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90461

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date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to broaden the number of foreign language subjects available to state school students in secondary education.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Maintained secondary schools must teach a modern foreign language to all pupils at key stage 3 (ages 11-14). The choice of which language or languages to teach is for schools to make, though the great majority of secondary schools teach one or more of French, German or Spanish, with small numbers teaching an additional language or languages.</p><p> </p><p>Awarding bodies determine which languages they will offer as GCSE qualifications. Schools decide whether to enter pupils for any particular language GCSE. The English Baccalaureate is already encouraging more young people to take a language at GCSE level. Take-up of a modern foreign language by key stage 4 pupils in England increased by over 20% between 2012 and 2013.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2014 16:06:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90462

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mandarin: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in state schools secondary education obtained a GCSE in Mandarin Chinese in each year since Janaury 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify pupils entered for Mandarin Chinese from the Department for Education’s data. However, the Department does hold information on the number of entries into GCSE Chinese which includes Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese subjects. In the academic year 2010/11, there were 2,480 entries for GCSE Mandarin, 2,307 in the academic year 2011/12 and 2,346 in the academic year 2012/13. This information is published in the GCSE statistical first release.[1]</p><p><br> [1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Subject time series table)</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/09/2014 13:35:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90479

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Ukraine: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on a link between pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine and the Russian government.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The Russian government has been linked with the crisis in Ukraine since its beginning, when some Russian servicemen were given state medals for their role in the illegal annexation of Crimea in spite of initial denials by Russia that they had been involved.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) expressed his concern by further mounting evidence of Russian troop involvement in Ukraine. This followed the release of satellite imagery taken by NATO on 21 and 23 August which showed Russian self-propelled artillery units inside Ukraine in the vicinity of the Luhansk province. Brigadier-General Nico Tak, Head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) crisis management centre, said that NATO had also detected large quantities of advanced weapons, including air defence systems, artillery, tanks and armoured personnel carriers being transferred to separatist forces in eastern Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the British Ambassador to the UN made a statement which detailed evidence he had received further demonstrating the extent of Russian involvement in Ukraine. The separatist arsenal included up to 100 Main Battle Tanks; 80 Armoured Personnel Carriers; 100 MANPADs; 500 Anti-Tank weapons; and over 100 artillery pieces. Almost all of these were supplied directly by Russia since the conflict started.</p><p> </p><p>On 15 August a convoy of 23 armoured personnel carriers crossed into Ukraine close to where the Russian humanitarian convoy was awaiting customs clearance. The following day a further convoy of 84 military vehicles crossed the border.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 August, 50 vehicles, including tanks, armoured personnel carriers, and BM-21 GRAD Multiple Rocket Launchers crossed from Russia into Ukraine at the Chervonopartisansk border crossing.</p><p> </p><p>On 25 August, 10 Russian paratroopers belonging to the 331st Regiment of the 98th Svirsk Airborne Division were captured near the village of Dzerkalne - 20km inside Ukrainian territory. Satellite imagery confirmed the deployment of Russian armoured vehicles supported by artillery south of Donetsk close to this location. On 28 August another Russian soldier, Petr Khokhlov, serving with the 9th Motor Rifle Brigade, was captured and detained in Luhansk.</p><p> </p><p>In light of this evidence, it is not credible for Russia and pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk to claim that these serving members of the Russian armed forces were in Ukraine ‘by accident’ or ‘on holiday’.</p><p> </p><p>Russia can no longer pretend that it is not a direct party to this conflict, indeed this conflict would no longer exist without direct Russian military involvement in support of the separatists. The Prime Minister has called for such activity to cease immediately and has warned of further sanctions if Russia’s behaviour continues.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/09/2014 12:18:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90480

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on further sanctions against Russia.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Since the start of the Ukraine crisis, The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon Friend the member for Runnymead and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) and I have regularly discussed Russia, including sanctions, with European colleagues. Most recently, further sanctions were discussed at the Gymnich on 29 and 30 August, the European Council on 30 August, and at the NATO Summit in Wales on 4 and 5 September.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/09/2014 16:10:49 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90481

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Lesotho
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the situation in Lesotho; and what steps he is taking to support the reinstatement of democracy in that country.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>British High Commission Officials in Pretoria, who cover our relations with Lesotho, continue to closely monitor developments in the country given the deteriorating political and security situation there since 30 August. I welcome the engagement of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and have expressed our hope that all Lesotho’s parties will work together to ensure disputes are settled peacefully in line with Lesotho’s Constitution. At my request our High Commissioner reiterated these messages in a phone call to Lesotho’s Prime Minister on 5 September.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/09/2014 14:27:36 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90482

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect staff working in HM embassies from security threats.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Staff in our overseas posts face a range of security threats, which are currently running at a historically high level. We monitor the risks carefully, and manage them rigorously using a mix of threat assessment, security advice, staff training and provision of specialist security equipment.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/09/2014 16:11:49 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90483

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Russia: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contingency plans are in place for the eventuality that Russia continues to place troops in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The situation in eastern Ukraine is of grave concern. The 18 August European Council condemned the increasing inflows of fighters and weapons from the territory of the Russian Federation into eastern Ukraine as well as the aggression by Russian armed forces on Ukrainian soil. It called upon the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw all its military forces from Ukraine. In response to the ongoing action against Ukraine’s territorial integrity the EU has imposed sectoral measures against Russia in addition to measures already imposed in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea. We called on the European Commission to continue work on further measures to act as a further deterrent to Russia and to ensure we are prepared to apply greater costs if Russia continues on its path, this work is progressing swiftly in Brussels. On 5 September, The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Runnymead and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) expressed determination to impose further sanctions in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine if a ceasefire was not reached and upheld.</p><p>NATO has also been working to help strengthen Ukraine’s security capability, and undertaken a number of reassurance measures for Allies. The UK is playing an active role and offering significant contributions to NATO efforts. As part of reassurance measures, the UK is contributing four Typhoons to NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission and a Sentry E-3D aircraft, as part of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force. We are also augmenting NATO exercises in which we were already participating and contributing to new ones. At the NATO Summit on 5 September, the Prime Minister stated that the UK would always uphold Article 5 commitments to collective self-defence and expressed the hope that a multi-national spearhead force deployable anywhere in the world in just 2 to 5 days would be formed.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/09/2014 16:08:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90484

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Estonia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the strength of business relations between the UK and Estonia.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Business relations between the UK and Estonia are stronger than ever and continue to improve. In 2013 the UK was the eighth largest exporter to Estonia, totalling 571.1 million EUR or 4.2% of total Estonian imports. This share has more than doubled since 2010. In 2013 the top UK exports were: machinery and mechanical appliances; food and beverages; vehicles, aircraft, vessels; transport equipment; mineral products; chemicals or allied industries. In 2013 Estonian exports to the UK totalled 294.7 million EUR or 2.4% of Estonian exports. Through joint planning and activity, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) are continuing to deepen their partnership with their Estonian counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/09/2014 16:09:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90485

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Israeli government in its campaign against Hamas.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Throughout Operation Protective Edge, we condemned Hamas’ indiscriminate attacks on Israeli civilians and reaffirmed our support to Israel’s right to self defence. We have also repeatedly made clear that Hamas must renounce violence, recognise Israel and accept previously signed agreements. Hamas need to be part of any ceasefire negotiations in response to the current Gaza crisis - we support Egyptian-led efforts to this end. Today, the UK has three objectives - to maintain a ceasefire, to alleviate humanitarian suffering, and to get meaningful negotiations underway so that we can begin to address the underlying causes of the conflict on both sides, which is the only hope of breaking this cycle of violence and devastation once and for all. We stand ready to play our full part in supporting a settlement.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/09/2014 07:35:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90486

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have died in hospital in England from diseases contracted overseas since January 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the information in the format requested as these data are not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/09/2014 12:51:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell