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228305

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Trade Promotion
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 total cost was of the GREAT campaign launch in Shanghai; what the cost was of each element of that launch; and if he will publish a list of attendees at that launch.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	228206
answer	answer is ministerial correction 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 West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

228286

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Non-domestic Rates: Lancashire
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 number of small firms and shops likely to be affected by the planned reduction in business rates in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rate bills, bringing the total support of 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement polices to £1.4 billion. This help includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>doubling small business rate relief for a further year. In England, this means an estimated 400,000 properties will pay no rates at all, while a further 200,000 properties will benefit from tapered relief;</li><li>a 2% cap on the increase of the small business rates multiplier. This is a continuation of the 2% cap introduced in 2014-15 as part of Autumn Statement 2013 measures;</li><li>increasing the temporary discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 from £1,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16, benefitting an estimated 200,000 properties in England; and</li><li>extending the existing transitional relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These measures are in addition to previous Autumn Statement measures that continue into 2015-16, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a 50 per cent discount for 18 months to new occupants of vacant shops;</li><li>allowing businesses to keep their small business rate relief for a year where they take on an additional property;</li><li>business rates relief for empty new builds; and</li><li>allowing businesses to pay their business rate bills over 12 months, in order to assist with their cash flow.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Central Government also now funds 50% of any additional local discounts granted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on a constituency basis, but Pendle constituency lies entirely within the boundary of Pendle Borough Council. Table 1 (attached) shows the estimated number of properties in 2015-16 within the boundary of Pendle Borough Council that benefit from business rates measures extended in this year’s Autumn Statement. Table 2 (attached) presents the same information for properties within Lancashire County Council.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 20/03/2015 12:51:49 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 228218 Stephenson.docx title Table 1 and Table 2
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228288

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Radio Frequencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the £600 million announced in Budget 2015 to support the delivery of the change of use of 700Mhz spectrum includes provision to assist and compensate users of existing equipment in the programme making and special events sector.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	228235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text Up to £600m will be made available to support the change of use of 700 MHz spectrum. This money is intended to cover all the costs of the programme. If any provision were to be made for users of existing equipment in the programme making and special events sector, it would be from within this budget. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/03/2015 12:07:20 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

228099

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Local Press: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance he plans to provide through tax support to (a) local newspapers in general, (b) the York Press, Yorkshire Post and Northern Echo and (c) other local newspapers; what his timetable is for introducing such support; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	228263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text The Government will consult on whether to introduce a business rates relief for all local newspapers in England to help them adapt to new technology and changing circumstances. Officials are now working on this and would welcome views from the sector and all interested parties to inform their work. The consultation will be published as soon as is practically possible. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/03/2015 12:09:41 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

228342

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many babies were born to women in prison in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	228258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text Information on the number of women who have given birth in prison is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. To provide this information, a manual search of every female prisoner’s record would be required. answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/03/2015 14:55:28 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

228307

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Embassies: Home Country Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of staff in each British (a) Embassy, (b) High Commission and (c) Consulate is classified as locally-engaged.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	228205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td>Information on the number of staff in each British (a) Embassy, (b) High Commission and (c) Consulate classified as locally-engaged can be found in the attached document. In addition, numbers of UK Based staff overseas are published in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Annual Accounts and Reports 2013/2014 and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-and-commonwealth-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-14--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-and-commonwealth-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-14--2</a>. The FCO Annual Accounts and Reports for 2014/2015 will be published later this year.</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/03/2015 17:53:51 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

228123

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools to reduce the incidence of suicide.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	228146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Where schools have immediate concerns about the risk of suicide, their safeguarding role is set out in our statutory guidance, Keeping Children Safe in Education. This emphasises that schools should have a designated senior lead, with responsibility for the handling of safeguarding concerns, in place. Where schools have immediate concerns about the risk of suicide, an immediate referral should be made to children’s social care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Schools can also play an important role in identifying mental health issues early and ensuring that pupils get support to prevent problems from escalating. One in ten children has a diagnosable mental health disorder and the Government is committed to improving support for these young people. The Department for Education is taking action to tackle the stigma around mental health, promote positive wellbeing, and to ensure pupils have the support and knowledge that they need to keep themselves healthy and safe.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In order to support schools, the Department is publishing new guidance for both primary and secondary schools. This guidance is produced in conjunction with the Personal Social Health and Economic Education Association (PSHE). This will help them to provide age-appropriate teaching on a range of mental health problems, including anxiety, depression and self-harm. We are also updating the Mental Health and Behaviour guidance for schools, first published in June 2014<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/228146-%20Jim%20Shannon/Draft/228146%20-%20QA%20-%20200315.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a>. This is to ensure that current advice and guidance on supporting pupils mental health needs is reflected. The guidance helps schools to identify and support those with more severe needs and to make appropriate referrals to specialist mental health services. The ‘Future in Mind’ report, published on 17 March 2015<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/228146-%20Jim%20Shannon/Draft/228146%20-%20QA%20-%20200315.docx#_ftn2" target="_blank">[2]</a>, set out a clear set of ambitions for improving access to specialist mental health support for children and young people. Later this year we will be piloting joint training for points of contact in specialist mental health services and schools across 15 Clinical Commissioning Group areas; this will improve knowledge and referrals, so that pupils get the support they need more quickly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Many schools already provide pupils with access to counselling services, providing children and young people with safe environments where they can discuss problems and receive support. The Department is publishing new guidance for primary and secondary schools on how to deliver good quality school-based counselling services to support their pupils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department knows that children and young people who are persistently bullied are more likely to suffer from poor mental health and emotional wellbeing. It is for this reason that we have made tackling bullying in schools a top priority. All schools must have a behaviour policy with measures to tackle bullying. Schools are held to account for their effectiveness by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/228146-%20Jim%20Shannon/Draft/228146%20-%20QA%20-%20200315.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-and-behaviour-in-schools--2</a>.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/228146-%20Jim%20Shannon/Draft/228146%20-%20QA%20-%20200315.docx#_ftnref2" target="_blank">[2]</a> <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-mental-health-services-for-young-people" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-mental-health-services-for-young-people</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/03/2015 16:14:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

228142

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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 assessment he has made of the implications of the recent crackdown on protesting students in Burma for the credibility of Burma's reform process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	228033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We have made clear our concern about the use of force by police in Letpadan on 10 March and the use of irregular security groups in Rangoon on 5 March. These events undermined an otherwise disciplined approach to the policing of student protests over several weeks, and demonstrated the need for further policing reform. <br><br>More broadly, Burma is moving from decades of authoritarian government to a more democratic system. Such a complicated transition will of course not be quick or easy and will require significant reform in all of its institutions, not least the police. The UK will continue to engage as appropriate to encourage this reform.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/03/2015 15:32:12 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

228086

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, what assessment his Department has made of the local economic benefits arising from the small business rate relief scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We have doubled the level of small business rate relief since October 2010. For 2015-16, this means an estimated 400,000 properties are paying no rates at all, while a further 200,000 properties are benefitting from tapered relief.</p><p> </p><p>Small businesses will also benefit from other measures in our £1.4 billion package of support for 2015-16 bills, including the 2% cap on the increase of the small business rates multiplier for two years and the £1,500 discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000. They will also benefit from wider support for small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Business rates are a proportionately higher fixed cost for small businesses as compared to large. The doubling of Small Business Rate Relief therefore provides targeted support to reduce small businesses’ tax burden.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/03/2015 14:36:52 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228349

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	Health and Safety Executive
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2015 to Question 226915, which specific issues have been discussed by which Ministers on which dates in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	228247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not disclose details of meetings between Ministers and Officials.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 227851 227852 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:54:48 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

228250

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	Workplace 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 it his policy that trustees of defined benefit pension schemes are required to have a policy on stewardship.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	228098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on potential changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 which will support and encourage trustees of both defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes to consider their approach to stewardship. This forms part of our consultation, entitled “Consultation on changes to the Investment Regulations following the Law Commission’s report ‘Fiduciary Duties of Investment Intermediaries’” which was published on 26th February 2015. The consultation period ends on 20th April 2015 and it is the intention that a Government response will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/03/2015 15:01:45 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

228143

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart to request that the Colombian government investigates and ensures appropriate action against the perpetrators of death threats towards (a) Senator Ivan Cepeda, (b) members of the organisation CPDH and (c) David Florez.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	228102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We are concerned about recent threats made on 9-10 March against Congressman Ivan Cepeda, David Florez, members of the CPDH, and other prominent journalists, civil servants, human rights leaders and politicians, allegedly by the criminal group Las Aguilas Negras. Our Embassy in Bogota is following the developments in these cases closely. Colombian Minister of Interior Juan Fernando Cristo issued a public statement on 10 March ordering a police investigation, building on the investigation opened by the Attorney-General Office in January.</p><p>Following similar threats in January, our officials in Bogota met with Presidential Office for Human Rights to urge the Colombian government to take measures to prevent threats against human rights defenders, trade unionists, civil society and politicians. Officials also met the Ministry of the Interior on 19 February 2015 and raised the issue of threats to human rights defenders.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/03/2015 15:50:19 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

228145

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make further representations to the Colombian government on the security of (a) Senator Ivan Cepeda, (b) members of the organisation CPDH and (c) David Florez.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	228101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We are concerned about recent threats made on 9-10 March against Congressman Ivan Cepeda, David Florez, members of the CPDH, and other prominent journalists, civil servants, human rights leaders and politicians, allegedly by the criminal group Las Aguilas Negras. Our Embassy in Bogota is following the developments in these cases closely. Colombian Minister of Interior Juan Fernando Cristo issued a public statement on 10 March ordering a police investigation, building on the investigation opened by the Attorney-General Office in January.</p><p> </p><p>Following similar threats in January, our officials in Bogota met with Presidential Office for Human Rights to urge the Colombian government to take measures to prevent threats against human rights defenders, trade unionists, civil society and politicians. Officials also met the Ministry of the Interior on 19 February 2015 and raised the issue of threats to human rights defenders.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/03/2015 15:43:11 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

228156

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Brain: Tumours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Headsmart Campaign in raising awareness of child brain tumours; and what steps he is taking to ensure that, after diagnosis of such tumours, (a) children and (b) adults receive the support they need for emotional and mental wellbeing.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	228285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We are aware of the HeadSmart Be brain tumour aware campaign which was launched in 2011, and fully support the campaign’s aims to raise awareness of brain tumours and promote earlier diagnosis in children and young people. In early 2014, I met with representatives of HeadSmart. I subsequently wrote to local health and wellbeing boards, and Public Health England (PHE) contacted all directors of public health in April 2014, encouraging them to support the campaign and drawing their attention to the campaign’s awareness-raising materials. PHE and Department of Health officials met with The Brain Tumour Charity on 23 January 2015, which resulted in the HeadSmart team giving a well-received presentation to the School Nursing Partnership Implementation Group on 17 March 2015. In addition, a meeting is being set up with officials from NHS England to discuss the evaluation and impact of the HeadSmart campaign. We will continue to work with stakeholders to see what more can be done to increase awareness of brain tumours.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) has set out to understand the numbers, needs, and experiences of people living with and beyond cancer, including emotional and psychological needs, and the most effective service solutions to meet the growing numbers of survivors. The NCSI has recommended four priority areas: recovery packages, consequences of treatment and Patient Report Outcome Measures (PROMs), stratified pathways of care and physical activity. To support this work NHS England, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, has established the Living with and Beyond Cancer Programme, a two-year programme of work to embed the four priority areas from NCSI into mainstream commissioning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has also established the Teenage and Young Adults Clinical Reference Group (CRG) so that the clinical needs of teenagers and young people with cancer are taken into account as part of cancer commissioning. The CRG is working to ensure that teenagers and young people with cancer have access to dedicated pathways, and that the gaps in the associated services, such as mental health, palliative care and transition, are closed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/03/2015 17:33:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

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

228327

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people who have completed a placement under the International Citizen Service are (a) female and (b) BAME.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	228229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>To date, over 3,500 women and 940 young people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds have completed an International Citizen Service placement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/03/2015 15:50:19 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

228158

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that family carers for dementia patients receive the training they need to care appropriately for them.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	228284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Through the Care Act, we have legislated to give carers new rights. Local authorities will be required to undertake carers’ assessments, based on the appearance of a need for support, the impact of caring on the carer, and the outcomes they wish to achieve, including engaging in work, education, training or recreation. For the first time, local authorities have a duty to meet carers’ eligible needs for support, which may include access to training to support them in their caring role.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister’s challenge on dementia 2020, published on 21 February 2015, recognises the vital role of carers of people with dementia and states that, by 2020, we would wish to see carers of people with dementia being made aware of and offered the opportunity for respite, education, training, emotional and psychological support so that they feel able to cope with their caring responsibilities and to have a life alongside caring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to support the Dementia Action Alliance’s Carers Call to Action and its vision, which includes for carers of people of dementia to have, among other things, access to expertise to be effective carers. We are also supporting the establishment of a new involvement network for family carers of people with dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also fund the Carers Direct service which includes web-based information and advice for all carers through NHS Choices, as well as a telephone helpline service through which carers can be signposted to information, which includes local sources of support who can advise on caring for people with specific conditions such as dementia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In its action plan <em>Commitment to Carers</em>, NHS England has committed to support timely diagnosis of dementia, including support for carers. For example, the revised Dementia Enhanced Service, which is being introduced from March 2015, includes an offer of a health check for carers and signposting to relevant information, advice and support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/03/2015 17:22:24 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

228265

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	Cooperatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Financial Conduct Authority does not use the definition agreed by the International Labour Organisation of a co-operative society.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	228196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) who are operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This question has been passed on to the FCA. The FCA will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2015 16:57:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

228129

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the awarding organisations on the number of people needed to mark A Level examinations in summer 2015; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	228131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have therefore asked its Chief Regulator, Glenys Stacey, to write directly to the Honourable Member. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 23/03/2015 12:16:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

228159

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients spent 12 hours from the decision to admit to admission in A&E in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Andy Burnham
uin	228283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This data is published by NHS England on a weekly basis and is available at the following website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/03/2015 17:42:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1427 label Biography information for Andy Burnham

228087

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to explore the use of flat-pack housing as a means of tackling housing shortages.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	228031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government wants to see high quality housing built quickly and efficiently and is working closely with the housebuilding industry to encourage take up of innovative approaches, including advanced housing manufacturing construction.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned an industry-led Off-Site Housing Review report which was published in February 2013 and is available on the Construction Industry Council’s website at:</p><p><a href="http://cic.org.uk/news/article.php?s=2013-02-28-cic-presents-housing-minister-with-offsite-housing-review-report" target="_blank">http://cic.org.uk/news/article.php?s=2013-02-28-cic-presents-housing-minister-with-offsite-housing-review-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging the use of innovative construction techniques through our national planning guidance, published in March 2014, and our Affordable Homes 2015-18, Build to Rent and Housing Zones programmes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Ministers have made a number of visits to housing developments recently, highlighting the quality and speed of construction benefits that advanced manufacturing can bring.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 228032 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:56:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

228088

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Housing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of flat-pack housing as a solution to housing shortages in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	228032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government wants to see high quality housing built quickly and efficiently and is working closely with the housebuilding industry to encourage take up of innovative approaches, including advanced housing manufacturing construction.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned an industry-led Off-Site Housing Review report which was published in February 2013 and is available on the Construction Industry Council’s website at:</p><p><a href="http://cic.org.uk/news/article.php?s=2013-02-28-cic-presents-housing-minister-with-offsite-housing-review-report" target="_blank">http://cic.org.uk/news/article.php?s=2013-02-28-cic-presents-housing-minister-with-offsite-housing-review-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging the use of innovative construction techniques through our national planning guidance, published in March 2014, and our Affordable Homes 2015-18, Build to Rent and Housing Zones programmes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Ministers have made a number of visits to housing developments recently, highlighting the quality and speed of construction benefits that advanced manufacturing can bring.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 228031 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:56:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

228333

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the victims' surcharge has been (a) imposed, (b) collected, (c) cancelled and (d) outstanding for people receiving a (i) conditional discharge, (ii) fine, (iii) suspended sentence, (iv) community sentence and (v) custodial sentence in each financial year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	228212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. The amount of money collected has risen year on year since 2012, and reached an all time high of £290 million at the end of 2013/14 and collections continue to rise.</p><p> </p><p>The victim surcharge is an ancillary order made by the court when it sentences an offender. Revenue from the surcharge is ring fenced for victim services and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) distributes this through grants to Police and Crime Commissioners and centrally managed national victim services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government set out its commitment to ensure offenders contribute more to the cost of victim support services and from October 2012 the victim surcharge on fines was increased and extended to a wider range of court disposals with the amount payable dependant on the seriousness of the sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the value of all victim surcharge orders made in each financial year since 2011/12 along with the amount of those impositions that were collected or cancelled in the same year of imposition and the amount that remained outstanding at the end of that year. This data is only available from 2011-12 onwards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value imposed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value collected in year of imposition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value cancelled in year of imposition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value outstanding at end of year of imposition</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£12,199,956</p></td><td><p>£6,810,532</p></td><td><p>£645,381</p></td><td><p>£4,744,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£15,508,307</p></td><td><p>£7,607,886</p></td><td><p>£888,027</p></td><td><p>£7,012,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£33,726,535</p></td><td><p>£15,343,460</p></td><td><p>£2,265,389</p></td><td><p>£16,117,686</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the figures above separated by adults, youths and organisations without carrying out a manual search of all victim surcharge accounts.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how many times the victim surcharge has been imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding by the type of sentences. The Ministry of Justice does not collate the information in the manner requested and could only be obtained by undertaking a manual search of all financial accounts which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales but not the specific circumstances of each case. This also does not include details of the amount of victim surcharge imposed for the majority of cases. Below is a link to our most recent statistics.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/343330/sentencing-tables.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/343330/sentencing-tables.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total value of victim surcharge impositions outstanding, regardless of imposition date, at the end of 2013/14 was £21,110,000.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘value outstanding’ figures includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified (either because they were imposed close to the end of the year or because they had payment timescales set by the courts for beyond the end of the financial year) and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans. Outstanding balances of victim surcharge impositions can also relate to amounts imposed on offenders who have also been given a custodial sentence and the victim surcharge cannot be enforced until they are released.</p><p> </p><p>The value cancelled includes both administrative and legal cancellations. It is not possible to split the figures between the two types of cancellation.</p><p> </p><p>Administrative cancellations only take place in certain circumstances and after all attempts to collect the amount outstanding have been made. These circumstances include where the offender has died, where they have emigrated with no prospect of return, where the offender has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for 12 months or more or where the offender cannot be traced and there has been a least 12 months from the point of imposition. It should be noted that administrative cancellations can be re-instated if the prospects of recovery improve (where, for example, a new address is found).</p><p> </p><p>Legal cancellations occur after the case has been reconsidered by a judge or magistrate and further evidence has been presented. Legal cancellations can be as a result of a successful appeal, a change in financial circumstances of the offender or a committal to prison for non payment.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 228211 228243 228244 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:16:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

228341

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cumulative total is of (a) uncollected and (b) cancelled victims' surcharges.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	228243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. The amount of money collected has risen year on year since 2012, and reached an all time high of £290 million at the end of 2013/14 and collections continue to rise.</p><p> </p><p>The victim surcharge is an ancillary order made by the court when it sentences an offender. Revenue from the surcharge is ring fenced for victim services and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) distributes this through grants to Police and Crime Commissioners and centrally managed national victim services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government set out its commitment to ensure offenders contribute more to the cost of victim support services and from October 2012 the victim surcharge on fines was increased and extended to a wider range of court disposals with the amount payable dependant on the seriousness of the sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the value of all victim surcharge orders made in each financial year since 2011/12 along with the amount of those impositions that were collected or cancelled in the same year of imposition and the amount that remained outstanding at the end of that year. This data is only available from 2011-12 onwards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value imposed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value collected in year of imposition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value cancelled in year of imposition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value outstanding at end of year of imposition</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£12,199,956</p></td><td><p>£6,810,532</p></td><td><p>£645,381</p></td><td><p>£4,744,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£15,508,307</p></td><td><p>£7,607,886</p></td><td><p>£888,027</p></td><td><p>£7,012,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£33,726,535</p></td><td><p>£15,343,460</p></td><td><p>£2,265,389</p></td><td><p>£16,117,686</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the figures above separated by adults, youths and organisations without carrying out a manual search of all victim surcharge accounts.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how many times the victim surcharge has been imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding by the type of sentences. The Ministry of Justice does not collate the information in the manner requested and could only be obtained by undertaking a manual search of all financial accounts which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales but not the specific circumstances of each case. This also does not include details of the amount of victim surcharge imposed for the majority of cases. Below is a link to our most recent statistics.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/343330/sentencing-tables.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/343330/sentencing-tables.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total value of victim surcharge impositions outstanding, regardless of imposition date, at the end of 2013/14 was £21,110,000.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘value outstanding’ figures includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified (either because they were imposed close to the end of the year or because they had payment timescales set by the courts for beyond the end of the financial year) and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans. Outstanding balances of victim surcharge impositions can also relate to amounts imposed on offenders who have also been given a custodial sentence and the victim surcharge cannot be enforced until they are released.</p><p> </p><p>The value cancelled includes both administrative and legal cancellations. It is not possible to split the figures between the two types of cancellation.</p><p> </p><p>Administrative cancellations only take place in certain circumstances and after all attempts to collect the amount outstanding have been made. These circumstances include where the offender has died, where they have emigrated with no prospect of return, where the offender has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for 12 months or more or where the offender cannot be traced and there has been a least 12 months from the point of imposition. It should be noted that administrative cancellations can be re-instated if the prospects of recovery improve (where, for example, a new address is found).</p><p> </p><p>Legal cancellations occur after the case has been reconsidered by a judge or magistrate and further evidence has been presented. Legal cancellations can be as a result of a successful appeal, a change in financial circumstances of the offender or a committal to prison for non payment.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 228211 228212 228244 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:16:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

228343

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been (a) imposed, (b) collected, (c) cancelled and (d) outstanding under the victims' surcharge in each financial year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	228244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and to trace those who do not pay. The amount of money collected has risen year on year since 2012, and reached an all time high of £290 million at the end of 2013/14 and collections continue to rise.</p><p> </p><p>The victim surcharge is an ancillary order made by the court when it sentences an offender. Revenue from the surcharge is ring fenced for victim services and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) distributes this through grants to Police and Crime Commissioners and centrally managed national victim services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government set out its commitment to ensure offenders contribute more to the cost of victim support services and from October 2012 the victim surcharge on fines was increased and extended to a wider range of court disposals with the amount payable dependant on the seriousness of the sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the value of all victim surcharge orders made in each financial year since 2011/12 along with the amount of those impositions that were collected or cancelled in the same year of imposition and the amount that remained outstanding at the end of that year. This data is only available from 2011-12 onwards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value imposed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value collected in year of imposition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value cancelled in year of imposition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value outstanding at end of year of imposition</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£12,199,956</p></td><td><p>£6,810,532</p></td><td><p>£645,381</p></td><td><p>£4,744,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£15,508,307</p></td><td><p>£7,607,886</p></td><td><p>£888,027</p></td><td><p>£7,012,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£33,726,535</p></td><td><p>£15,343,460</p></td><td><p>£2,265,389</p></td><td><p>£16,117,686</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the figures above separated by adults, youths and organisations without carrying out a manual search of all victim surcharge accounts.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how many times the victim surcharge has been imposed, collected, cancelled and outstanding by the type of sentences. The Ministry of Justice does not collate the information in the manner requested and could only be obtained by undertaking a manual search of all financial accounts which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales but not the specific circumstances of each case. This also does not include details of the amount of victim surcharge imposed for the majority of cases. Below is a link to our most recent statistics.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/343330/sentencing-tables.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/343330/sentencing-tables.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total value of victim surcharge impositions outstanding, regardless of imposition date, at the end of 2013/14 was £21,110,000.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘value outstanding’ figures includes accounts that were not due to be paid by the end of the period specified (either because they were imposed close to the end of the year or because they had payment timescales set by the courts for beyond the end of the financial year) and those that were being paid by instalments on agreed payment plans. Outstanding balances of victim surcharge impositions can also relate to amounts imposed on offenders who have also been given a custodial sentence and the victim surcharge cannot be enforced until they are released.</p><p> </p><p>The value cancelled includes both administrative and legal cancellations. It is not possible to split the figures between the two types of cancellation.</p><p> </p><p>Administrative cancellations only take place in certain circumstances and after all attempts to collect the amount outstanding have been made. These circumstances include where the offender has died, where they have emigrated with no prospect of return, where the offender has been sent to a psychiatric hospital for 12 months or more or where the offender cannot be traced and there has been a least 12 months from the point of imposition. It should be noted that administrative cancellations can be re-instated if the prospects of recovery improve (where, for example, a new address is found).</p><p> </p><p>Legal cancellations occur after the case has been reconsidered by a judge or magistrate and further evidence has been presented. Legal cancellations can be as a result of a successful appeal, a change in financial circumstances of the offender or a committal to prison for non payment.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 228211 228212 228243 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:16:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

228127

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum number of cases in a supervisor's name is that can be allocated to a newly qualified children's social worker.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	228107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There is no maximum number of cases for allocation to Frontline participants and there are no financial penalties for allocating more than a set number of cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for social worker case management are at the discretion of the employer. There is no statutory limit on caseloads. Many variables are taken into account, such as levels of demand, capacity of the local authority, capability of the whole workforce and of individual practitioners, level of risk to children, and complexity of social need of families. These variables can change frequently.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Newly qualified social workers are allocated cases but should receive supervision from more experienced social workers. The Local Government Standards for Employers of Social Workers in England set out expectations for employers of social workers, including newly qualified social workers, regarding case load. The guidance is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/6188796/The+Standards+-+updated+July+01+2014/146988cc-d9c5-4311-97d4-20dfc19397bf" target="_blank">http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/6188796/The+Standards+-+updated+July+01+2014/146988cc-d9c5-4311-97d4-20dfc19397bf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228095 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:30:10 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

228133

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum number of cases in a supervisor's name is that may be allocated to a participant in the Frontline programme without a local authority incurring a financial penalty.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	228095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There is no maximum number of cases for allocation to Frontline participants and there are no financial penalties for allocating more than a set number of cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for social worker case management are at the discretion of the employer. There is no statutory limit on caseloads. Many variables are taken into account, such as levels of demand, capacity of the local authority, capability of the whole workforce and of individual practitioners, level of risk to children, and complexity of social need of families. These variables can change frequently.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Newly qualified social workers are allocated cases but should receive supervision from more experienced social workers. The Local Government Standards for Employers of Social Workers in England set out expectations for employers of social workers, including newly qualified social workers, regarding case load. The guidance is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/6188796/The+Standards+-+updated+July+01+2014/146988cc-d9c5-4311-97d4-20dfc19397bf" target="_blank">http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/6188796/The+Standards+-+updated+July+01+2014/146988cc-d9c5-4311-97d4-20dfc19397bf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 228107 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:30:10 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

228300

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, how many (a) women and (b) BAME people there are in previous cohorts of the Troops to Teachers programme; and what proportion of people in each such category formed the overall participants.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There are two cohorts of trainees on the Troops to Teachers programme. There are 8 female trainees in the first cohort and 12 in the second cohort. This is just under a quarter (24%) of the total participants across both cohorts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No trainees have declared themselves as Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME).</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

228153

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Climate Change: Conferences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many official meetings representatives of the UK have attended in the run-up to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in late 2015; and who those representatives are.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	228274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There are a range of official meetings under the auspices of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in the run-up to the Conference of Parties (COP21) in December 2015. The UK is represented at these by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) with support from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The delegation to the most recent meeting held in Geneva from 8 to 13 February was led by Peter Betts, Director International Climate Change at DECC.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 23/03/2015 16:53:02 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

228304

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department have been seconded to which other Government departments, for what time periods and at what cost to his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	228207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of staff seconded to other government departments from 2012-2015 are as follows:</p><p>2012 - 37<br>2013 - 80<br>2014 - 94<br>2015 - 103</p><p>We do not hold accurate data for the number of secondments in 2010 and 2011 so have been unable to provide these figures.</p><p>The number of staff seconded to each Government department is detailed below. However, we are not able to disclose where there were fewer than 5 staff members seconded to a department as this could potentially identify them. We also do not have an accurate breakdown by department for 2012.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/03/2015 16:19:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

228295

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were recruited to the regular army, navy and air force between 1 January 2015 and 15 March 2015; and what the targets were for such recruitment in each such category.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of people who joined the UK Regular Forces in the period 1 January - 31 January 2015 (the latest available date) is set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Navy</strong></p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p>820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: figures show intake to UK Regular Forces, both trained and untrained, which comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified Officers) and intake from the reserves. They exclude all movements within the Regular Forces; including flows from untrained to trained strength, transfers between Services and flows from Ranks to Officer due to promotion.</p><p>Recruitment targets for each of the Services are calculated on an annual rather than monthly basis and are therefore not included here.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 23/03/2015 18:01:10 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

228070

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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: Leeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what non-apprenticeship adult skills budget was allocated for Leeds City College in 2014-15; and what such allocation he plans to make in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	228113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The non-apprenticeship adult skills budget allocated for Leeds City College in 2014-15 is attached.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/03/2015 17:14:11 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles attachment 1 file name Leeds-City-College-non-apprenticeships-budget.docx title Leeds City College non-apprenticeships budget
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

228177

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS and foundation trusts expect to be in deficit at the end of the 2014-15 financial year; and whether he expects the NHS trust sector as a whole to be in deficit at the end of that year.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Andy Burnham
uin	228282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The latest position on NHS provider deficits can be found in the related Quarter Three performance reports, published on the websites of the NHS Trust Development Authority and Monitor. These can be found –</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS trusts:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ntda.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Paper-D-Service-and-Financial-Performance-Report-for-December-2014.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ntda.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Paper-D-Service-and-Financial-Performance-Report-for-December-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Foundation trusts:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-foundation-trusts-quarterly-performance-report-quarter-3-201415" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-foundation-trusts-quarterly-performance-report-quarter-3-201415</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/03/2015 17:55:32 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1427 label Biography information for Andy Burnham

228073

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	New Businesses: Pendle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new business start-ups by women there were in Pendle constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 228217 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:23:28 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 228217 228174 ONS 109 110.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - New Business Start-Ups
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228262

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	New Businesses: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new business start-ups there have been in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 228174 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:23:28 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 228217 228174 ONS 109 110.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - New Business Start-Ups
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228173

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surgery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the NHS was of a (a) hip replacement, (b) knee replacement, (c) cataract operation and (d) hernia operation in England in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Andy Burnham
uin	228279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The information is shown in the following table and is from reference costs, which are the average unit cost to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts of providing defined services in a given financial year. Reference costs for acute care are collected by healthcare resource group (HRG), which are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments that consume similar levels of healthcare resource. The costs cover one episode of care under one consultant and do not include other elements of the patient pathway such as outpatient appointments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimated average unit cost to NHS providers in 2013-14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average unit cost per one finished consultant episode</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hip replacement</p></td><td><p>£6,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knee replacement</p></td><td><p>£6,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cataract operation</p></td><td><p>£878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hernia operation</p></td><td><p>£2,010</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: </em>Reference costs, Department of Health</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. Includes the average unit costs for the following HRGs, weighted for the activity reported for each HRG:</p><p> </p><p>HA12, Major Hip Procedures for Trauma</p><p> </p><p>HB12, Major Hip Procedures for Non-Trauma</p><p> </p><p>HA21, Major Knee Procedures for Trauma</p><p> </p><p>HB21, Major Knee Procedures for Non-Trauma</p><p> </p><p>BZ01, Enhanced Cataract Surgery</p><p> </p><p>BZ02, Phacoemulsification Cataract Extraction and Lens Implant</p><p> </p><p>BZ03, Non-Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery</p><p> </p><p>FZ17, Abdominal Hernia Procedures</p><p> </p><p>FZ18, Inguinal, Umbilical or Femoral Hernia Procedures</p><p> </p><p>2. The majority of procedures in HA12, HB12, HA21 and HB21 are for total replacements of hip or knee joints but may include other hip or knee procedures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/03/2015 17:47:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1427 label Biography information for Andy Burnham

228285

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Landlords
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 28 January 2015 to Question 221886, when he expects the updated guidance to local authorities on dealing with rogue landlords to be published.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	228291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The guidance was published on 13 March and can be accessed at:</p><p><br>www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-private-rented-sector-and-tackling-bad-practice-a-guide-for-local-authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/03/2015 17:51:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

228328

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Citizen Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) completed a placement under the International Citizen Service in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	228228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The following numbers of young people had applied for and completed an International Citizen Service placement up to the end of 2014:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK applied</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UKV completed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,418</p></td><td><p>446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6,416</p></td><td><p>2,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>14,699</p></td><td><p>2,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,535</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,293</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 23/03/2015 15:49:41 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

228301

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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 the average number of months was that recruits in previous cohorts served in the Troops to Teachers programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The first Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort began training in January 2014, so all of the current trainees have served 14 months on the programme. The second cohort started training in September 2015, therefore current trainees have served 6 months on the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:48 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

228296

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former regular soldiers joined the Army Reserve in each year since 2010; and how much has been paid to such individuals as an incentive to join the Reserve.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The data relating to the numbers of ex-soldiers joining the Army Reserve is detailed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>Financial Year</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>April 2014 - January 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Ex Regulars</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>490</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>570</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>820</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,400</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Soldiers</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>970</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The current Commitment Bonus scheme, introduced in April 2014, provides staged payments over three years of up to £10,000 to ex-Regular personnel providing they meet a set of entry criteria relating to rank, length of Regular Service, levels of training, medical status and training obligations once serving in the Reserve.</p><p> </p><p>This replaced an earlier scheme launched in April 2013 that gave payments of up to £5,000 across three years, again providing an individual met the correct criteria. Details of both schemes are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><em><br></em><p><strong><em>Cohort</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Key Milestone </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>1</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Key Milestones 2</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Key Milestones 3</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Key Milestone 4</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ex-Regular Lts/Capts</p><p> </p><p>Ex-Regular ORs</p><p> </p><p><strong>Initial Scheme introduced in </strong></p><p><strong>April 2013</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,000 paid upon completion of Phase 2 officer training.</p></td><td><p>£1,000 paid upon completion of the annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 1.</p></td><td><p>A further £1,000 paid upon completion of the subsequent year’s annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 2.</p></td><td><p>A final £1,000 paid upon completion of the subsequent year’s annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 3.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ex-Regular Lts/Capts</p><p> </p><p>Ex-Regular ORs</p><p> </p><p><strong>Enhanced scheme introduced in </strong></p><p><strong>April 2014</strong> (current scheme members automatically transferred to new scheme for all subsequent payments)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£2,000 paid six months after qualification within respective Career Employment Group and completion of 14 Man Training Days.</p></td><td><p>£3,000 paid upon completion of the annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 1.</p></td><td><p>A further £3,000 paid upon completion of the subsequent year’s annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 2.</p></td><td><p>A final £2,000 paid upon completion of the subsequent year’s annual obligation applicable to the existing Regional Annual Bounty, referred to as Yr 3.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 23/03/2015 16:58:39 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

228107

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the (a) withdrawal from Afghanistan and (b) environmental clean-up in Afghanistan has cost to date; and how much has been spent on each element of each cost.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The current estimate of the net additional cost of the redeployment of UK armed forces from Afghanistan up until the end of February 2015 was £212 million, including £12 million for the remediation of UK-managed sites across Afghanistan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 23/03/2015 16:59:58 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

228164

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2014 to Question 215787, whether NHS England plans to publish the independent review of the adequacy of capacity planning and execution of delivery plans for A&E service changes that have taken place across north west London.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	228106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The clinical commissioning groups in north-west London are committed to publishing their approach to assessing the impact and the benefits of the <em>Shaping a Healthier Future </em>programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are advised that they are also committed to publishing the review of the impact of the accident and emergency changes at Central Middlesex and Hammersmith hospitals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/03/2015 17:56:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

228103

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State for Defence of 9 March 2015, Official Report, column 47, on Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill, whether his Department has reached a decision on whether to transfer the outstanding unresolved complaints within the existing service complaints system to the remit of the new Service Complaints Ombudsman.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	228134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of whether a budget increase will be required is still under way; we are working with the Service Complaints Commissioner to fully consider the staffing and resource implications of amendments to the draft legislation for the Ombudsman's office.</p><p> </p><p>We are urgently considering the transitional arrangements to the new system, including whether to transfer the outstanding unresolved complaints from the existing Service complaints process to the new system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228071 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:34:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

228115

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Service Complaints Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential need for an increase to the budget of the Office of the Service Complaints Ombudsman arising from (a) changes to the powers of the Ombudsman as a result of the Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill and (b) the inclusion of issues of delay in the remit of the Ombudsman.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	228071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of whether a budget increase will be required is still under way; we are working with the Service Complaints Commissioner to fully consider the staffing and resource implications of amendments to the draft legislation for the Ombudsman's office.</p><p> </p><p>We are urgently considering the transitional arrangements to the new system, including whether to transfer the outstanding unresolved complaints from the existing Service complaints process to the new system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228134 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:34:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

228157

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, how many of the local authorities that have signed up to the Crisis Care Concordat have produced an action plan for the implementation of the provisions of that concordat.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	228265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The areas that had completed action plans as at 20 March are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Bath and North East Somerset;</p><p> </p><p>- Bradford and Airedale;</p><p> </p><p>- Brighton and Hove;</p><p> </p><p>- Bristol;</p><p> </p><p>- Derby and Derbyshire;</p><p> </p><p>- Doncaster;</p><p> </p><p>- Gloucestershire;</p><p> </p><p>- Greater Manchester (Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan);</p><p> </p><p>- Kent and Medway;</p><p> </p><p>- Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland;</p><p> </p><p>- Lancashire;</p><p> </p><p>- London boroughs of Barking, Havering and Redbridge, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden and Islington, Ealing, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, and Westminster;</p><p> </p><p>- Norfolk;</p><p> </p><p>- North Yorkshire;</p><p> </p><p>- Oxfordshire (pending approval);</p><p> </p><p>- Portsmouth (pending approval);</p><p> </p><p>- South Tyneside (pending approval);</p><p> </p><p>- Solihull;</p><p> </p><p>- Staffordshire;</p><p> </p><p>- Suffolk;</p><p> </p><p>- Stoke on Trent;</p><p> </p><p>- Surrey; and</p><p> </p><p>- Wiltshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has also received action plans from the following areas, and is currently reviewing them:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- London boroughs of Barking, Havering and Redbridge, Bromley, and Newham;</p><p> </p><p>- Oxfordshire;</p><p> </p><p>- Portsmouth;</p><p> </p><p>- South Tyneside;</p><p> </p><p>- Dorset;</p><p> </p><p>- South Gloucestershire; and</p><p> </p><p>- Rotherham.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of the areas’ action plans are available to read at <a href="http://www.crisiscareconcordat.org/" target="_blank">www.crisiscareconcordat.org</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/03/2015 17:26:44 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

228155

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Deputy Prime Minister's press release of 18 March 2015, on children's mental health services, what the access and waiting time standards will be; when such standards will be introduced; and if he will estimate current performance against such standards.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	228266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The additional funding announced by the Deputy Prime Minister on 18 March will enable further access targets and waiting time standards to be introduced for children and young people’s mental health services. As far as the access target is concerned, the intention is that a minimum of 110,000 additional children and young people will be treated by 2020. More details will be made available in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the new standards previously announced which are to be introduced from 1 April 2015 will also apply to young people in some cases. By 2016, at least 50% of people of all ages including children and young people, who are referred for early intervention in psychosis services, will start treatment within two weeks. This is the first access and waiting time standard for mental health ever to apply to children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/03/2015 17:15:25 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

228083

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow City of York Council to join the West Yorkshire Combined Authority; whether the new city deal announced in the Budget for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority will apply also to City of York Council; when City of York Council first notified his Department of its wish to join the West Yorkshire Combined Authority; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	228261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The West Yorkshire governance review, published in July 2013, stated the wish for the area of the City of York Council to be included in the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, should the necessary legislative changes be made. The Government is committed to ensure that the combined authorities’ legislation is appropriate. Following its recent consultation, the Government intends shortly to lay a draft Legislative Reform Order which, if approved and made during the next Parliament, would give greater flexibility to enable - for example – local authority areas which do not all share a boundary but which are in same functional economic area, to form or join a combined authority. Changes can be made to an existing combined authority on the approval of Parliament. If York and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority wish for York to join the Combined Authority, and if the statutory conditions are met and there is wide local support, this Government would seek Parliament’s approval to make this change. The devolution deal announced on 18 March includes the City Of York.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/03/2015 17:50:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

228149

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	The Gambia: Human Rights
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 his Department is taking to help the Gambian government to improve that country's human rights record.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	228171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK is the only EU Member State to have a resident Ambassador in The Gambia. We therefore have a leading role in pressing for improved respect for human rights in The Gambia, and in ensuring that the issue remains prominent on the EU’s agenda. We raised our concerns when The Gambia’s human rights record was evaluated at the United Nations last October during the Universal Periodic Review and set out recommendations for action by The Gambia. We will reiterate our concerns during the follow-up sessions in Geneva later this month.</p><p>The British Ambassador in Banjul also regularly raises human rights with senior members of the Gambian Government, and our Embassy provides funds that support human rights projects in the country. These include priorities such as women’s and children’s rights, access to justice and prisoner rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 23/03/2015 15:16:48 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

228299

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, how many participants in the Troops to Teachers programme have (a) not completed training and (b) dropped out on completion of training.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort of trainees began the two year programme in January 2014 and are due to complete their training in December 2015. The second cohort began in September 2015 and will complete their training in August 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A total of nine trainees have withdrawn from the programme, from across both cohorts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:05:04 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish