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228797

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	School Milk
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 discussions officials in her Department have had with their counterparts in EU member states and officials in the European Commission on the revision of the European School Milk Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	228597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Defra officials have been fully engaged with the EU Commission’s proposal to reform the EU School Milk Scheme and have participated in a number of technical working groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Work on this dossier has become bogged down on a number of important issues, including Member State concerns about the legal basis for the proposals, the nature of their objectives and scope, and the main financial provisions. The Commission is currently carrying out a review and the department will engage constructively with this process. In the meantime, the existing arrangements for EU school milk – agreed during CAP reform and set out in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 – will continue to apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/03/2015 12:59:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

228798

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	School Milk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to participate in the European School Milk Scheme in future years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	228598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK has a long track-record of participation in the EU School Milk Scheme. However, plans to reform and improve it have been put on hold whilst the EU Commission carries out an evaluation. At this stage, future arrangements including any details of Member State allocations have yet to be decided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/03/2015 16:38:55 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

228861

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	School Milk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Rural Payments Agency claimed under the European School Milk Scheme in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	228611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The amount claimed by the RPA under the European School Milk Scheme is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>School Year</p></td><td><p>Kilolitres Paid</p></td><td><p>Sterling Paid EU Element only</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>05/06</p></td><td><p><strong>41,590.001</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,986,677.08</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>06/07</p></td><td><p><strong>45,758.031</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,836,919.30</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>07/08</p></td><td><p><strong>42,032.483</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,816,514.53</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>08/09</p></td><td><p><strong>37,055.854</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,466,277.10</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>09/10</p></td><td><p><strong>44,549.169</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,696,956.69</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p><strong>26,229.850</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,209,003.66</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p><strong>25,251.060</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,079,587.82</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p><strong>22,078.642</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,344,255.55</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p><strong>21,278.406</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,354,230.10</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:-</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/03/2015 11:27:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

227286

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the use of email addresses received from respondents to her Department's Teacher Workload survey.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	227531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has received one representation, from the NASUWT, about the use of email addresses received from respondents to the Workload Challenge Survey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 18/03/2015 17:42:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

225461

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Permanent Secretary of her Department plans to respond to the letter from the Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts of 12 February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	226499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education will respond before Parliament is dissolved.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 10/03/2015 13:59:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

224685

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) secondary school places were in publicly-funded selective schools, (b) pupils attended schools outside their local authority area at Key Stage 3 and (c) selective school pupils do not live in the same local authority area as the school for each local authority area with selective schools in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	225999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>a) According to the January 2014 school census, a total of 162,630 pupils attended selective state-funded secondary schools. This represents 5.1% of the 3,181,360 attending state-funded secondary schools.[1]</p><p>b) As of January 2014, 8.8% of pupils in each of the academic years 7, 8 and 9 attended schools outside their local authority area.[2]</p><p>c) As of January 2014, 25.5% of pupils attending selective state-funded secondary schools did not live in the same local authority area as the school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 06/03/2015 13:09:58 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

225031

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Minister on promoting exports by Welsh businesses.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	907777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>Welsh exports have increased by almost a third since the beginning of 2010, a clear demonstration of the success of this Government’s long-term economic plan to rebalance the Welsh economy.</p><p>I welcome the Welsh Government’s move to work more collaboratively with the UK Government on exports, and the First Minister’s recognition of the vital and important role the UKTI plays.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 04/03/2015 15:11:56 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

178116

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222135, for what reason her Department did not publish successful free school applications from waves 4-7 at the same time as successful applications from waves 1-3.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	223597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>In the interests of transparency, we decided to release the earlier free school applications as soon as they had been redacted rather than wait until June when the later applications will be ready for publication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 12/02/2015 17:32:16 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

177473

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Kings Science Academy
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 2 February 2015 to Question 222135 whether her Department consulted the police on the decision not to publish the successful application by Kings Science Academy Bradford.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	223211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education did not consult with West Yorkshire Police on the publication of the application by Kings Science Academy. However, as we have said on previous occasions, West Yorkshire Police must be allowed to complete their investigation into matters at Kings Science Academy and make their judgments about referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service without information that might be relevant to their case being put into the public domain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 10/02/2015 15:32:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

177475

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Grammar Schools: Admissions
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 15 January 2015 to Question 220222, and with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2011, Official Report, column 289, on grammar schools: disadvantaged, for what reason the information requested would incur disproportionate cost for the years 2010 to 2013.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	223152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The answer to Question 220222 provided the requested data for 2014. That answer required new analysis of data from the school census and the national pupil database on cohort level characteristics at all selective schools and across all state-funded mainstream schools.</p><p> </p><p>The disproportionate cost threshold for Parliamentary Questions is set at £850 per question. When estimating the cost of answering a question, the Department for Education considers the grade of each official involved and the time they will spend on it. Using the time taken to calculate the statistics provided for 2014 as a basis, officials estimated that to also provide the statistics for the earlier years requested would result in the threshold being exceeded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 17:28:41 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan