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33120

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate by country of residence of the child he has made of the number of migrants residing in the UK who claimed benefits on behalf of children living abroad during 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
	uin	183448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>HMRC are not able to provide the information in the manner requested. HMRC do not record the nationality of the claimant receiving Child Benefit for children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>Published Child Benefit statistics provide annual estimates of the number of families and children claiming. The latest available (August 2012) show that there were 7.92 million families, responsible for 13.77 million children and qualifying young people receiving Child Benefit.</p><p>The main purpose of Child Benefit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, Child Benefit is a family benefit under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC holds information on the number of Child Benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004. As at 31 December 2013, there were 20,400 ongoing Child Benefit awards under the EC Regulation in respect of 34.268 children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p>This is a fall of 3,682 (15.3%) awards in respect of 5,903 (14.7%) fewer children since 31 December 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown by member state is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>*We have withheld the number where it is fewer than 5, as there is risk that the information could be attributed to an identifiable person, which would prejudice their right to privacy and would therefore be a breach of Principle 1 of the Data Protection Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country of residence of children</p></td><td><p>Number of awards</p></td><td><p>Number of children</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>789</p></td><td><p>1429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td><td><p>*5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>797</p></td><td><p>1091</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>1215</p></td><td><p>1712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>13174</p></td><td><p>22093</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Ireland</p></td><td><p>1231</p></td><td><p>2505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>692</p></td><td><p>1232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>1019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>20400</p></td><td><p>34268</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As announced in the 2014 Budget, to prevent EEA migrants claiming benefits they are not entitled to, the Government will increase compliance checks to establish whether EEA migrants meet the entitlement conditions to receive Child Benefit</p><p> </p><p>Under domestic law, in order to claim Child Benefit EEA Migrants must be present in the UK, ordinarily resident and have a right to reside in the UK and their children must live in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The recent changes to migrants' access to benefits announced by the Government sends a strong message that the UK benefit system is not open to abuse, as well as deterring those who may seek residence in the UK primarily to claim benefits.</p><p>Strengthening compliance checks will help prevent EEA migrants from claiming, and continuing to claim, benefits they are not entitled to. Checks will be applied to both new claims and existing awards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 181673 184509 191453 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

39268

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the implementation of the so-called Eve's Law.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
	uin	188752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of domestic violence very seriously and is committed to ensuring greater protection for victims of all forms of violence.</p><p> </p><p>The issue raised by the Eve's Law campaign is complex and cuts across a number of justice jurisdictions, and into many areas of a victim's interaction with the state and other agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Having considered the issues raised by the campaign this Department is not persuaded that primary legislation is the necessary and appropriate way forward. However, we are committed to taking action to improve the protection of personal information of victims and will identify opportunities in the cross-Government programmes that are tackling the priority issues of domestic and sexual abuse.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the Honourable Member to my response to questions raised in the House by Dan Jarvis MP, Honourable Member for Barnsley Central, regarding the Eve's Law campaign, on 17 December 2013, and 14 January this year (Hansard 14 Jan 2014 : Column 480W, 17 Dec 2013 : Column 607).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

684011

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to support high street banking for local communities.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	63006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>High streets are a crucial part of our local and regional economies. The Government wants to see vibrant hubs where people live, shop, use services, and spend their leisure time.</p><p> </p><p>A new agreement between the Post Office and UK banks, announced on 24 January 2017, means that more individuals and businesses can use 11,600 local Post Office branches to access a wider range of banking services. Thanks to the new agreement, the Post Office estimates that 99% of personal bank customers and 75% of business customers will now be able to do their day to day banking at a Post Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the need to support local communities to adapt to changes in banking, including when bank branches close. In March 2015, the Government helped to broker an industry-wide agreement to work with customers and communities to minimise the impact of bank branch closures and put in place alternative banking services. The Government welcomed Professor Russel Griggs’ recent review of the Protocol and is pleased to see the industry commit to further improvements to protect those affected by closures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also made a manifesto commitment to support credit unions in making financial services more accessible. Credit unions are democratic, not-for-profit, financial services providers which are owned and run by members of their community and who provide affordable, sustainable credit to their members.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 09/02/2017 14:38:20 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

709268

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	VAT: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce VAT on flight training and general aviation-related mechanical or engineering education programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	67039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>Where education is provided for no charge it is outside the scope of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>Where an eligible body such as a university or a further education college charges for supplies of vocational training, or school, higher, or further education, that supply will be exempt from VAT.</p><p> </p><p>While all taxes are kept under review, there are no plans to provide further VAT relief for flight training and general aviation-related mechanical or engineering education programmes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/03/2017 08:22:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

522471

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Plans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to adopt the recommendations made in the Local Plans Expert Group report, published in March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	38988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Local Plans Expert Group published their report on 16 March 2016, and this was open for representations until 27 April.</p><p>We are committed to streamlining the plan-making process and are carefully considering the report and representations received.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/06/2016 15:43:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

522472

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Plans: South East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the conclusion of the report by the Local Plans Expert Group, published in March 2016, paragraph s15, that local plans in the South East may not enable the full scale of housing need to be met.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	38989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework requires local planning authorities to identify and plan for the housing needs in their area. Planning guidance is clear that Green Belt and other constraints may restrict the ability of an individual authority to meet its need.</p><p>The Framework is clear that the supply of new homes may be delivered by larger scale development, such as new settlements or urban extensions, and the Government is supporting new locally led garden towns and villages in places where communities want them.</p><p>The Local Plans Expert Group published their report on 16 March 2016, and this was open for representations until 27 April. The report and representations are receiving careful consideration and a further statement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/06/2016 15:31:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

706656

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to deliver nature-friendly housing developments.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	66073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework seeks to promote sustainable development. The Government encourages and supports innovative ways to deliver the homes this country needs, while protecting and enhancing the natural environment through legislation and policy. We have no plans to exempt publicly-owned special protection and conservation areas from any future public land disposal.</p><p>We announced in the Housing White Paper, published on 7 February, a new and strategic approach to the habitat management of the great crested newt. This will not only protect a rare species and its habitat, but will safeguard development from delays, costs and uncertainty. We also announced our proposal to clarify national planning policy on ancient woodland and aged or veteran trees. This reflects the need to protect these irreplaceable habitats from harmful development.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 66074 question first answered 14/03/2017 16:43:04 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

706657

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to exempt publicly-owned special protection and conservation areas from any future public land disposal.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	66074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework seeks to promote sustainable development. The Government encourages and supports innovative ways to deliver the homes this country needs, while protecting and enhancing the natural environment through legislation and policy. We have no plans to exempt publicly-owned special protection and conservation areas from any future public land disposal.</p><p>We announced in the Housing White Paper, published on 7 February, a new and strategic approach to the habitat management of the great crested newt. This will not only protect a rare species and its habitat, but will safeguard development from delays, costs and uncertainty. We also announced our proposal to clarify national planning policy on ancient woodland and aged or veteran trees. This reflects the need to protect these irreplaceable habitats from harmful development.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 66073 question first answered 14/03/2017 16:43:04 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

438904

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal School of Military Engineering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to the duties under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 to conserve biodiversity with regards to the sale of the former Royal School of Military Engineering training site at Lodge Hill in Medway.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	20408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Ministry of Defence takes its environmental responsibilities seriously and in preparation for the forthcoming Local Planning Inquiry is working closely with Medway Council, Natural England and other key stakeholders in carefully considering the potential effects on biodiversity of any proposed development at Lodge Hill.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 05/01/2016 16:11:59 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

515101

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to improve the performance of schools in parts of the country where there has been persistent underperformance.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	904629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>Our reforms are delivering much needed improvement to our education system. Ofsted inspection data shows that sponsored academies are transforming the life chances ‎of over 350,000 pupils by raising standards in their schools. But there are too many areas of the country where, for too long, children have not had the Education they deserve.</p><p> </p><p>Our strategy for Achieving Excellence Areas will tackle entrenched underperformance in areas where low school standards have been allowed for too long. We look forward to working with the first areas from this autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/04/2016 13:34:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

516655

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the practical implications of schools having their own admissions criteria under a fully-academised system; and how local authorities will manage that situation.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	36072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The schools white paper, ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’, sets out the Government’s aim that every school should become an academy. In this context, it also sets out our intention to seek views on a number of changes to the admissions system to support parents in understanding how to get a place at their local schools.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this, we will seek views on requiring the Local Authority to take on greater responsibility for certain admissions functions – in particular, co-ordinating in-year admissions and handling the administration of the independent appeal panels for all schools (including academies) in their area. These changes will make the system clearer and simpler for parents to navigate.</p><p> </p><p>Any parent who has concerns regarding an individual school’s admission arrangements will continue to be able to refer an objection to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator. We intend to streamline the functions of the Office of the Schools Adjudicator so that objections to admission arrangements are resolved more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>The white paper is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-excellence-everywhere" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/educational-excellence-everywhere</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/05/2016 13:10:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

516656

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities will retain responsibility for school deficits under the proposals in her Department's White Paper, Educational excellence everywhere, published in March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	36073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Deficits for schools which convert to become sponsored academies remain with the local authority. These deficits remain with their local authority as these schools were the responsibility of the authority when they were found to be failing or underperforming and it is the authority’s responsibility for ensuring the school managed its expenditure satisfactorily. Guidance on how deficits for converter and sponsored academies are dealt with is available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416430/School_balances_on_conversion_submission.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416430/School_balances_on_conversion_submission.pdf</a></p><p>Local authorities are responsible for ensuring the financial viability of maintained schools and ensuring any deficits are cleared within 3 years.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 10/05/2016 13:27:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

516657

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role local authorities will have in school place planning under the proposals in her Department's White Paper, Educational excellence everywhere, published in March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	36074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/05/2016 10:41:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

63614

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teacher training bursaries for (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 have been allocated to high-priority subjects of physics and mathematics at each of the four bursary tiers.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
	uin	202240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Provisional figures on the number of trainees and proportion with a first or second class honours degree by subject are published in the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Census in November each year. Finalised figures are published the following year. Provisional figures for 2013-14 are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2013-to-2014/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/06/2014 14:44:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

63617

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the graduates receiving bursaries to teach mathematics in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 at each of the four tiers had (i) a mathematics degree, (ii) a relevant degree as defined by the School Workforce Survey and (iii) any other degree.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
	uin	202238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Information in relation to 2013-14 is not held in the form requested and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on 2014-15 participants has not yet been collected.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/06/2014 14:53:46 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

63618

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places for initial teacher training starting in 2014 have been allocated to (a) Schools Direct and (b) higher education providers.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
	uin	202239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>We initially allocated 15,254 places to School Direct and 23,095 places to higher education institutions for the 2014/15 academic year.</p><p>Further details of the initial allocations have been published on the gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>We will publish final allocation information reflecting any changes later this year.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/06/2014 14:39:47 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

63622

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Physics: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the graduates receiving bursaries to teach physics in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 at each of the four tiers had (i) a physics degree, (ii) a relevant degree in respect of physics as defined by the School Workforce Survey and (iii) any other degree.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
	uin	202237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Information in relation to 2013-14 is not held in the form requested and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Data on 2014-15 participants has not yet been collected.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/06/2014 14:38:27 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

63623

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many School Direct initial teacher training offers in (a) 2013-14 and 2014-15 in each subject area were made conditional on completion of a subject knowledge enhancement programme.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
	uin	202236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2014, we have allocated subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) places to 110 schools, supporting 151 applicants to commence their initial teacher training. One applicant relates to entry into initial teacher training (ITT) in 2013/14 and 150 relate to entry in 2014/15. We did not collect data on SKE courses requested by School Direct schools before January 2014. Because SKE can be delivered in parallel with ITT, the trainee does not necessarily have to complete SKE prior to starting ITT.</p><p>A full breakdown of SKE course data by subject will be available from October 2014.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/06/2014 14:46:02 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

391416

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the total cost of smart meters being delivered to (a) 100 per cent of customers and (b) 80 per cent of customers by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	8075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s policy is to make the benefits of smart meters available to all consumers so they can take control of their energy consumption, make better informed decisions on their energy supplier and switch more easily. With a lower target energy suppliers could choose to target the rollout at consumers who were the easiest to service, potentially excluding important groups from the benefits of smart metering.</p><p>The Government’s Smart Metering Impact Assessment projects a strong case for a near universal rollout. It estimates a net present value benefit of around £6 billion over the period to 2030, with total benefits of around £17 billion and costs of around £11 billion.</p><p>Changes in the rollout target would affect both costs and benefits and our provisional estimate is that an 80% rollout target would reduce the net present value by around £2 billion. This reflects that the fixed costs of the smart metering system would be shared across a smaller number of consumers, that there would be additional operational costs for energy suppliers running two metering systems at scale, in particular from needing to continue to manually read basic meters, and that certain network benefits would not be achieved where these require a comprehensive deployment of meters.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/09/2015 15:56:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

391417

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to ensure that the smart meter programme will not exceed the projected costs set out in her Department's impact assessment published in January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	8076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The smart meters programme is designed within the legal framework for the GB energy market. This is based on energy companies competing against each other to supply energy to consumers.</p><p>The Government is requiring all energy suppliers through their licence conditions to deliver smart metering. The energy companies have strong commercial incentives to do this as efficiently as possible, all along their supply chain.</p><p>Ofgem is responsible for regulating the energy market and is able to intervene where suppliers do not meet their licence conditions. In addition, the Data and Communications Company is regulated by Ofgem to ensure that its services are provided in an economic and efficient manner.</p><p>The Government is monitoring progress by all parties on whom the smart metering roll-out depends, to ensure benefits to consumers are delivered.</p><p>There is a strong business case for rolling out smart meters. The total cost of this national infrastructure programme needs to be looked at in the context of its overall net benefits, expected to be around £6 billion.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/09/2015 15:57:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

453922

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	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	UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the outcome of discussions at the February 2016 European Council on the UK's relationship with the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	903714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>As The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) made clear in his statement to the House yesterday, the renegotiation deal delivers on the Government’s commitment to fix the problems with the EU that have frustrated people in the UK. It is legally binding, irreversible and delivers for the UK. The deal gives the UK the best of both worlds: in to the parts of Europe that work for us and out of those parts which don’t.</p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 23/02/2016 16:28:29 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

457752

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2016
	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	Hungary: Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Hungarian counterpart on the sale of Hungarian residency bonds through off-shore companies.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	29872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), has had no discussions with the Hungarian government on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 14/03/2016 16:58:36 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

573448

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the follow-up report to Children in Military Custody, a report written by a delegation of British lawyers on the treatment of Palestinian children under Israeli military law, published in June 2012, to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	44016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The question of when a follow-up report will be published is a matter for the delegation of lawyers that will write it. Meanwhile, the UK Government continues to push for the full implementation of changes recommended in the 2012 report and will work with the Israeli authorities to identify ways to improve these practices.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 08/09/2016 14:59:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

166562

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Medway Maritime Hospital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reason was for the time taken for the Quality Care Commission to publish the report of its August inspection of Medway Hospital's accident and emergency unit.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
	uin	216304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England. The CQC is responsible for assessing whether providers are meeting the registration requirements; this includes the decision of when to publish its inspection reports on individual hospitals.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC has advised that a timeline of 11-12 weeks from conclusion of the physical inspection to publication of the final report is within expectation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC commenced its inspection of Medway Hospital Foundation Trust at the end of August 2014. As part of the CQC’s inspection process, once the actual physical inspection has taken place, additional time is taken to analyse the data from the inspection in order to formulate an accurate report on the state of the trust inspected. Once this has been done, recommendations can be made regarding any required improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the case of the Medway Hospital Foundation Trust, the CQC followed up on previous improvements made since an inspection in July 2014 and continued to have regular meetings with the Trust, Monitor and NHS England to ensure necessary action was taken in order to implement recommended improvements. Once this work was completed, the report was finalised and published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 02/12/2014 14:23:18 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

515943

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of moderate alcohol consumption on cardiovascular and cognitive health.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	35731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK Chief Medical Officers have made an assessment of the effect of moderate alcohol consumption on cardiovascular and cognitive health as part of their review of the alcohol guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>The advice that the UK Chief Medical Officers give on how the public can limit their risks from drinking alcohol can be found on Gov.uk at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/health-risks-from-alcohol-new-guidelines" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/health-risks-from-alcohol-new-guidelines</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 05/05/2016 09:55:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

598261

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to analyse and expand health service capacity in areas of expected high population growth.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	47608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Neighbouring National Health Service providers, commissioners, and other health and care services are currently developing strategic plans across 44 sustainability and transformation ‘footprints’ to deliver a sustainable NHS. These are geographic areas in which people and organisations are collaborating to develop plans to improve the way that health and care is planned and delivered in a more person-centred and coordinated way for local people. In places where high population growth is identified as a need it is expected that the plans will contain a locally developed approach to ensure the service can manage demand.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 18/10/2016 11:11:06 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

428264

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on changing the police funding formula.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	902159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Current police funding arrangements are complex, opaque and out of date. This reflects views put forward by PCCs, police forces and Committees of this House. It is essential that we come to a new funding formula that is fair, transparent and matched to demand - but also one that is supported by policing as a whole. However, we have listened to the views of policing partners and are minded to delay the proposed changes to the formula for 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/11/2015 15:57:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

457754

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	EU Countries: Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her EU counterparts on citizenship-for-investment schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	29873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>We are monitoring such schemes and are in contact with other EU Member States where appropriate. Every country has the right to decide its own citizenship laws, but we would object if another Member State made changes that could lead to abuse of free movement rights.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 29833 question first answered 09/03/2016 14:43:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

173471

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Rochester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the reduction in journey time from Rochester to London that will result from the new station in Rochester and the improvements to signalling on that route being undertaken by Network Rail.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Mark Reckless
	uin	220626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to an unprecedented programme of planned rail improvements, including the entire £26m rebuild of Rochester station this year. The signalling work on that route will improve network capacity in the Rochester area and promote more robust performance and infrastructure reliability for rail services. The new station, which will provide 12-carriage platforms at Rochester for the first time, will improve access and integration with Rochester city centre, with step-free access to all platforms and new facilities for passengers, including additional car parking spaces. Network Rail has advised that there may be a slight decrease in journey time although the final December 2015 timetable has not been settled.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/01/2015 17:34:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4049 label Biography information for Mark Reckless

654498

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail has with local authorities ahead of major rail maintenance work in the areas covered by those authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	56495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold such discussions. Network Rail route teams have an ongoing programme of general engagement with local authorities. Network Rail needs to agree all access to the railway for maintenance, engineering and upgrade works with Train Operating Companies (TOCs). TOCs are primarily responsible for taking account of passenger and other local needs, liaising with local authorities where applicable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/12/2016 14:11:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

654499

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures his Department has agreed with Network Rail on the avoidance of major weekend rail maintenance works on lines serving locations where events likely to attract substantial numbers of people are scheduled.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	56496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Network Rail has responsibility for scheduling major weekend rail maintenance works and operates at arm’s length from the Department for Transport. Network Rail plans its major engineering work up to two years in advance. The company considers major recurring events that happen at the same time each year during the early stages of planning, and ensures routes for services are kept available.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/12/2016 14:13:52 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

708616

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to commission economic research to provide an update on the General Aviation Strategy published in March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
	tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
	uin	66637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The General Aviation Strategy published in March 2015 was supported by research that the Department for Transport commissioned from York Aviation entitled “The Economic Value of General Aviation in the UK” and published on 26 March 2015. We consider this research to still be valid but will keep thus under review in light of emerging trends.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 13/03/2017 13:32:55 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst