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166983

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department has decided to refund VAT costs for schools and academies.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	216640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authority maintained schools are able to recover VAT costs because they are part of local government and their expenditure is regarded as the expenditure of the local authority. Local authorities as a whole are able to recover VAT costs because they are subsidiary tax-raising authorities within the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>When schools move outside local authority control to become academies they are no longer covered by this regime. Since 2011, legislation has been in force that ensures that in this respect academies are treated in the same way as maintained schools. Academies can recover directly from HMRC the VAT which they incur on goods and services<em>.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/12/2014 15:50:57 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

166987

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	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, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time teachers were working in publicly-funded schools at the beginning of the year and not working in schools the following year in the last 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Mr Adam Holloway
	uin	216544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>There were 26,850 full-time teachers and 16,190 part-time teachers in service in publicly-funded schools in England in March 2010 who were not similarly employed in March 2011. These figures include teachers who retired between March 2010 and March 2011.</p><p><br>These figures are the latest available. The information is provisional and sourced from the Database of Teacher Records.</p><p> </p><p>The information is published in table C1 from the additional tables in the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2012’ and is available at the following web link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/12/2014 18:15:03 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

166996

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	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, if she will take steps to ensure that qualified teachers employed by private agencies to provide supply cover in schools have access to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	216478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Supply teachers have access to the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme (TPS) where they have a contract of employment directly with the school or local authority in which they are working. Decisions about the precise employer/employee relationship are determined locally between the school and the agency.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/12/2014 18:11:43 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

166992

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	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 number of schools implementing blanket policies against the pay portability of teachers returning after a career break.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Mr Adam Holloway
	uin	216549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Our pay reforms have given schools greater flexibility to develop pay policies that are tailored to their needs. That includes the freedom to pay what they consider to be the appropriate rate for the skills that someone brings and the challenges of the job rather than having to pay a teacher what they had previously been paid at another school. We do not monitor how schools are using their new flexibilities but would expect schools to be actively considering their approach to pay portability within the pay freedoms now available to them.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/12/2014 18:13:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

166993

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	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, what recent assessment she has made of the pay and employment conditions of supply teachers employed by supply teacher agencies; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Simon Wright
	uin	216550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on pay and employment conditions for supply teachers employed by agencies as these fall within private commercial arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/12/2014 18:16:09 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4096 label Biography information for Simon Wright

166546

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	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 ease the pressure of rising birth rates on schools.
	tabling member constituency	Beckenham
	tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
	uin	216302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area. Supporting local authorities to create school places where they are needed most is one of the Department for Education’s main priorities. That is why we have committed £5 billion in capital funding between 2011 and 2015 to help local authorities to create new school places. In addition we have announced an additional £2.35 billion in capital funding to help create new school places that will be needed by September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>This support has already enabled local authorities to create 260,000 additional pupil places between May 2010 and May 2013, including 212,000 primary places, with more in the pipeline for September 2015. We have also stripped out bureaucracy to make it easier for schools to expand to offer more places, if they so wish.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/12/2014 15:46:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

166224

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential risk that the development of Hinkley Point C power station may cause a shortage of nuclear engineering skills at Devonport dockyard.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	216006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>A detailed assessment has been carried out of future skills needs for the civil nuclear new build programme, including the Hinkley Point C development. That assessment, carried out by skills bodies on behalf of the Nuclear Industry Council, included input from Ministry of Defence (MoD), who are members of that Council.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant departments – Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Energy &amp; Climate Change (DECC), Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Work &amp; Pensions (DWP) – are working with industry to ensure that a coordinated approach is taken to meeting future skills demand, including for engineers in both the civil and defence sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/12/2014 15:47:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

166517

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	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	Arms Trade: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria must be met for an arms export licence to be revoked.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	216328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Article 32(1) of the Export Control Order 2008 (as amended) empowers my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to vary or revoke export licences at any time. The 2008 Order does not specify the grounds on which a licence may be revoked. In practice the reasons include:</p><p> </p><p>(i) As a result of the imposition of EU or UN sanctions;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(ii) Where there has been a change in Government policy in respect of the export of certain goods, or the export of specified goods to a certain destination, and the proposed export is no longer consistent with the revised policy;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iii) Where there has been a change in circumstances in the destination country or region such that the proposed export is no longer consistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria or with other relevant, announced, policies;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iv) Where new information has come to light about a particular export which indicates that the proposed export is no longer consistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria or with other relevant, announced, policies;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(v) Where an exporter has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the licence, or as a result of enforcement action by HMRC/UK Border Agency; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(vi) For administrative reasons, such as a company ceasing to trade and therefore no longer being able to use the licence, or where the exporter requests an amendment to a licence and revoking and re-issuing it is simpler than making an amendment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/12/2014 15:44:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

165870

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which 10 countries UK trade has increased the most in (a) percentage and (b) absolute terms in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	215977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The following tables show the largest increases in bilateral trade (exports + imports) in absolute value and percentage terms for goods.</p><p> </p><p>It is often the case that the largest percentage increases are with the smallest trading partners because of the small value of trade with these countries. In order to not distort the percentage increase data in this way the tables only consider the UK's 50 largest trade in goods partners for 2013 and display the top 10 from those selected countries. Change in value of bilateral trade is measured between the 12 months ending September 2013 and the 12 months ending September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Trade in goods data has been used in this answer as it contains information on all trade partners whereas total trade data (goods and services) as published by ONS are not available for all trading partners.</p><p> </p><p>A full list of trade values covering over 200 countries can be found on the HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics website (goods only): <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 1 Bilateral trade in goods: (50 largest trading partners only)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Trading partners with largest percentage increase between 12 months</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>ending September 2013 and 12 months ending September 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Increase in value (£ million)</p></td><td><p>% increase</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>1,642</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>6,310</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1,955</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>3,398</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 2 Bilateral trade in goods: (50 largest trading partners only)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Trading partners with largest value of increase between 12 months</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>ending September 2013 and 12 months ending September 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Increase in value (£ million)</p></td><td><p>% increase</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>6,310</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>3,398</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1,955</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>1,642</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Irish Republic</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/12/2014 15:51:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

166295

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Offshore Structures: Electric Cables
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much sub-sea off-shore cabling has been laid in which areas in each of the last 30 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	216069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>In the last 30 years, there has been a total of 1340km of sub-sea electricity transmission cables laid in the waters surrounding the UK.</p><p>This comprises 702km of licenced sub-sea offshore transmission cables1 that connect offshore wind farms in UK territorial sea and surrounding Renewable Energy Zone (REZ)2 to shore, and 638km of interconnector cables, consisting of links from the UK mainland to France, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man.</p><p>Lengths provided are for sub-sea sections of cables only, and do not include onshore components that link to relevant grid connection points.</p><p><strong>Table of licenced offshore transmission projects</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Licenced offshore wind farm transmission assets</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sub-sea cable length (km)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Year licence granted</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sea</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Robin Rigg East and West</em></p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Sheringham Shoal</em></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Barrow</em></p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Greater Gabbard</em></p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Gunfleet Sands 1 and 2</em></p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Ormonde</em></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Wallney 1</em></p></td><td><p>45.3</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Wallney 2</em></p></td><td><p>43.7</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Lincs</em></p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>London Array</em></p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Total Cable length</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>702</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table of interconnectors</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Interconnector</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sub-sea cable length (km)3</em></p></td><td><p><em>Laying year(s)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Connection points</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sea</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>IFA</em></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>19864</p></td><td><p>GB – Folkestone, Kent</p><p>FR - Calais</p></td><td><p>English Channel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Moyle</em></p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>20015</p></td><td><p>N.I - Nr Belfast,</p><p>Scotland - near Stranraer</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>BritNed</em></p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>2009 to 20106</p></td><td><p>GB - Isle of Grain,</p><p>Netherlands - Maasvlakte</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>East West</em></p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>2009 to 20127</p></td><td><p>GB - Deeside, north Wales,</p><p>Ireland - Woodland, County Meath</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Isle of Man</em></p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>20008</p></td><td><p>Bispham, Blackpool to Douglas, Isle of Man</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Total Cable length</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>638</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Source – Ofgem. Offshore transmission is defined as all electric lines of 132 kilovolts or more which are built for the purpose of conveying electricity generated by an offshore generating station. The km length figure does not include ‘inter array’ cables that connect individual wind turbines to the nearby sub-station. </em></p><p><em>2</em><em> The REZ is an area of the sea, beyond the UK’s territorial sea, which may be exploited for energy production. A map of the REZ may be obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office - <a href="https://www.ukho.gov.uk/ProductsandServices/Services/Documents/Renewable_Energy_Web%20Page_Jan06_v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ukho.gov.uk/ProductsandServices/Services/Documents/Renewable_Energy_Web%20Page_Jan06_v2.pdf</a> . A map of the ten offshore transmission projects tendered to date, as well as the five projects currently in Ofgem’s competitive tender process, can be found on Ofgem’s website - <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/electricity/transmission-networks/offshore-transmission/offshore-transmission-tenders" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/electricity/transmission-networks/offshore-transmission/offshore-transmission-tenders</a> </em></p><p><em>3</em><em> Length provided refers to the distance between landing points and does not take into account cable configurations of the interconnectors.</em></p><p><em>4<strong>[1]</strong> Refers to the year IFA was commissioned. Source: National Grid - <a href="http://faculty.london.edu/mottaviani/IFA.pdf" target="_blank">http://faculty.london.edu/mottaviani/IFA.pdf</a> </em></p><p><em>5</em><em> Source: Mutual Energy - <a href="http://www.mutual-energy.com/The_Moyle_Interconnector/History_and_Development_of_the_Interconnector.php" target="_blank">http://www.mutual-energy.com/The_Moyle_Interconnector/History_and_Development_of_the_Interconnector.php</a> </em></p><p><em>6</em><em> Source: BritNed - <a href="http://www.britned.com/BritNed/About%20Us/Construction" target="_blank">http://www.britned.com/BritNed/About%20Us/Construction</a></em></p><p><em>7</em><em> Source: ABB - <a href="http://www05.abb.com/global/scot/scot221.nsf/veritydisplay/4d580b5e493d268dc1257c00003e44dc/$file/Overview%20of%20the%20500MW%20EirGrid%20East-West.pdf" target="_blank">http://www05.abb.com/global/scot/scot221.nsf/veritydisplay/4d580b5e493d268dc1257c00003e44dc/$file/Overview%20of%20the%20500MW%20EirGrid%20East-West.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>8</em><em> Source: AWJ Marine - <a href="http://www.awjmarine.co.uk/fishery-liaison/isle-of-man-interconnector/" target="_blank">http://www.awjmarine.co.uk/fishery-liaison/isle-of-man-interconnector/</a></em></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/12/2014 15:12:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane