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229052

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Written Questions
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 provide a substantive answer to Questions 225677, 225678, 225008 and 225009.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	228760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I have replied to the hon Member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 10:29:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

229063

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Higher Education: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of higher education institutes that participated in Israel Apartheid Week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Higher education institutions are independent and autonomous bodies and as part of their legal duties are responsible for ensuring that students do not face racism or harassment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 10:26:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

229095

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Devolution: England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on further devolution in England.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	228765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the member of Romford to the response I gave the member for Crawley during oral questions on Tuesday 24 March, <em>column 1273.</em></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 12:20:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

229540

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Regional Planning and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote regional growth.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	908356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Since this Government was elected 1.9 million more people are in employment, with jobs created in every region of the country – 60% outside London and the South East.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 28 City Deals, and 39 Local Growth Deals are helping drive local growth by transferring powers and resources from Whitehall to local economies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 14:22:13 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

348043

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government spending on the Troubled Families Programme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The programme is firmly on track: as of February this year, 90% of families (over 105,000) had been turned around. Updated performance figures will be available shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned a three-year independent evaluation of the Troubled Families programme. This will assess the overall effectiveness of the programme, including its economic and fiscal benefits. The details are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/study-to-assess-impact-of-troubled-families-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/study-to-assess-impact-of-troubled-families-work</a></p><p> </p><p>In March 2015, the Department published a report on the potential fiscal benefits of the Troubled Families programme. The details are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefits-of-the-troubled-families-programme-to-the-taxpayer-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefits-of-the-troubled-families-programme-to-the-taxpayer-report</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 10/06/2015 15:11:33 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

348616

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what basis additional funding for the Troubled Families initiative will be allocated to local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	1167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Upper tier local authorities are offered funding as part of the Troubled Families Programme on the basis of the number of families eligible for the programme within their area.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 17/06/2015 15:08:32 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

386023

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on City Deals.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	900614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>At Budget 2015, the Government announced its intention to extend the City Deal model further in Scotland by opening negotiations with local partners and the Scottish Government for City Deals for Aberdeen and Inverness, and discussions are progressing well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 29/06/2015 15:47:05 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

386024

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Troubled Families programme.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	900616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister announced on 22 June, local authorities have just reported final results for the original Troubled Families Programme to us. They show that 99% of families targeted have had their lives turned around. My assessment is that is a great success.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 29/06/2015 15:48:50 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

348615

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of the Troubled Families initiative in individual local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	1166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Troubled Families initiative aims to turn families around. This means children are back in school for three consecutive terms and there has been significant reductions in youth crime and anti-social behaviour; or an adult in the family is back in work for at least three months. The first Troubled Families Programme is on track to achieve its goal to turn around the lives of 120,000 troubled families across England by May 2015. As of February 2015, over 105,000 families had been turned around. Final results will be published shortly. <br><br>The first programme has been subject to an independent national evaluation carried out by a consortium of research organisations, led by Ecorys UK Ltd and comprising Ipsos MORI, The National Institute for Economic and Social Research, Bryson Purdon Research and Clarissa White Research. The evaluation is assessing the impact, process and cost benefit of the programme. In July 2014, an initial report on the characteristics and problems experienced by families in the programme was published titled <em>Understanding Troubled Families</em>. The full final evaluation report is due later this summer.</p><p>The new expanded Troubled Families Programme aims to help up to 400,000 additional families achieve significant and sustainable change. It was rolled out nationally in April 2015 and an evaluation of this programme has already begun, delivered by the Office of National Statistics, Ipsos MORI and The Stationary Office. This will build on the first programme's assessments of impact and cost benefit, alongside a programme of qualitative research with local authorities and families to understand if and how services have adapted to work more effectively with families and those families' experiences of services.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 1168 1169 question first answered 29/06/2015 13:11:56 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

348617

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Troubled Families initiative to date; and who conducted that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	1168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Troubled Families initiative aims to turn families around. This means children are back in school for three consecutive terms and there has been significant reductions in youth crime and anti-social behaviour; or an adult in the family is back in work for at least three months. The first Troubled Families Programme is on track to achieve its goal to turn around the lives of 120,000 troubled families across England by May 2015. As of February 2015, over 105,000 families had been turned around. Final results will be published shortly. <br><br>The first programme has been subject to an independent national evaluation carried out by a consortium of research organisations, led by Ecorys UK Ltd and comprising Ipsos MORI, The National Institute for Economic and Social Research, Bryson Purdon Research and Clarissa White Research. The evaluation is assessing the impact, process and cost benefit of the programme. In July 2014, an initial report on the characteristics and problems experienced by families in the programme was published titled <em>Understanding Troubled Families</em>. The full final evaluation report is due later this summer.</p><p>The new expanded Troubled Families Programme aims to help up to 400,000 additional families achieve significant and sustainable change. It was rolled out nationally in April 2015 and an evaluation of this programme has already begun, delivered by the Office of National Statistics, Ipsos MORI and The Stationary Office. This will build on the first programme's assessments of impact and cost benefit, alongside a programme of qualitative research with local authorities and families to understand if and how services have adapted to work more effectively with families and those families' experiences of services.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 1166 1169 question first answered 29/06/2015 13:11:56 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce