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391751

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available for early years settings where Ofsted inspections have identified a need to improve provision for children with speech, language and communication needs; and from which sources such support is provided.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	8156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The development of all children’s speech, language and communication during their early years is a priority for government. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets the prime areas of learning that early years providers must follow and this includes a focus on communication and language. The EYFS requires providers to have arrangements in place to support children with special educational needs or disabilities. In England the Early Years Educator Criteria and the Teachers’ Standards (Early Years) also require the staff in question to deliver the EYFS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Teachers’ Standards (Early Years) requires early years teachers to demonstrate a clear understanding of the needs of all children, including those with speech, language and communication or other special educational needs or disabilities. It requires teachers to be able to use and evaluate distinctive approaches to engage and support children and to have the skills and awareness to know when a child is in need of additional support. The Department for Education provides grants to a number of expert organisations so that they can support the early years workforce to meet the needs of children with speech, language and communication difficulties. This includes providing access to best practice, tools and training. A range of organisations and bodies also provide advice and support to their members on this issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where Ofsted inspectors have identified areas of improvement it is the responsibility of the early years setting to put an improvement plan in place. Local authorities are required by legislation to secure information, advice and training for early years providers judged less than good on their last Ofsted inspection report, including to help the provider meet the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under section 22 of the Children and Families Act 2014 local authorities in England are required to identify all the children and young people in their area (i) who have or may have special educational needs, and (ii) who have a disability. Section 23 places a duty on clinical commissioning groups, NHS trusts or NHS foundation trusts if they are of the opinion that a child under compulsory school age has (or probably has) special educational needs or a disability, to tell the local authority and child’s parents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England must ensure that all providers they fund are aware of the requirement on them to have regard to the special educational needs and disability - code of practice and to meet the needs of children with special educational needs or disabilities.</p><p><em><br> </em></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 7968 8177 question first answered 07/09/2015 15:43:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

391752

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what legal duties local authorities have to support early years settings in the identification of, and support for, children with speech, language and communication needs.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	8177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The development of all children’s speech, language and communication during their early years is a priority for government. The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets the prime areas of learning that early years providers must follow and this includes a focus on communication and language. The EYFS requires providers to have arrangements in place to support children with special educational needs or disabilities. In England the Early Years Educator Criteria and the Teachers’ Standards (Early Years) also require the staff in question to deliver the EYFS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Teachers’ Standards (Early Years) requires early years teachers to demonstrate a clear understanding of the needs of all children, including those with speech, language and communication or other special educational needs or disabilities. It requires teachers to be able to use and evaluate distinctive approaches to engage and support children and to have the skills and awareness to know when a child is in need of additional support. The Department for Education provides grants to a number of expert organisations so that they can support the early years workforce to meet the needs of children with speech, language and communication difficulties. This includes providing access to best practice, tools and training. A range of organisations and bodies also provide advice and support to their members on this issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where Ofsted inspectors have identified areas of improvement it is the responsibility of the early years setting to put an improvement plan in place. Local authorities are required by legislation to secure information, advice and training for early years providers judged less than good on their last Ofsted inspection report, including to help the provider meet the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under section 22 of the Children and Families Act 2014 local authorities in England are required to identify all the children and young people in their area (i) who have or may have special educational needs, and (ii) who have a disability. Section 23 places a duty on clinical commissioning groups, NHS trusts or NHS foundation trusts if they are of the opinion that a child under compulsory school age has (or probably has) special educational needs or a disability, to tell the local authority and child’s parents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England must ensure that all providers they fund are aware of the requirement on them to have regard to the special educational needs and disability - code of practice and to meet the needs of children with special educational needs or disabilities.</p><p><em><br> </em></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 7968 8156 question first answered 07/09/2015 15:43:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

391756

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential economic benefits of investment in renewable energy resources in the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	8181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change published <em>Delivering UK Investment: Low Carbon Energy </em>in March 2015 which estimates investment in renewable electricity generation capacity between 2015 and 2020 of up to £45bn. We estimate that the low carbon sector has the potential to support up to 250,000 jobs by 2020, of which 200,000 would be in renewables. [1]</p><p><em>[1]</em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419024/DECC_LowCarbonEnergyReport.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419024/DECC_LowCarbonEnergyReport.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 15:43:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

391758

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she plans to take to ensure the UK stays on course to meet its targets to reduce the use of coal and other fossil fuels.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
uin	8182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has put in place reforms designed to deliver a secure transition to an affordable, low-carbon electricity system.</p><p>Our projections show that, based on current policies, we expect to see around a 50% reduction in total electricity generation from fossil fuels by 2030 compared to 2014*.</p><p><em>*Source: DECC 2014 Updated Annual Energy &amp; Emissions Projections, Annex J <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 15:42:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

391813

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Conclusions of the European Council of 25 and 26 June 2015 paragraph 4(e), whether the UK is legally bound by the agreement to participate in resettling 20,000 displaced persons.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	8358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The European Commission proposal on resettlement is in the form of a Recommendation and is therefore not legally binding on Member States.</p><p>Her Majesty's Government has been very clear that resettlement of refugees is a matter for national governments, not the EU. We will not participate in any EU proposals for mandatory resettlement. But we will continue to decide and run our own national schemes as part of our wider asylum and migration policy and the EU proposals on resettlement explicitly recognise this. We expect to resettle up to 2,200 refugees over the next two years under our existing national schemes.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:47:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

391855

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK counter-terrorism police staff are based in Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	8311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>For national security reasons we do not disclose the detailed allocation of police counter-terrorism capabilities or resource.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 07/09/2015 15:35:59 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

391857

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees granted asylum in the UK were studying in the UK at the time their asylum application was made in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	8239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as to produce an accurate number would require a manual review of records matched between different Home Office data systems, which would only be achievable at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The UK has a proud tradition of providing protection to those who need it most. Between 2011 and March this year, we granted asylum or other forms of leave to over 4,200 Syrian nationals and dependants.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:44:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

391859

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to reintroduce tier 1 post-study work visas for students completing their studies at Scottish universities.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	8346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government closed Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) in April 2012 and has no plans to reintroduce the route for any international graduates, including those who have studied at Scottish universities.</p><p>We closed the Tier 1 (Post Study Work) route because too many individuals in the route were unemployed or in low-skilled work, and too many were using the student route merely as a means to work in the UK, without any intention of study, which does not help hard-working people or our educational institutions.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:37:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

391860

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to open the tier 3 category of visas to new applicants.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	8345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government has no plans to open Tier 3 of the Points Based System.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:46:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

391861

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of UK nationals who have crossed into Syria from the Turkish border and have since returned to the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	8312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Figures on how many UK nationals have crossed into Syria from the Turkish border and returned to the UK in the last 12 months are not available.</p><p>However, we are aware of around 700 people from the UK who are of concern to the Police and Security Services and who are thought to have travelled to the region since the start of the conflict. We estimate that around half of those have returned.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/09/2015 15:42:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham