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385816

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date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the VAT costs incurred by sixth form colleges in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	4388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education estimates that VAT accounts for about 3% of sixth form colleges’ expenditure each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Education Funding Agency does not collect financial information from sixth form colleges in such a way that allows us to make a more precise year on year calculation of their VAT costs.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/06/2015 13:45:35 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

385835

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Neonicotinoids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to maintain the ban on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on the approval of pesticide active substances are made at European level. Since December 2013, three of the five currently approved neonicotinoids are not permitted for use on a wide range of crops considered “attractive to bees”. A number of other uses remain permitted under the EU approval. The restrictions currently in place for neonicotinoids are not time-limited.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The European Commission gave an undertaking to commence a review of the science on neonicotinoids by the end of May 2015. This process has now commenced. Companies have provided further studies and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has invited any party to submit relevant data, including published studies, by 30 September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/06/2015 13:39:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

385836

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on beak trimming of laying hens; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	4338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2010 restricts the method used for the routine beak trimming of laying hens to infra-red technology only.</p><p>Defra is working with the Beak Trimming Action Group, to find ways to manage laying hens without the need to beak trim. A review of all the evidence will be carried out later this year. This will include the study Defra has funded at the University of Bristol to assess the effectiveness of management strategies in reducing injurious pecking in non-beak trimmed laying hens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/06/2015 13:56:34 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

385849

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Andargachew Tsege
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations Ministers in his Department have made to their counterparts in Ethiopia on the detention of Andargachew Tsege.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>I remain deeply concerned by the continued detention of British national Andargachew Tsege in Ethiopia and about his welfare. Over the last year, there have been numerous discussions between the Ethiopian and UK government regarding Mr Tsege. The Secretary of State for Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon friend, the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond MP) spoke to the Ethiopian Foreign Minister on 24 June and made a public statement on 25 June. He made clear that Ethiopia’s failure to grant our repeated requests was unacceptable, and informed Dr Tedros that the lack of progress in the case risked undermining the UK’s relationship with Ethiopia. We will continue to press the Ethiopian government for regular consular access, for our concerns regarding Mr Tsege’s welfare to be addressed, and for a clear and transparent legal process through which Mr Tsege can challenge his detention.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 30/06/2015 13:23:11 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

385893

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports: Dundee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate how many people in the Dundee area benefit from the Regional Air Connectivity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	4308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Dundee has benefited from £2.8 million of financial support from the Regional Air Connectivity Fund to maintain its air link to London through a public service obligation (PSO). The Government assessment of the route is that it would generate £3.9 million worth of benefits over the two year funding period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2015 13:31:11 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

385903

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that are supported in (a) Dundee and (b) the UK by regional air connectivity funding.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	4381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my answer of the 29 June 2015, UIN 4048</p><p>(<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=4048" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=4048</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2015 13:34:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

385295

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take in the event of the Clinical Commissioning Groups outsourcing parts of their commissioning role to get round the restrictions on administrative costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), as independent statutory bodies, can choose how best to carry out their commissioning functions from within their running cost budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where CCGs choose to outsource their support and to buy from external providers, this funding will be charged against their fixed running cost allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service integrators and lead providers co-ordinate and provide care for patients; they are not commissioners, nor do they undertake commissioning activities or responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL779 HL780 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:05:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

385296

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, when Clinical Commissioning Groups outsource some of their commissioning role to integrators, lead providers or through other similar mechanisms, how the administrative costs so transferred will be counted against the Clinical Commissioning Groups' administrative cost cap.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), as independent statutory bodies, can choose how best to carry out their commissioning functions from within their running cost budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where CCGs choose to outsource their support and to buy from external providers, this funding will be charged against their fixed running cost allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service integrators and lead providers co-ordinate and provide care for patients; they are not commissioners, nor do they undertake commissioning activities or responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL778 HL780 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:05:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

385297

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, when Clinical Commissioning Groups outsource some of their commissioning role, the element of administration that would have counted towards the fixed cap on administrative costs will be separately identified and appropriately deducted from Clinical Commissioning Group budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), as independent statutory bodies, can choose how best to carry out their commissioning functions from within their running cost budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where CCGs choose to outsource their support and to buy from external providers, this funding will be charged against their fixed running cost allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service integrators and lead providers co-ordinate and provide care for patients; they are not commissioners, nor do they undertake commissioning activities or responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL778 HL779 question first answered 29/06/2015 15:05:34 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

385304

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Cole Commission on Exports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Cole Commission on Exports <i>An Action Plan from business</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
uin	HL787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government welcomes this report and the serious work by members of the Cole Commission. It contains much invaluable analysis and we will consider its recommendations very carefully.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 29/06/2015 12:23:26 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison