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46745

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with other government departments on extending the winter fuel payment to people on the higher rate of disability living allowance for care or mobility and the equivalent enhanced rate of the new personal independence payment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	195087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>Winter fuel payments is a DWP policy.</p><p> </p><p>However, people with disabilities may be able to access the Warm Home Discount Scheme and receive a rebate off their electricity bill. They may also be able to access the Energy Companies Obligation through which they can get help with insulation and heating measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

46501

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on care leaving arrangements for asylum seekers who came to the UK alone as children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Guidance to local authorities on care leaving arrangements for asylum seekers who came to the UK alone as children is included in Volume 3 of ‘The Children Act Guidance and Regulations: Planning Transition to Adulthood for Care Leavers'. <a href="http://resources.leavingcare.org/uploads/c4f7aeaf941cdefb8f4a18f478aa1f19.pdf" target="_blank">http://resources.leavingcare.org/uploads/c4f7aeaf941cdefb8f4a18f478aa1f19.pdf</a></p><p>The Department for Education published for consultation in January of this year draft statutory guidance to local authorities on the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children.</p><p><a href="https://www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=conResults&amp;consultationId=1945&amp;external=no&amp;menu=3" target="_blank">https://www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=conResults&amp;consultationId=1945&amp;external=no&amp;menu=3</a></p><p>This new guidance brings together guidance on transition planning with wider guidance on providing care for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. That consultation has now closed and final guidance will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

46509

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new Fuel Poverty Target will address the specific needs of people affected by conditions such as muscular dystrophy and neuromuscular conditions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough on 26 February 2014, Official Report, Column 416W.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

46587

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department offers to local authorities who are caring for asylum seekers who entered care as a child to ensure adequate support is in place when they become care leavers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not have a direct role in this policy area. The Department of Education provides statutory guidance to local authorities about how to support care leavers, including care leavers who are asylum seekers. The guidance makes clear that asylum seekers should receive the same level of support as any other care leaver. The Home Office does, however, provide funding to local authorities to help cover the costs of supporting the young people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

46240

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to require all police referrals to the National College of Teaching and Leadership to include details of the school where the alleged teacher previously taught.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2014 answer text <p>Referrals by the police to the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) are currently made under the Notifiable Occupations Scheme, which is the responsibility of the Home Office (Home Office Circular No. 6/2006). The scheme is currently under review with new provisions being considered by the Home Office to supersede the existing scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at NCTL are in discussions with the Association of Chief Police Officers to ensure that the new scheme continues to provide consistent, timely and relevant information. Disclosure of the teacher's current or last employment will be considered as part of those ongoing discussions.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

46129

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant women are held in immigration detention.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>If a pregnant woman chooses to inform the Home Office of her pregnancy, the detail would be held on her medical file which is a confidential record between patient and doctor. The Home Office does not collate this information centrally.<br><br>Care provided to pregnant women in detention is appropriate to their individual circumstances and all detainees have access to healthcare facilities and medical advice at all times.<br><br>Pregnant women are only detained in exceptional circumstances where their removal is imminent and medical advice does not suggest that the baby is due before the woman's expected removal date. Women who are less than 24 weeks pregnant may also be detained as part of the asylum fast track process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4372 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

46130

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women detained at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre have been held for (a) four years or more, (b) three years or more and (c) two years or more.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As at 31 December 2013, the latest date for which figures are available, no women were detained at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre for longer than two years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 4374 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

45591

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the current requirements for seizing property or cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to bring those requirements into line with the new powers of HM Revenue and Customs to seize money from an individual's bank account without a warrant.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government's Serious and Organised Crime Strategy clearly sets out our <br>plans to attack criminal finances by making it harder to move, hide and use the <br>proceeds of crime. These include measures to enable assets to be frozen more <br>quickly and earlier in investigations, reduce the time that courts give <br>offenders to pay confiscation orders, and make it easier for magistrates to <br>confiscate cash held in bank accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

45598

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, columns 652-3W, on special educational needs, whether his Department has any plans in future to commence publishing figures on the proportion of hearings where (a) local authorities and (b) parents were legally represented.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice and HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) publish data on the First-tier Tribunal Special Educational Needs &amp; Disability (FtT SEND) regularly in a quarterly internet publication which includes data on a number of other Tribunals. Data for the academic year September 2012 to August 2013 were published in December 2013 and can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013</p><p>The published data do not provide information on representation at hearings because. The current IT system does not have the facility to record details of legal representation at the actual hearing. To change this position would incur cost which could not be justified by any benefit to HMCTS. Therefore, there are no plans to collect this information.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

45657

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what systems his Department has in place to monitor the implementation of the Government's commitment to give due consideration to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when making new policy and legislation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	194240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education co-ordinates the UK's submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), on behalf of other Government Departments and the devolved administrations, for the Committee's five-year review of implementation of the UNCRC in the UK. This report will be submitted shortly and will include examples of action taken to ensure that new policies and legislation which impact on children are compliant with the UNCRC.</p><p>The Department has undertaken child's rights impact assessments for the key policy and legislative changes in recent years, notably in respect of the Education Act 2011 and the Children and Families Act 2014. We also ensure that children's rights issues are considered as part of the Home Affairs Committee clearance process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe