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78987

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:19
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:53:39
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	206681
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 14:13:01
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will review the Law Officers' Departments departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206681
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206681
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been engaged in a programme of estate reduction since 2010 which has reduced the annual running cost of its estate by £9.32m. This has been achieved by reducing the size of the estate from 95 buildings in 2010 to 59 sites, 15 of which are currently vacant or being used as storage and business continuity sites.</p><p>The CPS Estate Rationalisation Programme will continue into 2016 and by the end of 2016 the department expects to reduce the size of the estate to approximately 35 occupied buildings and 10 vacant sites with leases due to expire, reducing running costs by a further £10m per annum.</p><p>The other Law Officers’ Departments do not have sizable estates but have made significant efforts to reduce their estate running costs since 2010, including initiatives such as relocation to more cost effective properties and sharing premises with other organisations. The departmental estate costs of all departments are continually kept under review.</p><p>Full details on the size of the Government estate - including the Law Officers’ Departments - can be found in the latest State of the Estate Report (SofTE) which reports annually on progress made during the year in improving the efficiency of the Government’s Civil Estate. This is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 14:13:01 answering member 4106
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78988

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:19
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:53:46
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	206680
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 15:48:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206680
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206680
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There has been, and continues to be, substantial investment in reviewing BIS Departmental Estates in order to reduce costs. We have made substantial investment which has proven most successful in delivering an Estates Transition Programme.</p> question first answered 01/09/2014 15:48:11 answering member 1513
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78998

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:55:22
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	206682
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 11:19:45
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206682
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206682
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since 2010 the number of Cabinet Office buildings has reduced from 14 to 6 with an annual saving of around £10m. Further reductions are planned until 2016, to a total of 3 occupied properties, with a further £2m annual saving.</p><p>The State of the Estate Report (SofTE) provides annual progress updates on our work improving the efficiency of the Government’s Civil Estate. The Government estate is currently 2 million sq. m smaller since January 2010. More information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 11:19:45 answering member 115
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78888

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 16:20:24
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:47:10
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
	house id	1
	identifier	206617
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	31/07/2014 13:05:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce mandatory eviction orders to be used by local authorities when unauthorised Traveller encampments take place in public parks; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206617
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206617
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Our expectation is that local authorities will be proactive in their use of the existing strong enforcement powers that are available to deal with unauthorised encampments and development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A possession order under Part 55 of the Civil Procedure Rules can be obtained by both local authorities and private landowners who require the removal of trespassers from property including land.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A local authority can use its powers under sections 77-78 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to direct individuals to remove their vehicles and belongings, and to leave highway land, or any land occupied without the consent of the landowner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have lifted the previous Administration’s restrictions on the use of Temporary Stop Notices, which give councils more freedom to take early and decisive action against unauthorised sites and encampments. Councils can issue such a notice on both private and public sector land.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In August last year we sent all Council Leaders a summary of the powers available to them to remove illegal and unauthorised sites; at the same time we reminded them of the need to act swiftly, working with other local agencies, including the police.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 31/07/2014 13:05:48 answering member 4009
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79010

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:30
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:56:40
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	206683
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 14:32:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206683
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206683
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Since 2010, the Department has had considerable success in reducing the cost of its wider estate through the rationalisation of retained office space and targeted building disposals. This has seen the Department surrender six leasehold office properties through a combination of lease breaks and expiries, generating net savings in the period of around £7 million per annum. The Department has also successfully sub-let surplus space across its leasehold office estate during the same period, reducing the overall property costs by around £6.5 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Building on this success, in 2013-14, we have secured further savings of £4.6 million by subletting further space in Eland House in London ahead of vacating the building in September 2014. The move from Eland House to 2 Marsham Street will reduce my department’s running costs by £9 million a year from 2015-16. Overall, these changes will save taxpayers a total of £220 million over the lifetime of the building’s lease commitments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This illustrates the scope for local government and, indeed, the public sector as a whole to make sensible savings through better property management.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>In June 2013, supporting the Prime Minister’s commitment to support the development of small and medium enterprises, the Department agreed terms with business incubator providers to take vacant space at 2 Rivergate House in Bristol and Bridge House, Guildford. This is an important part of the Government’s drive to assist the start-up and small and medium enterprises business and we are also working with the Government Property Unit on potential Government Space for Growth opportunities in other properties held by DCLG.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 14:32:22 answering member 4043
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79015

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:32
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:57:17
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	206684
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/09/2014 09:23:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206684
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206684
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I am pleased to say that the Department has been making strong progress to date on the delivery of efficiency commitments made at Spending Review 2010 and Spending Round 2013 – which included reviewing the Department’s estate. The move last financial year to 100 Parliament Street and share space with HM Customs and Revenue is delivering savings of around £2m a year savings from 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010-11 expenditure on the departments estate has declined from £8,533,000 to a forecast cost for this financial year (2014-15) of £4,930,000 – a saving since 2010-11 of £3.6m per annum. We continue to look for savings and bear down on all unnecessary expenditure.</p> question first answered 02/09/2014 09:23:32 answering member 4018
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79023

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:33
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:58:06
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	206685
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 12:57:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206685
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206685
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department continues to make good progress on rationalising the Defence estate. In financial year 2013-14 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) generated £123 million of receipts from sales of estate that was surplus to Defence requirements. <br><br>The MOD's target is to generate gross receipts of £1.9 billion through the disposal of property assets by financial year 2022-23.</p> question first answered 01/09/2014 12:57:55 answering member 3938
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78893

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 16:20:27
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:47:49
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Mathematics: East Sussex
	house id	1
	identifier	206606
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/08/2014 11:48:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the number of students studying mathematics in further education in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) East Sussex; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206606
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206606
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of students studying mathematics is not published. However, the number of students entered for A level examination entries in mathematics is published in the “A level and other level 3 results: academic year: 2012/13”[1] statistical first release. This is not exactly the same as the number of students, as a student can be entered for more than one mathematics exam.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, we are reforming post-16 maths education and have set out our ambition for the majority of young people in England to study mathematics at least to age 18 by 2020. Students without at least a grade C at GCSE in mathematics are now required to continue to study this subject. We are reforming A Levels and are also introducing new ‘Core Maths’ qualifications for post-16 students from 2015 for those who achieve at least a C at GCSE, but do not progress to A level or AS level.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 13a)</p><p> </p> question first answered 28/08/2014 11:48:17 answering member 3995
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78894

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 16:20:27
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:47:55
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Brighton
	house id	1
	identifier	206607
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 15:51:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the number of children who are studying a foreign language in the Brighton, Kemptown constituency; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206607
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206607
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Education does not publish data on the number of children who are studying a foreign language in both primary and secondary schools.</p><p>The table below shows figures for pupils at the end of key stage 4 who were entered for at least one full modern foreign language GCSE in Brighton, Kemptown constituency. There are no equivalent figures for key stage 2.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of pupils<sup>1</sup> entered for at least 1 full GCSE Modern Foreign <br>Language <strong>qualification in Brighton, Kemptown constituency</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Year: 2012/13 (final)<sup>2,3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Coverage: England<sup>4</sup>, state-funded schools (including Academies and CTCs)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number of pupils entered for at least 1 full <br>GCSE Modern Foreign Language qualification</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E14000597</p></td><td><p>Brighton, Kemptown</p></td><td><p>556</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: National Pupil Database (2012/13)</em></p><ol><li>Pupils at the end of key stage 4.</li><li>Figures for 2012/13 figures are based on final data.</li><li>From 2009/10 iGCSEs, accredited at time of publication, have been counted as GCSE equivalents and also as English &amp; mathematics GCSEs.</li><li>The figures in this table do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas.</li></ol><p>Maintained secondary schools are required to teach a modern foreign language to all pupils. Research [1] shows that the vast majority of primary schools across England are already teaching a modern foreign language in class time and, from September, it will become statutory for maintained primary schools to do so.</p><p>[1] CfBT Education Trust Language Trends 2013/14: The state of language learning in primary and secondary schools in England (<a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/language-trends-survey-2014.pdf" target="_blank">www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/language-trends-survey-2014.pdf</a>)</p> question first answered 22/07/2014 15:51:26 answering member 111
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78895

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 16:20:28
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:48:01
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption and Foster Care
	house id	1
	identifier	206612
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 14:57:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to improve the support provided to adopters and foster parents; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206612
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206612
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving support for adoptive families and foster carers. To improve adoption support, the Department for Education has committed £19.3 million to establish an Adoption Support Fund to make therapeutic support more accessible. This is currently being tested in 10 local authorities. We are piloting personal budgets for adoption support in these local authorities to give parents more choice and control over the support they receive. We have commissioned the British Association of Adoption and Fostering to develop a new tool for assessing families’ support needs. We are supporting local authorities to pilot AdOpt, a therapeutic parenting programme for adopters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have extended the Pupil Premium, priority school admissions and funded early education for 2-year-olds to children adopted from care. In addition, we have published the Adoption Passport, setting out information about entitlements to support, including adopters’ rights to improved adoption pay and leave from 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to fund the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM). The IRM provides access to an independent body where services have decided not to approve an adopter or foster carer; are proposing changes to or have terminated a foster carer’s approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To improve support for foster carers, the department has taken the decision to continue to fund Fosterline which provides confidential, free advice to foster carers. We are funding the development of a new programme for foster carers of babies and very young children and an adaptation of Multisystemic Therapy, an existing evidence based intervention, which will focus on supporting children to return home or find stability in long term care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to support the roll-out of evidence based interventions such as KEEP (Keeping Foster and Kinship Carers Safe and Supported) and MTFC (Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care) to help foster carers gain the confidence and skills to care for those with complex needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has recently become the government’s first foster-family-friendly employer, giving staff that foster extra support to balance their work and care responsibilities. Other government departments and some local authorities are now actively considering implementing similar policies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have developed training materials for professionals working in fostering and adoption and delivered regional train-the-trainer events to launch them. Some fostering services plan to offer this training to their foster carers too.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 14:57:51 answering member 1605
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