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172140

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date	06/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Hertfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what future plans he has for the National Citizen Service in the North East Hertfordshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	219896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>817 young people took part in National Citizen Service (NCS) in North East Hertfordshire and surrounding area in 2014.</p><p>This year will again see NCS programmes taking place in every local authority across England, giving more young people the opportunity to take part in this life changing programme.</p><p>The government is committed to giving as many young people as possible the chance to take part in NCS and the significant growth of that the programme has seen so far is set to continue this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 09/01/2015 11:11:39 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

172143

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	General Election 2015
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans there are to ensure a higher turnout at the General Election among people aged 18 to 25.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maximising electoral registration to help support the highest possible turnout in elections. To ensure this, Government has introduced individual electoral registration (IER). Young people aged 18-25 have been one of the biggest users of online registration to vote since its introduction in June. Since 1 July 2014, 826,265 young people have applied to register online.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has today announced that almost £10 million will be given to local authorities and to national activity to boost the number of people registering to vote around the country. This is in addition to the £4.2 million announced last year.</p><p> </p><p><br> £6.8 million of the funding being announced today has been allocated to local authorities so that they can expand their programmes of canvassing and other activities aimed at encouraging people in their areas to register to vote. Up to £2.5 million will be used to fund wider activity, including working with national organisations to encourage groups who are not as well represented on the electoral register in general, such as young people including students and overseas voters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/01/2015 11:52:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

172145

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Luxembourg
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether profits reported by Big Four accountancy houses on the sale of tax avoidance schemes in Luxembourg are taxed in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	219923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>I am unable to comment on the tax affairs of individual companies as doing so would be a breach of taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/01/2015 16:44:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

172146

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Luxembourg
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219226 on multinational companies: tax avoidance, whether he has made any such request for the exchange of information with the Luxembourg tax authorities.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	219928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) routinely shares information with other tax administrations; this is normal practice and is one of many tools HMRC uses when enquiring into tax avoidance. Where risks are identified HMRC will challenge these robustly. HMRC have a legal duty of confidentiality which limits the information they can disclose, including to ministers. I therefore cannot provide any further information about the subject of any enquiries which they may make.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/01/2015 16:39:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

172153

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	UK City of Culture: Kingston upon Hull
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department plans to ensure that Hull will learn lessons from Londonderry as the UK City of Culture in 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	219826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text DCMS officials recently visited Hull to discuss progress made with preparations for UK City of Culture 2017 and Hull will provide DCMS with a formal report on progress early this year. The CEO of Hull City of Culture has visited Derry~Londonderry to meet the CEOs of the City Council and Culture Company to ensure that lessons learned from UK City of Culture 2013 are incorporated into planning for 2017. Derry~Londonderry has also produced lessons learnt and evaluation reports which have been shared with Hull. DCMS will continue to support Hull in the run-up to 2017. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/01/2015 09:27:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

172154

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Film: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department makes it a requirement of supporting the Film Fund that companies in receipt of Film Fund funding provide only paid (a) internships and (b) apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	219810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Companies in receipt of British Film Institute (BFI) Lottery Film Funding are subject to employment law.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/01/2015 09:26:38 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

172173

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils on free school meals gained five good GCSEs in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	219815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>2013/14 key stage 4 attainment figures for pupils eligible for free school meals in England, Lancashire and Ribble Valley, will become available on 29 January 2015 following the 2013/14 release of ‘GCSE and equivalent attainment by pupil characteristics’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not hold figures for other countries in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/01/2015 13:15:17 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

172175

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Regional School Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff are employed in each regional school commissioner's office; and what the annual budget is of each such office.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	219893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Each Regional Schools Commissioner’s office employs between 6 and 8 members of staff and has a budget of approximately £460,000 for the 2014-15 financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/01/2015 10:56:38 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

172177

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Walking
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 increase the number of children walking to school.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	219892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to ensure that safe walking routes are available to those pupils who are expected to walk to school. They are also under a duty to promote sustainable travel and transport. The duty applies to children and young people of compulsory school age who travel to receive education or training in a local authority’s area. Local walking, cycling, and bus strategies should inform the local authority’s performance of its duty to promote sustainable school travel.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 July 2014, the Department for Education issued revised home to school travel guidance which gives examples and provides further information on sustainable transport, including walking to and from school. The guidance is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-to-school-travel-and-transport-guidance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-to-school-travel-and-transport-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/01/2015 13:13:19 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

172178

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secure Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average distance from home of young people accommodated in secure children's homes in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	219899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The average distances from home of young people accommodated in secure children’s homes since March 2010 are given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Distance from home of young people accommodated in secure homes</strong></p><p><strong>Years ending 31 March 2010 to 2014</strong></p><p><strong>Coverage: England</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of children accommodated in secure homes at 31 March</p></td><td><p>Average distance of the secure home from young person’s home (miles)<sup>1,2,3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903 collection</p><p> </p><p>1. Distance is measured in a straight line from the young person’s home to the secure home.</p><p>2. As at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014 there were only 16 secure units operating in England therefore most placements will inevitably be at a distance from the young person’s home.</p><p>3. Based on children looked after who are placed in secure accommodation. A full list of secure accommodation can be found in table 2 of the Statistical First Release, “Children accommodated in secure children's homes: 31 March 2014” available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-secure-children-s-homes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-secure-children-s-homes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Numbers of children are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 09/01/2015 10:58:17 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis