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435697

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, briefed Peers and MPs on the Northern Ireland political agreement prior to her statement to the House of Commons on 19 November and whether all, or any, Northern Ireland-based Members of both Houses were invited to attend.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL4272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>There was no briefing for Peers or MP’s prior to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s Statement to the House of Commons on Thursday 19 November.</p><p>An invitation to the briefing on the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill held on Monday 23 November was circulated electronically to all Peers via the Usual Channels.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 09/12/2015 12:45:51 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

435746

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which members of the House of Lords and Commons attended the briefing on the Northern Ireland political agreement, by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, prior to her statement to the House of Commons on 19 November.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL4321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>There was no briefing for Peers or MP’s prior to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s Statement to the House of Commons on Thursday 19 November.</p><p>An invitation to the briefing on the Northern Ireland (Welfare Reform) Bill held on Monday 23 November was circulated electronically to all Peers via the Usual Channels.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 09/12/2015 12:46:40 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

435815

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	West Ham United FC: Sportsgrounds
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 has had discussions with the (a) London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) and (b) Mayor of London on releasing the LLDC West Ham United Football Club contract.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	18941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The contract relating to West Ham United Football Club's use of the Olympic Stadium is between the West Ham and the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). Any decision regarding whether to release contract details is a matter for the LLDC.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 09/12/2015 11:52:34 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

434187

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
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	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to the student opportunity fund on the number of people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	18779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>We have taken significant steps to widen participation in higher education. In particular, from 2015/16, we have removed the cap on student numbers, enabling more people than ever before to benefit from higher education. We have also established a stronger framework with increased responsibility placed on providers to widen access. The Director of Fair Access has agreed 183 Access Agreements for 2016/17 containing an estimated £745m to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds – up from £404m in 2009/10.</p><br /><p>The Green Paper <em>Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, CM 9141 </em>sets out additional steps the Government plans to take to increase the proportion of students from disadvantaged background entering higher education including through the new guidance that we plan to issue to the Director of Fair Access, and through the social mobility taskforce being set up by Universities UK.</p><br /><p>We will work with the Higher Education Funding Council for England to target the Student Opportunity Fund in the most effective way and with the Director of Fair Access to ensure that universities take more responsibility for widening access, prioritising activities that demonstrate the greatest value for money.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 18813 question first answered 09/12/2015 10:04:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

434190

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
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	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department is making on doubling the proportion of people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	18813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>We have taken significant steps to widen participation in higher education. In particular, from 2015/16, we have removed the cap on student numbers, enabling more people than ever before to benefit from higher education. We have also established a stronger framework with increased responsibility placed on providers to widen access. The Director of Fair Access has agreed 183 Access Agreements for 2016/17 containing an estimated £745m to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds – up from £404m in 2009/10.</p><br /><p>The Green Paper <em>Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, CM 9141 </em>sets out additional steps the Government plans to take to increase the proportion of students from disadvantaged background entering higher education including through the new guidance that we plan to issue to the Director of Fair Access, and through the social mobility taskforce being set up by Universities UK.</p><br /><p>We will work with the Higher Education Funding Council for England to target the Student Opportunity Fund in the most effective way and with the Director of Fair Access to ensure that universities take more responsibility for widening access, prioritising activities that demonstrate the greatest value for money.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 18779 question first answered 09/12/2015 10:04:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

434191

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships were available in the (a) food and (b) tourism sectors in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	18826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>Apprenticeship starts by academic year and the framework of the apprenticeship is published at the FE data library (first link) as a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (second link):</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a></p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477738/apprenticeships-starts-by-sase-framework.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477738/apprenticeships-starts-by-sase-framework.xls</a></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2015 18:02:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

434194

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Permission: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication, Towards a one nation economy: A 10-point plan for boosting rural productivity, published in August 2015, when he plans that the fast-track planning certificate process will be available.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	18831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Our intention is to deliver an application route for permission in principle as soon as possible after receiving Royal Assent to the enabling powers in the Housing and Planning Bill and laying the associated secondary legislation on the detailed procedures.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/12/2015 17:13:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

434204

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is planned that RAF pilots will rely upon information provided by personnel on the ground to identify and attack targets territory in Syria occupied by ISIS.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	18800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The information used to identify and strike targets is derived from a number of different sources and assessed rigorously for compliance with UK rules of engagement, UK law and international law. It is not our practice to comment in detail on how specific operational targets are derived, as to do so would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/12/2015 16:16:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

434206

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Spanish Language: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils took a GCSE in Spanish in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Graham Stuart
uin	18794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the total entries for GCSEs in Spanish is published at national level as part of the “GCSE and equivalent results in England” statistical first release [1]<sup>,[2],[3],[4],[5]</sup></p><br /><p>[1] 2014/15 provisional table can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/467610/SFR37_2015_Subject_Timeseries.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/467610/SFR37_2015_Subject_Timeseries.xls</a>. (Years: 2009/10 - 2014/15)</p><p>[2] 2008/09 revised table 8 can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00196306/ks4-results-in-england-2008-09-(revised)" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00196306/ks4-results-in-england-2008-09-(revised)</a>. (Year: 2008/09)</p><p>[3] 2007/08 revised table 10 can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195931/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195931/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england</a>. (Year: 2007/08)</p><p>[4] 2006/07 revised table 10 can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195692/dcsf-gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-en" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195692/dcsf-gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-en</a>. (Year: 2006/07)</p><p>[5] 2005/06 revised table 10 can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195387/gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-england" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195387/gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-england</a>. (Year: 2005/06)</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/12/2015 15:28:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

434207

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Spanish Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to increase the number of students studying Spanish in schools.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Graham Stuart
uin	18795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Since September 2014, maintained primary schools in England must teach a modern or ancient foreign language to pupils at key stage 2 (ages 7 to 11). According to the annual language trends surveys conducted by the Centre for British Teachers, 20 per cent of primary schools taught Spanish in 2014, up from 16 per cent in 2012. In order to support the new curriculum, the government is funding nine projects across the country providing continued professional development for primary and secondary teachers, including training and resources for the teaching of Spanish.</p><br /><p>The government took action in 2010 to halt the decline in the number of school children taking language GCSEs by introducing the English Baccalaureate. This has had a positive effect on the take up of languages in schools. The proportion of the cohort in state funded schools entered for a modern foreign language has risen from 40 per cent in 2010 to 49 per cent in 2015. Over the same period, there has been a 46 per cent rise in the number of entries for Spanish GCSE in schools in England.</p><br /><p>The government’s goal is that, in time, at least 90 per cent of pupils enter GCSEs in the EBacc subjects of English, maths, science, humanities and languages.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/12/2015 17:06:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart