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347445

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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	Private Rented Housing: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the level of change in median monthly rent in the private sector in the London Borough of Southwark for (a) one, (b) two and (c) three-bedroom flats in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the private rental market in England and the London Borough of Southwark are published by the Valuation Office Agency and are available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/private-rental-market-statistics-may-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/private-rental-market-statistics-may-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency advises that because the composition of this sample changes over time, it is not possible to compare median rents provided in this publication with statistics in previous publications to infer trends in the rental market over time. The statistics therefore provide a snapshot that shows the range of rents across England.</p><p> </p><p>The official source on change over time in cost of renting is the Office for National Statistics Index of Private Housing Rental Prices available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/hpi/index-of-private-housing-rental-prices/january-to-march-2015-results/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/hpi/index-of-private-housing-rental-prices/january-to-march-2015-results/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/06/2015 10:55:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

347446

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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	Homelessness: Southwark
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 households in the London Borough of Southwark were accepted as being owed a main homelessness duty under the homelessness legislation of the Housing Act 1996 in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>In the calendar year 2014, 792 households were accepted as owed a main homelessness duty to secure accommodation. These statistics are taken from the quarterly P1E forms completed by local authorities in England, which have been published at the following location;<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a>. <br><br>The homelessness legislation in England provides one of the strongest safety nets in the world for families with children and vulnerable people who become homeless through no fault of their own. Since 2010, the Government has invested over £500 million to prevent and tackle all forms of homelessness and this has helped local authorities prevent over 700,000 households from becoming homeless.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 484 question first answered 03/06/2015 10:53:33 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

347458

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the risk of displacement of sales to the internet following implementation of the Government's proposed ban on the new generation of psychoactive drugs; and what steps her Department plans to take to address that risk.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The criminal offences in the Bill will apply to both online and offline markets. The National Crime Agency will continue working to close websites selling new psychoactive substances in the UK and tackle the associated organised crime. The Home Office, with the National Crime Agency, will also continue its close work with international partners to tackle the supply of these substances globally. We will monitor the impact of the legislation on any displacement of sales to the internet as part of our implementation plan.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/06/2015 10:35:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

347275

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Asbestos: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what health and safety regulations apply to the demolition of buildings containing asbestos and prior exposure of staff who previously worked in such buildings.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Demolition is construction work as defined by the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM). Asbestos is a hazard which may give rise to risk and so information on its presence in a building should form part of the pre-construction information which the client must make available to the contractors involved.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all work with asbestos (including demolition) is subject to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (CAR) which requires exposure to asbestos to be prevented or reduced to as low a level as reasonably practicable. In cases of final demolition the employer’s plan of work must, so far as is reasonably practicable, specify that asbestos must be removed before any demolition starts, unless removal would cause a greater risk to employees than leaving it in place.</p><p> </p><p>CAR also requires the owner, or person responsible for maintenance (the ‘duty holder’) of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and to put into place a plan to manage the risk they present. The duty holder is responsible for managing the risk at the time they hold the duty; they are not responsible for prior exposure to earlier building occupants. The record of the location and condition of any ACMs, and management plan, must be available for as long as ACMs are present in the building.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 14:47:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

347281

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Private Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Director of Public Prosecutions has (a) taken over and (b) discontinued private prosecutions in the last 10 years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain an authoritative central record of the number of private prosecutions (a) taken over and (b) discontinued by the Director of Public Prosecutions. To identify the number would require a manual exercise to review individual files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/06/2015 13:06:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

347294

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	Students: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of students from York at (a) St John's University, York, (b) the University of York and (c) York College.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The numbers of enrolments to St John’s University and York University, including those who were domiciled in York Local Authority prior to their course, have been provided in the table for Academic Year 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for students registered on prescribed courses of Higher Education at York College are available from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Student enrolments <sup>[1,2]</sup> to Higher Education courses in York </strong></p><p>Academic year 2013/14</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Domicile</strong></p></td><td><p>St John’s University</p></td><td><p>University of York</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>York College[4]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>6,420</p></td><td><p>16,680</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Local Authority[3]</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record and the Further Education Data Services Individualised Learner Record (ILR)</p><p>(1) Figures cover students in all modes for all years of study.</p><p>(2) Numbers of students registered at St John’s University and the University of York are based on the HESA standard HE registration population. Numbers registered at York College are from the Individualised Learner Record and the population has been defined to mirror that used in the York HEIs.</p><p>(3) A student’s local authority area is derived from their home postcode. This information is not available for students who are registered at York College.</p><p>(4) Students registered at York Further Education College are only included in the data if they are studying a prescribed course of Higher Education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2014/15 academic year will become available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2016.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 446 question first answered 03/06/2015 13:38:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347302

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	Students: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of student accommodation units that are provided by (a) St John's University, York, (b) the University of York and (c) York College.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE) publishes an Annual Report on the University Estate which uses data collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The latest report was published on 21 November 2014 and can be downloaded from the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.aude.ac.uk/documents/aude-he-estates-statistics-report-2014/" target="_blank">http://www.aude.ac.uk/documents/aude-he-estates-statistics-report-2014/</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/06/2015 13:49:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347303

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	Students: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of students at (a) St John's University, York, (b) the University of York and (c) York College.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The numbers of enrolments to St John’s University and York University, including those who were domiciled in York Local Authority prior to their course, have been provided in the table for Academic Year 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for students registered on prescribed courses of Higher Education at York College are available from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Student enrolments <sup>[1,2]</sup> to Higher Education courses in York </strong></p><p>Academic year 2013/14</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Domicile</strong></p></td><td><p>St John’s University</p></td><td><p>University of York</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>York College[4]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>6,420</p></td><td><p>16,680</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Local Authority[3]</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record and the Further Education Data Services Individualised Learner Record (ILR)</p><p>(1) Figures cover students in all modes for all years of study.</p><p>(2) Numbers of students registered at St John’s University and the University of York are based on the HESA standard HE registration population. Numbers registered at York College are from the Individualised Learner Record and the population has been defined to mirror that used in the York HEIs.</p><p>(3) A student’s local authority area is derived from their home postcode. This information is not available for students who are registered at York College.</p><p>(4) Students registered at York Further Education College are only included in the data if they are studying a prescribed course of Higher Education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2014/15 academic year will become available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2016.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 447 question first answered 03/06/2015 13:38:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347314

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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
hansard heading	Bradwell Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had on the future of the Magnox site at Bradwell in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>There have been no meetings between my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, her Ministers or officials on the future of the Magnox site at Bradwell in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/06/2015 16:16:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

347319

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 1.2 of Free Schools: how to apply, published by her Department in February 2015, what definition her Department uses for the term, local demand for new provision.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Wave 9 free school applications will be assessed against the criteria set out in “<em>Free school applications: criteria for assessment</em>”, which is published on the Gov.UK website: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401234/free-school-applications-criteria-for-assessment-mainstream-and-16-to-19_feb_2015_final.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401234/free-school-applications-criteria-for-assessment-mainstream-and-16-to-19_feb_2015_final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The criteria make clear that the assessment of an application will include an assessment of the extent to which the proposed school addresses any shortage of school places in the area (“need for pupil places”). The assessment will also judge the extent to which the school will add to the diversity of local provision, offer higher standards than other local schools and respond to parental demand (“local demand for new provision”).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All wave 9 applicants will be notified in writing of the outcome of their free school application. In due course, the successful applications and outcome letters sent to successful applicants will be published on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 340 370 378 question first answered 02/06/2015 16:40:11 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt