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228118

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	Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to introduce a post-nominal decoration for long service in the Reserve Forces.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	228040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I am pleased to announce that Reservists who complete 10 years service will be rewarded for their commitment with the introduction of a new post-nominal &quot;Volunteer Reserve&quot;, to be indicated by the letters (VR). The post nominal will be for all members of the Reserves, regardless of rank or service, and will be backdated to 1999.</p><p>In addition, subject to agreement from Her Majesty The Queen, the Ministry of Defence plans to introduce a new Long Service Medal for Regular personnel of all ranks which would be awarded after 15 years service.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/03/2015 10:07:49 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

227731

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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 Plans
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 provide for local authorities who do not produce a local plan to be placed in special measures.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	227787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Plan making has significantly improved under this Government. 81% of local planning authorities have at least published their plan and 63% of local planning authorities now have an adopted local plan in place (compared to 17% in 2010).</p><p> </p><p>The Localism Act has strengthened the role of Local Plans, allowing local councils – in consultation with local residents – to draw up plans and determine where new development should and should not go. Paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework already provides a very strong incentive for councils to have a Local Plan in place. I am aware that the Labour Party's Lyons Review proposed that sanctions should be imposed against councils without a Local Plan and that the Secretary of State should direct the Planning Inspectorate to produce a Local Plan in place of the Council. However, I believe that proposal is excessively centralising, and would be an unpalatable re-creation of the top-down planning regime that we abolished in the Localism Act.</p><p> </p><p>Drawing up a Local Plan can be challenging – it involves trade-offs and hard choices, and there is no longer Regional Planning Guidance or Regional Spatial Strategy imposed from above to hide behind and blame. But it is our preference for this to be a locally-led process.</p><p> </p><p><br><br>The Government has supported local authorities in their Plan making by funding the Planning Advisory Service; the Planning Inspectorate; and senior retired Planning Inspectors to help bring forward sound Local Plans.</p><p> </p><p>This Government introduced neighbourhood planning which offers an unprecedented opportunity for communities to develop plans with statutory force. Over 1,400 communities, representing around 6 million people in England, have now applied for a neighbourhood area to be designated and 59 successful referendums on neighbourhood plans have been held. The Government is committed to supporting communities throughout the process and encouraging more communities to join them. The Government recently announced a new support contract worth £22.5 million, which will begin in April 2015 and last until 2018.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 227786 question first answered 24/03/2015 18:04:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

227732

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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 Plans
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 take steps to assist local residents to produce a local plan in areas where no such plan has been produced by the local authority.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	227786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Plan making has significantly improved under this Government. 81% of local planning authorities have at least published their plan and 63% of local planning authorities now have an adopted local plan in place (compared to 17% in 2010).</p><p> </p><p>The Localism Act has strengthened the role of Local Plans, allowing local councils – in consultation with local residents – to draw up plans and determine where new development should and should not go. Paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework already provides a very strong incentive for councils to have a Local Plan in place. I am aware that the Labour Party's Lyons Review proposed that sanctions should be imposed against councils without a Local Plan and that the Secretary of State should direct the Planning Inspectorate to produce a Local Plan in place of the Council. However, I believe that proposal is excessively centralising, and would be an unpalatable re-creation of the top-down planning regime that we abolished in the Localism Act.</p><p> </p><p>Drawing up a Local Plan can be challenging – it involves trade-offs and hard choices, and there is no longer Regional Planning Guidance or Regional Spatial Strategy imposed from above to hide behind and blame. But it is our preference for this to be a locally-led process.</p><p> </p><p><br><br>The Government has supported local authorities in their Plan making by funding the Planning Advisory Service; the Planning Inspectorate; and senior retired Planning Inspectors to help bring forward sound Local Plans.</p><p> </p><p>This Government introduced neighbourhood planning which offers an unprecedented opportunity for communities to develop plans with statutory force. Over 1,400 communities, representing around 6 million people in England, have now applied for a neighbourhood area to be designated and 59 successful referendums on neighbourhood plans have been held. The Government is committed to supporting communities throughout the process and encouraging more communities to join them. The Government recently announced a new support contract worth £22.5 million, which will begin in April 2015 and last until 2018.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 227787 question first answered 24/03/2015 18:04:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

93160

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Nuneaton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much schools in Nuneaton constituency received under the pupil premium in 2013-14; and how much such schools will receive in pupil premium in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	210414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Schools and academies in Nuneaton constituency have been allocated £3.181 million through the pupil premium for financial year 2013 to 2014, and £4.004 million for financial year 2014 to 2015.</p><p>This includes funding through the deprivation and service child elements of the pupil premium for financial year 2013 to 2014, and also the children adopted from care element for financial year 2014 to 2015. It excludes the looked-after children element in both years as this is not available at a parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/10/2014 16:50:30 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

93162

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium: Nuneaton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which primary schools and academies in Nuneaton constituency have received the PE and sport premium to date; and how much each such school and academy has been awarded under that premium.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	210413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Physical Education &amp; Sport premium allocations eligibility for academic year 2013/14 was given to all primary schools and academies with pupils in year groups 1 to 6, as well as those aged 5 in reception and aged 5-10 not following the year groups.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for academic year 2013/14, including schools and academies in Nuneaton constituency, can be found online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-grant-2013-to-2014-allocation-breakdown" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-grant-2013-to-2014-allocation-breakdown</a></p><p>Allocations for academic year 2014 to 2015 will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 210393 210394 question first answered 17/10/2014 13:43:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

93163

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium: Nuneaton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which primary schools and academies in Nuneaton constituency with a 10 per cent proportion of pupils on free school meals receive the PE and sport premium.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	210393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Physical Education &amp; Sport premium allocations eligibility for academic year 2013/14 was given to all primary schools and academies with pupils in year groups 1 to 6, as well as those aged 5 in reception and aged 5-10 not following the year groups.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for academic year 2013/14, including schools and academies in Nuneaton constituency, can be found online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-grant-2013-to-2014-allocation-breakdown" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-grant-2013-to-2014-allocation-breakdown</a></p><p>Allocations for academic year 2014 to 2015 will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 210394 210413 question first answered 17/10/2014 13:43:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

93164

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	PE and Sport Premium: Nuneaton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary schools and academies in Nuneaton constituency have received the PE and sport premium to date.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	210394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Physical Education &amp; Sport premium allocations eligibility for academic year 2013/14 was given to all primary schools and academies with pupils in year groups 1 to 6, as well as those aged 5 in reception and aged 5-10 not following the year groups.</p><p> </p><p>Allocations for academic year 2013/14, including schools and academies in Nuneaton constituency, can be found online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-grant-2013-to-2014-allocation-breakdown" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-grant-2013-to-2014-allocation-breakdown</a></p><p>Allocations for academic year 2014 to 2015 will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 210393 210413 question first answered 17/10/2014 13:43:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

93165

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Nuneaton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional physical education teachers and sports specialists have been recruited by schools in Nuneaton constituency in the last 18 months.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	210395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/10/2014 16:56:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

58472

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Nuneaton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in schools in Nuneaton will receive free school meals from 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	199236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Receipt of a free school meal is dependent upon eligible parents or pupils making an application, and it is not possible to predict how many will do so.</p><p>We do, however, recognise that 631 pupils in reception, year 1 and 2 were known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in Nuneaton constituency in January 2014. This was 18.7% of all pupils in those year groups. With the introduction of universal infant free school meals in September 2014, all children in reception, year 1 and year 2 will be eligible for a free school lunch.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 12/06/2014 16:01:52 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

58473

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on improvements to the railways in England and Wales in Control Period 4; and what estimate he has made of how much will be spent in Control Period 5.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	199233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Over Control Period 4, the total amount spent on enhancements on the railways in England and Wales, as set out in Network Rail's delivery plan update, was £7.557 billion (2012/13 prices).</p><p> </p><p>Over Control Period 5, it is estimated that £11.446 billion.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/06/2014 14:38:15 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones