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90828

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date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Attendance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what sanctions are available to local authorities to encourage parents to ensure that children begin school on time each day.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A pupil who arrives for a morning or afternoon session after registration has closed is marked absent for that session. For pupils of compulsory school age (5 to 16 years), local authorities can address such absences if a parent has failed to secure their child’s regular school attendance through use of the sanctions of penalty notices or prosecution leading to a fine. Before prosecuting parents, a local authority should consider whether it would be appropriate to apply for an education supervision order to ensure that the child is properly educated.</p><p> </p><p>Other legal measures available to local authorities and schools to tackle irregular attendance are parenting contracts and parenting orders. A parenting contract is an agreement between a parent and either the local authority or the governing body of a school for the parent to comply for a given period with whatever requirements are set out in the contract to improve their child’s attendance at school. A parenting order may be imposed by a court requiring a parent to comply with requirements specified in the order to improve their child’s school attendance.</p><p> </p><p>Information about these sanctions and measures is included in the Department for Education’s statutory guidance “Parental responsibility measures for school attendance and behaviour”. This is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-responsibility-measures-for-behaviour-and-attendance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-responsibility-measures-for-behaviour-and-attendance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2014 15:10:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90841

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
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	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's priorities are for the meeting of regional foreign ministers in Abuja in September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>I attended this meeting on security in Nigeria on 3 September. Both at the meeting, and separately to President Goodluck Jonathan, I set out the importance the UK attaches to Nigeria taking an holistic approach to meeting the challenges of extremism and terrorism, working closely with its neighbours to protect civilians from violence. I outlined the range of support the UK is providing to Nigeria to this end and underlined our continuing commitment to support the Nigerian authorities as they tackle Boko Haram.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 12/09/2014 14:16:56 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90842

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
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	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to effect swift and safe passage back to the UK for British nationals in Nigeria as a result of extremist activity in that country.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The FCO keeps its travel advice for Nigeria under close review. While we do not currently advise British nationals in Nigeria to leave, we do advise against travel to some parts of the country because of the security situation. We encourage British nationals in, or planning travel to, Nigeria to consult our travel advice regularly.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 12/09/2014 14:21:11 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90843

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
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	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the threat to the stability of the Nigerian government currently posed by extremist activity in that country.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Nigeria faces a serious threat from extremist activity, particularly in the north east of the country. The UK, along with some of Nigeria’s other international and regional partners, is providing assistance to the Nigerian authorities as they tackle this threat.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 12/09/2014 14:23:14 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90461

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
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 broaden the number of foreign language subjects available to state school students in secondary education.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Maintained secondary schools must teach a modern foreign language to all pupils at key stage 3 (ages 11-14). The choice of which language or languages to teach is for schools to make, though the great majority of secondary schools teach one or more of French, German or Spanish, with small numbers teaching an additional language or languages.</p><p> </p><p>Awarding bodies determine which languages they will offer as GCSE qualifications. Schools decide whether to enter pupils for any particular language GCSE. The English Baccalaureate is already encouraging more young people to take a language at GCSE level. Take-up of a modern foreign language by key stage 4 pupils in England increased by over 20% between 2012 and 2013.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2014 16:06:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90462

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mandarin: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in state schools secondary education obtained a GCSE in Mandarin Chinese in each year since Janaury 2011.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify pupils entered for Mandarin Chinese from the Department for Education’s data. However, the Department does hold information on the number of entries into GCSE Chinese which includes Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese subjects. In the academic year 2010/11, there were 2,480 entries for GCSE Mandarin, 2,307 in the academic year 2011/12 and 2,346 in the academic year 2012/13. This information is published in the GCSE statistical first release.[1]</p><p><br> [1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Subject time series table)</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/09/2014 13:35:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90479

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Ukraine: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on a link between pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine and the Russian government.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The Russian government has been linked with the crisis in Ukraine since its beginning, when some Russian servicemen were given state medals for their role in the illegal annexation of Crimea in spite of initial denials by Russia that they had been involved.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) expressed his concern by further mounting evidence of Russian troop involvement in Ukraine. This followed the release of satellite imagery taken by NATO on 21 and 23 August which showed Russian self-propelled artillery units inside Ukraine in the vicinity of the Luhansk province. Brigadier-General Nico Tak, Head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) crisis management centre, said that NATO had also detected large quantities of advanced weapons, including air defence systems, artillery, tanks and armoured personnel carriers being transferred to separatist forces in eastern Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the British Ambassador to the UN made a statement which detailed evidence he had received further demonstrating the extent of Russian involvement in Ukraine. The separatist arsenal included up to 100 Main Battle Tanks; 80 Armoured Personnel Carriers; 100 MANPADs; 500 Anti-Tank weapons; and over 100 artillery pieces. Almost all of these were supplied directly by Russia since the conflict started.</p><p> </p><p>On 15 August a convoy of 23 armoured personnel carriers crossed into Ukraine close to where the Russian humanitarian convoy was awaiting customs clearance. The following day a further convoy of 84 military vehicles crossed the border.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 August, 50 vehicles, including tanks, armoured personnel carriers, and BM-21 GRAD Multiple Rocket Launchers crossed from Russia into Ukraine at the Chervonopartisansk border crossing.</p><p> </p><p>On 25 August, 10 Russian paratroopers belonging to the 331st Regiment of the 98th Svirsk Airborne Division were captured near the village of Dzerkalne - 20km inside Ukrainian territory. Satellite imagery confirmed the deployment of Russian armoured vehicles supported by artillery south of Donetsk close to this location. On 28 August another Russian soldier, Petr Khokhlov, serving with the 9th Motor Rifle Brigade, was captured and detained in Luhansk.</p><p> </p><p>In light of this evidence, it is not credible for Russia and pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk to claim that these serving members of the Russian armed forces were in Ukraine ‘by accident’ or ‘on holiday’.</p><p> </p><p>Russia can no longer pretend that it is not a direct party to this conflict, indeed this conflict would no longer exist without direct Russian military involvement in support of the separatists. The Prime Minister has called for such activity to cease immediately and has warned of further sanctions if Russia’s behaviour continues.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/09/2014 12:18:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90480

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on further sanctions against Russia.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Since the start of the Ukraine crisis, The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon Friend the member for Runnymead and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) and I have regularly discussed Russia, including sanctions, with European colleagues. Most recently, further sanctions were discussed at the Gymnich on 29 and 30 August, the European Council on 30 August, and at the NATO Summit in Wales on 4 and 5 September.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/09/2014 16:10:49 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90481

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Lesotho
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the situation in Lesotho; and what steps he is taking to support the reinstatement of democracy in that country.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>British High Commission Officials in Pretoria, who cover our relations with Lesotho, continue to closely monitor developments in the country given the deteriorating political and security situation there since 30 August. I welcome the engagement of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and have expressed our hope that all Lesotho’s parties will work together to ensure disputes are settled peacefully in line with Lesotho’s Constitution. At my request our High Commissioner reiterated these messages in a phone call to Lesotho’s Prime Minister on 5 September.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/09/2014 14:27:36 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90482

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect staff working in HM embassies from security threats.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Staff in our overseas posts face a range of security threats, which are currently running at a historically high level. We monitor the risks carefully, and manage them rigorously using a mix of threat assessment, security advice, staff training and provision of specialist security equipment.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/09/2014 16:11:49 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell