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167904

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Free Movement of People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many British citizens are resident in each European Union country; and how many citizens of each of those countries have immigrated to the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL3428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 09/12/2014 15:34:35 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL3428 ONS 450.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - British Citizen Resident
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

167911

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Gifted Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to replace the Gifted and Talented programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has no plans to replace the national Gifted and Talented programme. Our plan for education is to raise standards at all schools so every child, including the most gifted, can achieve their full potential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is a fundamental responsibility of every school in England to ensure that their most gifted pupils receive an education that engages and stretches them at school, as well as inspiring them to reach their full potential. Schools are best placed to know and respond to the individual needs of their pupils, including the most able.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has freed schools from the constraints of excessive ring-fencing and bureaucracy. Schools leaders are free to decide how best to use their funding to provide extra support to talented children, including using the pupil premium to support gifted disadvantaged pupils. In addition, we have given teachers the freedom to tailor lessons so that every child is prepared for life in modern Britain, and Ofsted holds schools to account for how well they meet the needs of the range of their pupils, including the most able.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 09/12/2014 15:16:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

167950

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Local Criminal Justice Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the collection rate is for (a) fines, (b) prosecution costs, (c) compensation and (d) victims surcharge levied by each Local Criminal Justice Board in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	217172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>It has not been possible to answer this question within the timeframe. I will write to the Hon. Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/12/2014 12:50:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

167953

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish or place in the Library a breakdown of personal independence payment by claimants' main disabling condition in a similar format to the information previously provided on disability living allowance claimants.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Russell Brown
uin	217178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of claimants in receipt of personal independence payment, by a range of detailed breakdowns, has been published and can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Breakdowns by main disabling condition are currently available against 21 high level descriptors. From 17 December more detailed breakdowns of main disabling condition, including multiple sclerosis, will be available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 217175 question first answered 09/12/2014 12:23:52 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	588 label Biography information for Mr Russell Brown

167963

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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: Finance
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 Annex 1 of his Department's grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England for 2014-15, whether he plans to amend funding priorities for social mobility in higher education for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	217152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government will set out our priorities for higher education for 2015-16 in the annual Grant Letter to the Funding Council.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 09/12/2014 13:42:01 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

167965

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
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 expects to bring forward delegated legislation to set the level of fine available to the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	217158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>As required by section 9 of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013, the Adjudicator has consulted on a proposed maximum penalty, and has made a recommendation to the Secretary of State. This is currently the subject of cross-Government Ministerial consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 09/12/2014 15:00:20 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

167972

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	Apprentices
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 (a) white and (b) Black and minority ethnic applicants started, (i) apprenticeships and (ii) traineeships in the last three years; and what proportion of each such group completed them.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	217257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by ethnicity is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378235/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378235/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship success rates show the proportion of apprenticeships that are successfully completed in each year. Success rates by ethnicity are published in Table 13A of the Equality and Diversity data report:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351432/1213_E_D_-_Main_Tables_FINAL_XLS_September_14.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351432/1213_E_D_-_Main_Tables_FINAL_XLS_September_14.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of traineeship starts by ethnicity is presented in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Traineeship starts by ethnicity, 2013/14 </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Traineeship Starts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>% Ethnicity</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p><em>18.8%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>8,400</p></td><td><p><em>80.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known/not provided</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p><em>1.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 10,400 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>100.0%</em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p><p> </p><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p> </p><p>3) Percentages are calculated using pre-rounded data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Traineeships is a new programme and we will look to publish further completion and progression data once the data quality is deemed acceptable. A separate note is available online where further details can be found:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378733/traineeships-completions-and-progressions-note-nov14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378733/traineeships-completions-and-progressions-note-nov14.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2014 15:14:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

167987

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tickets: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which non-executive directors in his Department have been involved in discussions on policy relating to the secondary ticketing market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	217201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>None of the Department's Non-Executive Board Members have been involved in discussions on policy relating to the secondary ticketing market. The role of the Non-Executive Board Members is to provide advice and challenge to the Department and its Ministers on strategic and operational issues. They do not have a role in policy making.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/12/2014 13:35:41 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

167988

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department takes to avoid conflicts of interest among its non-executive directors; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	217202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Non-Executive Board Members are required to complete an annual declaration of interests, declaring any personal or business interests for themselves or their close family which may, or may be perceived to influence their judgement. At each Board or Committee meeting with Non-Executive Board Members present, attendees are routinely asked at the start of the meeting to declare any interests in the agenda items and to withdraw from any discussion where such an interest is identified</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/12/2014 13:33:02 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

167989

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tickets: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what sport governing bodies he has met to discuss the secondary ticketing market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	217203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Departmental website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/313639/Transparency_Declarations_Oct-Dec_2013_csv.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/313639/Transparency_Declarations_Oct-Dec_2013_csv.csv/preview</a></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/12/2014 14:17:59 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford