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521165

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37395, if she will estimate the number of cases of sexual assault recorded in schools in England in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the number of sexual assaults taking place on school sites, and is not able to estimate the numbers of them occurring.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 02/06/2016 11:38:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

520626

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Students: Disability
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 students received support from specialist study skills tutors in English universities in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	37890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold information on the expenditure on individual types of non-medical help support that are available to disabled students through Disabled Students’ Allowances.</p><p>The Government’s response to the consultation on reforms to Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs), published in December 2015, confirmed that from 2016/17 support roles from band 4 will continue to be primarily funded through DSAs, unless reasonable adjustments are in place that remove the need for such support.</p><p>A full equality impact assessment on the proposed changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances was published in December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 38016 38018 question first answered 01/06/2016 10:29:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

520630

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Students: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure that academic staff are aware of their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 to make provision for the needs of disabled students.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have clear legal responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to support their students, including those with disabilities.</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has produced a range of guidance for institutions on their obligations under the Equality Act 2010, including technical guidance setting out the detail of the law.</p><p>Guidance is also produced by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), a higher education sector body that supports equality and diversity for staff and students across the UK, including for disabled staff and students on managing “reasonable adjustments”. The ECU also published a report on the implications for institutions of the key issues contained in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p>In addition, to support higher education providers to prepare for the changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances that come into effect from academic year 2016/17, the Department has facilitated the establishment of a senior sector-led group. The group’s focus is communication with senior leaders of higher education providers, including provision of information about their responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for disabled students.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/05/2016 15:34:26 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

520631

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the funding of Band 4 specialist study skills tutors will be a permissible use of the disabled student allowance under the Government's proposed changes to that allowance.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold information on the expenditure on individual types of non-medical help support that are available to disabled students through Disabled Students’ Allowances.</p><p>The Government’s response to the consultation on reforms to Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs), published in December 2015, confirmed that from 2016/17 support roles from band 4 will continue to be primarily funded through DSAs, unless reasonable adjustments are in place that remove the need for such support.</p><p>A full equality impact assessment on the proposed changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances was published in December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 37890 38018 question first answered 01/06/2016 10:29:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

520632

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
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 potential effect of proposed changes to the disabled students allowances on the number of disabled students accessing higher education.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The reform of Disabled Students’ Allowances is intended to ensure higher education institutions are consistently meeting their duties to disabled students under the Equality Act, and is not expected to impact on the number of disabled students accessing higher education.</p><p>The Government carried out an Equality Analysis as part of the recent consultation on reforms to Disabled Students’ Allowances. This is available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481527/bis-15-658-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481527/bis-15-658-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/06/2016 10:30:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

520633

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
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 potential effect of proposed changes to the disabled students allowance on the ability of disabled student to access non-medical help and to develop coping strategies and learning styles during their time at university.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold information on the expenditure on individual types of non-medical help support that are available to disabled students through Disabled Students’ Allowances.</p><p>The Government’s response to the consultation on reforms to Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs), published in December 2015, confirmed that from 2016/17 support roles from band 4 will continue to be primarily funded through DSAs, unless reasonable adjustments are in place that remove the need for such support.</p><p>A full equality impact assessment on the proposed changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances was published in December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 37890 38016 question first answered 01/06/2016 10:29:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

520634

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Students: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will allow the Quality Assurance Agency to include an assessment of how well universities are meeting the needs of disabled students in their remit.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone with the potential has the opportunity to benefit from higher education, irrespective of their background or mode of learning. In the last year we saw record numbers of applicants and entrants to higher education, and record application rates among students from disadvantaged backgrounds.</p><p>Universities expect to spend more than £745 million through access agreements agreed with the Director of Fair Access on measures to improve access and success for students from disadvantaged groups, including disabled students - up significantly from £404 million in 2009.</p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010, higher education institutions have a role and responsibility for promoting equality, including for students with disabilities.</p><p>The UK Quality Code promotes an inclusive approach by embedding consideration of equality and diversity throughout higher education institutions. Promoting equality for disabled students can include eliminating arbitrary and unnecessary barriers to learning and offering learning opportunities that are equally accessible to them. The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) looks for evidence that universities promote equality when making assessments of higher education institutions in line with the UK Quality Code.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/05/2016 15:33:34 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

520684

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what basis the contribution to broadband installation costs for the very remotest properties will be calculated; and whether there will be an upper limit on the contribution which individual households are required to make.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Work is ongoing on the design of the broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) and the reasonable cost threshold. The independent telecoms regulator Ofcom will provide technical analysis and recommendations to help inform both of these, as well as identify the premises likely to be within the USO footprint. These are expected to be predominantly in rural areas, but there will also be urban and suburban homes and businesses eligible to request a connection under the USO.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 38083 question first answered 26/05/2016 11:28:03 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

520686

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 14 of the Queen's Speech 2016: background briefing notes, if he will define the terms (a) very remotest properties and (b) contributing to the cost of broadband installation in rural areas; and if he will estimate the number of properties in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency in that category.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Work is ongoing on the design of the broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) and the reasonable cost threshold. The independent telecoms regulator Ofcom will provide technical analysis and recommendations to help inform both of these, as well as identify the premises likely to be within the USO footprint. These are expected to be predominantly in rural areas, but there will also be urban and suburban homes and businesses eligible to request a connection under the USO.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 38042 question first answered 26/05/2016 11:28:03 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

520759

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Farmers: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average farm income is for (a) hill farmers and (b) dairy farmers in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	38052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The estimated average Farm Business Income[1] in 2014/15 for a) hill farmers and b) dairy farmers in Cumbria, based on data from the Farm Business Survey[2], is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average Farm Business Income in Cumbria, 2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Average Farm Business Income (£/farm)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>95% confidence interval (£/farm)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hill farms (Mainly SDA)</p></td><td><p>14,400</p></td><td><p>±10,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dairy</p></td><td><p>106,000</p></td><td><p>±43,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Farm Business Survey, England</p><p> </p><p>There is a small number of dairy farms that are also classified as hill farms and will therefore feature in both categories.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] For sole traders and partnerships, Farm Business Income represents the financial return to all unpaid labour (farmers and spouses, non-principal partners and directors and their spouses and family workers) and on all their capital invested in the farm business, including land and buildings. For corporate businesses it represents the financial return on the shareholders capital invested in the farm business.</p><p>[2] The Farm Business Survey covers farms of at least 25,000 euros of Standard Output in England</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/05/2016 13:37:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron