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747513

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Children: Maintenance
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 implement the recommendations in the Work and Pensions Select Committee report, Child Maintenance Service, HC587, published on 2 May 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	2574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Work and Pensions Select Committee report and is carefully considering its recommendations. We will submit the Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/07/2017 15:40:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

747148

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government remains committed to ensuring consistent levels of transparency on political donations made to political parties.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	2270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The rules about transparency of political donations are set out in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. The Government intends to bring forward legislation to extend transparency that already exists for political parties in Great Britain to also cover donations and loans received by Northern Ireland parties on or after 1 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/07/2017 10:29:53 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

746642

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken (1) to implement the judgment of the European Court of Justice of 6 October 2015, Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner, and (2) to ensure that the Information Commissioner implements the findings set out in that judgment.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Whilst the UK is a member of the European Union, we will continue to rely on the Privacy Shield for data flows to and from the US. The UK Government views this agreement as a major step forward for restoring certainty and a stable legal footing for transatlantic data flows.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/07/2017 12:40:03 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

746654

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether primary legislation is required to introduce the National Funding Formula for Schools in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>We believe that the current funding arrangements are unfair and we remain committed to changing them. We will work with Parliament to bring forward proposals that command a consensus. We are considering the more than 25,000 responses we received to the second stage to National Funding Formula consultation, and will publish our response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the first stage to the consultation, a national funding formula – one which would directly set the budget for each school – would remove the requirement for local authorities to set a local schools funding formula. Removing the requirement for local authorities to set local formulae would require a change to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 05/07/2017 15:59:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

746655

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the increase in the number of pupils in primary and secondary schools over the next three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The most recent projection for the number of pupils in state funded primary schools was published on 14 July 2016. The figures for the actual population in 2016, and the projections for the next three years, are provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Full-time equivalent actual and projected number of pupils, 2016 onwards</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Projection</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016 (actual)</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>State-funded primary schools</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>population</p></td><td><p>4,479,000</p></td><td><p>4,572,000</p></td><td><p>4,629,000</p></td><td><p>4,653,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>increase (num)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>93,000</em></p></td><td><p><em>57,000</em></p></td><td><p><em>24,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>increase (%)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>2.1</em></p></td><td><p><em>1.2</em></p></td><td><p><em>0.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>State-funded secondary schools</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>population</p></td><td><p>2,758,000</p></td><td><p>2,798,000</p></td><td><p>2,863,000</p></td><td><p>2,951,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>increase (num)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>40,000</em></p></td><td><p><em>65,000</em></p></td><td><p><em>88,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>increase (%)</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>1.5</em></p></td><td><p><em>2.3</em></p></td><td><p><em>3.1</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Numbers rounded to the nearest thousand. Percentages calculated on exact figures</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>Source: 2016 national population projections, DfE</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes: 1 – projection for the state funded primary and secondary school population aged up to and including 15, age taken as at the start of the academic year.</p><p>2 – Actual and projected figures and numerical increases rounded to the nearest thousand. The percentages were calculated on the exact figures.</p><p>3 – Full-time equivalent numbers count each part-time pupil as 0.5.</p><p>4 – All through schools are included in the secondary school total for all ages.</p><p> </p><p>This information is published on the department’s website. New 2017 pupil projections will be released on 13 July 2017 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-projections" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-projections</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 05/07/2017 15:45:29 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

746677

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what priority they will give to increasing support for, and strengthening the effectiveness of, the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations through the UK’s Official Development Assistance programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the valuable role that the Specialised Agencies of the United Nations perform in the agreement and enforcement of international norms, standards and regulations. The UK focuses its support on agencies that are best placed to deliver on the Government’s strategic priorities and which demonstrate excellent performance including value for money for UK taxpayers’ investments. The Multilateral Development Review published in December 2016 explained how the Department for International Development is working with several Specialised Agencies to improve their effectiveness, including the introduction of performance agreements to reinforce priority reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/07/2017 16:38:51 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

746700

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including in school admissions applications provision for disabled parents to give reasons for preferring a specific school.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>School admission arrangements are set and applied locally.</p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code already enables admission authorities to give priority to children who have a particular social or medical need to attend their school. This could include circumstances where the parent has a disability.</p><p> </p><p>Where admission authorities wish to prioritise children on this basis, it must be clearly set out in their admission arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/07/2017 15:44:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

746717

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes in departmental structure the Government has made to promote closer working between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	1990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Following the General Election the Prime Minister appointed two Ministers of State, Alistair Burt and Rory Stewart, to serve across the FCO and DFID. The Ministers will develop their working practice to serve the interests of both departments and shape their priorities based on events and issues as they arise.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 05/07/2017 16:49:49 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

746727

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support small business growth in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	1947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Support for businesses in Scotland is largely a devolved matter, and <a href="https://www.mygov.scot/business/" target="_blank">https://www.mygov.scot/business/</a> provides advice to people starting, running and growing a business, including a section on funding and grants in Scotland. In addition, British Business Bank (BBB) programmes are supporting finance to smaller businesses. As at end of December 2016, BBB programmes were supporting over £1.4m* to small businesses in East Renfrewshire. This includes 33 start-up loans totalling over £170,000.</p><p>Alongside designing and delivering programmes through its partners, the British Business Bank works to promote the provision of better information in the market to increase smaller businesses’ understanding of the finance options available to them. The Business Finance Guide (<a href="http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb" target="_blank">http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb</a> ) sets out the different sources of finance available to businesses – from start-ups to SMEs and growing mid-sized companies.</p><p>In order to support innovation by small businesses, Innovate UK awarded 99 projects to SMEs in Scotland with a commitment of £16.7 million in 2016/17.</p><p>Small businesses in Scotland also benefit from UK-wide initiatives to encourage investment, for example the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme. If they have business premises, small businesses will also benefit from the Small Business Bonus Scheme and receive 100% relief on their rates bill for property valued below £10,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>*this does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level</em></strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 1948 question first answered 05/07/2017 16:22:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

746728

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Small Businesses: East Renfrewshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support micro-enterprises in East Renfrewshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	1948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Support for businesses in Scotland is largely a devolved matter, and <a href="https://www.mygov.scot/business/" target="_blank">https://www.mygov.scot/business/</a> provides advice to people starting, running and growing a business, including a section on funding and grants in Scotland. In addition, British Business Bank (BBB) programmes are supporting finance to smaller businesses. As at end of December 2016, BBB programmes were supporting over £1.4m* to small businesses in East Renfrewshire. This includes 33 start-up loans totalling over £170,000.</p><p>Alongside designing and delivering programmes through its partners, the British Business Bank works to promote the provision of better information in the market to increase smaller businesses’ understanding of the finance options available to them. The Business Finance Guide (<a href="http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb" target="_blank">http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb</a> ) sets out the different sources of finance available to businesses – from start-ups to SMEs and growing mid-sized companies.</p><p>In order to support innovation by small businesses, Innovate UK awarded 99 projects to SMEs in Scotland with a commitment of £16.7 million in 2016/17.</p><p>Small businesses in Scotland also benefit from UK-wide initiatives to encourage investment, for example the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme. If they have business premises, small businesses will also benefit from the Small Business Bonus Scheme and receive 100% relief on their rates bill for property valued below £10,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>*this does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level</em></strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 1947 question first answered 05/07/2017 16:22:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton