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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-10-09more like thismore than 2015-10-09
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Disability: Government Assistance more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people are given appropriate support to lead an active and independent lifestyle. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
tabling member printed
Jon Trickett more like this
uin 10785 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2015-10-15
answer text <p>This Government has an ambitious vision for disabled people, which is set out in our cross-government disability strategy: Fulfilling Potential which we published in 2013.</p><p>Fulfilling Potential aims to remove the barriers that disabled people face to enable them to fulfil their potential, live independently and have equal opportunities to play a full and active role in society.</p><p>We developed our approach with disabled people and it reflects what they have said is important to bring about the changes that will have a real and lasting impact on their day-to-day lives.</p><p>As part of our approach we are committed to continuing to provide support for those disabled people who need it, whilst enabling those who can work to do so. We continue to spend around £50 billion on services and benefits for disabled people. We are committed to halving the disability employment gap and over the last year, we have seen disability employment increase by over 226,000.</p><p><strong></strong></p>
answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
answering member printed Justin Tomlinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-10-15T14:04:33.667Zmore like thismore than 2015-10-15T14:04:33.667Z
answering member
4105
label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter
390270
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-07-15more like thismore than 2015-07-15
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Mathematics: GCSE more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues on the teaching of additional mathematics GCSE in schools. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
tabling member printed
Jon Trickett more like this
uin 7192 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-07-22more like thismore than 2015-07-22
answer text <p>Some schools have historically offered additional qualifications to complement the mathematics GCSE and provide stretch and challenge for the most able students. We have not issued any explicit guidance on the teaching of these qualifications and we do not directly monitor their availability in schools. <br> <br> From September 2015 a new mathematics GCSE will be taught in schools which will be more challenging, ambitious and rigorous, and will ensure that children have the mathematical skills vital to continue in higher education, training and employment. For the most able students, it will provide greater stretch while better preparing them to move on to A levels in mathematics and further mathematics.<br> <br> Final decisions about whether to offer additional mathematics qualifications for the most able students following the introduction of the new GCSE rest with schools. We believe that schools and teachers are best placed to make such decisions if they consider it to be in the best interests of their students.</p>
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
grouped question UIN 6999 more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-07-22T12:13:03.617Zmore like thismore than 2015-07-22T12:13:03.617Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter
389801
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-07-14more like thismore than 2015-07-14
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Mathematics: GCSE more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to monitor the availability in schools of additional mathematics GCSE. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
tabling member printed
Jon Trickett more like this
uin 6999 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-07-22more like thismore than 2015-07-22
answer text <p>Some schools have historically offered additional qualifications to complement the mathematics GCSE and provide stretch and challenge for the most able students. We have not issued any explicit guidance on the teaching of these qualifications and we do not directly monitor their availability in schools. <br> <br> From September 2015 a new mathematics GCSE will be taught in schools which will be more challenging, ambitious and rigorous, and will ensure that children have the mathematical skills vital to continue in higher education, training and employment. For the most able students, it will provide greater stretch while better preparing them to move on to A levels in mathematics and further mathematics.<br> <br> Final decisions about whether to offer additional mathematics qualifications for the most able students following the introduction of the new GCSE rest with schools. We believe that schools and teachers are best placed to make such decisions if they consider it to be in the best interests of their students.</p>
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
grouped question UIN 7192 more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-07-22T12:13:03.51Zmore like thismore than 2015-07-22T12:13:03.51Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter
222586
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-02-20more like thismore than 2015-02-20
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Meningitis: Vaccination more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the meningitis B vaccine to be made available on the NHS; and what steps he is taking to make progress on price negotiations with Novartis for that vaccine. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
tabling member printed
Jon Trickett more like this
uin 224761 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-02-26more like thismore than 2015-02-26
answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 February 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-02/222863/" target="_blank">222863</a>.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Battersea more like this
answering member printed Jane Ellison more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-02-26T15:08:46.96Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-26T15:08:46.96Z
answering member
3918
label Biography information for Jane Ellison more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter
179339
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-02-11more like thismore than 2015-02-11
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 more like this
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading South Asia more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department disbursed to projects in (a) Pakistan and (b) Azad Kashmir in each of the last 10 years. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
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Jon Trickett more like this
uin 224256 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-02-26more like thismore than 2015-02-26
answer text <p>Total UK ODA to Pakistan by financial year since 2005 is as follows. This includes both bilateral and multilateral spend.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Spend (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>30.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>65.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>88.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>83.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>120.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>138.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>204.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>216.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>202.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>253.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15 provisional spend is currently being finalised and will be made available by May 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has a bilateral programme with Pakistan, but does not have a specific programme in Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK), which is an autonomous administrative territory of Pakistan. AJK benefits from DFID-supported national programmes in Pakistan that promote economic growth and improve health services, and has also benefited from DFID’s humanitarian programmes.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Putney more like this
answering member printed Justine Greening more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-02-26T16:32:30.833Zmore like thismore than 2015-02-26T16:32:30.833Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Justine Greening more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter
164161
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-21more like thismore than 2014-11-21
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Malaysia more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the Malaysia authorities with the aim of preventing inappropriate activity on the wrecks of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
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Jon Trickett more like this
uin 215526 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-27more like thismore than 2014-11-27
answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have sought assistance from Malaysia in preventing unauthorised salvage and damage to the military maritime graves of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, mindful of the difficulty of doing so when they are situated in international waters. Our High Commission in Kuala Lumpur released a press statement on 23 May welcoming the Malaysian impounding of a vessel responsible for illegally disturbing and salvaging scrap from wrecks in the area.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Devon more like this
answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire more like this
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less than 2014-11-27T14:25:45.527Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-27T14:25:45.527Z
answering member
1408
label Biography information for Lord Swire more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter
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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-20more like thismore than 2014-11-20
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Malaysia more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received of theft of metal and other valuable items from HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales which were sunk off the coast of Malaysia in December 1941. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
tabling member printed
Jon Trickett more like this
uin 215466 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-27more like thismore than 2014-11-27
answer text <p>We are concerned by reports of damage being done to the wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse by metal salvage companies and recreational divers off the coast of Malaysia. We welcome the actions of the Malaysian Marine Department which impounded a vessel responsible for illegally disturbing and salvaging ship material for scrap earlier this year.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Devon more like this
answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-27T14:20:26.583Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-27T14:20:26.583Z
answering member
1408
label Biography information for Lord Swire more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter
114681
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-05more like thismore than 2014-11-05
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Ophthalmic Services more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support behavioural optometry services. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
tabling member printed
Jon Trickett more like this
uin 213570 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-17more like thismore than 2014-11-17
answer text <p>Free National Health Service funded sight tests are available to eligible groups with the purpose of detecting signs of injury, disease or abnormality and giving an individual a written prescription for glasses or referring them to a doctor for further examination. Funding is also available under the NHS voucher scheme for the provision of spectacles with a prescription power to correct a defect of sight.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning services to meet the needs of their local population. This could include services over and above the NHS sight test, such as behavioural optometry. Where positive National Institute for Health and Care Excellence technology appraisal guidance does not exist, it is for NHS commissioners to make funding decisions based on an assessment of the available evidence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich more like this
answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter more like this
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less than 2014-11-17T14:51:11.037Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-17T14:51:11.037Z
answering member
3932
label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter
93753
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-16more like thismore than 2014-10-16
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Business: Loans more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance the Government provides to enable a person to remain in a home against which a bank loan for a business has been secured when they have defaulted on that loan. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
tabling member printed
Jon Trickett more like this
uin 210909 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-22more like thismore than 2014-10-22
answer text <p>UK borrowers taking out a business loan secured on their home have a number of protections available to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has responsibility for the regulation of mortgages secured by a first charge against a borrower’s home, regardless of the purpose of that loan. These regulations include consumer protections to ensure that repossession is only used as a last resort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where borrowers are taking out a second charge loan of £25,000 or less for a business purpose they are also protected under the FCA’s regulatory regime for consumer credit. The Government is currently consulting on the transfer of the regulation of second charge mortgages to the same regime as first charge mortgages.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, all borrowers are provided protection in the Courts, through the use of the Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol, which requires a Court to ensure that the lender has taken all reasonable steps to resolve the borrower’s payment difficulties before granting a possession order.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency South Northamptonshire more like this
answering member printed Andrea Leadsom more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-22T15:31:52.8342834Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-22T15:31:52.8342834Z
answering member
4117
label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter
93095
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-14more like thismore than 2014-10-14
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Repossession Orders more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the introduction of restrictions on the ability of banks and other mortgage lenders to repossess a home where that would make a family homeless. more like this
tabling member constituency Hemsworth more like this
tabling member printed
Jon Trickett more like this
uin 210330 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-10-20more like thismore than 2014-10-20
answer text <p>The Government has put a number of protections in place to limit repossessions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It established the independent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and gave them the responsibility to put in place robust protections to ensure fair treatment of borrowers facing payment difficulties. The Department for Work and Pensions also provides help for pensioners and those out of work to meet their mortgage payments through Support for Mortgage Interest. In addition, all borrowers can seek protection in the Courts using the Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol, which makes it clear that repossession must always be the last resort for lenders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, a well-functioning mortgage market will always need to keep the possibility of repossession open as a last resort. Without this option, lenders have no reliable security against which to lend and the likely consequence would be higher mortgage rates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Northamptonshire more like this
answering member printed Andrea Leadsom more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-10-20T10:43:10.3051834Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-20T10:43:10.3051834Z
answering member
4117
label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom more like this
tabling member
410
label Biography information for Jon Trickett remove filter