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426465

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland were caused by people taking legal highs in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 09/11/2015 11:00:30 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 09112015 PQ 14981.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Legal Highs
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

426660

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people aged 18 to 21 in receipt of housing benefit also received tax credits in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the effect on those people of planned reforms to tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	15046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare economy. That means more emphasis on support to working families on low incomes through reducing tax and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><br /><p>The Chancellor is listening to concerns raised by colleagues and will announce in his Autumn Statement how he plans to achieve the same goal of reforming tax credits and saving the money we need to secure our economy, while at the same time helping in the transition.</p><br /> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 14536 14537 question first answered 09/11/2015 14:58:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

426077

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Medical Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions patients were refused access to their mental health records in 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	14972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 09/11/2015 15:38:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

426078

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will hold discussions with the devolved administrations on establishing best practice in reducing re-offending rates throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	14973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Reoffending had been too high for too long. Under the last government, we reformed the way offenders are managed in the community, so all offenders get support when they leave prison. We want to build on this to address what can be done whilst offenders are in prison, with a new emphasis on rehabilitation and redemption. Working with the voluntary, public and private sectors, we are helping offenders turn away from crime.</p><br /><p>Research and evidence of best practice is shared widely across the United Kingdom and we engage the Devolved Administrations on a wide range of offender issues. We will ensure that these discussions include examining the most effective measures for reducing reoffending.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 09/11/2015 17:16:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

426092

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many replies to constituent correspondence from hon. Members her Department sent by (a) email and (b) letter in each of the last three years; and what the cost of using each method was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	14880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The systems used to manage correspondence received from hon. Members do not record whether the response has been sent by email or letter; we are therefore unable to provide the requested breakdown or associated costs.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/11/2015 17:35:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

426109

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Leaving
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government has taken to (a) improve destination data for school leavers and (b) develop online portals to help advise school leavers of all post-16 learning options.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the destinations of Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students was published on 20 October 2015. These experimental statistics are available online.[1]</p><p>The statistics are published at national, local, constituency, and institution level.Since they were first released in 2012, we have added data about employment destinations; improved the coverage by including independent schools, special schools, pupil referral units and other alternative provision; and have improved the timeliness of the data. We have also included the Key Stage 4 education destinations in performance tables.</p><p>We are looking to improve the quality of the destinations data by linking it to employment and benefits data. We plan to publish all Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 destinations as headline performance measures in the 2016 performance tables.</p><p>In our guidance on post-16 funding, we set out the expectation that providers of post-16 education and training will add information on their Government funded courses to a national database. The aim is that portal providers will be able to access this information and present it in a user-friendly way, to help young people make informed decisions about their options. Providers of post-16 education and training are currently uploading course information to this database.</p><br /><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/11/2015 16:34:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

426110

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Higher Education: Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidential basis there is for there being a link between enabling students from low and middle income backgrounds to attend university and improving UK productivity set out in his report, Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The link between productivity as measured by wage returns and higher education is well established. Academic evidence shows that a woman can expect on average to earn £252,000 more over their lifetime after studying at university, net of taxes and loan repayments. For a man the equivalent figure is £168,000. This government believes that people from all backgrounds should be able to benefit from a university education. UCAS data suggests that those from disadvantaged areas are 38% more likely to apply to university now than they were in 2009.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/11/2015 14:38:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

426111

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Degrees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the introduction of a faster route to degree-awarding powers set out in the HM Treasury report, Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015, will improve UK productivity.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Opening up the higher education sector to new high quality providers will encourage diversity and competition to help drive up the quality of teaching and, in turn, the contribution of graduates to the economy. Further details on these proposals are set out in my Department’s Green Paper “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/474266/BIS-15-623-fulfilling-our-potential-teaching-excellence-social-mobility-and-student-choice-accessible.pdf" target="_blank">Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice</a>” published on 6 November.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/11/2015 15:50:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

426112

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans the Government has to move away from the funding per qualification model for adult learners as set out in the HM Treasury report, Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Over time the further education funding system has become complicated, with a lengthy set of rules about who and what can be funded. We plan to significantly simplify this funding system and at the same time increase local influence over the skills system so funding can be used to best meet local economic need. A key part of this simplification is to decouple funding and qualifications, freeing up providers and in time local commissioners to deliver the learning required to meet the skill needs of local economies and to maximise the benefit to local communities. We will include more detail on this in the Skills Funding Letter for 2016-17.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/11/2015 14:45:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

426114

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of annual funding cycles on the ability of further education and sixth form colleges to undertake financial planning; what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on that matter; what plans the Government has to change those funding cycles to reflect Government spending review cycles; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	14932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>16-19 funding is that it is based on the level of recruitment institutions delivered in the previous year. That means institutions’ funding keeps pace with changing student numbers with the minimum delay. The Government has no plans to change the 16-19 funding system.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/11/2015 16:33:25 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah