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938464

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prostate Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the provision of Focused Laser Ablation treatment for prostate cancer available on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	163225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Focused Laser Ablation treatment for prostate cancer is not within the scope of services commissioned by NHS England. We continue to encourage clinical commissioning groups and providers to offer services in line with the latest National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/07/2018 15:02:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

917212

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to schools on the use and possession by pupils of smartphones and tablets (a) in schools and (b) during classes.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	149714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Schools can choose to ban or limit the use of smart phone or tablets on school premises during the school day. Schools should make any policies on smart phones or tablets known to all staff, pupils and parents. These policies should outline any sanctions that will be imposed if pupils break these rules.</p><p>The Bennett Review of behaviour in schools includes a chapter about the use of technology in schools and case studies of policies in place. The report, which was published last year, can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/behaviour-in-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/06/2018 16:27:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

904191

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Harborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in Harborough constituency in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the funding that will be allocated to schools in Harborough constituency under the National Funding Formula in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	143878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Harborough to the answer I gave on 10 May 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-25/138114/%20)" target="_blank">138114</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding for schools at local authority (LA) level. Schools in Harborough will attract 6.4% more funding under the final national funding formula for schools, equivalent to £256 more per pupil. LAs will continue to set local formulae to determine individual schools’ budgets in 2018-19 and 2019-20. It remains the Government’s intention that every school’s budget should be set on the basis of a single, national formula, but a period of transition will provide greater stability for schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will publish notional funding formula allocations for 2019/20 later this year after updating calculations using the latest autumn census data.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/05/2018 15:51:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

904193

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	State Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were being educated in the state sector in (a) Harborough constituency, (b) Leicestershire, (c) Leicester and (d) England in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the number of pupils there will be in each of these areas in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	143879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>Information on schools and pupils is published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school is available in the Underlying data: SFR28/2017 of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release, contained in file ‘SFR28_2017_Schools_Pupils_UD’. The figures can be filtered by school phase (column N), parliamentary constituency (column V). The headcount of pupils can be found in column DW.</p><p> </p><p>The number of pupils being educated in the state sector in England in each year since 2010-11 can be found in Table 2a in the National tables: SFR28/2017.</p><p> </p><p>Information for earlier years (from 2010 onwards) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasts of pupil numbers at local authority level (LA) can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-capacity-academic-year-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>Tables A5 (primary) and A6 (secondary) of the main tables give the LA forecasted pupil numbers. Forecasts are not produced at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/05/2018 15:45:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

895428

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Infrastructure Levy and Planning Obligations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the value was of Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy planning obligations agreed to in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of that value was attributed to (a) direct payments, (b) affordable housing and (c) other types of contributions.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	140223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data for every year since 2010-11. In March this year we published a study on “<em>The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy in England 2016-17</em>”. This found that last year Section 106 planning obligations with an estimated value of £5.1 billion had been agreed<strong>,</strong> including an estimated £4 billion in affordable housing contributions, and that the value of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) levied by local authorities was £0.9 billion.</p><p>Of the £4 billion agreed through Section 106 affordable housing contributions, it is estimated that £75 million was agreed to be delivered through commuted sums towards off-site provision, and the remainder through on-site provision. For other Section 106 planning obligations excluding land contribution, it is estimated that obligations to the value of £613.1 million were agreed in direct contributions, and £72.1 million in payment in-kind contributions.</p><p>Local authorities received £286 million in CIL revenue during 2016/17, £135 million was received in 2015/16, £49 million in 2014/15, £10 million in in 2013/14, £1 million in 2012/13 and £15,000 in 2011/12. There were no CIL charging authorities in 2010/11. In addition, The Mayor of London’s CIL, which is charged to help fund Crossrail, raised £137 million in 2016/17, £119 million in 2015/16, £73 million in 2014/15, £47 million in 2013/14 and £6 million in 2012/13.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 140225 question first answered 08/05/2018 16:35:39 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

895432

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Infrastructure Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the value was of Community Infrastructure Levy planning obligations agreed to in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	140225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data for every year since 2010-11. In March this year we published a study on “<em>The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations and Community Infrastructure Levy in England 2016-17</em>”. This found that last year Section 106 planning obligations with an estimated value of £5.1 billion had been agreed<strong>,</strong> including an estimated £4 billion in affordable housing contributions, and that the value of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) levied by local authorities was £0.9 billion.</p><p>Of the £4 billion agreed through Section 106 affordable housing contributions, it is estimated that £75 million was agreed to be delivered through commuted sums towards off-site provision, and the remainder through on-site provision. For other Section 106 planning obligations excluding land contribution, it is estimated that obligations to the value of £613.1 million were agreed in direct contributions, and £72.1 million in payment in-kind contributions.</p><p>Local authorities received £286 million in CIL revenue during 2016/17, £135 million was received in 2015/16, £49 million in 2014/15, £10 million in in 2013/14, £1 million in 2012/13 and £15,000 in 2011/12. There were no CIL charging authorities in 2010/11. In addition, The Mayor of London’s CIL, which is charged to help fund Crossrail, raised £137 million in 2016/17, £119 million in 2015/16, £73 million in 2014/15, £47 million in 2013/14 and £6 million in 2012/13.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 140223 question first answered 08/05/2018 16:35:39 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

891370

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to schools in (a) Harborough constituency (b) Leicestershire (c) Leicester and (d) England in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the funding that will be allocated to those areas under the National Funding Formula for (i) 2018-19 and (ii) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	138114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department primarily allocates revenue funding for schools at local authority level. Individual schools’ allocations are determined according to the local formula set by the local authority, in consultation with schools. It remains our intention that every school’s budget should be set on the basis of a single, national formula, but we believe a period of transition will provide greater stability for schools.</p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding for schools allocated by the Department to Leicester, Leicestershire, and England in each year since 2013-14 is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Leicester</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>200.54</p></td><td><p>205.61</p></td><td><p>211.37</p></td><td><p>226.70</p></td><td><p>230.84</p></td><td><p>240.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs block</p></td><td><p>38.41</p></td><td><p>40.21</p></td><td><p>40.48</p></td><td><p>41.10</p></td><td><p>48.01</p></td><td><p>48.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>1.87</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Leicestershire</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>338.09</p></td><td><p>339.66</p></td><td><p>362.79</p></td><td><p>368.92</p></td><td><p>368.28</p></td><td><p>380.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs block</p></td><td><p>49.56</p></td><td><p>52.34</p></td><td><p>52.84</p></td><td><p>53.87</p></td><td><p>63.16</p></td><td><p>65.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>3.28</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools block</p></td><td><p>30,411.73</p></td><td><p>30,655.12</p></td><td><p>31,365.51</p></td><td><p>32,650.31</p></td><td><p>33,093.60</p></td><td><p>33,683.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Needs block</p></td><td><p>4,966.89</p></td><td><p>5,183.87</p></td><td><p>5,246.54</p></td><td><p>5,299.87</p></td><td><p>5,826.84</p></td><td><p>5,986.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSSB<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>468.61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note that, in 2017-18, the balance between the Schools Block and High Needs block for every local authority was re-balanced, to reflect previous years’ decisions on the local distribution of spending between schools, high needs and early years. In the case of Leicestershire, total funding increased in that year from £422.79m in 2016-17 to £431.44m in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2013-14, the Department did not break the dedicated schools grant (DSG) into specific blocks. Total DSG allocations for the years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 are shown below, but these figures are not comparable to those above because they cover schools, high needs and early years funding.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DSG £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicester</strong></p></td><td><p>204.16</p></td><td><p>244.96</p></td><td><p>247.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicestershire</strong></p></td><td><p>349.43</p></td><td><p>400.93</p></td><td><p>402.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>31,195.45</p></td><td><p>36,543.96</p></td><td><p>36,855.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Funding for 2019-20 will be determined later this year, on the basis of the October 2018 census. The Department published notional allocations, based on 2017-18 pupil numbers and characteristics, alongside the outcome to the national funding formula consultation in September 2017. However, these figures were published to help to explain the impact of the introduction of the national funding formula; they are not comparable with the figures in the tables above as they do not take account of the actual pupil numbers used to calculate schools block allocations for 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/05/2018 16:30:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 55089 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

844028

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fly-tipping: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sentences in deterring fly-tipping; and when the penalties for fly-tipping will next be reviewed.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	128383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping. The maximum penalty on prosecution for fly-tipping is imprisonment of up to five years or a potentially unlimited fine. Defra has worked with the Sentencing Council to strengthen guidelines for environmental offences in 2014. I am raising this with colleagues at the Ministry of Justice and to also ensure sentencing levels act as an effective deterrent.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/02/2018 15:32:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

839077

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Housing: Capital Gains Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money was accrued to the public purse from Capital Gains Tax paid on residential property in each year since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	127636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The amount of money accrued to the public purse from Capital Gains Tax paid on residential property in each year since 2000 is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>Tax data from residential property gains is not readily available because, historically, it has not been collected separately as part of Self Assessment returns. It could be provided only at disproportionate cost using significant analytical resource to compute estimates. However, from 2016/17 the Capital Gains Tax Self Assessment return includes a separate section that will collect information on tax payable on residential property gains.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/02/2018 15:50:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

828760

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Cameroon: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is providing to tackle human rights abuses and violence in Cameroon, and in particular South Cameroon.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	124399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is monitoring the situation in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon closely. Our High Commission in Yaoundé continues to meet opposition groups, human rights defenders and the Cameroonian authorities to establish an accurate account, including over allegations of rape. Our High Commissioner in Yaoundé raised our concerns about the situation in the Anglophone regions with President Biya on 19 December. In this and several recent meetings with Prime Minister Philémon Yang and Cameroonian Ministers he called on the Cameroonian Government to adhere to Cameroon’s obligations under international law in respect of human rights. The British Government condemns sexual violence in conflict and is working with foreign governments, the United Nations, the African Union and international organisations to end it.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 31/01/2018 13:11:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien