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46715

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of the Board of the Big Lottery Fund have their main residence north of the city of Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	195132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>There are currently nine members of the UK Board of the Big Lottery Fund, two of whom have their main residences north of Birmingham. Of the remainder, three live in London and the others are based in other parts of the UK.</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund is committed to bringing real improvements to communities and the lives of people most in need, across the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

47812

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all the education programmes it funds are inclusive of children with disabilities; and what monitoring her Department undertakes to ensure that all such programmes include accessible materials for use by children with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	903627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to ensuring all children, with a focus on the most marginalised and those with disabilities have access to education institutions and complete a full cycle of quality education. We are working with partners, such as UNICEF and UNESCO Institute for Statistics, to improve data for monitoring purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

46499

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on primary and 16-to-19 assessment and accountability, how the progress of pupils with severe educational needs will be taken into account in his Department's accountability reform programme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	194854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>We plan to continue to publish information on attainment and progress of pupils with special educational needs at national and local authority level. A new web portal, which is under development, will improve access to 16-18 performance data, including the core demographic information such as special educational needs that is currently available for primary and secondary schools.</p><p>Any pupils not able to access the relevant end of key stage test will continue to have their attainment assessed by teachers, and we will retain P scales for reporting teachers' judgements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

46500

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on primary and 16-to-19 assessment and accountability, what account will be taken of the progress made by children who have entered the school beyond the baseline reception assessment procedure, but who do not warrant exemption under the final two years prior to Key Stage 2 exams.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	194855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Schools will continue to be expected to assess all of their pupils upon entering school and track their progress. Ofsted will expect to see evidence that pupils are making appropriate progress, with inspections informed by the school's data on pupil progress. Assessment at key stage 1 will remain a statutory requirement.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

45113

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what restrictions, by category of prisoner, are placed on access to (a) a prisoner's own books and (b) books from the prison library in the first four weeks of a prison sentence.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	193597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Up to 12 books may be held by prisoners in their cell at any one time. Prisoners may have additional books stored locally at the prison. Every prison has a library, to which every prisoner has access. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Access to books is not determined by category of prisoner and nor does it differ for those in the first four weeks of their sentence.</em></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3863 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

39906

registered interest
date	25/02/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
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house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, which organisations received funding from the Innovations Fund as part of the Democratic Engagement Programme; how much each such organisation received; and what the time period is for their projects.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	189479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2014 answer text <p>The government has announced that 5 national organisations have received funding as part of the measures to maximise registration. Details of the allocation of funding can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-for-new-ways-to-encourage-voter-registration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-for-new-ways-to-encourage-voter-registration</a></p><p>These organisations are expected to deliver projects by the end of July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 03/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett