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64603

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Local Government Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the spending power of local authorities in relation to the level of demand for their statutory services.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	904524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Councils are responsible for balancing their budgets, and every one of them issued a balanced budget for 2014-15. We have increased councils' flexibility by removing ring fencing from many local government grants. This gives them freedom to work with their residents to decide how best to meet on local priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/06/2014 16:34:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

78980

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on closing the attainment gap between pupils receiving free school meals and others; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	904972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The gap between free school meals (FSM) pupils and others achieving Level 4 or above in key stage 2 reading and mathematics has narrowed from 19.3 to 16.2 percentage points between 2011 and 2013. The gap in FSM pupils and others achieving at least five A*-C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics has narrowed from 27.4 to 26.7 percentage points over the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent Ofsted assessment is that school leaders are spending the pupil premium more effectively than at any time since the funding was introduced in 2011. Of 151 schools in the assessment, the attainment gap between free school meal pupils and their peers was closing, sometimes quite quickly, in all 86 schools judged by Ofsted to be good or outstanding. Gaps are also closing, albeit more slowly, in two thirds of the 50 sampled schools rated ‘requires improvement’.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/07/2014 16:43:21 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

78747

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliament: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if she will publish the business case for the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board's recommendation that when the security contract with the Metropolitan Police Service for search and screening functions at the three main entrances of the Houses of Parliament ends on 31 March 2015, those functions should be provided by a specialised commercial provider.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	206464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The final decision about which organisation will provide security officer services from April 2015 has not yet been taken. Consequently, no procurement process for the provision of the search and screening function at the three main public entrances has begun and no date has been set. The parliamentary authorities continue to work in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to agree and implement a mutually acceptable outcome. In October, the Parliamentary Security Director, as Chair of the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board, will provide an update to committees of both Houses on progress made in negotiations with the MPS over the summer recess.</p><p>The SARP business case will not be disclosed at this stage for commercial and security reasons. This is usual practice for such documents. A high-level statement of Parliament’s requirements for security post-2015 was communicated to MPS in February, since when it has been refined in discussion with MPS. A much more detailed specification was sent to MPS in June. The parliamentary authorities are now negotiating with the MPS about the scope of services the MPS will provide.</p><p>The expected overall cost of the current contract with the MPS, which is due to expire in March 2015, is £155,380,200. A breakdown of costs associated with the individual parts of the service, including the search and screening function, cannot be provided, on grounds of commercial sensitivity. No financial penalties have been incurred under the current contract, which does not contain a break clause. The contract includes an option to extend for a maximum period of two years if agreed by both parties.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso grouped question UIN 206463 206465 206466 question first answered 22/07/2014 10:41:58 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

78749

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliament: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the timetable is for the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board to draw up the specifications for the new contract to provide for search and screening functions at the three main entrances of the Houses of Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	206465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The final decision about which organisation will provide security officer services from April 2015 has not yet been taken. Consequently, no procurement process for the provision of the search and screening function at the three main public entrances has begun and no date has been set. The parliamentary authorities continue to work in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to agree and implement a mutually acceptable outcome. In October, the Parliamentary Security Director, as Chair of the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board, will provide an update to committees of both Houses on progress made in negotiations with the MPS over the summer recess.</p><p>The SARP business case will not be disclosed at this stage for commercial and security reasons. This is usual practice for such documents. A high-level statement of Parliament’s requirements for security post-2015 was communicated to MPS in February, since when it has been refined in discussion with MPS. A much more detailed specification was sent to MPS in June. The parliamentary authorities are now negotiating with the MPS about the scope of services the MPS will provide.</p><p>The expected overall cost of the current contract with the MPS, which is due to expire in March 2015, is £155,380,200. A breakdown of costs associated with the individual parts of the service, including the search and screening function, cannot be provided, on grounds of commercial sensitivity. No financial penalties have been incurred under the current contract, which does not contain a break clause. The contract includes an option to extend for a maximum period of two years if agreed by both parties.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso grouped question UIN 206463 206464 206466 question first answered 22/07/2014 10:41:58 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

78750

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliament: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the contract with Metropolitan Police Service to provide search and screening functions at the Houses of Parliament is expected to cost by the the time it ends on 31 March 2015; whether any financial penalties have been incurred during the course of the contract; and whether the contract contains (a) a break clause and (b) an option to extend beyond March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	206466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The final decision about which organisation will provide security officer services from April 2015 has not yet been taken. Consequently, no procurement process for the provision of the search and screening function at the three main public entrances has begun and no date has been set. The parliamentary authorities continue to work in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to agree and implement a mutually acceptable outcome. In October, the Parliamentary Security Director, as Chair of the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board, will provide an update to committees of both Houses on progress made in negotiations with the MPS over the summer recess.</p><p>The SARP business case will not be disclosed at this stage for commercial and security reasons. This is usual practice for such documents. A high-level statement of Parliament’s requirements for security post-2015 was communicated to MPS in February, since when it has been refined in discussion with MPS. A much more detailed specification was sent to MPS in June. The parliamentary authorities are now negotiating with the MPS about the scope of services the MPS will provide.</p><p>The expected overall cost of the current contract with the MPS, which is due to expire in March 2015, is £155,380,200. A breakdown of costs associated with the individual parts of the service, including the search and screening function, cannot be provided, on grounds of commercial sensitivity. No financial penalties have been incurred under the current contract, which does not contain a break clause. The contract includes an option to extend for a maximum period of two years if agreed by both parties.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso grouped question UIN 206463 206464 206465 question first answered 22/07/2014 10:41:58 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

78754

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliament: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, when the procurement process for a new provider of the search and screening functions at Parliament's three main entrances is expected to commence.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	206463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The final decision about which organisation will provide security officer services from April 2015 has not yet been taken. Consequently, no procurement process for the provision of the search and screening function at the three main public entrances has begun and no date has been set. The parliamentary authorities continue to work in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to agree and implement a mutually acceptable outcome. In October, the Parliamentary Security Director, as Chair of the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board, will provide an update to committees of both Houses on progress made in negotiations with the MPS over the summer recess.</p><p>The SARP business case will not be disclosed at this stage for commercial and security reasons. This is usual practice for such documents. A high-level statement of Parliament’s requirements for security post-2015 was communicated to MPS in February, since when it has been refined in discussion with MPS. A much more detailed specification was sent to MPS in June. The parliamentary authorities are now negotiating with the MPS about the scope of services the MPS will provide.</p><p>The expected overall cost of the current contract with the MPS, which is due to expire in March 2015, is £155,380,200. A breakdown of costs associated with the individual parts of the service, including the search and screening function, cannot be provided, on grounds of commercial sensitivity. No financial penalties have been incurred under the current contract, which does not contain a break clause. The contract includes an option to extend for a maximum period of two years if agreed by both parties.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso grouped question UIN 206464 206465 206466 question first answered 22/07/2014 10:41:57 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

90102

	registered interest
	date	26/08/2014
	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	Qatar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy on the safety and wellbeing of migrant workers preparing that country for the 2022 World Cup.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	905136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>We have raised our concerns about the safety and wellbeing of migrant workers with the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy at Ministerial and Ambassadorial level. We welcome the serious manner in which the Qatari Government is responding to concerns and fully support Qatar’s intention to reform the current labour law. We are encouraging the government of Qatar to put forward a timetable for passing and implementing the proposed legislation and stand ready to support these efforts where we can.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/09/2014 16:12:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

90845

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the authorisation of mitochondrial transfer techniques on the incidence of ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	208396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that if mitochondria donation was permitted in treatment it is not anticipated that this will impact on the incidence of ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/09/2014 10:21:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

90846

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	IVF
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the increase in the number of donor eggs that is needed to make mitochondrial transfer techniques practicable.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	208397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it has made no estimate of the number of donor eggs needed for mitochondrial replacement treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/09/2014 10:12:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

90860

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, columns 156-7W, on ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), if he will make it his policy that all cases of OHSS are recorded in official statistics and not only those that require hospital admission or are graded as severe.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Mary Glindon
	uin	208439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that there is not currently an evidence base to predict the cohort of patients that may develop ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). This means that there would be little clinical value in requiring licensed fertility clinics to report every incidence of OHSS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/09/2014 10:13:43 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon