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674748

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date	18/01/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the public interest in pursuing prosecutions against former members of the armed forces for activities in Northern Ireland which occurred prior to the Good Friday Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	60651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Responsibility for policing and justice matters in Northern Ireland has been devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive since April 2010. All decisions on prosecutions are taken independently of Government and in accordance with the Code for Prosecutors.</p><p> </p><p>As I have made very clear in a number of statements, I am concerned that the existing mechanisms for investigating incidents which occurred during the Troubles are disproportionately focused on the actions of the Armed Forces and former police officers, rather than the terrorists who were responsible for 90 per cent of deaths. This is wrong and it has to change. That is why this Government supports the full and faithful implementation of the Stormont House Agreement, which would see a move to a new system that would, under legal obligations, operate in ways that are fair, balanced and proportionate. The proposed new institutions, set out in the Stormont House Agreement, have a number of important advantages over the system currently in place in Northern Ireland, including that they will consider deaths in chronological order. This will ensure that outstanding investigations into terrorist murders, including the murder of 185 soldiers, are investigated and evidential leads are pursued.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 60649 question first answered 23/01/2017 13:06:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

674751

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions officials of his Department have had with officials of the Northern Ireland Executive on (a) the Autumn Statement 2015 and (b) the settlement letter referring to the costs of Northern Ireland's non-domestic renewable heat incentive scheme.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	60597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Treasury officials regularly discuss matters of mutual interest with their counterparts in the devolved administrations. At relevant points in time, those discussions will have covered each of the matters highlighted.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 60598 question first answered 23/01/2017 14:35:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

674752

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether discussions that officials of his Department had with officials of the Northern Ireland Executive included (a) budgetary challenges facing the Executive during 2015 and (b) the escalated spending exposure under the Northern Ireland non-domestic renewable heat incentive scheme.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	60598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Treasury officials regularly discuss matters of mutual interest with their counterparts in the devolved administrations. At relevant points in time, those discussions will have covered each of the matters highlighted.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 60597 question first answered 23/01/2017 14:35:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

674753

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to fund the commitments the UK has made to the EU after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	60692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The arrangements for withdrawal from the EU, including from the budget, will be a matter for the withdrawal agreement as part of the Article 50 process.</p><p> </p><p>These issues affect both sides, the UK and the EU. The government will not be giving a running commentary on the details.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/01/2017 14:36:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

674765

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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, when her Department plans to respond to the technical proposals produced by Ofcom on the designation of the universal service obligation for broadband.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	60581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>A broadband USO will give households and businesses a legal right to request an affordable connection to broadband of a minimum specified speed, from a designated provider, no matter where they live or work, up to a reasonable cost threshold.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 December 2016 Ofcom published its technical advice to Government on the broadband Universal Service Obligation. We are carefully considering the report, and we will be hold a public consultation on the design of the USO once we have completed that.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/01/2017 13:14:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

674766

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to visit Coventry following the launch of the UK City of Culture 2021 competition; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK City of Culture 2021 represents an exciting opportunity to use arts and culture to celebrate a City and as a catalyst for economic and social regeneration. We welcome bids from towns and cities across the UK and, if bids are successful in being shortlisted, my officials will undertake a visit as part of the selection process.</p><p> </p><p>All Ministers undertake visits across the UK for a variety of reasons, which may include a city participating in the competition.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/01/2017 13:12:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674773

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of nurseries in the private, voluntary and independent sector in each local authority employ at least one member of staff with early years practitioner or qualified-teacher status.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	60537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2013 data shows that 59 per cent of full day care settings had at least one member of paid staff who was qualified to level 6 (degree level) or higher. This data is not available at a local authority level.</p><p> </p><p>Our latest workforce data on early years teachers and those with qualified teacher status working in early years settings is taken from the 2016 early years and schools census. The data is available in the Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2016 data release. This data provides the number and proportion of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) holders and early years teachers working with children aged 2, 3 and 4 who are accessing funded early education.</p><p> </p><p>This data shows an increase from 42% in 2015 to 43% in 2016 of PVI providers employing graduates working with funded 2 year olds. There has also been an increase from 47% in 2015 to 48% in 2016 of PVI providers employing graduate staff working with 3 and 4 year olds. These proportions represent increases in real numbers of early years teachers and QTS holders working with 2, 3 and 4 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>The picture across local authority areas is variable, and this data is available in tables 10LA and 11LA at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to developing a workforce strategy that will set out what we will do to remove barriers to employers attracting, retaining and developing staff, including the graduate workforce.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/01/2017 11:59:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

674777

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of government funding for early years provision that each local authority has retained in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	60626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Data from local authority planned early years spend for 2016-17 is publically available and includes their planned central expenditure on central services and contingency. The data is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure-2016-to-2017-financial-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planned-la-and-school-expenditure-2016-to-2017-financial-year</a></p><p> </p><p>This data is as reported by the local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/01/2017 11:56:47 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

674780

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on school-based mental health services of the findings of the Children's Society's Good Childhood report, published in August 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	60600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Good mental health and wellbeing are a priority for the Department. The Good Childhood report emphasises some the challenges we face in tackling the burning injustice of mental health problems, so that children can fulfil their potential.</p><p> </p><p>The government is clear that improving mental health starts with ensuring that children and young people get the help and support they need and deserve, and has already committed to invest £1.4bn until 2020 to transform children and young people’s specialist mental health services. On 9 January the Prime Minister announced further activities to improve these services. These include joint working with the Department of Health on: the commissioning of a major country wide thematic review of children and adolescent mental health services, led by the Quality Care Commission, to identify what is working and what is not; and bringing forward a new green paper on children and young people’s mental health to set out plans to transform specialist services and support in education settings and for families.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, this Department will also take forward specific projects to extend our joint training pilot for single points of contact in education and CAMHS to up to 1200 more schools and colleges in 20 additional Clinical Commissioning Group areas; pilot a range of peer support programmes and approaches for schools, colleges, community groups and online; and launch a programme of randomised control trials of preventative programmes across three different approaches to prevention and promotion of good mental health and wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>Since publication of the report I have met the Children’s Society to discuss the implications of the report for policy. We will continue to engage with the Children’s Society and other voluntary sector organisations as we develop the green paper jointly with the Department of Health, so that we can draw on the expertise and knowledge that they hold.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/01/2017 11:16:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

674782

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of school-based mental health services in reducing levels of pupil exclusions.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	60596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Good mental health and wellbeing are a priority for the Department. We want all our children to fulfil their potential and we want to tackle the burning injustice of mental health problems, so that future generations can develop into resilient, confident adults, equipped to go as far as their talents will take them. Attainment is best supported if children have good mental health.</p><p>Schools and colleges have an important role to play in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, through the development of approaches that suit the particular needs of their pupils. We are currently conducting a nationally representative survey of schools and colleges about what they offer to support the mental health of their pupils and students. The results should be available in the Spring and will provide national estimates of the proportion of schools and colleges which make different types of provision available to support the mental health of their pupils and students.</p><p>We do not have evidence of the effect of such provision on exclusions, and there is a complex range of factors that can lead to exclusion. It is important that where issues arise the individual circumstances of each child are considered by the school. Statutory guidance on exclusions is clear that the decision to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair. Early intervention to address underlying causes of disruptive behaviour, should include an assessment of whether appropriate provision is in place to support any SEN or disability that the pupil may have. Head teachers should also consider the use of multi-agency assessment for pupils who demonstrate persistant disruptive behaviour. Such assessments may pick up unidentified special educational needs but the scope of the assessment could go further, for example, by seeking to identify mental health or family problems.</p><p>It is for schools to decide what further support to provide where a pupils has emerging issues, but we have taken steps to support them in doing so. We have published a blueprint for school counselling services which provides schools with practical, evidence-based advice, informed by schools and counselling experts, on how to deliver high quality school-based counselling: www.gov.uk/government/publications/counselling-in-schools.</p><p>To improve links with specialist services the Department worked with NHS England on a £3million pilot to provide joint training to schools and mental health staff to operate as single points of contact. This year we will be extending the pilot to up to 1200 schools across 20 clinical commissioning group areas to test whether the improvements in knowledge, identification and referral from the initial pilot can be delivered on a larger scale.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/01/2017 10:39:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins