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78966

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 17 July (WA 144–5), whether she will discourage ministers and spokespersons from answering Written Questions by reference to websites.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
	uin	HL1283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply I gave to Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 29 July (WA 304).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 04/08/2014 11:24:36 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

78888

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce mandatory eviction orders to be used by local authorities when unauthorised Traveller encampments take place in public parks; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Our expectation is that local authorities will be proactive in their use of the existing strong enforcement powers that are available to deal with unauthorised encampments and development.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A possession order under Part 55 of the Civil Procedure Rules can be obtained by both local authorities and private landowners who require the removal of trespassers from property including land.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A local authority can use its powers under sections 77-78 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to direct individuals to remove their vehicles and belongings, and to leave highway land, or any land occupied without the consent of the landowner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have lifted the previous Administration’s restrictions on the use of Temporary Stop Notices, which give councils more freedom to take early and decisive action against unauthorised sites and encampments. Councils can issue such a notice on both private and public sector land.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In August last year we sent all Council Leaders a summary of the powers available to them to remove illegal and unauthorised sites; at the same time we reminded them of the need to act swiftly, working with other local agencies, including the police.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 31/07/2014 13:05:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

79525

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	Statutory Instruments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Department of Energy and Climate Change have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL1424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 1 January 2014, the Department of Energy and Climate Change has laid 31 statutory instruments. Two draft affirmative procedure instruments were re-laid in draft in order to correct errors, being 6% of all instruments laid. In the course of making two other instruments, the Department took the opportunity to correct errors in previous instruments; such correction was not the main purpose of the instrument which was made. The Department has endeavoured to prevent errors occurring in statutory instruments and it regrets that errors have occurred. The Department is committed to continuous improvement of the quality of drafting, in particular by means of training and quality assurance procedures and seeks to learn the lessons when errors do occur.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2014 16:06:12 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

79546

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2014
	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: Conservation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making to achieve the 2020 energy efficiency goals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL1444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>In 2007 EU Member States agreed to an overarching non-binding target to reduce primary energy consumption by 20% by 2020, against a 2007 business-as-usual projection.</p><p>The 2012 EU Energy Efficiency Directive established, among other things, non-binding national energy savings targets on Member States. In April 2013, the UK notified the European Commission of its national energy saving target (Article 3). The target was set at the level of 129.2 million tonnes of oil equivalent for final energy consumption, representing an 18% reduction relative to the 2007 business-as-usual projection. This is equivalent to a 20% reduction in primary energy consumption.</p><p>According to DECC’s Updated Energy and Emissions Projections 2013, final energy consumption in the UK will be 20% lower in 2020 than the 2007 business as usual projection meaning that the UK is on track to overachieve against its target. This reflects the Government’s ambitious policy package.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2014 16:04:38 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

78894

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Brighton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the number of children who are studying a foreign language in the Brighton, Kemptown constituency; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not publish data on the number of children who are studying a foreign language in both primary and secondary schools.</p><p>The table below shows figures for pupils at the end of key stage 4 who were entered for at least one full modern foreign language GCSE in Brighton, Kemptown constituency. There are no equivalent figures for key stage 2.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of pupils<sup>1</sup> entered for at least 1 full GCSE Modern Foreign <br>Language <strong>qualification in Brighton, Kemptown constituency</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Year: 2012/13 (final)<sup>2,3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Coverage: England<sup>4</sup>, state-funded schools (including Academies and CTCs)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number of pupils entered for at least 1 full <br>GCSE Modern Foreign Language qualification</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E14000597</p></td><td><p>Brighton, Kemptown</p></td><td><p>556</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: National Pupil Database (2012/13)</em></p><ol><li>Pupils at the end of key stage 4.</li><li>Figures for 2012/13 figures are based on final data.</li><li>From 2009/10 iGCSEs, accredited at time of publication, have been counted as GCSE equivalents and also as English &amp; mathematics GCSEs.</li><li>The figures in this table do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas.</li></ol><p>Maintained secondary schools are required to teach a modern foreign language to all pupils. Research [1] shows that the vast majority of primary schools across England are already teaching a modern foreign language in class time and, from September, it will become statutory for maintained primary schools to do so.</p><p>[1] CfBT Education Trust Language Trends 2013/14: The state of language learning in primary and secondary schools in England (<a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/language-trends-survey-2014.pdf" target="_blank">www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/language-trends-survey-2014.pdf</a>)</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 22/07/2014 15:51:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78895

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption and Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to improve the support provided to adopters and foster parents; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving support for adoptive families and foster carers. To improve adoption support, the Department for Education has committed £19.3 million to establish an Adoption Support Fund to make therapeutic support more accessible. This is currently being tested in 10 local authorities. We are piloting personal budgets for adoption support in these local authorities to give parents more choice and control over the support they receive. We have commissioned the British Association of Adoption and Fostering to develop a new tool for assessing families’ support needs. We are supporting local authorities to pilot AdOpt, a therapeutic parenting programme for adopters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have extended the Pupil Premium, priority school admissions and funded early education for 2-year-olds to children adopted from care. In addition, we have published the Adoption Passport, setting out information about entitlements to support, including adopters’ rights to improved adoption pay and leave from 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to fund the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM). The IRM provides access to an independent body where services have decided not to approve an adopter or foster carer; are proposing changes to or have terminated a foster carer’s approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To improve support for foster carers, the department has taken the decision to continue to fund Fosterline which provides confidential, free advice to foster carers. We are funding the development of a new programme for foster carers of babies and very young children and an adaptation of Multisystemic Therapy, an existing evidence based intervention, which will focus on supporting children to return home or find stability in long term care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to support the roll-out of evidence based interventions such as KEEP (Keeping Foster and Kinship Carers Safe and Supported) and MTFC (Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care) to help foster carers gain the confidence and skills to care for those with complex needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has recently become the government’s first foster-family-friendly employer, giving staff that foster extra support to balance their work and care responsibilities. Other government departments and some local authorities are now actively considering implementing similar policies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have developed training materials for professionals working in fostering and adoption and delivered regional train-the-trainer events to launch them. Some fostering services plan to offer this training to their foster carers too.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2014 14:57:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78896

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle female genital mutilation; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Gentleman to my Answer of 15 July 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, col 636W.<br><br></p><p>On 22 July 2014, the Government will be making a series of announcements related to tackling female genital mutilation at the Girl Summit, which will be co-hosted by the Prime Minister and UNICEF.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2014 16:01:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78898

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions Ministers in her Department have had with local authorities on special educational needs provision in their areas; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In recent months I have discussed special educational needs provision, and in particular the implementation of the Children and Families Act 2014, with Directors of Children’s Services, Chief Executive and Lead Members from a number of local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 10 July I spoke to the annual conference of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services about reforms to the special educational needs system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, on 8 April I wrote to all local authorities about implementing the SEND reforms. A copy of my letter was published online:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-and-disabilities-send-reform-letters" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-and-disabilities-send-reform-letters</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2014 16:15:10 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78899

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage the study of foreign languages in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The new national curriculum introduces the teaching of a foreign language to Key Stage 2 (ages 7 to 11) from September 2014, which will increase the uptake of foreign languages in both primary and, over time, secondary schools. By starting languages earlier, pupils will have longer to develop their skills to a high level before continuing with language learning in secondary school. The English Baccalaureate is already encouraging more young people to take a language at GCSE level. Take up of a modern foreign language by Key Stage 4 pupils in England increased by over 20% between 2012 and 2013.</p><p>The independent Expert Group, chaired by a leading primary headteacher, has provided links to useful resources that specifically support the introduction of a compulsory foreign language at Key Stage 2. These resources are hosted on the website of the Association for Language Learning. We are also making extensive use of social networking, including using high profile headteachers and others to raise the profile of the new curriculum, including for languages, through podcasts, webchats and blogs.</p><p>We are also providing at least £350,000 to support training on the new national curriculum for teachers of modern foreign languages in primary and secondary schools. In addition, we have already allocated £1.9 million to teaching schools to lead curriculum change across and within their teaching school alliances. Some 46 of the projects being supported involve languages.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 22/07/2014 15:52:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78900

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on improving PE and sports provision in primary schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is providing more than £450 million of ring-fenced funding for primary PE and sport through the primary PE and sport premium in the three academic years to 2015/16. We are working across government and with PE and sport organisations to support schools to spend the funding effectively and sustainably. We have received positive reports about how schools have been spending the funding in its first year. Schools have provided professional development for teachers, deployed specialist coaches to support new activities, promoted physical activity amongst less active children, and increased the amount of competitive sport played.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has also created a programme to train primary PE specialists. The first cohort of 120 teachers is due to start working in schools from this September. They will provide expert teaching in their school, and take a lead in promoting PE in their local area. The programme has been extended for another year, increasing the number of PE primary specialists to 240 by September 2015. It is hoped that from September 2015 many more teaching schools in the country will be able to offer this specialist course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further work across government is also improving PE and sport in primary schools. Over 17,000 primary and secondary schools across the country are taking part in the Sainsbury’s School Games. Under Primary Spaces, a National Lottery-funded programme, more than 600 schools have been awarded up to £30,000 to improve outdoor spaces for PE and sporting activities. New facilities will be installed in the first 100 schools this summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PE remains a compulsory subject at all four key stages in the new national curriculum, which comes into force from September 2014. There is a greater focus on competitive sport in PE lessons and swimming, and water safety remains compulsory at primary levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2014 15:02:11 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby