate the use of performance indicators, publication of performance information and sharing of good practice across sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/01/2015 17:42:41 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170649

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	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	ICT: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress he has made on TechNorth; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	218906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>TechNorth is progressing well. It was announced in October 2014 by the Deputy Prime Minister to bring together digital technology expertise across Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Hull and the North East tech cluster (Newcastle, Sunderland and the Tees Valley). It will form part of Tech City UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since TechNorth’s announcement, Tech City UK has been engaging with the North's diverse technology sector to shape the scope of the initiatives TechNorth will offer. Tech City UK is currently recruiting for five positions for the programme, including the Head of TechNorth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>TechNorth will be operational by April.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:48 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170707

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Innoculation to make a recommendation on whether all adolescent boys should be included in the national HPV vaccination programme.
	tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
	tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
	uin	218969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the body that advises the government on all immunisation matters has set up a human papillomavirus (HPV) sub-committee to consider a number of key issues on HPV vaccination, including the routine vaccination of adolescent boys.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HPV sub-committee will report its findings to the JCVI following consideration of work modelling the impact and cost-effectiveness of extending HPV vaccination to adolescent boys. We are advised that it is currently anticipated that a model being developed at Warwick University can be presented to the HPV sub-committee in the second half of 2015. A separate model being developed by Public Health England may not be completed until early 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are furthermore advised that the JCVI and sub-committee may need to consider both studies before taking a final view on the impact and cost-effectiveness of extending HPV vaccination to adolescent boys and may therefore not be in a position to do so before early 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/01/2015 17:59:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

171115

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of reserves held by free schools in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
	tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
	uin	219280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out free schools operating as single academy trusts’ total cash holdings at the end of the three most recent financial years. The first free schools opened in September 2011. Academy trusts’ cash is the best representation of reserves available to trusts. Many free schools operate as single academy trusts and the department can easily identify that free school’s cash holding than the free school academy trust’s annual accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table does not include free schools operating within multi-academy trusts. As well as free schools, multi-academy trusts may include academies that opened by other routes for example as sponsored academies or by conversion from local authority maintained schools. It is the multi-academy trust that then produces annual accounts that disclose the multi-academy trust’s total cash holdings for all types of academy within the multi-academy trust. The department does not ask multi-academy trusts to disclose the cash holdings of its individual academies or free schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of free school single academy trusts open</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total cash,</strong></p><p><strong>£ millions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average cash per academy trust,</strong></p><p><strong>£ thousands</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>With very small numbers of free school single academy trusts open before 2013-14 it is difficult for us to discern trends in their cash holdings. We do know that the average cash held by all academy trusts has fallen over the four years partly due to many smaller academy trusts opening more recently and holding less cash. We regard all academy trusts’ cash holdings as reasonable, typically representing enough to fund one month’s operations after deducting current liabilities. Academy trusts cannot borrow and need to hold enough cash to manage their solvency prudently.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:27 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson

170377

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Capita
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many tenders from Capita Group plc for contracts let by her Department have been successful in each year since May 2010; how much her Department paid to Capita Group plc for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 Capita Group plc hold with her Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between her Department and Capita Group plc.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information, in the form requested, is not held centrally and a full answer could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From the information the Department does hold, we have two main contracts with organisations in Capita Group, the Learner Support Contract which is due to expire on 31 August 2015 and the Teachers Pensions Administration, which is due to expire on 30 September 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Teachers’ Pension Administration and the Learner Support contracts are both fixed price, but could change over the remaining duration of the contracts. Therefore, at present, the remaining value of the two contracts is £66.97 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount paid to organisations in the Capita Group since May 2010 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p><em>Financial Year ending March</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Amount</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£125,579,167.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£24,812,874.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£25,837,711.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£20,828,241.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£13,215,946.64 <em>(up to end of November 2014)</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/01/2015 17:52:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

171031

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crime: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with disability hate crimes in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	219111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants charged and prosecuted in cases where the offences involved disability hate crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS defines disability hate crime as any incident which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards a person because of their disability or perceived disability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS began identifying and monitoring disability hate crime cases from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2007 following the publication of the Hate Crime Public Policy and Prosecution Guidance in February 2007.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last seven years the numbers of defendants charged and prosecuted, in cases flagged as disability hate crime, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><br></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecuted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007 - 08</strong></p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008 - 09</strong></p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009 - 10</strong></p></td><td><p>638</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010 - 11</strong></p></td><td><p>726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011 - 12</strong></p></td><td><p>621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 - 13</strong></p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 - 14</strong></p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171267

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Council Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the percentage change was in the proportion of expenditure made up by council tax income in each English local authority between 2009-10 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	219192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I attach a table listing the council tax requirement as a percentage of revenue expenditure in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2013-14.</p><p>However, the two sets of figures are not comparable for a number of reasons, including:</p><ul><li>Changes to local authority responsibilities, including the transfer of public health services, and transfers of functions within different tiers of local government.</li><li>The shift of schools to academy status, away from being funded by local authorities.</li><li>An accounting consequence of the localisation of council tax benefit is that councils now apply local council tax support in the form of a council tax discount and receive a DCLG grant through Revenue Support Grant. Previously, councils received a grant from the Department for Work and Pensions, which refunded the tax revenue that was ‘paid’ by the council through council tax benefit.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:28 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 219192 Buck.xlsx title Table - List of Council Tax Requirement
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

171527

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Community Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on Integration Update, which integration projects and activities had their funding terminated in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	219452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the rt. hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement on Integration of 18 December, <em>Official Report</em>, Columns 110-118WS. In principle, funding for projects ends at a point set out in the Grant Agreement. Other than the Faith Minorities in Action Project, no project has had its funding terminated ahead of this point.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 05/01/2015 18:01:21 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 37081 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

170761

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Christmas Cards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	218999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development runs an annual Christmas card competition for children around the world. Winning entries are turned into e-cards which are made available for all staff to send. There is no central record of which individuals, companies or organisations receive cards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:58 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

171306

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will contribute to the European Trust Fund for the Central African Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	219178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK is not a current contributor to the EU Trust Fund for CAR. We welcome the leadership of the EU on the humanitarian response in CAR and on programmes linking relief, recovery and development. The UK has committed £30 million in humanitarian funds to CAR and CAR refugees since July 2013, funding a range of NGOs and UN agencies to provide protection, water, health, shelter and food security. We are keeping the international response to the CAR crisis under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/01/2015 17:45:08 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

171104

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Carers: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to grandparents and other older people who act as kinship carers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	219301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of grandparents who provide care to their grandchildren.</p><p> </p><p>The Department issued ‘Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities’ in 2011.[1] This guidance is clear that children and young people unable to live with their parents who are in the care of family and friends should receive the support that they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their welfare, whether or not they are looked after. It sets out a requirement on local authorities to develop clear, easily accessible policies to describe how they will assess and support children in the care of family and friends.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219302 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171073

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Carers: Grandparents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grandparents acted as kinship carers for one or more of their family's children in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	219302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of grandparents who provide care to their grandchildren.</p><p> </p><p>The Department issued ‘Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities’ in 2011.[1] This guidance is clear that children and young people unable to live with their parents who are in the care of family and friends should receive the support that they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their welfare, whether or not they are looked after. It sets out a requirement on local authorities to develop clear, easily accessible policies to describe how they will assess and support children in the care of family and friends.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-edward-timpson-on-statutory-guidance-for-family-and-friends-care</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219301 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:33:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171109

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of children who are not cared for by a family member who are cared for through informal arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	219297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of children cared for in an informal arrangement by a non-family member.</p><p>The Department holds data on the number of private fostering arrangements notified to local authorities (i.e. arrangements of 28 days or more where the carer is not a close relative). This data does not identify if a child has a special educational need or disability. Figures are published annually in the statistical first release ‘Notifications of Private Fostering Arrangements in England’.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At 31 March 2014, 1,640 children were reported as being cared for and accommodated in private fostering arrangements in England. However, the Department suspects that this is an undercount as it relies upon carers notifying the local authority of the arrangement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328518/SFR22-2014_text.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328518/SFR22-2014_text.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 219314 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171654

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether officials of her Department have been instructed not to use the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya people in meetings with the Burmese government.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	219459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>No. DFID officials have not been instructed to not use the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya people in meetings with the Burmese government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:03 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

171196

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Burma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what guidance her Department issues to staff on terminology to be used when referring to ethnic groups in meetings with the Burmese government.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	219158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development has not issued guidance to staff on terminology to be used when referring to ethnic groups in meetings with the Burmese government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:25 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

170780

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	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	Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will establish without delay a Judge-led inquiry into any (a) direct and (b) indirect UK involvement in the use of torture or rendition following the events of 11 September 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	218898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>In July 2010, the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) asked Sir Peter Gibson to lead an inquiry into whether Britain was implicated in the improper treatment, or rendition, of detainees held by other countries in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. In January 2012, the then Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, my right hon. Friend the member for Rushcliffe (Mr Kenneth Clarke) announced the Government’s decision to bring the Detainee Inquiry to a conclusion following the launch of a new police investigation into related matters. In doing so, he said that Sir Peter Gibson had agreed to provide the Government with a report on its preparatory work. In December 2013 the Detainee Inquiry published its report setting out a series of questions which the Government asked the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament to consider. This Committee will report to Parliament and to the Government on the completion of its work.</p><p><br>I do not want to pre-judge its findings. In light of the Committee’s report and the outcome of the related police investigations, the Government will be able to take a final view on whether another judge-led inquiry is necessary to add any further information of value to future policy-making in this area and the national interest.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/01/2015 17:35:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

170794

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Access to Work Workplace Mental Health Support Service is currently operating at maximum capacity of its budget; and what further steps he plans to take to ensure that that service meets the needs of people with mental health problems.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	218916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to her previous Parliamentary Question UIN number <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=218381" target="_blank">218381</a>, published on the Written Questions and Answers system on 18th December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 05/01/2015 17:54:14 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

171570

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of academies and free schools have chosen to use the national curriculum or to use it as a basis for their teaching.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	219405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Our online surveys of academies and free schools asked the extent to which (if at all) they intended to follow the new national curriculum in September 2014, for a number of subjects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figure 13 of the report called “Do academies make use of their autonomy?” provides the data for academies. The overall conclusion of the research was that the a large majority of academies are planning to follow the national curriculum to some extent or a great extent in all subjects and particularly in English and mathematics where only 1 per cent do not plan to do so. The report is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/do-academies-make-use-of-their-autonomy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/do-academies-make-use-of-their-autonomy</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figure 3 of the report called “Are free schools using innovative approaches?” provides the data for free schools. The overall conclusion is similar to that for academies with a large majority of free schools planning to follow the national curriculum in all the subjects that they offer and all planning to do so in English and mathematics. The report is published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/innovative-thinking-within-free-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/innovative-thinking-within-free-schools</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:42:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

171114

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of reserves held by academies in each year since 2006-07.
	tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
	tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
	uin	219279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out academy trusts’ total cash holdings at the end of the four most recent financial years. Academy trusts’ cash is the best representation of reserves available to trusts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of academy trusts open</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total cash,</strong></p><p><strong>£ millions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average cash per academy trust,</strong></p><p><strong>£ thousands</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>377</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>1,524</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>2,108</p></td><td><p>1,859</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>2,585</p></td><td><p>2,469</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not have comparable records of academy trusts’ cash holdings for financial years 2006-07 to 2009-10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The average cash held by academy trusts has fallen over the four years partly due to many smaller academy trusts opening more recently and holding less cash. We regard academy trusts’ cash holdings as reasonable, typically representing enough to fund one month’s operations after deducting current liabilities. Academy trusts cannot borrow and need to hold enough cash to manage their solvency prudently.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 05/01/2015 17:39:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson