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227699

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Science: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) the Centre for Life in Newcastle and (b) other service centres are eligible for funding from his Department's Inspiring Science Capital Fund.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	227755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Inspiring Science Capital fund is currently in an early stage of development. The eligibility for funding will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 23/03/2015 16:00:31 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

229319

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on implementing local growth deals.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	908258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships have made good progress in implementing their Growth Deals, supported by Government.</p><p>The Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership has a large portfolio of projects ready to start in 2015.</p><p>Government has allocated £627million to the Leeds City Region Growth Deal, this will leverage £640m of other funding. Over the lifetime of the Deal the Local Enterprise Partnership estimates that up to 10,000 jobs could be created and 2,000 new homes built.</p><p>Government has also agreed longer term funding for the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund. This could deliver 30 transport schemes worth over £1billion.</p><p>The Chancellor announced the Devolution Deal with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in last week’s Budget. This will give West Yorkshire new powers over skills, business support and transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 24/03/2015 15:31:58 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

229315

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Devolution: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to devolve further powers to rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	908259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Devolution to local areas is important to this Government and we have a proud record - the Localism Act, the creation of Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Local Government Finance Act, and the devolution of at least £12bn through Growth Deals which provide all areas the country to build on their economic potential.</p><p>The Chancellor also announced further devolution to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, which will benefit both rural and urban areas in West Yorkshire including Colne Valley.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 24/03/2015 15:32:26 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

229317

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of Shropshire's Growth Deal.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	908262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>So far, £7bn has been awarded to Local Enterprise Partnerships through Growth Deals. £83m has been awarded to the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership which includes £11.6m for projects in Shropshire, including £5m for super-fast broadband, £4.2m for the construction of the Oxon Link Road near Shrewsbury, and £2.4m for the Shrewsbury Integrated Transport Package which will upgrade six major junctions to ease congestion in and around the town.</p><p>In the recent Marches Growth Deal Expansion the Government also committed to support the development of a new university college at Shrewsbury, an initiative being supported by a £17m loan from the Public Works Loan Board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 24/03/2015 15:32:48 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

227773

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults were enrolled on (a) Level 4, (b) Level 5 and (c) Level 6 courses in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	227916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1b of the Statistical First Release ‘Higher Education Enrolments and Qualifications Obtained in the UK 2013/14’ provides the number of enrolments at both Higher Education Institutions and Further Education Colleges by qualification aim.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on how higher education qualification aims are ascribed to the National Vocational Qualification Levels is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a%5e_%5eCOURSEAIM.html" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a^_^COURSEAIM.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 25/03/2015 15:04:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 52018 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

228471

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Postgraduate Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to paragraph 1.179 of Budget 2015, what estimate he has made of how many PhD and post-graduate students in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland will receive the proposed financial support in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	228325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We are consulting on how best to implement the policy as part of a wider review into how to broaden and strengthen support for postgraduate researchers. We will be working with employers, universities and students to make sure the scheme meets the most pressing needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student entrants, enrolments and qualifiers at UK Higher Education Institutions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 14:38:15 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

228501

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 1.185 of Budget 2015, which bodies he expects to provide co-funding for the Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities; and what steps he is taking to encourage such co-funding.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	228495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities consortium is identifying potential industrial and institutional co-investors as part of the business case development for this initiative. Government is ready to support leveraged funding where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 14:35:53 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

229052

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to provide a substantive answer to Questions 225677, 225678, 225008 and 225009.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	228760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I have replied to the hon Member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 10:29:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

229095

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Devolution: England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on further devolution in England.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	228765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the member of Romford to the response I gave the member for Crawley during oral questions on Tuesday 24 March, <em>column 1273.</em></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 12:20:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

229063

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Higher Education: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of higher education institutes that participated in Israel Apartheid Week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Higher education institutions are independent and autonomous bodies and as part of their legal duties are responsible for ensuring that students do not face racism or harassment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 10:26:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

229540

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote regional growth.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	908356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Since this Government was elected 1.9 million more people are in employment, with jobs created in every region of the country – 60% outside London and the South East.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 28 City Deals, and 39 Local Growth Deals are helping drive local growth by transferring powers and resources from Whitehall to local economies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 14:22:13 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

348043

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government spending on the Troubled Families Programme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The programme is firmly on track: as of February this year, 90% of families (over 105,000) had been turned around. Updated performance figures will be available shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned a three-year independent evaluation of the Troubled Families programme. This will assess the overall effectiveness of the programme, including its economic and fiscal benefits. The details are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/study-to-assess-impact-of-troubled-families-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/study-to-assess-impact-of-troubled-families-work</a></p><p> </p><p>In March 2015, the Department published a report on the potential fiscal benefits of the Troubled Families programme. The details are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefits-of-the-troubled-families-programme-to-the-taxpayer-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefits-of-the-troubled-families-programme-to-the-taxpayer-report</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 10/06/2015 15:11:33 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

348616

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what basis additional funding for the Troubled Families initiative will be allocated to local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	1167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Upper tier local authorities are offered funding as part of the Troubled Families Programme on the basis of the number of families eligible for the programme within their area.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 17/06/2015 15:08:32 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

348615

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of the Troubled Families initiative in individual local authority areas.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	1166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Troubled Families initiative aims to turn families around. This means children are back in school for three consecutive terms and there has been significant reductions in youth crime and anti-social behaviour; or an adult in the family is back in work for at least three months. The first Troubled Families Programme is on track to achieve its goal to turn around the lives of 120,000 troubled families across England by May 2015. As of February 2015, over 105,000 families had been turned around. Final results will be published shortly. <br><br>The first programme has been subject to an independent national evaluation carried out by a consortium of research organisations, led by Ecorys UK Ltd and comprising Ipsos MORI, The National Institute for Economic and Social Research, Bryson Purdon Research and Clarissa White Research. The evaluation is assessing the impact, process and cost benefit of the programme. In July 2014, an initial report on the characteristics and problems experienced by families in the programme was published titled <em>Understanding Troubled Families</em>. The full final evaluation report is due later this summer.</p><p>The new expanded Troubled Families Programme aims to help up to 400,000 additional families achieve significant and sustainable change. It was rolled out nationally in April 2015 and an evaluation of this programme has already begun, delivered by the Office of National Statistics, Ipsos MORI and The Stationary Office. This will build on the first programme's assessments of impact and cost benefit, alongside a programme of qualitative research with local authorities and families to understand if and how services have adapted to work more effectively with families and those families' experiences of services.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 1168 1169 question first answered 29/06/2015 13:11:56 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

348617

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Troubled Families initiative to date; and who conducted that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	1168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Troubled Families initiative aims to turn families around. This means children are back in school for three consecutive terms and there has been significant reductions in youth crime and anti-social behaviour; or an adult in the family is back in work for at least three months. The first Troubled Families Programme is on track to achieve its goal to turn around the lives of 120,000 troubled families across England by May 2015. As of February 2015, over 105,000 families had been turned around. Final results will be published shortly. <br><br>The first programme has been subject to an independent national evaluation carried out by a consortium of research organisations, led by Ecorys UK Ltd and comprising Ipsos MORI, The National Institute for Economic and Social Research, Bryson Purdon Research and Clarissa White Research. The evaluation is assessing the impact, process and cost benefit of the programme. In July 2014, an initial report on the characteristics and problems experienced by families in the programme was published titled <em>Understanding Troubled Families</em>. The full final evaluation report is due later this summer.</p><p>The new expanded Troubled Families Programme aims to help up to 400,000 additional families achieve significant and sustainable change. It was rolled out nationally in April 2015 and an evaluation of this programme has already begun, delivered by the Office of National Statistics, Ipsos MORI and The Stationary Office. This will build on the first programme's assessments of impact and cost benefit, alongside a programme of qualitative research with local authorities and families to understand if and how services have adapted to work more effectively with families and those families' experiences of services.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 1166 1169 question first answered 29/06/2015 13:11:56 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

348618

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
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 his Department has for future continuous assessment of the Troubled Families initiative.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	1169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Troubled Families initiative aims to turn families around. This means children are back in school for three consecutive terms and there has been significant reductions in youth crime and anti-social behaviour; or an adult in the family is back in work for at least three months. The first Troubled Families Programme is on track to achieve its goal to turn around the lives of 120,000 troubled families across England by May 2015. As of February 2015, over 105,000 families had been turned around. Final results will be published shortly. <br><br>The first programme has been subject to an independent national evaluation carried out by a consortium of research organisations, led by Ecorys UK Ltd and comprising Ipsos MORI, The National Institute for Economic and Social Research, Bryson Purdon Research and Clarissa White Research. The evaluation is assessing the impact, process and cost benefit of the programme. In July 2014, an initial report on the characteristics and problems experienced by families in the programme was published titled <em>Understanding Troubled Families</em>. The full final evaluation report is due later this summer.</p><p>The new expanded Troubled Families Programme aims to help up to 400,000 additional families achieve significant and sustainable change. It was rolled out nationally in April 2015 and an evaluation of this programme has already begun, delivered by the Office of National Statistics, Ipsos MORI and The Stationary Office. This will build on the first programme's assessments of impact and cost benefit, alongside a programme of qualitative research with local authorities and families to understand if and how services have adapted to work more effectively with families and those families' experiences of services.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 1166 1168 question first answered 29/06/2015 13:11:56 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

386023

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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 Government: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on City Deals.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	900614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>At Budget 2015, the Government announced its intention to extend the City Deal model further in Scotland by opening negotiations with local partners and the Scottish Government for City Deals for Aberdeen and Inverness, and discussions are progressing well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 29/06/2015 15:47:05 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

386024

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Troubled Families programme.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	900616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister announced on 22 June, local authorities have just reported final results for the original Troubled Families Programme to us. They show that 99% of families targeted have had their lives turned around. My assessment is that is a great success.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 29/06/2015 15:48:50 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

386235

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local authorities have local jobcentre plus staff been appointed to assist in the delivery of the Troubled Families programme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	4557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Over 300 Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches are based in 149 upper-tier local authorities and are working with their troubled families teams to support delivery of the programme’s employment outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The only upper-tier local authorities without dedicated Jobcentre Plus staff are the City of London, Isles of Scilly and Rutland. These three areas have the lowest numbers of troubled families.</p><p> </p><p>These Jobcentre Plus staff work closely with local services in addressing the multiple barriers to employment faced by troubled families, including mental health problems, substance misuse and low skills.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 4558 question first answered 06/07/2015 14:51:09 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

386233

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role Jobcentre Plus plays in the referral of benefit claimants to participate in the Troubled Families programme.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	4558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Over 300 Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches are based in 149 upper-tier local authorities and are working with their troubled families teams to support delivery of the programme’s employment outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The only upper-tier local authorities without dedicated Jobcentre Plus staff are the City of London, Isles of Scilly and Rutland. These three areas have the lowest numbers of troubled families.</p><p> </p><p>These Jobcentre Plus staff work closely with local services in addressing the multiple barriers to employment faced by troubled families, including mental health problems, substance misuse and low skills.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 4557 question first answered 06/07/2015 14:51:09 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

386234

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of participants in the Troubled Families programme to date have been single parents.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	4559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The <em>Understanding Troubled Families </em>report, published in 2014 and based on a sample of 8,447 troubled families, found that 49% were lone parent households, compared to 17% in the wider population.</p><p> </p><p>Further demographic detail of the families in the original Troubled Families Programme (2012-15) will become available from its independent national evaluation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/07/2015 14:53:03 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

387289

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.77 of Autumn Statement, Cm 8961, what progress he has made on further integrating services by developing and extending the principles underpinning the Troubled Families programme approach to other groups of people with multiple needs.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	5499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The expanded Troubled Families Programme was rolled out in April 2015, to work with up to another 400,000 families with multiple problems - and to help transform the way services work with these vulnerable families. Officials from my Department have also been exploring futher potential opportunities for this approach with other government departments.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/07/2015 14:34:36 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 11632 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

389327

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many and what proportion of families supported by the Troubled Families Programme have unemployed family members entered employment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>On 22 June 2015 we announced that local authorities had reported that 116,654 out of 117,910 families supported by the original troubled families programme had been ‘turned around’. Of these, 11,921 families had seen an adult come off out of work benefits and into employment.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 28/07/2015 10:45:33 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 15425 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

391363

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families are in the Troubled Families programme; and what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse for each family which has participated in that programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	7919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>As was announced on the 22 June 2015, the original Troubled Families Programme (2012-2015) worked with and turned around the lives of 116,654 families. The new and expanded Troubled Families Programme was rolled out nationally in April 2015 and will reach up to a further 400,000 families with multiple problems. Details of how many troubled families are engaged in the new programme, in its first year of implementation, will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Research estimates that the cost to the public purse of the most troubled 120,000 families before engagement with the Troubled Families Programme was £9 billion in total; an average of £75,000 per family (DCLG: ‘The Fiscal Case for Working with Troubled Families’ (2013)). £8 billion of this spend was purely reacting to their problems. Information about the fiscal benefits resulting from that programme will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 07/09/2015 10:16:45 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

418549

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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	Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local government leaders on the provision of (a) housing and (b) other council assistance for refugees.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	901300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend, the Home Secretary and I are leading a Joint Committee – the Ministerial Group on Syrian Refugees – to put in place the necessary arrangements to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees over the course of this Parliament. Representatives from the Local Government Association attended the first meeting of this Group on Friday. Other key partners such as charities and faith institutions will also have the opportunity to contribute.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 14/09/2015 16:15:11 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

420977

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities in phase two of the Troubled Families programme have made tackling (a) child sexual exploitation and (b) sexual abuse an outcome in their Troubled Families Outcome Plan.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	11682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>Troubled Families Outcomes Plans are locally designed and owned documents that state how each local authority will demonstrate significant and sustained progress against the whole range of complex problems that a family on the programme may have. We have no current detailed analysis of child sexual exploitation and abuse within all Outcome Plans, but the programme is designed to be flexible so that all local authorities can bring in families where they believe child sexual exploitation or sexual abuse is an issue, and they believe the family would benefit from being included on the programme<em>.</em></p><br /> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 21/10/2015 14:01:49 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

423768

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Fireworks: Fire Services
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 the Government is taking to provide adequate fire service on bonfire night.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	13320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to all firefighters who continually demonstrate their commitment to protecting their communities, particularly at this busy time of year.</p><p>It is for each local fire and rescue authority to ensure the adequacy of its fire and rescue service provision on bonfire night and throughout the year. Each will have in place an Integrated Risk Management Plan, identifying and assessing the risks facing its communities and determining its priorities in relation to prevention, protection and response.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/11/2015 14:27:36 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

424515

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there has been in the number of firefighter posts was in Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	13938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 13946 13948 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:37:06 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

424518

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	13946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 13938 13948 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:37:06 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

424519

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Avon Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in Avon Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	13948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 13938 13946 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:37:05 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

424871

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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	East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14128 14129 14130 14131 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:32:06 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

424875

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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	Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14127 14129 14130 14131 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:32:06 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

424876

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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	Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14127 14128 14130 14131 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:32:06 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

424877

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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	Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14127 14128 14129 14131 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:32:06 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

424878

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
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	Dorset Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in Dorset Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14127 14128 14129 14130 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:32:06 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

425641

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there was in the number of firefighter posts in Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14596 14597 14598 14599 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:31:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

425642

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there was in the number of firefighter posts in Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14595 14597 14598 14599 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:31:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

425638

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Kent Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there was in the number of firefighter posts in Kent Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14595 14596 14598 14599 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:31:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

425639

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there was in the number of firefighter posts in the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14595 14596 14597 14599 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:31:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

425640

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there was in the number of firefighter posts in Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	14599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of full time equivalent firefighter posts for each fire and rescue service and for each year, together with greater detail, is available in the Department’s Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics publication (Table 2 for full time equivalent posts) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 14595 14596 14597 14598 question first answered 06/11/2015 13:31:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

420614

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
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	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters in each fire and rescue authority are qualified trauma technicians.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 16/11/2015 16:49:55 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

420619

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
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	Emergency Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the potential for efficiencies from closer working between the ambulance and fire services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s continued ambition is for greater collaboration between fire and local authorities and between fire, police and ambulance services to deliver a more efficient and effective service for the public. My Department has made available a significant amount of funding to fire and rescue authorities in 2015-16 for this purpose injecting over £65 million to support collaboration projects.</p><p>Our goal is to improve outcomes for the public through closer joint working across all the emergency services, including the NHS ambulance service. My Department in conjunction with the Home office and the Department of Health is currently consulting on the Government's manifesto commitment of enabling closer working between emergency services.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 16/11/2015 16:51:27 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

423767

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Fireworks: Fire Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information the Government holds on the number of (a) domestic and (b) forest or woodland fires caused by the use of fireworks in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	13319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The figures in the table show that almost 750 fires attended by fire crews were recorded as having fireworks as the cause of ignition in either dwellings, other residential or forest/woodland fires over the past five years. However, the Department collects information on the source of ignition for primary fires only. Primary fires include all fires in buildings, vehicles and outdoor structures or any fire involving casualties, rescues or fires attended by five or more appliances. The definition also includes “woodland/forest/crops” but other similar land types (eg “grassland, pasture, grazing etc”) are considered secondary fires for which this information is not gathered.</p><br /> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 16/11/2015 17:13:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark attachment 1 file name PQ 13319.xlsx title Table - Fires Attended
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

426737

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in the Durham Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	15307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 6 November, PQ 13946.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 15308 15309 15310 15320 question first answered 16/11/2015 13:29:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

426738

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Cleveland Fire Brigade: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in the Cleveland Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	15308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 6 November, PQ 13946.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 15307 15309 15310 15320 question first answered 16/11/2015 13:29:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

426739

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	15309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 6 November, PQ 13946.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 15307 15308 15310 15320 question first answered 16/11/2015 13:29:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

426740

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Surrey Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in the Surrey Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	15310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 6 November, PQ 13946.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 15307 15308 15309 15320 question first answered 16/11/2015 13:29:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

426743

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of firefighter posts was in the Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	15320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 6 November, PQ 13946.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 15307 15308 15309 15310 question first answered 16/11/2015 13:29:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

426744

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme: Malnutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of references of families to the Troubled Families programme have been the result of schools expressing concerns that children are not receiving sufficient food at home since April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	15326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>My Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 16/11/2015 13:30:33 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

421150

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Fire Services: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation, Enabling closer working between the Emergency Services, whether firefighters employed by police and crime commissioners will retain the right to take part in industrial action; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government, the Home Office and the Department of Health led joint consultation ‘Enabling closer working between the Emergency Services’ has made clear that should Police and Crime Commissioners assume responsibility for fire and rescue services, the important distinction between operational policing and firefighting will be maintained. The consultation did not propose to change the current rules around industrial action.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 18/11/2015 15:45:05 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching