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346849

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation was conducted with stakeholders affected by the reforms for delivery of approved English language qualifications for settlement and citizenship effective from November 2015; how the decision was communicated to teaching providers and learners; and whether an impact assessment was undertaken.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	1
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The possibility of changes to the English language requirement for settlement and nationality was discussed as part of the SELT procurement process. Letters announcing the change to test arrangements have been sent to a range of organisations. As this change relates to the implementation of existing policy, no formal impact assessment was required.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/06/2015 10:35:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

229123

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Jordan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from non-governmental organisations on the issuing of work visas to Syrian refugees in Jordan; and if he will raise this issue with the Jordanian government.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	228793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We regularly discuss the situation for Syrian refugees in Jordan, including access to work, with non-governmental organisations and civil society representatives. The Secretary of State for International Development, my right hon. Friend the Member for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields (Justine Greening) raised our concerns about the need for refugees to have access to livelihood opportunities with Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour when she visited Jordan in February. <br><br>The UK is committed to supporting Jordan as it hosts over 620,000 refugees from the Syria crisis, placing an enormous burden on local services and communities. We have provided £220 million to ensure Syrian refugees and host communities can continue to receive food, water and shelter while shoring up stretched public services.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/03/2015 08:39:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

229192

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on an increase of arranged child marriages among Syrian refugees in Jordan; and what steps the Government is taking to protect children from such marriages.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	228789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is extremely concerned about reports of an increase in arranged child marriages among Syrian refugees in Jordan. A UNICEF report in January 2014 indicated a rise in the proportion of Syrian refugee girls who had married early (defined as before the age of 18) in Jordan, from 12% in 2011 to 32% in the first quarter of 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Child protection is a central part of DFID’s humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis and we provide multi-year funding to UNICEF to support their work in this area. In addition we also support organisations such as CARE, International Rescue Committee (IRC) and UNHCR. These interventions all have a child protection component. UNHCR and UNFPA co-chair the ‘forced and early marriage’ taskforce, which has developed a joint action plan to reduce the risk and mitigate the consequence of child marriage and forced marriage in Jordan, and to build the capacity of local organisations to tackle this issue. The UK also successfully lobbied the Government of Jordan to sign up to the Girl Summit 2014 Charter which is a global movement to end Female Genital Mutilation and Child, Early and Forced Marriage for all girls everywhere within a generation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 26/03/2015 13:02:40 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

229193

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Jordan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to encourage other EU member states to provide further assistance to support Syrian refugees and the domestic population of Jordan through humanitarian programmes in Jordan.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	228790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK continues to call upon all countries to pledge further funding in response to the Syrian humanitarian crisis, including other Member States of the EU. The UK negotiated strong language in the EU <a href="http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/03/16-council-conclusions-eu-regional-strategy-for-syria-and-iraq-as-well-as-the-isil-daesh-threat/" target="_blank">Foreign Affairs Council conclusions</a> calling on all Member States to pledge humanitarian aid and longer term assistance to those affected, including the domestic populations of neighbouring countries such as Jordan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 26/03/2015 10:11:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

228534

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2015 to Question 227136, for what reasons the names of schools which applied for but were not allocated funding will not be published until July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	228428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>To publish now the names of schools which applied for but were not allocated funding would be unfair to the local authorities and schools which are affected by the announcement. Those organisations will be considering the next steps for resolving their situations; these might involve finding alternative capital funding sources or non-capital solutions. Publishing the details now could lead to unwelcome pressure from potential suppliers whilst they are considering their options. It is reasonable to assume that all authorities and schools will have decided on the approach they will be taking forward by July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2015 14:03:33 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

228605

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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 people have (a) applied and (b) successfully resettled in the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (i) in total and (ii) in each month since September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	228475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees had referred 260 people for consideration under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons <br>Relocation (VPR) scheme. This data is based on management information only, and has not therefore been subject to the detailed checks that apply to National <br>Statistics publications. 143 people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme between the first group of arrivals on 25 March 2014 and the end of December 2014. This is the latest publicly available figure, as numbers are released as part of the Home Office official statistics each quarter. <br><br>The table below states the numbers resettled at the end of each quarter.<br><br>2014 Q1 – 13<br>2014 Q2 – 37<br>2014 Q3 – 40<br>2014 Q4 – 53<br><br>Total – 143<br><br>The number of arrivals under the scheme up to March 2015 will be published on 21 May.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2015 15:30:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

228080

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Parking: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received about issuing notices of fines without declarations of VAT by private parking companies; and what enforcement action he is taking against companies that fail to comply with the law in that way.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	228269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>VAT is not due on fines and similar penalties levied in connection with parking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 228248 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:08:54 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

228274

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Parking: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether parking notices (a) constitute taxable supply and (b) are subject to VAT.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	228248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>VAT is not due on fines and similar penalties levied in connection with parking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 228269 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:08:54 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

228344

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Pensions
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 make an assessment of the consequences for his policies of the cost benefit analysis of the uprating of frozen pensions contained in the report from the International Consortium of British Pensioners, published in October 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	228254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are no consequences for the Coalition Government’s policy on the up-rating of UK State Pension paid to people living overseas, which has been supported by successive post war Governments.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to unfreeze UK State Pensions paid in those overseas jurisdictions where there is no legislative requirement to uprate.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/03/2015 14:55:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

227460

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Adult Education: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for the funding of adult skills in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Birmingham, Northfield constituency is in 2015-16; and what the percentage change is from the 2014-15 adult skills budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	227650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency does not allocate funding to specific geographical areas. The Agency allocates funding to colleges and training providers, some of whom operate on very local geographic footprints, whilst others provide training and skills services to learners and employers across the country. College and training providers are required to work with local enterprise partnerships and local stakeholders to ensure that what they deliver locally is responding to local needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:56:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 51563 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden