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1010573

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date	20/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has given to Police and Crime Commissioners on the use of (a) reserves and (b) deficit budgets for the purposes of providing for pension costs.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	193363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has established a working group with representatives of Police and Crime Commissioners and forces to determine the best way to manage the potential impact of increased pensions costs</p><p>The Budget made clear that part of these costs will be met from the Treasury Reserve in 2019/20. As the Chancellor set out in his speech, the Home Secretary will review police spending power ahead of the 2019/20 provisional police funding settlement which is expected to be published next month</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/03/2019 17:59:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1010588

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Diamorphine: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 191442 on Diamorphine: Glasgow, what the guidelines are on chronic heroin addiction treatment plans as a condition of his Department permitting a diamorphine prescribing licence to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	193514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The issue of ‘prescriber’ licences was devolved to the Scottish Ministers in 2012. The timeline for a decision on any prescriber licence or any conditions to be assigned to that licence are matters for Scottish Government.</p><p>Any controlled drugs licenses required by the organisation at a specific premises to possess and supply controlled drugs are a matter for the Home Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2019 15:11:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1010590

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Diamorphine: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 191442 on Diamorphine: Glasgow, what the timetable is for the decision on whether to grant a diamorphine prescribing licence to Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	193516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>All ‘premises’ licence applications- which are considered by the Home Office and, if granted, would allow a specific organisation to possess controlled drugs at a specific address- are considered individually on their merits. We expect to reach a decision on the premises licence application early this year.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/02/2019 16:56:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1010595

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessments are undertaken to ensure that decisions to classify immigration cases as complex comply with the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	193518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Where an application is defined as non-straightforward due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard, and to explain what will happen next.</p><p>All leave to remain applications that seek to rely upon Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and applications outside of the rules are deemed non-straightforward (or ‘complex’). On the introduction of the current Article 8 rules (Appendix FM), in July 2012, a Policy Equality Statement was published demonstrating how these rules complied with the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/03/2019 17:19:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1010779

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many investigations into Secretary of State resignations there have been in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	193470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office do not investigate resignations by Secretaries of State.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/12/2018 15:35:38 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1010786

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people found eligible for support from Access to Work do not submit a claim for equipment or support after their award has been approved.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	193360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>We do not routinely collect data on the reasons why payments may not have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of individuals who had any Access to Work element approved in 2016/17 but to whom no payment was made within 12 months.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>The number of people who had any Access to Work Element approved in 2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of individuals for whom no payment was made for any Access to Work element approved in 2016/17 wit</strong><strong>hin 12 months of approval</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23,510</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We recently published independent qualitative research, conducted with a small sample of Access to Work recipients, which provides some insight into why some recipients whose applications are approved do not take up payment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This research can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-work-research-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-work-research-review</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/12/2018 15:27:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 86885 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1011242

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sir Edward Heath
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the cost of Operation Conifer was funded by (1) Wiltshire and Swindon police force, and (2) the Government under special funding arrangements.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL11603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office only holds information in relation to the additional costs of Operation Conifer. We do not have details of opportunity costs incurred (i.e. the costs of officers whilst on their regular duties). Opportunity costs are met by the force through general funding.</p><p>In relation to the additional costs:</p><p>• The Home Office provided £1.1 million in Special Grant funding.</p><p>• Wiltshire Police made a contribution of £0.2 million (equivalent to 15 per cent of the additional costs total).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/12/2018 15:27:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1011243

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sir Edward Heath
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of the proposal by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon in his most recent annual report for a public inquiry into Operation Conifer.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL11604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has given careful consideration to this issue and has concluded that there are no grounds to justify a public inquiry into Operation Conifer.</p><p>Cost was not a factor in that decision and insufficient assessment of the cost of such an inquiry has been carried out.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/12/2018 15:28:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1011250

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what data they hold related to the delivery of the Music National Curriculum in England in (1) primary schools, and (2) secondary schools.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL11611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Music is compulsory in the national curriculum for 5 to 14 year olds. Data from the Omnibus Survey in 2017 reveals that the average amount of teaching time in primary schools was broadly similar to the amount of time spent teaching history and geography. At secondary schools, the data from the school workforce census shows that the proportion of time spent teaching music between 2010 and 2017 has remained broadly stable. In 2010 2.4% of total teaching hours were spent teaching music, compared with 2.3% in 2017. Full details are in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Proportion of total teaching hours spent on music in years 7-13 in state-funded secondary schools per week</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The network of music education hubs have four core roles, including ensuring that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument in whole classes. Data published recently by Arts Council England shows that in 2016-17, 91% of primary schools and 88% of secondary schools worked with their music education hub on at least one of the hubs’ core roles. It also shows that 711,241 pupils in state-funded schools learned to play instruments in lessons for whole classes that were provided or supported by music education hubs.</p><p> </p><p>Academies are not obliged to follow the national curriculum, but they are required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL11612 question first answered 04/12/2018 16:55:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1011251

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote the teaching of music in academies across all key stages, and particularly in key stage 3.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL11612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Music is compulsory in the national curriculum for 5 to 14 year olds. Data from the Omnibus Survey in 2017 reveals that the average amount of teaching time in primary schools was broadly similar to the amount of time spent teaching history and geography. At secondary schools, the data from the school workforce census shows that the proportion of time spent teaching music between 2010 and 2017 has remained broadly stable. In 2010 2.4% of total teaching hours were spent teaching music, compared with 2.3% in 2017. Full details are in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Proportion of total teaching hours spent on music in years 7-13 in state-funded secondary schools per week</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The network of music education hubs have four core roles, including ensuring that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument in whole classes. Data published recently by Arts Council England shows that in 2016-17, 91% of primary schools and 88% of secondary schools worked with their music education hub on at least one of the hubs’ core roles. It also shows that 711,241 pupils in state-funded schools learned to play instruments in lessons for whole classes that were provided or supported by music education hubs.</p><p> </p><p>Academies are not obliged to follow the national curriculum, but they are required to provide a broad and balanced curriculum.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL11611 question first answered 04/12/2018 16:55:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German