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178653

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Ofgem
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Ofgem has regard to the vulnerabilities of families with children.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL4803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>A new Strategy and Policy Statement, which Government consulted on last year makes it clear that helping vulnerable households is one of the Government’s strategic priorities to which Ofgem should have regard when carrying out its regulatory functions. The statement will replace the existing Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority, as recommended by the Ofgem Review of 2010-11.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 11/02/2015 13:27:37 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

178292

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222628, when he expects to be able to release data on unemployment figures for December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	223698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 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 question first answered 11/02/2015 07:31:51 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 223698 ONS 41.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Unemployment Figures
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

178293

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
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	Arts: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Artsmark programme in measuring (a) arts provision and (b) participation in the arts.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	223701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>​Since 2004, the Artsmark programme has supported schools, further education colleges and youth justice settings to review and enhance the artistic and cultural offer that they have to children and young people. Artsmark is an important part of the work of the ten regional Bridge organisations funded by the Arts Council which work to drive participation in their area.</p><p> </p><p>​Data collected via our Taking Part survey (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/taking-part" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/taking-part</a>) shows that ​arts participation overall has increased from 97.2 per cent in 2008/09 to 98.9 per cent in 2013/14 for children aged between 5 and 10 and in 2013/14, overall arts participation for children ages 11-15 was at 99.4 per cent, a similar level to 2008/09.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, the Arts Council announced that they will refresh the Artsmark scheme so it can be as effective as possible and the new version will launch in Autumn 2015.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2015 14:05:49 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

178294

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
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	Arts: Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing participation in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art at secondary school level.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	223727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>My Right. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and my Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education recently announced an additional £109 million for music and cultural education for 2015/16 taking the amount invested in music and cultural education in this Parliament to over £400 million.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a further £200,000 of Government funding for the National Youth Dance Company which was created following the reviews of cultural education commissioned by this Government. The Company provides talented performers across the country aged between 16 to 19 with intensive training and performance opportunities led by acclaimed choreographers.</p><p> </p><p>There will also be £1 million of funding for the BFI Film Academy which will help to train the next generation of talented film makers aged 16 to 19 through high quality local and residential courses. ​</p><p> </p><p>I jointly chair the Cultural Education Board with the Schools Minister and Darren Henley, author of reports into music and cultural education. Good progress has been made against the reports' recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2015 14:08:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

178297

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
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	Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
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 Government plans to accede to the Hague Commission on Protection of Cultural Property in Time of War before 7 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	223735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The legislative priorities for this session were set out in the Queen’s Speech in June. The Government remains committed to protecting cultural heritage and the Hague convention and its protocols already informs the Armed Forces’ law of armed conflict doctrine and training policy, particularly with regard to respect for cultural property, precautions in attack and recognition of the protective emblem.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 223011 question first answered 11/02/2015 09:50:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

178319

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that families with children are treated as a vulnerable group by energy companies.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	223710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>A new Strategy and Policy Statement, which Government consulted on last year makes it clear that helping vulnerable households is one of the Government’s strategic priorities to which Ofgem should have regard when carrying out its regulatory functions. The statement will replace the existing Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority, as recommended by the Ofgem Review of 2010-11.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/02/2015 11:06:47 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

178332

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Crime: Surrey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the level of reported crime was for each type of offence in the Surrey police force area in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	223713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 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 question first answered 11/02/2015 07:33:14 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 223713 ONS 40.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Reported Crime
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

178344

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the provisions in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on pavement parking.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
uin	223702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities have the necessary powers to permit pavement parking or to restrict it with enforceable measures. It is for those authorities to assess pavement parking in their respective areas. My Department’s guidance to local authorities makes clear that, during the appraisal of their parking policies, an authority should consider whether pavement parking is problematic in any part of its area. If it is, and is not covered by an existing Traffic Regulation Order, the authority should consider amending the existing Order or making a new one.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/02/2015 13:52:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood

178373

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to uprating the state pension of retired British citizens who have made full National Insurance contributions in the United Kingdom but who now live abroad.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL4761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The policy of this Coalition Government on the up-rating of UK state pension paid to people living overseas is the same as that of successive post-war Governments. This is to up-rate such pensions where we are legally required to under the terms of EU law or a bilateral social security agreement. The up-rating policy is determined by the differing social security arrangements for the countries concerned. Most bilateral agreements were entered into over 40 years ago and based on the prevailing economic and social conditions such as labour market migration patterns – in both the UK and the other countries. The Commonwealth Charter, while it provides a broad statement of common values, does not overrule national legislation in commonwealth countries.</p><p> </p><p>Around 13 million UK state pensions are paid to those entitled, of which around 1.2 million are paid to those living outside the UK. Approximately 550,000 pensioners live in countries in which the UK state pension is not up-rated. The UK state pension is paid on the basis of National Insurance contributions and not on the basis of nationality or citizenship. Information on the nationality, citizenship and ethnicity of state pension recipients is not available. There is no evidence of a proven behavioural link between up-rating policy and pensioner migration. Many of the pensioners migrated well before they reached State Pension age. Only a small minority of UK state pension recipients, less than five per cent, moved overseas at retirement. However it remains important that those planning to live overseas consider the impact on their state pension. The decision to move abroad remains a personal choice for individuals.<br> <br></p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4762 HL4763 HL4764 HL4765 question first answered 10/02/2015 16:06:26 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

178374

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have assessed the policy of freezing the state pension of retired individuals who live abroad in certain Commonwealth countries against the 2013 Commonwealth Charter commitments to fairness and non-discrimination; and with what result.
tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
uin	HL4762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The policy of this Coalition Government on the up-rating of UK state pension paid to people living overseas is the same as that of successive post-war Governments. This is to up-rate such pensions where we are legally required to under the terms of EU law or a bilateral social security agreement. The up-rating policy is determined by the differing social security arrangements for the countries concerned. Most bilateral agreements were entered into over 40 years ago and based on the prevailing economic and social conditions such as labour market migration patterns – in both the UK and the other countries. The Commonwealth Charter, while it provides a broad statement of common values, does not overrule national legislation in commonwealth countries.</p><p> </p><p>Around 13 million UK state pensions are paid to those entitled, of which around 1.2 million are paid to those living outside the UK. Approximately 550,000 pensioners live in countries in which the UK state pension is not up-rated. The UK state pension is paid on the basis of National Insurance contributions and not on the basis of nationality or citizenship. Information on the nationality, citizenship and ethnicity of state pension recipients is not available. There is no evidence of a proven behavioural link between up-rating policy and pensioner migration. Many of the pensioners migrated well before they reached State Pension age. Only a small minority of UK state pension recipients, less than five per cent, moved overseas at retirement. However it remains important that those planning to live overseas consider the impact on their state pension. The decision to move abroad remains a personal choice for individuals.<br> <br></p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4761 HL4763 HL4764 HL4765 question first answered 10/02/2015 16:06:26 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin