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155779

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Football
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support his Department gives to grassroots football; and how much government investment there has been in football in Harlow constituency.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	214727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting football at a grassroots level. I am pleased that Sport England is investing over £160 million to get more people playing grassroots football across England. This includes a £120m investment into facilities, £6m into FA skills and £4.5m into the Premier League Kicks programme. Sport England is also investing £28.4 million in the Football Association’s Whole Sport Plan, which goes directly into participation projects and facilities in all parts of England. Sport England does not break down Whole Sport Plan funding by constituency.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 24/11/2014 15:26:31 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

155923

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the NHS provides to people with dementia and their carers in the East of England.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	214729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Dementia is a key priority for this Government and we are committed to ensuring people with dementia and their carers receive the best possible care in all care settings. In 2012 the Government launched the first ever Prime Minister’s Challenge on dementia to increase diagnosis rates, raise awareness and understanding and double funding for research in dementia by 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The provision of local dementia services is a matter for the local National Health Service. NHS England advises that an East of England Strategic Clinical Network for Mental Health, Dementia, Neurological Conditions, Learning Disability and Autism (SCN) was established in April 2013 to enable and support service and quality improvements, and better patient outcomes. In addition, the Strategic Dementia Advisory Group, established in September 2013, facilitates and oversees the work of the SCN and is an expert body which provides advice and peer support to partners in dementia care across the East of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My hon. Friend may wish to contact NHS England for further information on support available for dementia patients and their carers in the East of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 24/11/2014 17:36:14 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

147417

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	New Businesses: Harlow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new businesses were started in the Harlow constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	214048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>BankSearch collates data on the number of new business bank accounts opened in Great Britain. This can be used as an indicative measure of business start-up activity and is the most comprehensive source available to the Department. Data goes as far back as 2008.</p><p>The estimated number of business start-ups (rounded) in the Harlow constituency for the years 2008 to 2013 are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total estimated number of business start-ups in the Harlow constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>670</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: BankSearch, based on the number of new business bank accounts opened.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/11/2014 11:15:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

147544

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	Iran
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 Iran's compliance with Modified Code 3.1 in the subsidiary arrangements to its Comprehensive Standards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	214051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The IAEA is responsible for ensuring Iran complies with its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. According to the IAEA, Iran is failing to implement modified Code 3.1. Under a comprehensive agreement, Iran will need to comply fully with its obligations under modified Code 3.1 in order to reassure the international community that Iran’s nuclear programme is entirely peaceful in nature.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/11/2014 14:26:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

101102

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	16-19 Bursary Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when considering a payment through the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund, whether the personal circumstances of a student undergoing financial hardship should be taken into account by a sixth form college.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	211959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The 16 to 19 Bursary Fund supports the most financially disadvantaged 16- to 19-year-olds and those young people who most need help with the costs of staying in education. Schools, colleges and providers are allocated funding from which they can make discretionary awards to young people who are facing genuine financial barriers to participating in education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the annually updated guide published by the Education Funding Agency, institutions are advised that they should assess each student’s individual circumstances when deciding whether to award a discretionary bursary. The Government believes that institutions are best placed to decide which students face financial barriers to effective participation in education and institutions are free to determine the eligibility criteria they apply for discretionary bursary awards as well as the frequency and conditions of payments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If a student in financial difficulties believes that their personal circumstances have not been taken into account and as a result they are facing hardship, I would urge them to ask their institution to look again at their claim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 14:00:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

100665

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of people who completed apprenticeships went on to get (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	211784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on the employment destinations for apprentices is collected in the Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2012-13:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229998/bis-13-1126-apprenticeship-evaluation-learners.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229998/bis-13-1126-apprenticeship-evaluation-learners.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of those apprentices who completed their apprenticeships between 1 and 2 years ago 81% are in full or part-time employment. Of these, 81% are in full-time employment and 16% part-time employment. The hours of the remainder varied too much to make a distinction[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] See page 64 and 65 of the report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 30/10/2014 15:43:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon