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418522

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by when he plans for one million people to be in receipt of universal credit; and what steps he is taking to achieve this outcome.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	10000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Universal Credit programme has hit, or is on target to achieve, all of the dates we set out in Autumn 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people on benefits is driven by a range of factors.</p><p> </p><p>Because of this, the programme measures progress by the successful achievement of milestones of its delivery plan rather than targets for numbers of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/09/2015 15:08:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

418413

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the findings of her Department's review into the status and professionalism of teaching assistants announced in October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	10004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have considered the latest evidence on the effective deployment and professional development of teaching assistants, together with a summary of the call for evidence and the draft teaching assistant standards submitted by the expert panel.</p><p> </p><p>In the light of this evidence, the Government believes that schools are best placed to decide how they use and deploy teaching assistants, and to set standards for the teaching assistants they employ. The Secretary of State has therefore decided not to publish the draft standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2015 09:40:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 21854 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

418424

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her policy is on protecting high hazard areas of work at the Sellafield nuclear facility.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	10006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Sellafield is the most hazardous site in Europe and contains the legacy ponds and silos – some of the most challenging decommissioning facilities. These have been deemed ‘intolerable’ by the Office of Nuclear Regulation, meaning that there can be no constraint on progress to remediate the hazards.</p><p>As part of its request for future funding as part of the Spending Review announced by HMT on 21 July, DECC’s return contains details of NDA’s estimates of expenditure in line with its existing plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/09/2015 12:26:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 21873 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

418445

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2015 to Question 4126, how many times the procedure provided for in the Council Decision of 29 March 1994 have been invoked; what the concerns of the member states that invoked the procedure were in each such case; and how those concerns were met in the final decision taken in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	uin	10013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The Council Decision of 29 March 1994, also known as the Ioannina Compromise, was superseded by the Treaty of Nice, and subsequently by the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007. From 2014, a new version of the Ioannina Compromise took effect. This allows a group of Member States short of a blocking minority to request a deferral of decisions they do not agree with, within a reasonable timeframe. The Government does not maintain a central record of when the provision has been invoked or for what reason.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/09/2015 12:25:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

418414

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Cheshire West and Chester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current status is of schools placed in special measures in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	10014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Only one school within the relevant areas is currently in special measures; the University of Chester Academy Northwich.</p><p> </p><p>The recent Ofsted monitoring inspections of 4 March 2015 and 10 June 2015, both found the school to be making reasonable progress towards the removal of special measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:21:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

418523

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the frequency of the publication of statistics on sanctions for (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	10015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We release them every 3 months. The Department has no plans to increase the frequency of the publication of statistics on sanctions for (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance claimants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/09/2015 12:24:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

418398

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts and the European Commission on retaining the level of UK bank deposit guarantees at £85,000; and what estimate he has made of the level of funds set aside for such guarantees in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
	uin	10016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>As with any new EU legislation, HM Treasury engaged in discussions with the European Commission and other EU member states during the negotiation of the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive, and following its adoption in order to manage the transposition effectively. HM Treasury laid a statutory instrument to ensure that UK depositors would not be exposed to a sudden reduction in the level of protection to which they are entitled from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>FSCS compensation is funded by levies on regulated financial services firms, within a limit which is set by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 16/09/2015 16:44:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

418446

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Eyesight: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with (a) a brain tumour and (b) other conditions as a result of symptoms noticed during examinations by opticians in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Information provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre shows that during 2013/14 there were 159,626 referrals from optometrists to secondary care. It is not possible, however, to identify a diagnosis given the collection of this information is not mandatory.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/09/2015 10:07:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418474

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to reduce the number of thefts of hi-tech vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Vehicle crime is at its lowest level since 1995 and theft of vehicles has fallen over a third since 2010 according to the Independent Crime Survey for England and Wales. We are not complacent, however, and we remain alert to changes in trends. We are working very closely with the police and industry on the issue of electronic vehicle theft to ensure that, together, we have up to date responses in place.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/09/2015 17:00:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418415

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure pupils are able to share information about their backgrounds and cultures as part of personal, social and health education.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Education is a devolved power; as such, this reply concerns schools in England only.</p><p> </p><p>It is for schools to tailor their personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) programme to reflect the needs of their pupils. We expect teachers to understand how best to create a safe environment for PSHE, so that pupils feel able to discuss and reflect on issues that are important to them. We have provided funding to the PSHE Association to work with schools to advise them in developing their own PSHE curriculum and improve the quality of teaching. This includes signposting schools to high-quality resources.</p><p> </p><p>Department for Education guidance on promoting the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils states that pupils must be encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance. The guidance for schools is found online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-fundamental-british-values-through-smsc" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-fundamental-british-values-through-smsc</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 21/09/2015 09:02:31 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon