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682301

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2017 to Question 61767, on social services: children, if she will set out how much funding each organisation or person listed has received from the public purse in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	62441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education publishes information for all spending over £25,000 for each of the last six years, which is searchable by organisation and funding amount. This information is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-department-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25-000" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-department-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25-000</a></p><p> </p><p>The department does not hold information on wider public spending.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 03/02/2017 08:55:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

657048

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel who are able to drive (a) trains, (b) coaches and (c) buses could potentially be deployed in the event of industrial action on the rail network.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	56945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Defence has over 4,000 military personnel that have had some training in driving coaches and/or buses although driving is not necessarily their primary role. Of which, approximately 250 military personnel have been trained in driving coaches/buses in the last 12 months. Defence has no military personnel trained to drive a train.</p><p>Military operations in the UK are placed under the overarching title of Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA), which is only in support of, and at the request of, the lead Government Department. Defence continues to work closely with the Department for Transport (and other Government Departments) to determine areas where military support within the UK is necessary, achievable, and permitted.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 56946 question first answered 15/12/2016 16:08:06 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

627320

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoptive families have applied to the Adoption Support Fund in the last 12 months; how much has been paid from that Fund during that time period; and how much has been paid out below the amount claimed in that time period.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	51610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The latest Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Children looked after in England, including adoption, 2015 to 2016’ published by the Department for Education shows that to the year ending 31 March 2016, 4,690 children ceased to be looked after due to being adopted. This is less than the 5,360 in 2015 but is still higher than the 3,470 children ceasing to be looked after due to adoption in 2012. The SFR is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/556331/SFR41_2016_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/556331/SFR41_2016_Text.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To address this reduction, we are amending legislation through the Children and Social Work Bill to improve the way decisions about long-term care options are taken, so that adoption is always pursued when it is in a child’s best interests. The Government’s adoption strategy, which we published in March, sets out plans to redesign the whole adoption system to ensure that we have the foundations in place to build a lasting change that benefits children.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has funded research on adoption disruption numbers by Julie Selwyn, Dinithi Wijedasa and Sarah Meakings - titled ‘Beyond the adoption order: challenges, intervention, disruption’. This was published in April 2014 and looked at all children who were adopted from care in England between 1st April 2000 and 31st March 2011. The research can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes data each year on the number of children starting to be looked after who were in a previous permanence arrangement, as part of the above SFR. At 31 March 2016, local authority returns showed that this figure was 510. This is available in table C1 at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2015-to-2016</a>. This data was collected for the first time in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that adoptive families need support and that is why we established the Adoption Support Fund (the Fund). Local Authorities made 5,873 applications to the Fund on behalf of 8,193 families during the period November 2015 – October 2016. During the same period (November 2015 – October 2016) £26,714,546.16 of funding was approved. Up until 6 October, applications were fully funded where they met the Fund’s criteria. Where an application is not eligible it would be returned to the local authority to review and amend to ensure that it meets the criteria of the Fund. Once an application is approved the total value requested from the Fund would be paid out in full to the local authority.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 October, we introduced a ‘fair access’ limit for the Fund: eligible applications of up to £5,000 will continue to be fully funded; exceptional cases can receive up to an additional £25,000 from the Fund where there is matched funding from the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 51608 51609 question first answered 07/11/2016 13:25:18 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

625930

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what incentives are in place for teachers to achieve early-years teaching status rather than qualified teaching status.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	51169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Early years teachers are specialists in early childhood development, trained to lead education and care for children from birth to five years. The department believes the status of Early Years Teachers is an important matter. We value the work that Early Years Teachers do and are looking at ways to continue to raise their status and recognition amongst employers and parents.</p><p> </p><p>Early Years Teachers are graduates responsible for organising and leading high quality practice in early years settings and have an understanding of the educational continuum through Key Stages 1 and 2. Individuals with QTS are able to teach all age ranges, however, the award of qualified teacher status does not guarantee any particular promotion opportunities. It is for schools to decide which staff to promote. Due to the diverse nature of the early years sector, staffing structures vary greatly and there is no single career path for early years teachers. We are considering, as part of the development of an early years workforce strategy, how government can support the sector to create career paths that help staff maximise their potential and forge a successful career within early years.</p><p> </p><p>The workforce strategy will consider and look to build on action the government already takes to attract quality staff into the early years, including the £7,000 of funding we provide to cover course fees, and bursaries of up to £5,000 for eligible trainees. We also currently support employers to help with staff training by contributing £7,000 for costs incurred by the employer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 51167 51168 question first answered 03/11/2016 15:41:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

625931

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons teachers with early-years teacher status do not have qualified teaching status.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	51167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Early years teachers are specialists in early childhood development, trained to lead education and care for children from birth to five years. The department believes the status of Early Years Teachers is an important matter. We value the work that Early Years Teachers do and are looking at ways to continue to raise their status and recognition amongst employers and parents.</p><p> </p><p>Early Years Teachers are graduates responsible for organising and leading high quality practice in early years settings and have an understanding of the educational continuum through Key Stages 1 and 2. Individuals with QTS are able to teach all age ranges, however, the award of qualified teacher status does not guarantee any particular promotion opportunities. It is for schools to decide which staff to promote. Due to the diverse nature of the early years sector, staffing structures vary greatly and there is no single career path for early years teachers. We are considering, as part of the development of an early years workforce strategy, how government can support the sector to create career paths that help staff maximise their potential and forge a successful career within early years.</p><p> </p><p>The workforce strategy will consider and look to build on action the government already takes to attract quality staff into the early years, including the £7,000 of funding we provide to cover course fees, and bursaries of up to £5,000 for eligible trainees. We also currently support employers to help with staff training by contributing £7,000 for costs incurred by the employer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 51168 51169 question first answered 03/11/2016 15:41:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

625932

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Career Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what promotion opportunities are available to teachers with qualified teaching status but not to teachers with early-years teacher status.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	51168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Early years teachers are specialists in early childhood development, trained to lead education and care for children from birth to five years. The department believes the status of Early Years Teachers is an important matter. We value the work that Early Years Teachers do and are looking at ways to continue to raise their status and recognition amongst employers and parents.</p><p> </p><p>Early Years Teachers are graduates responsible for organising and leading high quality practice in early years settings and have an understanding of the educational continuum through Key Stages 1 and 2. Individuals with QTS are able to teach all age ranges, however, the award of qualified teacher status does not guarantee any particular promotion opportunities. It is for schools to decide which staff to promote. Due to the diverse nature of the early years sector, staffing structures vary greatly and there is no single career path for early years teachers. We are considering, as part of the development of an early years workforce strategy, how government can support the sector to create career paths that help staff maximise their potential and forge a successful career within early years.</p><p> </p><p>The workforce strategy will consider and look to build on action the government already takes to attract quality staff into the early years, including the £7,000 of funding we provide to cover course fees, and bursaries of up to £5,000 for eligible trainees. We also currently support employers to help with staff training by contributing £7,000 for costs incurred by the employer.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 51167 51169 question first answered 03/11/2016 15:41:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

623394

registered interest
date	28/10/2016
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	Social Impact Bonds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and which social impact boards have been promoted by government departments since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	50912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>Since the launch of the world's first social impact bond (SIB) in Peterborough Prison in 2010, the government has supported the development of 32 SIBs across the country. This includes 14 SIBs targeting youth unemployment, 7 SIBs focused upon homelessness and 11 SIBs centred on tackling a range of issues including mental health and employment, long term health conditions, children in care and loneliness amongst older people. We have also made more than £105m available over this Parliament to catalyse the growth of SIBs aimed at tackling a range of social issues.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 02/11/2016 15:48:54 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

622567

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it remains the Government's policy to publish a life chances strategy.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	50880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Answer I gave the hon. Member for Barnsley Central, Dan Jarvis on 17 October [47998].</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/11/2016 16:00:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

620029

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions there have been for tobacco smuggling in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	50019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) does not break down statistics for tobacco prosecutions to separate out those solely resulting from smuggling activity. Total prosecutions for tobacco offences for the last complete five years for which figures are available were as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Acquittals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong> <strong>(Convictions + Acquittals)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for previous years are not available, as they belong to the prosecuting authorities and are not on a comparable basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2016 13:45:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

605785

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
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	Youth Action Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Youth Action Group last met; who attended that meeting; and what the current membership of that group is.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	49475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The last Youth Action Group meeting was 25 Nov 2014. A Youth Action Group Workshop was held on 24 Feb 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Youth Action Group members and meeting participants were drawn from the government departments and national charities that develop policy and deliver programmes for disadvantaged young people. These included the following:</p><ul><li>Government: Cabinet Office, Department for Education, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Justice, Home Office, Department for Health and Ministry of Defence; and</li><li>VCSE sector: The Prince’s Trust, Rathbone, The Foyer Federation, Catch22, Groundwork, Barnardo’s, Youth United, YoungMinds, Brook and Action for Children</li></ul><p> </p><p>There are no current plans for this group to meet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 24/10/2016 16:30:43 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton