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63227

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Numbers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schoolchildren graduated from (a) a comprehensive, (b) a grammar, (c) a secondary and (d) an independent school in the last academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	201675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education publishes pupil results at the end of key stage 4, which signals the end of compulsory education. Information on the key stage 4 results of pupils by admission basis and school type is published in the “GCSE and equivalent results in England, 2012 to 2013 (revised)”[1] Statistical First Release. The relevant tables have been placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (National tables: SFR01/2014 document, Table 3a and b)</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/06/2014 16:03:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

62879

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that primary school children are safe inside the school building and in the surrounding area.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	201537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>All schools have a legal responsibility to provide a safe and secure environment. Under health and safety legislation, schools are required to conduct a health and safety risk assessment and put in place an appropriate policy to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to risks. This applies to activities on or off the school premises.</p><p>Schools are also required to undertake a range of employment and criminal record checks when making appointments and supervise visitors to the school building. Guidance is made available to schools to help them meet these legal requirements.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/06/2014 16:05:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

63228

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria underlay his Department's decision that the Arts Council will in future be responsible for the funding of music in schools; and what criteria will be used to evaluate the outcome for schools of that decision.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	201859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Schools are responsible for providing music education to their pupils, using the funding they receive for curricula and extra-curricula provision. It is for schools to decide how to spend this, including on music.</p><p>In addition, we are providing £171 million to 123 new music education hubs across 2012-15 to provide core roles, such as ensuring that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to learn a musical instrument through whole-class ensemble teaching, and to progress from that, to sing, to play in ensembles, and to perform.</p><p>The hubs have been overseen by Arts Council England (ACE) on our behalf since they were set up in August 2012, and we have confirmed that ACE will continue to carry out this role until at least March 2016. Arrangements beyond this point will be subject to review.</p><p>The Department for Education is monitoring the performance of the hubs on an ongoing basis, through annually collected data and a new Hubs Advisory Group. In the first year of the music education hubs, nearly half a million children were given the opportunity to learn a musical instrument for the first time and hubs provided or supported 15,000 choirs, orchestras and bands. More than a third of those children who learned a musical instrument for the first time have continued learning to play.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/06/2014 16:05:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

63148

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Voluntary Work: Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage businesses to free up their staff to volunteer in local schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
	uin	201737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the Careers Inspiration Vision Statement, launched in September 2013, we stated that we believe employers and schools must do more in partnership together and that the best mentoring and motivation comes from people in jobs. The revised statutory guidance to schools on careers reflects this. We have been working with key organisations that deliver inspirational careers activity. This, alongside the improved National Careers Service, will make it easier for businesses to identify opportunities to volunteer in schools and to recognise the benefits such as a more well-informed future workforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/06/2014 16:19:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

63184

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.43 of Delivering Tax-Free Childcare: the Government's response to the consultation on design and operation, published in March 2014, whether HM Revenue and Customs will (a) check declared earnings total and (b) run checks with the Department for Work and Pensions to confirm that parents have not begun claiming universal credit, for all parents reconfirming their eligibility at the end of every quarterly entitlement period.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	201846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs will be able to check parents' details via automated system checks in order to confirm that those who seek to reconfirm for Tax-Free Childcare remain eligible for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Parents' income will be checked against information HMRC holds. Automated links with DWP systems will tell HMRC which parents are claiming Universal Credit or have applied to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of checks will be automated and not require contact with the parent.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/06/2014 16:51:58 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

63433

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Warrington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Warrington North constituency are in receipt of child benefit at the most recent date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	201740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The latest information on the number of families receiving Child Benefit, by each parliamentary constituency, local authority and region is available in the HMRC snapshot publication “Child Benefit Statistics Geographical Analysis. August 2013”. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/286668/Child_Benefit_statistics_geographical_analysis_August_2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/286668/Child_Benefit_statistics_geographical_analysis_August_2013.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 6 has this information by Parliamentary Constituency.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/06/2014 16:54:27 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

63443

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether hours of care during overnight stays and holidays are included in calculations of payments to recipients of child benefit.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	201836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Child Benefit is a payment in recognition of the costs of bringing up a child. It is paid at the weekly standard rates of £20.50 for the eldest or only child and £13.55 for each additional child.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/06/2014 16:36:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

62991

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2014, Official Report, columns 375-7W, on electoral register, what causes have been identified for the relatively low electoral registration rates in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	201427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Commission published a report in November 2012 on the electoral register in Northern Ireland. This found there had been a substantial drop in levels of registration since the previous assessment in 2007. This report can be found here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/152626/Continuous-electoral-registration-in-Northern-Ireland.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/152626/Continuous-electoral-registration-in-Northern-Ireland.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report suggested that the low level of completeness was mainly the result of the failure of the processes that had been employed to manage the register in Northern Ireland, under continuous registration, to keep pace with either population change or home movement. In particular, it identified the absence of a full household canvass as contributing to the drop in completeness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of findings for the April 2012 register, a household canvass was conducted in Northern Ireland in autumn 2013. After the canvass, the Commission reviewed the results and concluded that it had been well run and significantly improved the completeness of the register. The Commission's report can be found here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/166999/Report-on-the-Northern-Ireland-electoral-registration-canvass-2013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/166999/Report-on-the-Northern-Ireland-electoral-registration-canvass-2013.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 26/06/2014 16:18:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

63185

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Interest Rate Swap Transactions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether all participating banks completed all customer review assessments for the sale of interest rate hedging products by the deadline set by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA); and what (a) fines and (b) other measures the FCA plans to impose on banks which missed the deadline.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
	uin	201895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>All nine participating banks have now completed their assessment of customers that joined the FCA review of interest rate hedging products before March 2014. This is within the projected FCA timescale.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/06/2014 16:16:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

63223

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much the recent reception at Admiralty House to celebrate the Tour de France cost; how this cost was met; and who provided the staff for this event.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	201745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the costs of receptions I host is published under the Government's transparency rules. The costs of the reception at Admiralty House to celebrate the Tour de France will be published under these rules at: gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications. The Cabinet Office provides staff for all regular receptions.</p> answering member constituency Sheffield, Hallam answering member printed Mr Nick Clegg question first answered 26/06/2014 16:20:53 answering member 1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley