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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

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