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346849

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation was conducted with stakeholders affected by the reforms for delivery of approved English language qualifications for settlement and citizenship effective from November 2015; how the decision was communicated to teaching providers and learners; and whether an impact assessment was undertaken.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The possibility of changes to the English language requirement for settlement and nationality was discussed as part of the SELT procurement process. Letters announcing the change to test arrangements have been sent to a range of organisations. As this change relates to the implementation of existing policy, no formal impact assessment was required.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/06/2015 10:35:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

346874

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Official Residences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, if he will rent out (a) Chequers, (b) Chevening and (c) Dorneywood.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Chequers, Chevening and Dorneywood are not owned by Government. They are administered by trustees in accordance with the terms of the individual trusts.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 03/06/2015 14:44:01 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346879

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Peers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, by what formula will party political makeup of new appointments to the House of Lords be made over this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Appointments will be made in the usual way. Appointments will be vetted for propriety by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron grouped question UIN 518 question first answered 03/06/2015 14:45:40 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346868

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Prime Minister's Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on reform of Prime Minister's Questions.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the letter I sent to him today. A copy is attached here, and has been placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 03/06/2015 14:48:30 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton attachment 1 file name 2015.06.03 PM to Paul Flynn MP.pdf title 2016.06.03 PM to Paul Flynn MP
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

347142

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, what proportion of each of the funding streams has been spent in (a) England, Wales and Scotland combined, (b) England, (c) London, (d) the London Borough of Islington and (e) Islington South and Finsbury constituency to date.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>A full breakdown of the funding allocations for all EROs is available at the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/news/10-million-boost-for-voter-registration</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 11:59:35 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347145

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to to the Written Statement of 9 January 2015, HCWS18, on maximising voter registration, if the Government will provide further funding to electoral registration officers to maximise voter registration once the transition to individual electoral registration is complete.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 107 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347150

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 6 May 2014 to Question HL6721, what steps the Government plans to take to maximise voter registration before 1 December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Over £14million has been invested over the last two financial years to support the completeness and accuracy of the register, including in the run up to the General Election.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is due to publish an analysis of the electoral registers used for these elections in June and the Government will consider further steps in the light of this report.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 106 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:55:12 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

346875

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Planning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take steps to repeal the Infrastructure Planning Standing Order.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State does not plan to repeal the Infrastructure Planning (Radioactive Waste Geological Disposal Facilities) Order 2015, which brings development of geological disposal facilities, and the deep boreholes required to assess potential sites for these facilities, within the statutory definition of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in the Planning Act 2008.</p><p>The Government believes that the Planning Act 2008 represents the most appropriate planning regime for infrastructure of this kind<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/06/2015 13:33:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

347161

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to respond to the 8th Report of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of Session 2014-15, What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?, HC 600.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the report's recommendations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/06/2015 11:53:49 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

346937

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total annual spending on housing benefit and jobseeker's allowance is for people aged between 18 and 21; and what proportion of the total social security budget this figure represents.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Housing Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance expenditure for 18 to 21 year olds, £millions in 2013/14, Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cash terms</p></td><td><p>Real Terms, 2014/15 prices</p></td><td><p>Proportion of total expenditure on DWP benefits and personal tax credits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total HB</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>696</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which also receiving JSA</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total HB and JSA</p></td><td><p>1,219</p></td><td><p>1,239</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract, Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study and Local Authority subsidy returns</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only. Information for 2014/15 full financial year is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>2. Figures are consistent with the published expenditure tables for Budget 2015. Full information on benefit expenditure is at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 13:08:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

347000

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will analyse the distributional effect of the policy options for reducing his Department's expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The department will carefully consider the impact of individual policy changes, including the effect on individuals with protected characteristics in line with its legal obligations.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 11:08:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347045

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: WiFi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether free WiFi will be required of train operating companies in all future franchise agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>As the Department announced in February this year, rail passengers will benefit from free Wi-Fi on trains across England and Wales from 2017. All train operators bidding for new franchises and direct award agreements will have to include this specification in their bid.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is no new franchise agreement due in the next 2 years, almost £50 million of funding will be released from the Department for Transport to ensure Wi-Fi is available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/06/2015 10:10:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347047

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the Cycling and Investment Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to announce a Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy as soon as is practicable once steps in the relevant legislation and any other activities deemed necessary have been undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/06/2015 10:15:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347050

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to announce details of the planned review of employment laws and practices; and what consultations he plans to undertake on the form of that review.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are no plans for a review of employment law and practices. The Department’s work will focus on the measures announced in the Queen’s Speech and other commitments set out in the Conservative Party Manifesto 2015 relevant to this Department.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/06/2015 11:37:35 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347052

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department will meet the cost of making the NHS a full seven day a week service.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department is working with NHS England to ensure that seven day services will be implemented in a way that is affordable and focussed both on improving efficiency and delivering clear benefits to patients. The costs will depend on a number of factors, which will be subject to further work as detailed implementation plans are developed. The exact health budget for future years will be determined by the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/06/2015 14:27:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347106

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 8 November 2010 to Question 21910, Official Report, column 112W, how many accidents involving a car towing, by item on tow, there have been in the UK since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The table below gives the number of accidents involving a car towing, by item on tow, each year from 2010 to 2013 in Great Britain.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Reported accidents involving a car towing, by item on tow: GB 2010 to 2013</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accident year</p></td><td><p>Single trailer</p></td><td><p>Double trailer</p></td><td><p>Caravan</p></td><td><p>Other<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. Including accidents involving multiple cars towing different items</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information for Northern Ireland so cannot provide figures for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2014 will be available from the 25<sup>th</sup> June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/06/2015 10:22:17 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347081

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on the number of registered voters aged 18 to 24.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) has made it easier than ever before for students to register to vote through online registration, with almost 20% of applications coming from the 18-24 age group since IER came into force.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report in June on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 221 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:56:45 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347083

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Higher Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on the number of registered voters who are enrolled full-time in higher education.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The introduction of Individual Electoral Registration (IER) has made it easier than ever before for students to register to vote through online registration, with almost 20% of applications coming from the 18-24 age group since IER came into force.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will be publishing a report in June on the electoral registers used for the General Election, providing the most up to date picture about registration levels.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 220 question first answered 03/06/2015 11:56:45 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347086

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people earning the national minimum wage work (a) fewer than 30 hours per week, (b) between 30 and 37.5 hours per week and (c) 37.5 or more hours per week in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) London, (iv) London Borough of Islington and (v) Islington South and Finsbury constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 03/06/2015 12:51:18 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 223.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - National Minimum Wage
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

346963

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: 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 the average duration was of housing benefit claims by 18 to 21 year olds who were (a) in employment, (b) unemployed and (c) inactive in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The duration of claim for Housing Benefit (HB) recipients aged 18 to 21 is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 11:39:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

347004

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what monitoring is undertaken of the recruitment of teachers in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) academies and (c) free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education monitors the number of teachers working in all state funded schools (including all local authority maintained schools, free schools and academies) and the number of vacancies reported by these schools via the annual School Workforce Census. The number of new teachers per year can be calculated using the census.</p><p> </p><p>The information on teacher numbers and vacancies is also used by the department to determine the number of teacher training places that will be made available in each year. The take up of these teacher training places is monitored by the National College for Teaching and Leadership via the Initial Teacher Training Census.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:55:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347005

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the ability of (a) comprehensive schools, (b) academies and (c) free schools to recruit teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has received representations on teacher recruitment from individual schools, a head teacher group, professional subject associations and an association of universities providing teacher training. Teacher recruitment has also been discussed at the Department for Education’s programme of talks with the teaching unions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:57:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347006

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve the recruitment of mathematics and science teachers in (a) comprehensive schools and (b) academies.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>We want to attract the top graduates into teaching. For 2015/16, we are continuing to fund the prestigious scholarship schemes worth £25,000 in mathematics, physics and chemistry; and have announced increases in bursaries worth up to £25,000 in each of these subjects and up to £9,000 for biology. We are also continuing to provide bursaries of up to £9,000 for those training in English.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An additional £6,000 grant uplift is available to schools that want to increase their salary offer for School Direct (salaried) trainees in maths, physics and computing. Funding for subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses remains available for trainees in a number of subjects including maths, physics and chemistry. SKE helps trainees to start initial teacher training (ITT) with refreshed, curriculum-specific subject knowledge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister announced on 11 March 2015 a further allocation of £67 million for the next five years to train an extra 2,500 mathematics and physics teachers and upskilling 15,000 existing teachers. Measures include new schemes to attract more A Level students, undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers, career-changers and overseas STEM teachers into teaching; and classes to upskill 3,000 non-specialist teachers each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also given greater freedom to schools to pay extra for the recruitment of qualified teachers which can be used for shortage subject teachers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 252 question first answered 03/06/2015 14:00:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347008

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the recruitment of qualified (a) science, (b) mathematics and (c) English teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>We want to attract the top graduates into teaching. For 2015/16, we are continuing to fund the prestigious scholarship schemes worth £25,000 in mathematics, physics and chemistry; and have announced increases in bursaries worth up to £25,000 in each of these subjects and up to £9,000 for biology. We are also continuing to provide bursaries of up to £9,000 for those training in English.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An additional £6,000 grant uplift is available to schools that want to increase their salary offer for School Direct (salaried) trainees in maths, physics and computing. Funding for subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses remains available for trainees in a number of subjects including maths, physics and chemistry. SKE helps trainees to start initial teacher training (ITT) with refreshed, curriculum-specific subject knowledge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister announced on 11 March 2015 a further allocation of £67 million for the next five years to train an extra 2,500 mathematics and physics teachers and upskilling 15,000 existing teachers. Measures include new schemes to attract more A Level students, undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers, career-changers and overseas STEM teachers into teaching; and classes to upskill 3,000 non-specialist teachers each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also given greater freedom to schools to pay extra for the recruitment of qualified teachers which can be used for shortage subject teachers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 250 question first answered 03/06/2015 14:00:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347013

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Cooperative Trust Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits of cooperative schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education only collects information on the categories of schools as set out in legislation. Since co-operative schools are not a separate category but form a sub-set of trust schools, information is only collected on trust schools in general.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 14:06:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

346958

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to respond to the Sixth Report of the Public Administration Select Committee of Session 2014-15, entitled Investigating Clinical Incidents in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
	tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
	uin	26
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>We welcome the inquiry carried out by the Public Administration Select Committee into investigating clinical incidents in the National Health Service. We are considering the conclusions and recommendations in the report carefully and will respond shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 03/06/2015 11:42:57 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

347117

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will abolish the future planned limit on the number of Parliamentary constituencies at 600.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 264 273 291 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:01:59 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347119

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the requirement that the size of constituency electorates should fall within five per cent of the electoral quota, as set out in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, Clause 1 Part 2, Section 11 (2) (1) on the representation of densely-populated urban areas.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 263 273 291 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:01:59 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347097

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the allocation of (a) physics and (b) mathematics teacher recruitment places are allocated to (i) higher education institutions and (ii) Schools Direct.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	27
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has published data on the allocation of initial teacher training (ITT) places for the 2015/16 academic year online at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/allocation-of-initial-teacher-training-places" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/allocation-of-initial-teacher-training-places</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2013, the department has placed no limit on the number of physics or mathematics places that any school or ITT provider can deliver.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:34:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

347128

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a reduction in the number of Parliamentary constituencies to 600 would be accompanied by increases to the budgets available to hon. Members for office running costs.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 263 264 291 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:02:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347099

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will publish the next School Workforce Census.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	28
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The results of the November 2014 School Workforce Census will be published on 2 July 2015 as previously announced:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics#forthcoming-publications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics#forthcoming-publications</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:36:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

347030

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of GPs in England are over 50 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The annual National Health Service General and Personal Medical Services workforce census, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, shows the numbers of general practitioners (GPs) working in the NHS in England at 30 September each year. The latest available statistics are as at 30 September 2014 and were published on 25 March 2015. The percentage of GPs (excluding Registrars and Retainers) aged 50 years and over as at 30 September 2014 is 39%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 03/06/2015 11:45:41 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

347139

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the Boundary Commissions to begin their work on the next general review of Parliamentary constituencies; whether he expects this review to be conducted in accordance with Part 2 of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies (PVSC) Act 2011 currently provides for the number of constituencies to be reduced from 650 to 600 and the Government remains committed to equalising the size of constituencies in order to make votes of more equal value, regardless of where in the country voters live.</p><p>The Boundary Commissions are currently due to commence work on their next reviews of Parliamentary constituencies in spring 2016 in order to submit final reports by 1 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for the regulation and payment of expenses, including office running costs, to Members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose grouped question UIN 263 264 273 question first answered 03/06/2015 12:02:00 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

346852

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the BBC's Charter renewal negotiations to begin.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	3
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State is considering a range of options for reviewing the BBC's Royal Charter and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/06/2015 08:16:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

347105

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University Technical Colleges: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many recruits will be taken on by (a) the University of Birmingham UTS and (b) Cambridge University UTS in September (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	30
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Neither of the two university training schools is open and therefore neither currently holds an allocation of places.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the first year of opening (2015/16), the University of Cambridge Training School has no plans to take on any trainees. It plans to take on up to three trainees per year in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the first three years of opening, the University of Birmingham Training School plans to host up to 12 trainees or placements from partner schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:41:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

346927

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	General Election 2015: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when she expects the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland to publish the list of candidates' expenses relating to the recent General Election.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>In accordance with section 88 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland will publish the list of candidates’ election expenses for the UK Parliamentary election within 10 days from the deadline for submission of elections expenses. The deadline for submissions is Friday 12 June 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/06/2015 11:59:16 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

346928

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) full and (b) part-time personnel will be engaged exclusively in duties for the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency became fully operational in Northern Ireland on 20 May. This will boost efforts to combat serious organised crime. However, responsibility for the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland rests with the devolved Department of Justice, not the Northern Ireland Office.</p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 03/06/2015 12:10:17 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

347108

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the conversion rate is from initial teacher training to newly qualified teacher accreditation for the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	31
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is published by the Department for Education and is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/itt-performance-profiles-management-information-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/itt-performance-profiles-management-information-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data shows the proportion of teachers that secure employment in a teaching post within six months of qualification. It does not capture those teachers who might choose to delay their entry into the workforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:42:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

347281

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Private Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Director of Public Prosecutions has (a) taken over and (b) discontinued private prosecutions in the last 10 years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain an authoritative central record of the number of private prosecutions (a) taken over and (b) discontinued by the Director of Public Prosecutions. To identify the number would require a manual exercise to review individual files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/06/2015 13:06:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

347259

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Independent Press Standards Organisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the replacement body for the Press Complaints Commission will commence work.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no role in the establishment of self-regulators of the press. The Press Complaints Commission ceased operations on 8 September 2014. The Independent Press Standards Organisation, the new independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK, commenced work on the same date.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/06/2015 08:26:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347262

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Newspaper Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on freedom of the press and responsible self governance by the press.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Press freedom is a cornerstone of our democracy and for this reason the Government does not interfere with what the press does and does not publish, as long as the press abides by the law of the land. Government has delivered the framework for a new system of independent self-regulation, one which protects press freedom whilst offering real redress when mistakes are made. It is now for the press to decide whether they want to apply for recognition.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/06/2015 08:27:38 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347365

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	Mohammed Morsi
	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 make representations to the Egyptian government to reconsider the death sentence imposed on former President Morsi.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>I raised our concerns over the sentencing to death of former President Morsi with the Egyptian Ambassador in London on 17 May. I also issued a statement on 17 May, setting out the Government's deep concern at the sentencing to death of former President Morsi and over 100 others.</p><p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials have also discussed this case with representatives of the Egyptian government.</p><p>We have been clear that the Egyptian authorities must apply the rule of law consistently in line with international standards, and protect the political and legal rights of all Egyptians as the basis for the country’s future stability. It is the long-standing policy of the Government to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle. We note that there are further stages in the legal process, and will continue to follow this case closely.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/06/2015 12:08:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

347110

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of initial teacher training allocations will be filled by the Schools Direct Programme in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	33
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested in part (a) is published by the Department for Education and is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/allocation-of-initial-teacher-training-places" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/allocation-of-initial-teacher-training-places</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have not yet made any decisions about the distribution of places after the 2015/16 year. Lead schools and accredited initial teacher training providers will be invited to register their interest in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:44:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

347275

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	Asbestos: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what health and safety regulations apply to the demolition of buildings containing asbestos and prior exposure of staff who previously worked in such buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Demolition is construction work as defined by the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM). Asbestos is a hazard which may give rise to risk and so information on its presence in a building should form part of the pre-construction information which the client must make available to the contractors involved.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all work with asbestos (including demolition) is subject to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) which requires exposure to asbestos to be prevented or reduced to as low a level as reasonably practicable. In cases of final demolition the employer’s plan of work must, so far as is reasonably practicable, specify that asbestos must be removed before any demolition starts, unless removal would cause a greater risk to employees than leaving it in place.</p><p> </p><p>CAR also requires the owner, or person responsible for maintenance (the ‘duty holder’) of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and to put into place a plan to manage the risk they present. The duty holder is responsible for managing the risk at the time they hold the duty; they are not responsible for prior exposure to earlier building occupants. The record of the location and condition of any ACMs, and management plan, must be available for as long as ACMs are present in the building.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 14:47:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347114

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many final-year physics trainees there were in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014; how many such people were awarded qualified teacher status; and how many such people awarded qualified teacher status were in employment within six months.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	34
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Initial teacher training performance information for physics courses in the 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 academic years is provided in the following table. Information for the 2013/14 academic year will be published this autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>All trainees</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Awarded qualified teacher status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Awarded qualified teacher status and in a teaching post</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>641</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>787</p></td><td><p>631</p></td><td><p>535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>791</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures exclude Teach First.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: The National College for Teaching and Leadership Initial Teacher Training Data Management System.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:46:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

347323

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to record the number of (a) trainee and (b) apprenticeship seafarer ratings in the domestic maritime industry each year; and if he will include such data in his Department's annual UK Seafarer Statistics series.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>At present neither the Department for Transport nor the Maritime and Coastguard Agency hold data on the number of trainee ratings or apprenticeship ratings. We currently have no plans to include data on trainee ratings in the Seafarers Statistics, however, this request will be considered as part of the Official Statistics Code of Practice protocol on user engagement to take account of users’ views and systematically review feedback from users.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/06/2015 10:40:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

347325

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason forecasts of future numbers of (a) UK certificated officers, (b) non-UK certificated officers, (c) cadets and (d) ratings do not feature in his Department's annual UK Seafarer Statistic series; and if he will make it his policy to include such forecasts in future editions of that publication.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Forecasts of future number of sea farers for 2011-2031 were published in the <em>Seafarers Statistics 2011</em>. This followed the publication of <em>An independent review of the economic requirement for trained seafarers in the UK</em> for the Department for Transport which estimated the future supply of and demand for officers, ratings and ex-seafarers for 2016 and 2021.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/06/2015 11:57:28 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

347115

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many final-year mathematics trainees there were in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014; how many such people were awarded qualified teacher status; and how many such people awarded qualified teacher status were in employment within six months.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	35
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Data on final year mathematics trainees from 2011/12 and 2012/13 is published by the Department for Education and available online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for 2010/11 is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://dataprovision.education.gov.uk/public/page.htm?to-page=publicOpencmsStaticPage&amp;cms-page-id=tta-public/en/publicAdditionalReports/publicDownloadTheProfiles.html" target="_blank">http://dataprovision.education.gov.uk/public/page.htm?to-page=publicOpencmsStaticPage&amp;cms-page-id=tta-public/en/publicAdditionalReports/publicDownloadTheProfiles.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2013/14 academic year will be published this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:48:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

347372

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the implications for her Department's policies are of the decision of the Pension Ombudsman in the case of Mr Milne on 15 May 2015; and if she will make a statement on that ruling.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no direct implications for civil servants employed in DECC as staff are members of the Principal Civil Service Pensions Scheme or for the pension arrangements for staff employed in DECC’s Arm’s Length Bodies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/06/2015 13:34:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

347111

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Supply Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many agency teachers were hired by state-funded schools in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
	uin	36
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education collects details of all teachers working in state funded schools through the annual School Workforce Census. However, this census does not separately identify agency teachers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/06/2015 13:49:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt