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348411

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date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Level Crossings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Level Crossing Reform Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	1008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>I can confirm that I have placed copies of the Department’s Level Crossing Reform Action Plan in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/06/2015 11:44:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

348412

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medical Equipment: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England plans to establish reference prices for medical devices beyond those named in the Commissioning Intentions for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	1018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The commissioning intentions state NHS England will look at excluded devices and some drugs. The process began with implantable cardiac devices, bone anchored hearing devices and transcatheter aortic valve implantation, and proceeded to cover all excluded devices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 10/06/2015 15:53:16 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

348415

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy that the proposed legislation requiring young people to earn or learn will extend to existing claimants of employment and support allowance under the age of 21.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	1030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will set out our policy design in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2015 10:07:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

348424

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Universities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Higher Education Academy recommending that United Kingdom universities should adopt the grade point average system.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Academy (HEA) report ‘<em>Grade Point Average: Report of the GPA pilot project 2013-14’, </em>published on 28 May 2015, was a result of a review undertaken by HEA’s national Grade Point Average Advisory Group. The Department has noted the report. However, higher education institutions with degree awarding powers are responsible for their own academic awards. It is a matter for institutions to consider the recommendation as independent and autonomous bodies.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/06/2015 11:13:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

348425

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to reimburse local authorities for the costs falling to them in caring for children from families with no recourse to public funds as they attempt to regulate their immigration status, in the light of the report by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society <i>Safeguarding Children From Destitution</i>; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We work closely with local authorities to ensure that immigration decisions in cases receiving local authority support are made as quickly as possible. The No Recourse to Public Funds Connect database provides an expedited route into the Home Office for local authorities on individual cases, so that these can be dealt with as quickly as possible. Where migrants granted leave to remain on family grounds show that they are destitute or that there are exceptional circumstances, they are given recourse to public funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/06/2015 15:30:27 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

348432

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assets Border Force uses at present to maintain surveillance of United Kingdom territorial seas and adjacent waters; and what plans they have, if any, to change this in the light of the deployment of two Border Force cutters in the Mediterranean.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>We do not comment on specific operational matters for reasons of national security. A variety of assets ensure the integrity of UK waters, and we continue to ensure that Border Force is able to make use of cutting-edge technology and good intelligence in its important work.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/06/2015 13:34:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

348433

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultations they have had with the voluntary sector about extending the right-to-buy to housing association tenants; and what steps they plan to take to respond to any consultation before bringing forward a new housing bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials are engaging with key stakeholders, as they do on a continuous basis, in relation to key policy issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/06/2015 11:32:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

348434

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Welfare State
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish details of the proposal in the Conservative party's manifesto to reduce the welfare budget by £12 billion by the 2017–18 financial year, and in particular their assessment of how it will affect pensions.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s commitment to save £12bn from welfare spending was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be given in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 08/06/2015 16:08:41 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

348438

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Community Relations: Waltham Forest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the appropriateness of the Waltham Forest Council pilot scheme asking children under the age of nine questions about whether they would hurt another student who was mocking their religion.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Building Resilience Through Integration and Trust Project has been developed and implemented locally by the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Her Majesty’s Government has not been involved in the design or the delivery of the project. Local authorities and schools are free to develop and implement their own education-related projects. The department has no overview of local projects involving schools, though we do expect all schools to actively promote fundamental British values, which include mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. We would expect that any discussion with pupils involving complex issues should be age appropriate and handled with sensitivity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Waltham Forest council’s website provides general information on the project: <a href="https://thehub.walthamforest.gov.uk/services-and-support/pupil-support/brit-project" target="_blank">https://thehub.walthamforest.gov.uk/services-and-support/pupil-support/brit-project</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL251 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:13:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed

348439

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Community Relations: Waltham Forest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of Waltham Forest Council's programme <i>Building Resilience through Integration</i><i>and Trust</i>, and in particular the use of questionnaires on issues such as trust toward the police, and inter-faith marriages, which were reportedly aimed at children at schools with large Muslim intakes.
tabling member printed	Lord Ahmed
uin	HL251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Building Resilience Through Integration and Trust Project has been developed and implemented locally by the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Her Majesty’s Government has not been involved in the design or the delivery of the project. Local authorities and schools are free to develop and implement their own education-related projects. The department has no overview of local projects involving schools, though we do expect all schools to actively promote fundamental British values, which include mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. We would expect that any discussion with pupils involving complex issues should be age appropriate and handled with sensitivity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Waltham Forest council’s website provides general information on the project: <a href="https://thehub.walthamforest.gov.uk/services-and-support/pupil-support/brit-project" target="_blank">https://thehub.walthamforest.gov.uk/services-and-support/pupil-support/brit-project</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL250 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:13:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed