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90242

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press notice of 16 July 2014 on pupil premium reform, to which 87 local authorities where performance of disadvantaged pupils is a concern the Minister of State for Schools wrote.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	207950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>I wrote to 87 local authorities in March and April 2014, raising my concern about the 2013 examination results of disadvantaged pupils in particular maintained schools within their areas, and asking them to support those schools’ improvement. The recipient list and criteria are below and will be published on GOV.UK shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Letters were sent to local authorities where ministerial letters had been sent in the spring to a small number of maintained schools expressing concern about the progress of disadvantaged pupils at key stage 2, and the progress and/or overall attainment of disadvantaged pupils at key stage 4. Letters were also sent to local authorities where the average GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils across all of their maintained schools declined between 2011 and 2013 or between 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in receipt of letters:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester city</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke on Trent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/09/2014 12:18:17 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

90244

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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	Livestock: Transport
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 steps she is taking to ensure that laws relating to the export of live animals are adhered to at ports; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	207829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) is responsible for official controls (including risk–based inspections and checks at ports) in relation to rules on the export of live animals. These controls must be consistent with the relevant animal health and welfare legislation. Where animal welfare non-compliances are discovered, AHVLA will take the appropriate regulatory action and, where necessary, refer the matter to the local authority for enforcement action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/09/2014 10:13:12 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

90247

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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	Climate Change
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 assessment he has made of the efficacy of his Department's work on climate change; and what future steps his Department plans to take to support international action on climate change.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	207805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Ministers have endorsed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) climate change priorities, including work with the Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative, the Department for Energy and Climate Change and other Government Departments and our global network of climate attaches. This is in support of the Government’s aim of achieving a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the UN in Paris in December 2015. We work closely with international partners, including through FCO Programme Funds. Recent examples of impact include China launching seven regional Emissions Trading Schemes; international promotion of the UK’s Climate Change Act with influence among some 60 countries taking forward climate laws; and under the UK’s 2013 Presidency, the G8 recognising that climate change presents a risk to global security. We also promote UK low carbon and environmental goods and services, with UK exports valued at £3.4 trillion in 2011/12 and UK ranked sixth globally with a market share of 3.7%. Climate change and energy security remain foreign policy priorities for the FCO; we keep future plans under constant review.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 05/09/2014 07:57:19 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

90260

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Merseyrail
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 whether Merseyrail has an appropriate emergency response plan to deal with a terrorist attack on the rail network; and on what date the last Merseyrail emergency response drill was carried out.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	207806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The National Railways Security Programme (NRSP) requires all Train Operating Companies, including Merseyrail, to have response procedures in place to respond to any security incidents on their station and trains and to review these contingency plans annually. It also recommends that they exercise these plans on an annual basis. The Department does not collect information on the frequency of exercises because this is a matter for decision by the rail operators within the framework set by the NRSP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/09/2014 13:03:32 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90261

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Tyres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he plans to publish the conclusions to research into tyre-ageing on buses and coaches that he commissioned in December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	207824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My officials have consulted with experts from the British and the European tyre manufacturing industry who have provided consistent advice that chronological age is not an indicator of a tyre’s mechanical properties. Further research is currently being planned and the outcomes will be available next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/09/2014 12:58:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90277

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs has formally objected to the renewal of a retailer's alcohol licence for selling illicit tobacco in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	207964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Criminal Investigation (CI) is responsible for carrying out enforcement action to seize non duty paid alcohol and cigarettes, be they illicit or otherwise. Our Management Information (MI) does not differentiate between the different types of cigarettes or alcohol and we do not provide data on a regional basis, only national statistics. HMRC CI do record the number of arrests made but again this data is not differentiated between the different types of cigarettes or alcohol and we do not provide data on a regional basis only national statistics.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is not responsible for making an application to the courts for the revoking of a trader’s retail alcohol licence: that remains the responsibility of the appropriate Trading Standards office. Normally Trading Standards Officers will accompany HMRC CI officers when they visit a premises suspected of having non duty paid or illicit tobacco or alcohol products. If such products are found, then they can evidence the fact and take such action they deem appropriate. HMRC CI MI does not capture such referrals nor the results of any action that may be taken by the appropriate authority.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly HMRC are not responsible for terminating a traders National Lottery Licence: that remains the responsibility of Camelot. Where HMRC CI seize non paid or illicit tobacco or alcohol products, there is a protocol for Camelot to be notified so they can take such action they deem appropriate. HMRC CI MI does not capture such referrals nor the results of any action that may be taken by the appropriate authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 207962 207963 question first answered 05/09/2014 12:54:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

90278

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many arrests HM Revenue and Customs has made in (a) Medway and (b) Kent for offences relating to the sale of illicit cigarettes in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	207962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Criminal Investigation (CI) is responsible for carrying out enforcement action to seize non duty paid alcohol and cigarettes, be they illicit or otherwise. Our Management Information (MI) does not differentiate between the different types of cigarettes or alcohol and we do not provide data on a regional basis, only national statistics. HMRC CI do record the number of arrests made but again this data is not differentiated between the different types of cigarettes or alcohol and we do not provide data on a regional basis only national statistics.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is not responsible for making an application to the courts for the revoking of a trader’s retail alcohol licence: that remains the responsibility of the appropriate Trading Standards office. Normally Trading Standards Officers will accompany HMRC CI officers when they visit a premises suspected of having non duty paid or illicit tobacco or alcohol products. If such products are found, then they can evidence the fact and take such action they deem appropriate. HMRC CI MI does not capture such referrals nor the results of any action that may be taken by the appropriate authority.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly HMRC are not responsible for terminating a traders National Lottery Licence: that remains the responsibility of Camelot. Where HMRC CI seize non paid or illicit tobacco or alcohol products, there is a protocol for Camelot to be notified so they can take such action they deem appropriate. HMRC CI MI does not capture such referrals nor the results of any action that may be taken by the appropriate authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 207963 207964 question first answered 05/09/2014 12:54:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

90279

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Lottery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions a lottery retailing licence has been removed for selling illicit (a) cigarettes and (b) alcohol in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	207963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Criminal Investigation (CI) is responsible for carrying out enforcement action to seize non duty paid alcohol and cigarettes, be they illicit or otherwise. Our Management Information (MI) does not differentiate between the different types of cigarettes or alcohol and we do not provide data on a regional basis, only national statistics. HMRC CI do record the number of arrests made but again this data is not differentiated between the different types of cigarettes or alcohol and we do not provide data on a regional basis only national statistics.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is not responsible for making an application to the courts for the revoking of a trader’s retail alcohol licence: that remains the responsibility of the appropriate Trading Standards office. Normally Trading Standards Officers will accompany HMRC CI officers when they visit a premises suspected of having non duty paid or illicit tobacco or alcohol products. If such products are found, then they can evidence the fact and take such action they deem appropriate. HMRC CI MI does not capture such referrals nor the results of any action that may be taken by the appropriate authority.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly HMRC are not responsible for terminating a traders National Lottery Licence: that remains the responsibility of Camelot. Where HMRC CI seize non paid or illicit tobacco or alcohol products, there is a protocol for Camelot to be notified so they can take such action they deem appropriate. HMRC CI MI does not capture such referrals nor the results of any action that may be taken by the appropriate authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 207962 207964 question first answered 05/09/2014 12:54:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

90280

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of cigarettes on which tax has not been paid in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	207961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the volume losses associated with the illicit market for cigarettes for the period 2008-09 to 2012-13 are published in ‘Tobacco Tax Gap estimates: 2012-13’. The figures are available in table 1.1.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by the type of illicit activity, e.g. through smuggling, counterfeiting or other fraud, or by any geographical level lower than the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The methodology for producing the estimates are provided in the ‘Methodological Annex for Measuring Tax Gaps 2013’.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Tobacco Tax Gap estimates” can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/249543/131009_Publication_of_Tobacco_Tax_Gap_estimates_2012-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/249543/131009_Publication_of_Tobacco_Tax_Gap_estimates_2012-13.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/09/2014 13:05:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

90281

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether households comprising (a) one disabled parent unable to work and another parent in work and (b) a single disabled parent will be entitled to receive help through tax free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	207930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Details of the eligibility criteria for Tax-Free Childcare can be found in Chapter 2 of <em>Delivering Tax-Free Childcare: the Government’s response to the consultation on design and operation</em>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318953/PU1607_Tax_free_Childcare_response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/318953/PU1607_Tax_free_Childcare_response.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/09/2014 12:58:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell