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227459

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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: North East
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 funding of adult skills in (a) the North East and (b) Stockton North constituency is for 2015-16; and what the percentage change is from that budget in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	227639
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> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:53:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 51560 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

227502

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223160, how the armed forces communicate the requirements of recruiters in respect of briefing candidates and their parents on the terms and conditions of military service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	227583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>As stated in question 223160, it is Ministry of Defence policy that all three Services must obtain the written consent of a parent or guardian for candidates under the age of 18 before an application to join the Armed Forces can be processed.</p><p>Each of the single Services has their own recruitment and selection policy document which sets out the responsibility of the recruiters, including the specific duty of care which should be provided to candidates who are under 18 years of age.</p><p>In respect of the Royal Navy, this document is the BR3 (part 4 - Recruiting), for the Army it is the Recruiting Orders Group Instructions and for the RAF it is Air Publication 3391 - The Royal Air Force Manual of Recruiting and Selection. Each of these documents is available to recruiting personnel on the Ministry of Defence Intranet or their specific training sites.</p><p>In addition to these recruitment policy documents, training for recruiters is undertaken by the respective Service training staff; this also provides specific guidance on the recruitment of candidates under the age of 18.</p><p>Through the recruiting and training pipelines, regulations and safeguards are in place to protect candidates under age 18.</p><p>In the Army, significant effort is made to ensure that all candidates (pre-enlistment), recruits (post-enlistment) and parents/guardians understand them. Recruiting staff inform candidates and their parents/guardians of the relevant policies and regulations applied throughout the recruiting process.</p><p>Parental/guardian consent is also required during the application process for any candidate under age 18; if successful through the recruiting process, parental/guardian consent is also required to process the formal notice that a candidate has been offered a job, which includes an outline of the 'Discharge As Of Right' process and subsequent Terms of Service.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 227584 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:29:13 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

227503

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223160, by what mechanism the armed forces provide a full explanation of the terms and conditions of military service to army candidates and their parents.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	227584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>As stated in question 223160, it is Ministry of Defence policy that all three Services must obtain the written consent of a parent or guardian for candidates under the age of 18 before an application to join the Armed Forces can be processed.</p><p>Each of the single Services has their own recruitment and selection policy document which sets out the responsibility of the recruiters, including the specific duty of care which should be provided to candidates who are under 18 years of age.</p><p>In respect of the Royal Navy, this document is the BR3 (part 4 - Recruiting), for the Army it is the Recruiting Orders Group Instructions and for the RAF it is Air Publication 3391 - The Royal Air Force Manual of Recruiting and Selection. Each of these documents is available to recruiting personnel on the Ministry of Defence Intranet or their specific training sites.</p><p>In addition to these recruitment policy documents, training for recruiters is undertaken by the respective Service training staff; this also provides specific guidance on the recruitment of candidates under the age of 18.</p><p>Through the recruiting and training pipelines, regulations and safeguards are in place to protect candidates under age 18.</p><p>In the Army, significant effort is made to ensure that all candidates (pre-enlistment), recruits (post-enlistment) and parents/guardians understand them. Recruiting staff inform candidates and their parents/guardians of the relevant policies and regulations applied throughout the recruiting process.</p><p>Parental/guardian consent is also required during the application process for any candidate under age 18; if successful through the recruiting process, parental/guardian consent is also required to process the formal notice that a candidate has been offered a job, which includes an outline of the 'Discharge As Of Right' process and subsequent Terms of Service.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 227583 question first answered 24/03/2015 17:29:13 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

227530

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Burma
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 giving to the training of police in Burma.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	227640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Since November 2013 twelve British police officers with specialist crowd management and public order experience have been deployed in support of an EU police training mission funded by the EU Instrument of Stability. The purpose of the project is to provide training on crowd management and community policing based on international standards and respect of humans. The project followed a request from the Burmese government and Aung San Suu Kyi for the UK and others, including the EU, for assistance reforming the Burmese police force. In January we also funded the attendance of two Burmese police officers at a regional course on the effective management of counter terrorism investigations, in line with international standards. <br><br>We have made clear our concerns at the use of force by police in Letpadan on 10 March, and also by the use of irregular security groups in Rangoon on 5 March. These incidents undermined an otherwise disciplined approach to policing student protests and demonstrate the need for further policing reform. We support the EU’s call for a full investigation, and call on the government of Burma to release all remaining demonstrators.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/03/2015 15:21:07 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

227531

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed the Burmese government and the provision of aid to ethnic Rohingya in Burma with the UN Secretary General.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	227641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>I raised the situation in Rakhine State with the UN Secretary General at his &quot;Friends of Myanmar&quot; meeting in September 2013, and our Permanent Representative in New York has done so subsequently on a number of occassions with the Secretary General's Special Advisor Vijay Nambiar. We also work closely with the UN Resident Coordinator in Burma and UN agencies in Burma to discuss the provision of aid to the ethnic Rohingya in Burma.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/03/2015 15:23:31 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

227538

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people in England referred for talking therapies for treatment of depression and anxiety in the second quarter of 2014-15 started their treatment within (a) six and (b) 18 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	227689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not collect the data in the format requested. The following table shows the number of days from referral to first treatment within the reporting period Quarter 2 2014/15 for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services in England:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total with first treatment in Quarter 2, 2014/15</p></td><td><p>Of which waited 28 days or less</p></td><td><p>Of which waited between 29 and 56 days</p></td><td><p>Of which waited between 57 and 90 days</p></td><td><p>Of which waited more than 90 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>191,532</p></td><td><p>122,909</p></td><td><p>35,151</p></td><td><p>14,497</p></td><td><p>18,975</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing national waiting times data for IAPT, reporting by six and 18 weeks for the first time on 21 April 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/03/2015 16:55:10 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham