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223189

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	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	Catapult Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have engaged with each Catapult Centre in each year since it opened.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	225226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered // answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

223380

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to decide which local authorities receive monies from the challenge fund allocation; what weighting is given to highways management efficiency; and how information used in the process of decision is verified.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	225218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of the Government’s announcement on 23 December 2014 in respect to local highways maintenance funding to highway authorities in England, outside London, the Department for Transport published guidance, an application form, as well as assessment criteria for the local highways maintenance challenge fund. The information is available at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund</a></p><p> </p><p>Assessment of all the bids received by close on 9 February 2015 is based on the published criteria and will help inform the decision on successful schemes based on the evidence supplied by local highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the assessment by the Department for Transport, each bid is being subject to a dual-assessment, and will also go through a moderation exercise plus an internal Department for Transport investment decision committee approval process before Ministers make final decisions on which schemes will be awarded funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/02/2015 11:10:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

223352

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Police Air Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how reductions in the budget of the National Police Air Service will be distributed between police forces in North Wales and the North West of England.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	225170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is a police-led operational initiative, with all strategic decisions, including agreeing the budget and operating model, taken by the NPAS Strategic Board which comprises Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Constables. The Strategic Board agreed on 19 February to convene a small working group of PCCs to define a more equitable NPAS funding model for all force areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2015 16:21:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

223246

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what amount her Department spent on marketing (a) the Troops to Teachers scheme and (b) each other Initial Teacher Training scheme between June 2013 and 31 December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>For Troops to Teachers, the Department for Education allocated £52,046 for marketing and communications to the Ministry of Defence’s resettlement contractor between June 2013 and 31 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Between June 2013 and December 2014 the Department for Education spent £5,585,000 on other initial teacher training marketing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:37:16 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223247

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the expected number of applicants for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 cohorts of the Troops to Teachers scheme, (b) the number expected to join that scheme and (c) the number expected to complete the training.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Based on previous cohorts the Department for Education expects to receive approximately 500 eligible applications. Candidates must then go through a rigorous selection and assessment process, including a school-based interview and must also meet the appropriate initial teacher training eligibility criteria before they are accepted onto the programme. The Department anticipates that up to 100 trainees will begin their training in September 2015 and up to 100 trainees in September 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently have 84 trainees completing their training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:38:08 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223248

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	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 cost to the public purse of the two-year extension of the Troops to Teachers scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The provisional budget for the expansion of the Troops to Teachers programme is £8.65 million for a further two cohorts. The majority of the funding, approximately £5.32 million, will be used for trainees’ salaries in line with other employment-based initial teacher training routes. The rest will cover the costs of the university course provision, recruitment, marketing and running costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme budget will be reviewed regularly to reflect the actual number of trainees recruited and to identify any potential savings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:39:29 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223249

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what feedback her Department has received from schools on the effectiveness of the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not received any feedback on the effectiveness or otherwise of the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014. We often highlight free resources for teachers but believe that schools are best placed to decide what materials they wish to use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2015 14:15:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223254

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of schools that opened the Autumn 2014 termly email from her Department which included a link to the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>As of 25 February 2015, 7,904 termly emails to schools had been opened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2015 14:14:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223382

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Tugboats: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the response times for tug boats assisting shipping incidents on the west of Scotland have been in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	225221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Over the past year there have been seven incidents across the Western Region of Scotland, from Cape Wrath to the North Channel, which have resulted in a tow being required to recover, or potentially recover casualty vessels.</p><p> </p><p>The RNLI Lifeboats, sister vessels such as fishing boats, commercial towage and the government-funded Emergency Towing Vessel on one occasion have provided towing.</p><p> </p><p>Response times have varied from 32 minutes, when the Tobermory Lifeboat aided the fishing vessel DIAMOND D, to 4 days 5 hours when the tug PACIFIC CHAMPION was deployed to assist the Bulk Carrier ELEANOR D, some 85 nautical miles west of St Kilda. During the latter incident, there were no safety of life issues, and all parties were in agreement with the response timescale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 27/02/2015 12:11:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

223256

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many blocks recorded as part of the Property Data Survey Programme were in (a) good, (b) satisfactory, (c) poor and (d) bad condition.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	225254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Property Data Survey does not provide an overall assessment of a block in the manner requested. The surveyors who visited schools made an assessment of the condition of individual construction types within each block, such as different types of roofs or walls for which we hold individual records, but did not attempt to rate blocks on a ‘good’ to ‘bad’ scale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:42:20 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke