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654792

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date	08/12/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many young people have received assistance from the Government's Help to Buy scheme in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London, (c) the London Borough of Newham and (d) East Ham constituency.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Since the launch of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan, Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Help to Buy: NewBuy schemes, the total number of homes sold under all three schemes total 183,795 in the UK, of which 10,023 are in Greater London, 317 in the London borough of Newham, and 132 in East Ham constituency.</p><p>Information on age of purchaser is not included in the statistics.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 13/12/2016 15:55:50 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

654820

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Disadvantaged
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 increase the number of (a) Russell Group graduates and (b) graduates with a first class degree working in (i) secondary schools and (ii) sixth form colleges in deprived communities.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government encourages top graduates to enter teaching by providing high-value or otherwise preferential bursaries to first-class degree-holders in primary and many secondary subjects.</p><p>The Government continues to support the growth of Teach First, a two-year teacher training programme recruiting high quality graduates. This includes 21% with first class degrees and 71% from Russell Group universities in 2016/17, to train in schools in some of the most deprived areas of the country. These include schools with sixth-forms.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2016 17:43:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

654821

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of (a) health and nutrition advice and (b) personal finance advice in schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>We encourage schools to create a whole-school culture that promotes health and well-being so that all our children are fit, healthy and able to learn. Schools have the flexibility to choose which educational resources they use to support their teaching and there are opportunities across the curriculum for pupils to be taught the knowledge and skills they need to support heathy living.</p><p> </p><p>The national curriculum, which came into effect in September 2014, sets the expectation that across a variety of subjects, pupils are taught about the importance of healthy eating and nutrition. For example, in primary schools, children are taught about healthy eating, where their food comes from, and how to prepare and cook a range of dishes. In secondary schools, cookery is now compulsory and children are taught to cook a range of healthy and nutritious meals. They are equipped with knowledge about healthy eating and what is meant by a balanced diet. Physical education (PE) is compulsory at all four key stages and should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way that supports their health and fitness.</p><p> </p><p>The new national curriculum also made financial literacy statutory for the first time. It is taught as part of the citizenship curriculum for 11 to 16 year olds. Pupils are taught the functions and uses of money, the importance of personal budgeting, money management and the need to understand financial risk. The national curriculum for mathematics has also been strengthened to give pupils from 5 to 16 the necessary mathematical skills they need to make important financial decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Financial education can also be addressed more broadly as part of extra-curricular activities. Programmes such as the National Citizen Service give young people the chance to plan and potentially fundraise for a social action project.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 13/12/2016 15:59:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

654891

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people her Department has had on record as having no recourse to public funds in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>I am sorry but the specific information is not available in the format requested, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The latest published migration statistics can be found online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/12/2016 18:09:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

654954

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the potential effect on European structural funding for each region of the UK of the UK leaving the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of ensuring regions and organisations have stability and certainty in the period leading up to our departure from the European Union. At the same time, we are keen to use the opportunities that departure presents to set our own priorities. The Chancellor has announced that the Treasury will guarantee structural and investment fund bids which are signed before the UK leaves the EU. This includes funding for projects agreed after the Autumn Statement, if they represent good value for money, and if they are in line with the government’s strategic priorities, even if these projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p>Leaving the EU means we will want to take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. Over the coming months, the government will consult closely with stakeholders to review all EU funding schemes in the round, to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best serve the UK‘s national interest, while ensuring appropriate certainty.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/12/2016 15:39:11 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

654299

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 55382, on what date the powers of the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 were first used to change tax credit awards automatically.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>These regulations were first used to change tax credits awards on 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/12/2016 14:29:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

654355

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Postgraduate Education
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 potential effect on funding for postgraduate education courses of the UK leaving the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government has announced that EU students applying for a place at an English university or further education institution in the 2017/2018 Academic Year (or before), will continue to be eligible for student loans and grants, including the new Masters Loan. This will remain the case for the duration of their course, even if the UK exits the European Union during that period.</p><p>Applications for the 2018/2019 Academic Year do not open until September 2017 and we will ensure students applying have the relevant information in advance of this date.</p><p>With regards to research funding, we have clarified that EU students who are eligible for Research Council support for postgraduate training under current rules will continue to be eligible if they have been (or will be) recruited to start in the 2017/2018 Academic year. They will continue to receive funding for the duration of their courses.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/12/2016 16:05:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

654356

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to improve the performance of pupils in England in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to raising standards of achievement in mathematics and science. We have introduced a rigorous new curriculum and new qualifications to match expectations set in the highest performing education jurisdictions internationally.</p><p>For mathematics, we are providing £41m over the next four years to introduce mathematics mastery in primary schools, based on successful teaching approaches from south-east Asia. In science we are investing £12.1m over the next three years in the national network of Science Learning Partnerships to improve the quality of science teaching in primary and secondary schools.</p><p>We offer significant financial incentives to attract science and mathematics graduates into teaching and are investing up to £67m over four years to train an additional 2,500 maths and physics teachers by the end of this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/12/2016 17:13:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

654442

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the proportion of women affected by domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>In March this year we published a new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, which sets out an ambitious programme of reform, supported by increased funding of £80 million, to make tackling these crimes everybody’s business, ensure victims get the support they need, and bring more perpetrators to justice. We have introduced the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme to allow women to check their partner’s criminal history, introduced Domestic Violence Protection Orders and have criminalised forced marriage. We have also introduced a new domestic abuse offence to capture coercive control and have introduced a new stalking protection order to protect victims of stalking.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/12/2016 16:38:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

654554

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on European mobile data roaming charges for UK citizens of the UK leaving the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	56454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>As we conduct our negotiations to leave the EU, we will aim to obtain the best deal for consumers on roaming, to support participation in a single market for digital goods and services.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/12/2016 17:08:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms