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168464

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date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will clarify the role of teachers in monitoring girls at risk of being forced into under-age marriage.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL3494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>All school staff have a responsibility to identify children who may be in need of extra help or who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant harm. All staff then have a responsibility to take appropriate action, working with other services as required. Those responsibilities, which apply to the risk of forced marriage as to any other form of abuse, are set out in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ statutory guidance for schools and their staff which the Government published in April 2014.[1]</p><p>The statutory guidance contains links to more detailed guidance on specific risks, including multi-Agency guidelines on forced marriage.[2] The chapter of those guidelines which focuses on schools, colleges and universities indicates: what teachers should look out for, such as changes in behaviour or attendance or the early marriage of a sibling; how they can support girls, by giving access to support and advice; and what they should do if they suspect a girl is being forced into marriage, including activating local child protection procedures.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322307/HMG_MULTI_AGENCY_PRACTICE_GUIDELINES_v1_180614_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/322307/HMG_MULTI_AGENCY_PRACTICE_GUIDELINES_v1_180614_FINAL.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/12/2014 17:11:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

168583

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Employment: Gillingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of women in Gillingham and Rainham constituency were in work in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	217602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 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 constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 10/12/2014 15:29:10 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 217602 ONS 454.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Women in Work
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

168587

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Furniture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	217690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>70 Whitehall is undergoing refurbishment under a programme initiated by the previous Government. No desks are leased.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/12/2014 15:27:54 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

168708

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Furniture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	217703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Scotland Office’s main building is Dover House in London. In the parts of the building occupied solely by Scotland Office officials there are thirty desks. All of them are owned by the Scotland Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 10/12/2014 15:21:31 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

168125

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the eCall system to be introduced in motor cars from 31 March 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that eCall has the potential to improve road safety further, but it is important that each initiative is carefully considered on its merits. After considering the results of independent research we are concerned that the benefits of making eCall mandatory in all new cars will not justify the cost of implementing it in the UK. That is why the UK does not support the EU proposed mandatory installation of eCall in new passenger cars and vans at this time. Motorists should be free to choose a third party eCall system if they wish, and calls from these systems are already supported by UK emergency call centres.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/12/2014 15:31:55 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

168129

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that academies should be funded solely by the public sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Academies receive public funding which is designed to meet their costs and to put them in the same position as comparable schools maintained by local authorities. Like maintained schools, academies can raise funds through appeals and donations and through commercial activities such as lettings. The Department for Education welcomes such additional contributions to the education system.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 10/12/2014 12:55:09 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

168136

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Driving Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted for driving cars while (a) disqualified from driving and (b) uninsured in each police force area in the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	217583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the total number of people prosecuted for driving whilst disqualified or driving whilst uninsured. To obtain details of the number of defendants prosecuted for these offences, would require a manual review of individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Driving motor vehicles while uninsured are specified proceedings. These are offences that are prosecuted by the police rather than the CPS in order to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and ensure swifter justice. The CPS will only prosecute a specified offence in cases where a not guilty plea has been entered or when the defendant is charged with other associated offences such as driving with excess alcohol.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 10/12/2014 12:53:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168140

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of planned changes in EU VAT on digital sales on the level of exporting to other EU member states by small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	217569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my reply to his question number 217568 - PQN/14-15/2014/06232</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/12/2014 13:21:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

168167

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to invest in infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	217494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Plan 2014 provides details of over £460 billion of planned public and private investment to 2020 and beyond. This includes £15 billion of investment on over 100 strategic road schemes, and £2.3 billion of investment in over 1400 flood defence schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 10/12/2014 16:31:26 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

168170

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on small businesses of proposed changes to EU VAT rules for digital sales.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	217568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Businesses that supply digital services to consumers in other Member States are covered by the new VAT rules. However, there are a number of supporting measures to mitigate the impact on small businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will allow businesses below the VAT registration threshold to register for VAT in respect of their cross border sales only. This means these businesses can use the on-line Mini One Stop Shop, which removes the burden of registering for VAT in other Member States, whilst also retaining the benefit of the national VAT threshold for their domestic sales. Small businesses that sell through a digital platform will not have to register for VAT because the operator of the marketplace has the responsibility to account for the VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also provided extensive guidance to support businesses, including organising a Twitter Clinic and publishing answers to the main questions and is engaging with Enterprise Nation about the concerns of micro businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A Tax Information and Impact Note was published on 10 December 2013 which included an assessment of the impact on small and micro businesses. It is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264647/Overview_of_legislation_in_draft.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Introducing a cross-border threshold for digital sales is not permitted under European Law. This would require a change in EU law agreed by all Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 217567 217570 question first answered 10/12/2014 13:16:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert