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65682

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding each school received per pupil in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	204019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>We now publish the schools block budget allocations in total and on a per-pupil basis annually, for every individual mainstream school, covering both maintained schools and academies. The most recent available figures are for the 2013 to 2014 financial year (for maintained schools) and 2013 to 2014 academic year (for academies) and are published at:</p><p><a href="http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/xlsx/s/schools%20block%20data%20file.xlsx%20" target="_blank">http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/xlsx/s/schools%20block%20data%20file.xlsx</a></p><p>The schools block budget allocations exclude early years, high needs and post-16 funding. They also exclude the pupil premium. For academies, per-pupil funding amounts exclude education services grants and insurance top-up funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:15:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

65704

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Bahrain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain about the treatment of the democracy movement in that country; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	203906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>I discussed the importance of political reform with the Bahraini authorities during my visit to Bahrain in June for the UK-Bahrain Joint Working Group. We continue to believe that the only way to promote peace and stability in Bahrain and address the legitimate aspirations of all Bahrainis is through dialogue leading to an inclusive political settlement.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 08/07/2014 09:57:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

65752

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent people from publishing explicit photos online sent to them in trust by their former partners.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	204005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government believes the posting of revenge porn, which these questions appear to be directed towards, is a despicable act and is one which can have devastating consequences for the victim.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is looking at this area of the law to ensure it is fully equipped to deal with this behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences according to the statutes under which proceedings are brought, but without detailing the specific circumstances of each case.</p><p>It is therefore neither possible to identify from this centrally held information whether an offender was prosecuted for the ‘distribution of explicit photographs', nor whether in each case the permission of the photograph's subject had been obtained.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 204012 question first answered 08/07/2014 08:08:12 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

65768

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought against people for distribution of explicit photographs when the permission of the photograph's subject had not been obtained in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	204012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government believes the posting of revenge porn, which these questions appear to be directed towards, is a despicable act and is one which can have devastating consequences for the victim.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is looking at this area of the law to ensure it is fully equipped to deal with this behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences according to the statutes under which proceedings are brought, but without detailing the specific circumstances of each case.</p><p>It is therefore neither possible to identify from this centrally held information whether an offender was prosecuted for the ‘distribution of explicit photographs', nor whether in each case the permission of the photograph's subject had been obtained.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 204005 question first answered 08/07/2014 08:08:14 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

65454

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary school pupils and (b) infant school pupils in Ashfield constituency received free school meals in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in state-funded nursery and primary schools is published in the “Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014” statistical first release, which is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014 </a></p><p> </p><p>Table 8a shows local authority level information; information is not published at parliamentary constituency level.</p><p>Information for 2010 to 2013 can be found in previous versions of this release, which are published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:13:57 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65532

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals in social security tribunals in which the appellant was (a) represented and (b) not represented were successful in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	203715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal - Social Security and Child Support (SSCS), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits. The following table shows the number of appeals in which the appellant was represented and the decision was made in the appellant's favour and the number of appeals in which the appellant was not represented and the decision was made in the appellant's favour.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Appellant Represented <sup>1</sup> and Decision in Appellant's favour </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appellant Not Represented and Decision in Appellant's Favour <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45,368 (65%)</p></td><td><p>111,580 (45%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> A representative is any person that the appellant has requested to attend the tribunal.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Provisional and subject to further change.</p><p>Note: The above data are taken from management information in line with published statistics. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale reporting system and are the best data available.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers provided only relate to oral hearings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/07/2014 08:22:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

64878

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Pets: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints Trading Standards have received relating to the sale of unwell puppies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	203196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Details of the number of complaints that Trading Standards have received relating to the sale of sick puppies would rest with each local authority and are not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/07/2014 10:12:38 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

64906

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Flags
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to reduce bureaucratic obstacles to the flying of flags in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	203415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS plays no role in setting the protocols that determine when, where or which flags are flown in the United Kingdom. The Department for Communities and Local Government undertook a numbers of measures to deregulate flag flying in England in 2012. The flag flying policy in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for the specific devolved administrations themselves.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/07/2014 09:31:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

64907

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the total number of ministerial replies from his Department to hon. Members in a parliamentary session; and what proportion of such replies are sent (a) by letter and (b) by email.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>In the last Parliamentary session (2013-14) the number of replies to members of parliament stood at 5,860. As a rule the Department sends all responses by e-mail unless specifically requested otherwise by the Member of Parliament. We do not keep separate records of how many were sent by post compared to e-mail.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 08/07/2014 09:31:54 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

64909

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to introduce proposals for regulations or guidance to reduce the cost of the use of British mobile telephones roaming outside of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	203267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The provider must send you an alert when you reach 80% and then 100% of the agreed data roaming limit. Operators must stop charging for data at the 100% point, unless you agree to continue to use data.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom provides advice on using telephones abroad, including in countries outside the European Union. See:</p><p><a href="http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2013/03/check-your-phone-before-you-roam/" target="_blank">http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2013/03/check-your-phone-before-you-roam/</a> and</p><p><a href="http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2013/07/using-your-smartphone-or-tablet-abroad/" target="_blank">http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2013/07/using-your-smartphone-or-tablet-abroad/</a></p><p> </p><p>This includes the advice to talk to your UK provider before you travel - it may offer special packages for your destination.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/07/2014 09:30:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop