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61512

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 23:56:43
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:18:37
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Private Members' Bills
	house id	2
	identifier	HL290
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 12:18:36
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what steps he will take to facilitate the passage of Private Members' Bills through the House of Lords.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL290
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL290
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Practice in recent years is well-established: Private Members' Bills introduced in the House of Lords are offered Second Reading slots in the order in which they receive their First Reading. Second Readings for Private Members' Bills introduced this session have been scheduled on Friday 27 June and Friday 18 July; further Second Readings will be arranged in due course. A ballot to determine the order in which Private Members' Bills receive their First Reading will be introduced from the start of the new Parliament (3rd Report of the Procedure Committee, Session 2013-14).</p><p>For Bills that receive a Second Reading, formal consideration of their remaining stages will be arranged where no amendments are tabled and where the Member in charge so requests. Where Bills receive a Second Reading but require further substantive consideration of amendments, they will be competing for time with Private Members' Bills that are received from the House of Commons and Private Members' Bills introduced in this House that are still awaiting a Second Reading.</p><p>My noble friend the Government Chief Whip will endeavour to facilitate the progress of bills in each of those categories.</p><p> </p> question first answered 25/06/2014 12:18:36 answering member 4144
	creator	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

61253

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 23:19:27
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:16:54
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Security
	house id	2
	identifier	HL213
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/06/2014 17:07:15
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he will initiate a debate in the House of Lords before any decision is taken to privatise the security arrangements of the House.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL213
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL213
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The following information about decisions on the new security contract arrangements was published in March 2014:</p><p>“In March 2015, the current contract with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to provide armed protection, policing and security officer functions will expire. Over the last year, the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board has been working to analyse options and make a recommendation on new contract arrangements to be introduced next year. That recommendation was endorsed by the Lords House Committee and the Commons Commission.</p><p>The agreed recommendation is that the two Houses should renegotiate with the MPS to continue to provide security officer functions, armed protection and policing, whilst moving the provision of the search and screening function for the three main public entrances (Black Rod's Garden, Cromwell Green and Portcullis House) to a specialist commercial provider. The Clerk of the House and the Clerk of the Parliaments have now written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner requesting new arrangements from 2015, and a commercial procurement for search and screening will start soon.</p><p>This is a major contract for Parliament, both in terms of its financial value and its central role in ensuring the security of parliamentarians, employees and visitors to the Parliamentary Estate. As well as continuing to benefit from the expertise and experience of the Metropolitan Police officers and staff, new search and screening arrangements at the busiest public entrances will be better able to provide the greater flexibility and scalability needed to meet Parliament's changing requirements for public access”.</p><p>Discussions with the Metropolitan Police Service on future arrangements are continuing. Security matters are not discussed on the floor of the House and the House Committee has agreed to the initial approach taken by the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board. That Committee will be further consulted during the process. I have no plans to initiate a debate on the floor of the House.</p> question first answered 18/06/2014 17:07:15 answering member 2124
	creator	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

58567

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:08:13
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:14:01
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Food
	house id	2
	identifier	HL92
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 16:40:59
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what proportion of the food used in the House of Lords is (1) grown in the home counties; and (2) drawn from organic and whole-food sources.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL92
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL92
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The House of Lords does not draw any of its food from organic sources nor is any of the food offered categorised as “whole-food”. Fruit and vegetables used by the House sourced from the home counties are set out in the table below. Free-range chicken served in the House is mostly from Gloucestershire and Essex. The Salt Marsh lamb is from the Romney Marsh in Kent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Produce</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Source county</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asparagus</p></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beetroot</p></td><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bramley apple</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cauliflower</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herbs (potted)</p></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacket potatoes</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New potatoes</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Raspberries</p></td><td><p>Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red potatoes</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spring greens</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strawberries</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tomatoes (gourmet)</p></td><td><p>Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vitelotte potatoes</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 17/06/2014 16:40:59 answering member 2124
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

50274

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/05/2014
	date	07/05/2014
	date tabled	07/05/2014
	ddp created	08/05/2014 00:34:11
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:11:20
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6992
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, in the light of the answers on 6 May to written questions tabled by Lord Mendelsohn, what steps he will take to ensure that the replies to written questions answer the question which was put as fully as possible.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6992
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6992
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I have a particular responsibility to encourage departments to be punctual in answering written questions, but the content of each answer is a matter for the minister concerned. The Ministerial Code says that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”.</p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4144
	creator	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

45831

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/04/2014
	date	28/03/2014
	date tabled	28/03/2014
	ddp created	28/03/2014 17:32:43
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:02:56
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6435
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether there are plans to sell or give away the tiles currently being replaced in the Palace of Westminster.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6435
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6435
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Encaustic Tile Programme is a seven year conservation programme to replace and repair the encaustic tiles throughout the Palace of Westminster. As part of the programme, tiles which are in good condition are either left in place or re-used elsewhere whenever possible.</p><p>In some cases, the tiles cannot be re-used elsewhere, and the Administration and Works Committee in the Lords and the Administration Committee in the Commons have agreed that, in these cases, some tiles should be kept for archival purposes, some tiles should be donated to museums or related institutions, and a limited number of tiles should be sold.</p><p>The Committees in both Houses are currently discussing the details of this proposal.</p><p> </p> question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 2124
	creator	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

42964

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/03/2014
	date	13/03/2014
	date tabled	13/03/2014
	ddp created	13/03/2014 20:27:06
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 17:58:03
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6029
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to ensure that children from less privileged backgrounds are not disadvantaged at school.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6029
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6029
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils is a top priority for this Government. That is why we have invested in the pupil premium for schools, which has risen from £625 million in 2011-12 to £2.5 billion in 2014-15, giving schools the additional resources they need to raise disadvantaged pupils' attainment, and give them a better start in life.</p><p> </p><p>We have extended eligibility for funding over the last three years, as well as raising the per-pupil funding rate. When the pupil premium was introduced in April 2011, schools received £488 for each pupil who was registered for free school meals or looked after by the local authority for six months or more. From April 2014, the funding will be £1,300 per primary aged pupil, £935 per secondary aged pupil and £1,900 for each pupil who is looked after for one day or more; or who left care through adoption or a Special Guardianship Order on or after 30 December 2005, or via a Residence Order.</p><p> </p><p>Headteachers are held accountable for the impact of this additional funding in three different ways. Firstly, the performance tables set out the attainment and progress of disadvantaged pupils and the gap between them and their peers. Secondly, Ofsted inspects the achievement of all pupils in a school. Where disadvantaged pupils are making insufficient progress, inspectors are likely to grade a school as requiring improvement and will recommend that the school undertakes a pupil premium review. Thirdly, schools are required to publish online how much pupil premium funding they receive, how they have used this funding and an evaluation of the impact that it has had.</p><p> </p><p>Our EBacc is driving up the number of pupils leaving school with the subjects most prized by employers and universities. Already, our introduction of the EBacc has seen the number of children studying at least 5 of the essential subjects rise.</p><p> </p><p>The free schools programme is another powerful way to ensure greater opportunity for more disadvantaged children. 174 free schools are open, 45% of which were set up in the 30% most deprived areas of the country; communities often poorly served for generations.</p><p> </p><p>Some of our most disadvantaged schools are seeing the improvements brought about by successful academy sponsors. 26.3% of pupils in secondary sponsored academies are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average for secondary schools of 15.1%, yet results in sponsored academies continue to improve faster than in local authority schools.</p> question first answered 04/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

43180

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/03/2014
	date	13/03/2014
	date tabled	13/03/2014
	ddp created	13/03/2014 20:42:12
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:41:47
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	192009
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he received the Work Programme Evaluation: Interim meta-report; what his plans are for its publication; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192009
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192009
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Draft findings from the phase of the evaluation covered by the interim report were received by the Department in August 2013. The Department will publish findings once the independent evaluation of the Work Programme is complete. </p> question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

43181

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/03/2014
	date	13/03/2014
	date tabled	13/03/2014
	ddp created	13/03/2014 20:42:12
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:41:48
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	192007
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the operation of the Work Programme in rural areas.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192007
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192007
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The independent evaluation of the Work Programme includes providers and participants in a range of geographical areas. The Department will publish findings once the evaluation is complete.</p> question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

43182

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/03/2014
	date	13/03/2014
	date tabled	13/03/2014
	ddp created	13/03/2014 20:42:12
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:41:49
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	192008
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received from (a) providers and (b) customers on the effectiveness of the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192008
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192008
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I meet regularly with both providers and claimants and receive regular feedback from both on how well the Work Programme is performing.</p> question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

43184

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/03/2014
	date	13/03/2014
	date tabled	13/03/2014
	ddp created	13/03/2014 20:42:13
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:41:51
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	192006
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	18/03/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people referred by Jobcentre Plus to the Work Programme in each month since June 2011 failed to start on the Programme.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192006
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192006
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information we have on the number of Work Programme referrals, since June 2011, who failed to start on the Programmecan be found in table 2.6 of the Work Programme Statistical Summary through the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-programme-statistical-summary-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/work-programme-statistical-summary-december-2013</a></p> question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084
	creator	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms