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78638

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:32
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:24:40
	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	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
	house id	1
	identifier	206532
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 10:10:37
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will publish the advice the Law Officers' Department gave to Lady Hallett on the lawfulness of the administrative scheme operated for the benefit of on-the-runs.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206532
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206532
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The then Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, and a member of the Attorney General’s Office gave evidence to the Hallett Inquiry but did so as witnesses rather than legal advisers. Lady Justice Hallett reached her own view on the lawfulness of the administrative scheme.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 10:10:37 answering member 4106
	creator	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

78641

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:33
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:24:58
	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	Sunday Trading
	house id	1
	identifier	206509
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:29:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the most recent impact assessment his Department has carried out on the issue of Sunday trading.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206509
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206509
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) undertook an assessment in relation to Sunday Trading legislation which was published in May 2012 alongside the Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill, though this was not a formal impact assessment. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) looked at retail trade evidence during the Olympics suspension.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to this BIS carried out a thorough review of the 1994 legislation (including a consultation and an independent economic cost benefit analysis) in 2006.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:29:51 answering member 1513
	creator	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78665

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:27:25
	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	Housing Revenue Accounts
	house id	1
	identifier	206545
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:32:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 617W, on housing revenue accounts, what criteria are used to assess bids for the allocation of extra borrowing allowed against the housing revenue accounts.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206545
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206545
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The prospectus for the Local Growth Fund: Housing Revenue Account Borrowing Programme (2015-16 and 2016-17) sets out how bids for additional housing revenue account borrowing are assessed. The prospectus is available on the Government’s website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-growth-fund-housing-revenue-account-borrowing-programme-2015-to-2016-and-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-growth-fund-housing-revenue-account-borrowing-programme-2015-to-2016-and-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced £60 million additional Housing Revenue Account borrowing across fifteen local authorities and expects to make further funding announcements at the end of the summer. We have also announced that there will be a second round of bidding to the Housing Revenue Account Borrowing Programme with a deadline for bids of 30 September 2014.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:32:08 answering member 4009
	creator	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

78678

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:45
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:28:42
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust: Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	206405
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:58:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding allocated by her Department to the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust is top-sliced by the Trust prior to its distribution to schools.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206405
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206405
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust retains income to cover the costs of central services, which are attributable to all academies within the multi-academy trust. In 2012/13, this equated to £2.16 million.</p><p> </p><p>For the years in question, the amounts defrauded from the Trust were:</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 £1,047,788 (3.33% of income)</p><p>2011-12 £914,316 (1.66% of income)</p><p>2012-13 Nil</p><p> </p><p>The CEO and Accounting Officer in 2010-2011 was Dr Liz Sidwell. In 2011-12 and 2012-13 it was Adrian Percival.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funds defrauded from the Trust were intended to be used for educational purposes, in line with requirements in the funding agreement and academies financial handbook. The money was taken from the Trust’s overall budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust notified the Department for Education of the fraud on 1 November 2012. Senior officials worked with the Trust immediately to assess its financial systems and risks. The Department has provided ongoing monitoring and support to ensure that the Trust has taken all appropriate actions.</p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:58:31 answering member 1605
	creator	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78679

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:45
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:28:48
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust: Fraud
	house id	1
	identifier	206406
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:58:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the income of Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust was lost owing to fraud in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206406
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206406
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust retains income to cover the costs of central services, which are attributable to all academies within the multi-academy trust. In 2012/13, this equated to £2.16 million.</p><p> </p><p>For the years in question, the amounts defrauded from the Trust were:</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 £1,047,788 (3.33% of income)</p><p>2011-12 £914,316 (1.66% of income)</p><p>2012-13 Nil</p><p> </p><p>The CEO and Accounting Officer in 2010-2011 was Dr Liz Sidwell. In 2011-12 and 2012-13 it was Adrian Percival.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funds defrauded from the Trust were intended to be used for educational purposes, in line with requirements in the funding agreement and academies financial handbook. The money was taken from the Trust’s overall budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust notified the Department for Education of the fraud on 1 November 2012. Senior officials worked with the Trust immediately to assess its financial systems and risks. The Department has provided ongoing monitoring and support to ensure that the Trust has taken all appropriate actions.</p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:58:31 answering member 1605
	creator	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78680

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:45
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:28:53
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust: Accountancy
	house id	1
	identifier	206407
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:58:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the accounting officer was for the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206407
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206407
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust retains income to cover the costs of central services, which are attributable to all academies within the multi-academy trust. In 2012/13, this equated to £2.16 million.</p><p> </p><p>For the years in question, the amounts defrauded from the Trust were:</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 £1,047,788 (3.33% of income)</p><p>2011-12 £914,316 (1.66% of income)</p><p>2012-13 Nil</p><p> </p><p>The CEO and Accounting Officer in 2010-2011 was Dr Liz Sidwell. In 2011-12 and 2012-13 it was Adrian Percival.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funds defrauded from the Trust were intended to be used for educational purposes, in line with requirements in the funding agreement and academies financial handbook. The money was taken from the Trust’s overall budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust notified the Department for Education of the fraud on 1 November 2012. Senior officials worked with the Trust immediately to assess its financial systems and risks. The Department has provided ongoing monitoring and support to ensure that the Trust has taken all appropriate actions.</p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:58:32 answering member 1605
	creator	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78681

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:28:59
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust: Fraud
	house id	1
	identifier	206408
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:58:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what the money defrauded from the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust was intended to be used; and from which school's budget that money was taken.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206408
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206408
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust retains income to cover the costs of central services, which are attributable to all academies within the multi-academy trust. In 2012/13, this equated to £2.16 million.</p><p> </p><p>For the years in question, the amounts defrauded from the Trust were:</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 £1,047,788 (3.33% of income)</p><p>2011-12 £914,316 (1.66% of income)</p><p>2012-13 Nil</p><p> </p><p>The CEO and Accounting Officer in 2010-2011 was Dr Liz Sidwell. In 2011-12 and 2012-13 it was Adrian Percival.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funds defrauded from the Trust were intended to be used for educational purposes, in line with requirements in the funding agreement and academies financial handbook. The money was taken from the Trust’s overall budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust notified the Department for Education of the fraud on 1 November 2012. Senior officials worked with the Trust immediately to assess its financial systems and risks. The Department has provided ongoing monitoring and support to ensure that the Trust has taken all appropriate actions.</p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:58:32 answering member 1605
	creator	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78682

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:29:07
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust: Fraud
	house id	1
	identifier	206409
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:58:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department was first made aware of fraud within the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust; and what steps it took in response to that information.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206409
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206409
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust retains income to cover the costs of central services, which are attributable to all academies within the multi-academy trust. In 2012/13, this equated to £2.16 million.</p><p> </p><p>For the years in question, the amounts defrauded from the Trust were:</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 £1,047,788 (3.33% of income)</p><p>2011-12 £914,316 (1.66% of income)</p><p>2012-13 Nil</p><p> </p><p>The CEO and Accounting Officer in 2010-2011 was Dr Liz Sidwell. In 2011-12 and 2012-13 it was Adrian Percival.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funds defrauded from the Trust were intended to be used for educational purposes, in line with requirements in the funding agreement and academies financial handbook. The money was taken from the Trust’s overall budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Trust notified the Department for Education of the fraud on 1 November 2012. Senior officials worked with the Trust immediately to assess its financial systems and risks. The Department has provided ongoing monitoring and support to ensure that the Trust has taken all appropriate actions.</p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:58:32 answering member 1605
	creator	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78685

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:49
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:29:21
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Sports
	house id	1
	identifier	206444
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 08:30:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what sanctions there are for schools which fail to spend the school sport premium appropriately.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206444
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206444
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The conditions of the funding are clear; it must be spent on improving the provision of Physical Education (PE) and sport for the benefit of pupils so that they develop healthy lifestyles. All schools must abide by the conditions of the funding. Schools should publish on their website: the amount of grant received, how it has been spent (or will be spent) and what impact the school has seen on pupils’ PE and sport participation and attainment as a result.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are held accountable for how they spend their funding through Ofsted whole-school inspections. Ofsted have strengthened the coverage of PE and sport in their Inspection Handbook. Inspectors assess and report on how effectively the funding is being used to improve PE and sport provision when making a judgement on the quality of the school’s leadership and management.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 08:30:42 answering member 1605
	creator	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

78686

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:49
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:29:28
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Swimming: Children
	house id	1
	identifier	206445
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 08:31:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will request Ofsted to record how many children leave primary school able to swim.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206445
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206445
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>There are no plans to ask Ofsted to collect this information. Ofsted inspections report on the effectiveness of teaching and the quality of schools’ leadership and management.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Swimming is part of the national curriculum, and all pupils must be taught to swim at least 25 metres unaided and be able to use recognised swimming strokes by the end of key stage 2 (age 11). It remains compulsory in the national curriculum following the curriculum review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed over £450 million of ring-fenced funding up to and including 2015/16 for primary schools to improve their provision of Physical Education and sport. Schools have the freedom to use the funding for additional provision for swimming but this must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 08:31:49 answering member 1605
	creator	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie