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41717

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff are currently employed for more than 50 per cent of their working week to support the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education in his role as Accounting Officer; and what are their job titles.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL5808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>A large proportion of the staff who work in the Department for Education support the Permanent Secretary in his role as Accounting Officer.</p><p>The information requested about those who do so for more than 50% of their working week is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

41735

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what regard they have given to pupil reflection in the new national curriculum.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The new national curriculum, to be taught from September 2014, reflects a body of essential knowledge and core concepts in key subjects. The Government does not believe that it is appropriate for the national curriculum to set out how teachers should teach, or how they should structure their school day. The national curriculum has been slimmed down to allow teachers more flexibility to use their professionalism and expertise to create lessons that really inspire and engage their pupils, and help them to develop deeper knowledge and understanding of materials.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

41736

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which former Prime Ministers have been given public duty cost allowances; how much those allowances were; and which specific and itemised duties they performed.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p><strong> </strong>The amounts paid in 2011-12 and 2012-13 are as follows: </p><p /> <p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td> <p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gordon Brown</p></td><td><p>£114,998.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Thatcher</p></td><td><p>£109,191.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John Major</p></td><td><p>£115,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tony Blair</p></td><td><p>£115,000.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td> <p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>John Major</p></td><td><p>£114,996.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gordon Brown</p></td><td><p>£100,315.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Thatcher</p></td><td><p>£74,087.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tony Blair</p></td><td><p>£115,000.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The current limit for the PDCA is £115,000. The limit is reviewed on an annual basis.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Former Prime Ministers will continue to receive the PDCA if they are a sitting MP, provided they are not serving as Leader of the Opposition.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Claims are processed by the Cabinet Office and form part of the annual audit of Cabinet Office expenditure.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>All former Prime Ministers are provided with guidance on the PDCA. A copy of this has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

41757

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the civil servant who exposed to media view in Downing Street the classified briefing on their policy towards Ukraine has been disciplined; whether the official in question has access to classified documents; and what steps they plan to take to prevent further similar breaches of security.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL5848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In line with the practice of successive Governments we do not normally disclose information on disciplinary issues relating to individual civil servants.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

41946

registered interest
date	06/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee for Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what criteria the IPSA Contingency Panel used to grant uplifts to hon. Members' staffing expenditure budgets in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	190930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p><em>Letter from Andrew McDonald, 3/10/2014 2013:</em></p><blockquote><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about IPSA's Contingency Panel.</p><p>The rules concerning the Contingency Panel are set out at Paragraph 10.12 of the MPs' Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses.</p><p>They set out that in relation to each application the Contingency Panel will consider:</p><p>a. whether there are exceptional circumstances warranting additional support;</p><p>b. whether the MP could reasonably have been expected to take any action to avoid the circumstances which gave rise to the expenditure or liability; and</p><p>c. whether the MP's performance of parliamentary functions will be significantly impaired by a refusal of the claim.</p><p>Given the significant increase in staffing budgets made in 2012/13, we have not provided contingency funding for MPs' staffing expenditure budgets on the basis of increased casework in 2013/14.</p></blockquote> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

41377

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when he was first made aware of the existence of the administrative scheme for on-the-runs.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	190834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>I was first made aware of the existence of the administrative scheme for on-the-runs when in opposition.</p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

41620

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for what reasons the Commission's estimate of unregistered voters was four million in 2010 and six million in December 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it provided estimates for the completeness of the December 2010 and April 2011 registers in Great Britain in its ‘Great Britain's electoral registers 2011' report. The report indicated that at least 6 million people were not registered at their current address in December 2010 and this figure had risen to 8.5 million by April 2011.</p><p> </p><p>This change to the accuracy and completeness of the electoral register within such a time period is not unexpected. In any given year there will be a variety of reasons why such a change would occur, the most significant of which will usually be the impact of home movement after the annual canvass, which was the case in this instance.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission's report explaining the background to its research can be found here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/145366/Great-Britains-electoral-registers-2011.pdf%20" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/145366/Great-Britains-electoral-registers-2011.pdf</strong></a></p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41622

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the registration rates were in the review of the national estimate of the completeness of the electoral register in England and Wales in 2000 and the Electoral Commission's research on Great Britain's electoral register in 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that its research on the December 2000 registers in England and Wales found that 8-9% of eligible people were not registered at their current address.</p><p>Their subsequent research across Great Britain found that, in December 2010 and April 2011, 13-15% and 18% respectively of eligible people were not registered at their current address.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41623

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the data matching rates were for university students living in university towns.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission refers the honourable member to the answer to its previous question (177062) which outlined the background on match rates for students in university towns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

41625

registered interest
date	05/03/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the use of positive role models and celebrities to increase electoral registration and voter turnout.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	190821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it has not made an assessment of the use of positive role models and celebrities in its public awareness work.</p><p> </p><p>This is due to the risk that they might have political affiliations which would lead to the neutrality of the Commission's work being called into question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane