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170606

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date	16/12/2014
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	Christmas Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from his Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	218987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>In 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills produced electronic cards at Christmas for Ministers and other senior officials that requested them. These are designed in-house and sent by e-mail, incurring no purchase or postage costs for the Department.</p><p> </p><p>This year’s list contained over 700 recipients in total. A copy of this list can be found in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:48:22 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name PQ - 218987 - 2014 Christmas card all receipents.xlsx title List of Departmental Christmas card recipients.
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

170612

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Workers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the overall budget for the Care First programme was in each year of that programme.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	218921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>Care First was funded as part of the Young Person’s Guarantee. The final budget allocation for Care First was £75m across 2009/10 and 2010/11. The Young Person’s Guarantee was replaced by the Youth Contract.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/12/2014 09:34:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

170623

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Recommendation on page 11 of the report of the National Audit Office entitled, financial sustainability of local authorities, published on 19 November 2014, HC 783, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen its processes for assessing local authority funding requirements at future spending reviews.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	219027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government will publish a formal response to the Public Accounts Committee's consideration of the National Audit Office report; this will be presented to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 14:06:32 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

170627

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Quesiton 217113, when data on how many small firms and shops in each local authority will benefit from reductions in business rates in 2015-16 will be available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	218966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department publishes hereditament (property) data for business rates measures annually through the national non-domestic rates (NNDR) returns. Specifically, this data is contained within the supplementary tables of the NNDR1 returns, which provides forecast financial and hereditament data regarding the non-domestic rates collected by all local authorities in England. For 2015-16, the financial data is expected to be published in February 2015, while the supplementary tables are expected to be released in early summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p>For 2014-15, the financial data on national non-domestic rates was published on the 19 February 2014, while the supplementary tables were added on the 29 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The data on the national non-domestic rates collected by local authorities can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils#history</a></p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 14:11:08 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

170629

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Cheshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-frontline roles are currently available in (a) Warrington and (b) Cheshire for firefighters who cannot meet fitness requirements for reasons beyond their control.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	218897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 11 December 2014, PQ 217653.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 05/01/2015 14:03:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

170630

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of the independent inspection of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council headed by Louise Casey CB; and what he expects the contribution to those costs will be from (a) his Department, (b) Rotherham Council and (c) other sources.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	218893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The costs of the statutory inspection of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council are a matter for the Inspector and we have made no estimate of these costs at this point in time. Section 12 of the Local Government Act 1999 provides that the Authority being inspected must pay the Inspector's reasonable fees for carrying out the inspection. Louise Casey CB is also undertaking further work in addition to and wholly outside the scope of the statutory inspection. The costs of this additional work will be met by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 14:02:21 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

170646

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Human Rights: Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he raised human rights issues in relation to sexual violence against women with President Juan Manuel Santos in (a) Bogotá and (b) London; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	219020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I discussed sexual violence against women when I met President Santos in November this year. I commended the leading role that the President had played in tackling sexual violence, including the recently announced day to commemorate Victims of Sexual Violence in Colombia. The prevention of sexual violence in conflict continues to form a core part of the British Embassy’s human rights work, and the Embassy in Bogotá is funding three related projects in 2014-15.</p> answering member constituency Sheffield, Hallam answering member printed Mr Nick Clegg question first answered 05/01/2015 09:59:06 answering member 1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

170647

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Human Rights: Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he raised human rights issues in relation to military justice, land rights and risks faced by human rights defenders with President Juan Manuel Santos in (a) Bogotá and (b) London; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	219021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I met President Santos on 4 February in Bogotá. While in Colombia, I had meetings with former combatants, victims of the conflict and human rights groups. I raised human rights with President Santos, welcoming his commitment to act on abuse and provide an improved national framework. We discussed the security challenges faced by human rights defenders in the regions. I subsequently met President Santos on 7 November in London and welcomed the President’s commitment to protect human rights defenders. I urged the President to address the public threats some victims who supported the peace process had recently received.</p> answering member constituency Sheffield, Hallam answering member printed Mr Nick Clegg question first answered 05/01/2015 09:58:17 answering member 1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

170650

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of reported bullying incidents in schools that was (a) homophobic and (b) sexual bullying in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	218902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not routinely collected by the Department for Education. Wave 2 of the second Longitudinal Study of Young People in England has collected information on the perceived motivation of bullies by respondents, but this information will not be available until mid-2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/01/2015 11:54:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

170651

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Absenteeism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of each (a) gender and (b) school year group have been removed from the school roll in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	218900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are many reasons why a pupil might be removed from the school roll, including moving school, permanent exclusion or when a pupil has died. The latest statistics on pupil exclusions are published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A pupil can only lawfully be deleted from the admission register in accordance with the grounds prescribed in legislation. These are set out in Regulations 8 and 9 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended. The Department does not publish statistics relating to reasons other than exclusion for removal from the school roll.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/01/2015 11:55:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra