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174714

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date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 128 of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14, HC 745, what the reasons are for the increase in the cost of other office services since the previous financial year.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	221344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education reported £1,179 million for ‘other office expenditure’ in its 2013-14 accounts, an increase of £672.6 million compared to 2012-13. The expenditure disclosed relates exclusively to the Department’s academy trusts and is sourced from the academy trusts’ own accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The increase arises for two reasons, the first being the growth in academy numbers since 2012-13 (an increase of 1082 academies since March 2013 to 3905 in March 2014).</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, academy trust costs are reported slightly differently in the Department’s 2012-13 and 2013-14 accounts. This is not unusual; we have only consolidated accounts for two years and we are working at improving the transparency of expenditure. For example, some costs reported under the caption ‘other expenditure’ in 2012-13 have now been included under the heading ‘other office expenditure’ in 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 23/01/2015 10:28:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

174715

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoptions there were in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Pendle constituency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	221434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below. This data is also published in Table LAE1 of the ‘Children looked after including adoption’ statistical first release. [1]</p><p>Data for Pendle is not available as this data is not collected at parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of looked after children adopted during the year ending 31 March<sup>1</sup></strong></p><p><strong>Years ending 31 March 2012 to 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West region</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire local authority</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>1. Regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. Other numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 22/01/2015 16:13:27 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

174716

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the reasons were for the cash losses, fruitless payments and write-offs worth more than £100,000 referred to on page 156 of her Department's Annual Report and Accounts, 2013-14, HC 745.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	221472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>There are three instances of individual losses over £100,000:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>St. Aldhelm’s Academy, £1.21 million: as disclosed in the Department’s accounts, the academy trust suffered a loss as a result of a misdirection of a payment into the wrong bank account. The loss has not been recovered and a police investigation is in hand.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Oasis Community School Walthamstow, £138,000: the free school project was stopped before opening, but had already incurred unrecoverable costs.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Chorley Career and Sixth Form Academy, £129,554: another free school project, was also stopped before opening, but had already incurred unrecoverable costs.</p><p> </p></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 23/01/2015 10:23:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

174767

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of illegal firearms.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	221415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest gun laws in the world and as a result firearms continue to be used in a small and diminishing proportion of total police recorded crime - 0.2%. Offences involving firearms (excluding air weapons) <br>recorded by the police have fallen by 39% between year ending June 2010 (7,991 offences) and year ending March 2014 (4,843 offences). <br><br>Nevertheless the Government continues to undertake work to reduce the number of firearms and crimes relating to them in the UK. We have recently introduced legislation to: <br>• increase the maximum sentence for import and export of prohibited firearms from ten years to life imprisonment;<br>• increase the maximum sentence for the manufacture, sale or transfer and purchase or acquire for sale or transfer illegal firearms from ten years to life imprisonment; and,<br>• introduce a new offence of possession with intent to supply, with a tough maximum penalty of life imprisonment. <br><br>In addition, the Law Commission is taking forward a scoping review of firearms law during 2015. <br><br>Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris we have reviewed our efforts against illegal firearms. As the Home Secretary made clear in her statement on 14 January, we are stepping up our efforts with our international partners to crack <br>down on the illegal smuggling of weapons across borders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 221416 221417 question first answered 22/01/2015 16:40:18 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

174768

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce criminal access to illegal firearms.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	221416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest gun laws in the world and as a result firearms continue to be used in a small and diminishing proportion of total police recorded crime - 0.2%. Offences involving firearms (excluding air weapons) <br>recorded by the police have fallen by 39% between year ending June 2010 (7,991 offences) and year ending March 2014 (4,843 offences). <br><br>Nevertheless the Government continues to undertake work to reduce the number of firearms and crimes relating to them in the UK. We have recently introduced legislation to: <br>• increase the maximum sentence for import and export of prohibited firearms from ten years to life imprisonment;<br>• increase the maximum sentence for the manufacture, sale or transfer and purchase or acquire for sale or transfer illegal firearms from ten years to life imprisonment; and,<br>• introduce a new offence of possession with intent to supply, with a tough maximum penalty of life imprisonment. <br><br>In addition, the Law Commission is taking forward a scoping review of firearms law during 2015. <br><br>Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris we have reviewed our efforts against illegal firearms. As the Home Secretary made clear in her statement on 14 January, we are stepping up our efforts with our international partners to crack <br>down on the illegal smuggling of weapons across borders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 221415 221417 question first answered 22/01/2015 16:40:18 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

174770

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department last reviewed the effectiveness of Government policy aimed at reducing the number of illegal firearms.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	221417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest gun laws in the world and as a result firearms continue to be used in a small and diminishing proportion of total police recorded crime - 0.2%. Offences involving firearms (excluding air weapons) <br>recorded by the police have fallen by 39% between year ending June 2010 (7,991 offences) and year ending March 2014 (4,843 offences). <br><br>Nevertheless the Government continues to undertake work to reduce the number of firearms and crimes relating to them in the UK. We have recently introduced legislation to: <br>• increase the maximum sentence for import and export of prohibited firearms from ten years to life imprisonment;<br>• increase the maximum sentence for the manufacture, sale or transfer and purchase or acquire for sale or transfer illegal firearms from ten years to life imprisonment; and,<br>• introduce a new offence of possession with intent to supply, with a tough maximum penalty of life imprisonment. <br><br>In addition, the Law Commission is taking forward a scoping review of firearms law during 2015. <br><br>Following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris we have reviewed our efforts against illegal firearms. As the Home Secretary made clear in her statement on 14 January, we are stepping up our efforts with our international partners to crack <br>down on the illegal smuggling of weapons across borders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 221415 221416 question first answered 22/01/2015 16:40:18 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

174799

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Colombia
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 his Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict regarding sexual violence in Colombia; and what assistance the Government has offered to Colombia since the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	221377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict has provided the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend, the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), with a number of progress updates since the Global Summit as well as suggestions for additional areas of engagement and political support. The Colombian government’s efforts internationally and at home have demonstrated a clear commitment to tackling sexual violence. There is still more to do and the UK is supporting three projects in Colombia through the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative:</p><p>1. Our Embassy is working with two non-government organisations (NGOs), LIMPAL and Casa Amazonia, to directly support survivors of sexual violence, train women’s organisations and connect them to government authorities.</p><p>2. We are working with DeJusticia and the Attorney General’s Office to train prosecutors to investigate sexual violence in armed conflict, in support of efforts to develop new national standards for investigation and prosecution.</p><p>3. We are working with NGO Casa de la Mujer to adapt and implement in Colombia the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict (launched at the June Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict), with pilots in two municipalities of the Pacific coast most affected by the armed conflict and with high incidence of sexual violence.</p><p>In 2015 we will continue working with civil society, the Colombian government and the international community to support and empower victims and to increase their access to justice. The Embassy will hold an event during the first week of February to support the campaign against sexual violence Survivors United for Action, lead by Jineth Bedoya, one of Colombia’s most respected leaders on this theme.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 23/01/2015 11:10:56 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

174805

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of introducing Driver-Only Operation on delays and train dispatch times on the Northern Rail and TransPennine Express franchises.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department is considering the option of specifying that, where appropriate, drivers take on the job of opening and closing the train doors on the Northern Rail and Transpenine Express franchises, as happens on many other parts of the railway, but no decision has yet been taken. This would have the potential to reduce delays by shortening dwell time at platforms and mitigate the risk of delay or cancellation due to conductor unavailability.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/01/2015 10:44:39 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

174806

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations at which Northern Rail services stop are currently (a) staffed and (b) unstaffed.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>Northern serve 527 stations, of which they operate 467. Of those 527 stations, 196 are staffed, 331 are unstaffed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/01/2015 10:37:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

174810

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to include in his Department's contract with the successful bidder for Northern Rail and Transpennine Express franchises a requirement that there is a second person on board the train in addition to the driver in the event of the introduction of driver-only operation.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not specify the numbers of staff or how they should be deployed as this is something that the operators are much better placed to manage and understand. The Department is considering the option of specifying that, where appropriate, drivers take on the job of opening and closing the train doors on the Northern Rail and Transpenine Express franchises, as happens on many other parts of the railway. Our approach is to assess the bids we receive to ensure they adequately provide for passengers to be able to purchase tickets, have access to appropriate service information and feel safe and secure on trains.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/01/2015 10:47:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy