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782635

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date	02/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to increase the sale of public land surplus to the Government's requirements.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government Property Unit in Cabinet Office is responsible for overseeing implementation of the Government Estate Strategy. This means working with Government Departments to ensure the estate is efficient and fit-for-purpose to support operations now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The GPU commissions Departments to produce annual Strategic Asset Management Plans, setting out how they plan to implement the Government Estate Strategy within their property portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>Government is working towards our commitment to raise £5 billion from releasing surplus land in 2015 - 2020. In doing so, our ambition is to also unlock land with capacity for 160,000 new homes.</p><p>We are also supporting collaboration across the public sector to make better use of our collective estate. Our successful partnership with the Local Government Association to deliver the One Public Estate programme aims to support 95% of councils in England by 2018. Through joint working across central and local Government and the wider public sector we are delivering more integrated public services, local growth (homes and jobs) and efficiencies. We are currently in the process of further expanding the One Public Estate programme. In addition to new and existing partnerships applying for funding and support to deliver collaborative schemes, we have partnered with the Department for Communities and Local Government to include a £45 million capital Local Authority Land Release Fund. This combination of One Public Estate and DCLG funding and support will be a significant boost to unlocking public land for new homes. The current partnerships are expected to release land to deliver 25,000 housing units by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/11/2017 14:34:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

782684

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total extent of MOD Landholdings is; and how much land the Department has sold in each year between 2010 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2017 the Department owned or held rights to 433,800 hectares of land.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of land the Department has sold in each financial year since 2010 is shown below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area in Hectares</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>854</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 (To Date)</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2017 17:43:22 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

782707

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the capacity of schools and colleges to support children and young persons who are experiencing mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Good mental health is a priority for the Government. On 9 January, the Prime Minister committed to a range of activity to improve the lives of children including the publication of a Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper by the end of this year.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Department of Health to ensure Mental Health First Aid training is available to all secondary schools, with the aim of having trained at least one teacher in every secondary school by 2019. Funding is split between the Department of Health and Mental Health First Aid England. By the end of this year, 1000 places will be delivered across 100 courses, with one representative from each school per course. The scheme will extend in 2018 and 2019 to cover every secondary school in England.</p><p> </p><p>Many secondary and an increasing number of primary schools provide pupils with access to counselling support. In order to provide schools with the help they need to deliver this provision effectively, the Department published a blueprint for school counselling services. Further details can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that teachers are not mental health professionals. Where more serious problems occur, it is expected that pupils should receive additional support from, amongst others, professionals working in specialist Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS), voluntary organisations and local GP practices. The Department is extending its pilot to identify points of contact for mental health in schools and NHS CYPMHS to up to 1200 more schools and colleges in 20 additional Clinical Commissioning Group areas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 111153 question first answered 07/11/2017 16:36:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

782708

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Counselling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to introduce a counselling strategy for schools.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Good mental health is a priority for the Government. On 9 January, the Prime Minister committed to a range of activity to improve the lives of children including the publication of a Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper by the end of this year.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Department of Health to ensure Mental Health First Aid training is available to all secondary schools, with the aim of having trained at least one teacher in every secondary school by 2019. Funding is split between the Department of Health and Mental Health First Aid England. By the end of this year, 1000 places will be delivered across 100 courses, with one representative from each school per course. The scheme will extend in 2018 and 2019 to cover every secondary school in England.</p><p> </p><p>Many secondary and an increasing number of primary schools provide pupils with access to counselling support. In order to provide schools with the help they need to deliver this provision effectively, the Department published a blueprint for school counselling services. Further details can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that teachers are not mental health professionals. Where more serious problems occur, it is expected that pupils should receive additional support from, amongst others, professionals working in specialist Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS), voluntary organisations and local GP practices. The Department is extending its pilot to identify points of contact for mental health in schools and NHS CYPMHS to up to 1200 more schools and colleges in 20 additional Clinical Commissioning Group areas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 111152 question first answered 07/11/2017 16:36:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

782805

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition of British Values is used for the purposes of the Prevent Programme.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Prevent Strategy defines our fundamental values as including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. It is important to articulate British Values as being core and fundamental to life in Britain. They are not uniquely British, but they are the things we value in Britain.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 07/11/2017 14:56:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

782868

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has made to Network Rail on the sale of surplus land in its ownership.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets regularly with the leadership team of Network Rail to discuss progress on a range of topics including releasing surplus land.</p><p> </p><p>Both the Secretary of State for Transport and Network Rail are committed to releasing land for housing where possible. Network Rail is delivering a detailed programme of sales nationally to free up land for housing and to generate proceeds that can be reinvested into the railway.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 07/11/2017 11:40:47 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

782893

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Motor Neurone Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the prompt payment of benefits to people with motor neurone disease; whether his Department plans to make changes to that regime for such people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	111059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to processing all claims as quickly as possible, while ensuring we have all the evidence we need to make the right decisions. In Personal Independence Payment around 81,000 claims are processed each month compared with 80,000 per month this time last year. As at July 2017 the average claimant was waiting 8 weeks for an assessment for both new and reassessment claims. Where a claimant is terminally ill, their claim is fast tracked, these cases are currently taking just 6 working days to clear.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/11/2017 14:58:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

773965

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Trees: Imports
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 assessment he has made of the effect of bio-security controls on the number of trees imported; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	108716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>There is systematic screening of pest and disease risks which may be introduced through the trade in live trees. We carry out risk-based inspections at our borders to prevent the entry of such pests. Our inspectors are highly effective in comparison to their peers: the UK consistently makes more interceptions of harmful organisms than any other EU member state (around 40% of the total for the EU).</p><p> </p><p>We have strengthened EU regulations through the introduction of protected zones for high risk pests and statutory notification schemes for firewood and tree species at risk, for example, plane, oak, sweet chestnut and prunus. Over the last two years we have seen a 36% decrease in the number of imported oak and pine trees and a 65% decrease in the number of imported sweet chestnut.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/10/2017 16:15:45 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

773143

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded primary schools in West Sussex are rated in the top 250 such schools in England for key stage 2 national curriculum assessment outcomes at level 5 in (a) reading, (b) writing, (c) mathematics and (c) all three of those subjects.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	108594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I will write to the Rt hon. Member with the information requested. This answer is delayed due to Department officials quality assuring the information requested. A copy of the letter will be placed in the House libraries.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/10/2017 17:00:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

773144

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to work with West Sussex County Council on improving educational results in that area.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	108593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Regional Schools Commissioner for the South East and South London (SESL) and members of his team meet senior officials from West Sussex County Council (WSCC) regularly. Following the publication of the Key Stage 2 (KS2) and Key Stage 4 (KS4) results for 2017 officials challenged WSCC on the poor performance of West Sussex local council (LC) maintained schools at KS2 in particular. Provisional Key Stage 1 data shows that the LC is below the national average in all subject areas. We also asked them to set out their plans to address that performance.</p><p>SESL officials also examine the performance of academies and academy trusts, and ask them to account for poor performance. Where we have concerns, we may commission experienced Education Advisers to visit individual schools to assess the trust’s capacity to make improvements. Depending on the adviser’s findings we may direct the trust to take specific actions and will continue to monitor progress closely where we have concerns.</p><p>Officials are working with WSCC to improve the performance of maintained schools and academies in West Sussex in a number of ways. Following their most recent meeting with WSCC, officials will be issuing a joint statement of school improvement principles to the sector to help demonstrate that we are taking a coordinated approach. They are also working with WSCC to develop and coordinate strong and strategic bids for support under the School to School Improvement Fund, building on a project to support maths at KS2 that was supported in the first round.</p><p>Operationally, officials are in active discussions with WSCC to identify specific schools where an academy solution would be beneficial post KS2 results, and to undertake a programme of joint visits to those schools to encourage them to move to academy status. Officials have also asked WSCC to support multi academy trusts (MAT) looking to deliver school improvement via the MAT Development and Improvement Fund in approaching LC schools to join those MATs and access the available support. This funding is targeted specifically at Achieving Excellence Areas in Arun, Worthing and Crawley.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/10/2017 15:58:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching