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155586

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will arrange for his Department's Permanent Secretary to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Cardiff West concerning Mr Robert Shafer.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	214331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Permanent Secretary wrote to the hon. Member on 12 November 2014.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 17/11/2014 13:49:52 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

225031

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the First Minister on promoting exports by Welsh businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	907777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>Welsh exports have increased by almost a third since the beginning of 2010, a clear demonstration of the success of this Government’s long-term economic plan to rebalance the Welsh economy.</p><p>I welcome the Welsh Government’s move to work more collaboratively with the UK Government on exports, and the First Minister’s recognition of the vital and important role the UKTI plays.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 04/03/2015 15:11:56 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

389286

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent estimate he has made of the trend in prosecutions relating to domestic abuse involving (a) female and (b) male victims.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	6678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>In cases where defendants have been prosecuted for domestic abuse, the proportion of victims with recorded gender is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Female victims</p></td><td><p>Male victims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>83.9%</p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>84.3%</p></td><td><p>15.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>84.1%</p></td><td><p>15.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p>16.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Witness Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportions of male and female victims have remained broadly stable during the last five years, with 84% of victims identified as female and 16% male.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/07/2015 11:51:34 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

446734

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on conducting public consultations during the summer recess.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	23597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office publishes Consultation Principles, which it expects all government departments to follow. They were most recently updated on 14 January in response to feedback from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee.</p><p>Principle G includes the line:</p><p>‘When the consultation spans all or part of a holiday period, consider how this may affect consultation and take appropriate mitigating action, such as prior discussion with key interested parties or extension of the consultation deadline beyond the holiday period’.</p><p>The Principles also make clear that formal consultation should only form part of the engagement process and that departments should make use of new digital tools and consider whether an iterative approach is appropriate.</p><p>The Principles can be found online on gov.uk and a copy can be found in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 28/01/2016 15:49:07 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

443413

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire Services: Floods
	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 bring forward legislative proposals for a statutory duty for fire and rescue services to respond to flooding.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	21650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Hon. Member will be aware that the Prime Minister announced on 5 January 2016 that responsibility for fire policy was being transferred to the Home Secretary with immediate effect. I am, therefore, answering the Hon Member’s question as Fire Minister. As fire is a devolved matter in Wales, my response applies only to England.</p><p>Fire and Rescue Authorities are required to put in place integrated risk management plans, coordinated with the community risk registers produced by Local Resilience Forums. These documents should identify the full range of risks to which fire and rescue services should be able to respond. The effective response of fire and rescue services to the recent flooding demonstrates that the system is working.</p><p>I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those at the frontline involved in that response. The commitment and dedication they showed throughout the Christmas and New Year period in helping communities affected to deal with the largescale flooding and to rebuild their lives afterwards is a demonstration of public service at its very best.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/01/2016 17:16:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

631799

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of foreign armed forces have been embedded in the UK armed forces in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	52310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/11/2016 17:00:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

381532

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: British Overseas Territories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 2060, whether the Government is liaising with British Overseas Territories about ratification of the convention.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	2800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>We intend our ratification to apply to Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We will encourage the overseas territories to consider ratification when they are in a position to do so. However, this is a matter for them to decide.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/06/2015 15:22:39 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479221

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shop workers were assaulted in each of the last six months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The data requested is not available broken down by month. However, the Home Office runs an annual Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) which asks business premises in different sectors about their experience of various crime types, including assaults and threats (a combined category) in the last year.</p><p>In 2014, the most recent year for which figures are available, there were around 410,000 assaults and threats against businesses in the wholesale and retail sector. The 2015 figures will be published on 28th April.</p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also publish annual figures on the number of violent incidents in the workplace based on findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. However, this information is not available just for shops. According to the 2013/14 crime survey, there were an estimated 583,000 incidents of violence at work, comprising 269,000 assaults and 314,000 threats. HSE will publish figures for 2014/15 on 31st March.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/03/2016 14:25:50 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

65360

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of levels of occupancy in prisons in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	904678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Individual prison population and capacity information for every prison in England and Wales is published monthly on the Ministry of Justice website at: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisons are not expected to operate above their operational capacity and ensuring that this capacity is set to reflect the provision of safe and decent accommodation and the operation of suitable regimes ensures that levels of crowding in prisons are carefully managed.</p><p> </p><p>Sensible measures have been taken to ensure that we have sufficient capacity to deal with any temporary increases in population. These include creating additional places in prisons in a safe and decent way and ensuring that prisons reflect the needs of the current population.</p><p> </p><p>We will end this Parliament with more adult male prison places than we inherited, more hours of work in prisons than we inherited, more education for young detainees than we inherited and a more modern, cost effective prison estate than we inherited.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2014 16:55:49 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

522554

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	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, whether he has made recent representations to the Ethiopian authorities to secure the release of British citizen Andargachew Tsege from detention in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	39178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes the detention and welfare of Mr Andargachew Tsege very seriously. The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) raised Mr Tsege’s case with the Ethiopian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during his visit to Ethiopia on 1 June 2016. The Foreign Secretary received assurances that Mr Tsege will be allowed access to independent legal advice to allow him to discuss options under the Ethiopian legal system. During the Foreign Secretary's visit, a senior Foreign Office official (travelling as part of the delegation) visited Mr Tsege in prison.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 09/06/2016 14:00:04 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

515410

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department's Graduate Development Scheme will take place in 2016; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	35274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>DFID will be running a Graduate Development Scheme for 2016. Recruitment is due to launch in May 2016.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 28/04/2016 13:42:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

172785

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	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	Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration he has given to adopting a Welsh language policy for his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	220149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to the Welsh language and to providing Government services in the Welsh language where there is demand for them. It is important that, in the non devolved areas sufficient support should be given to the Welsh language, and the Government is committed to ensuring this is done.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), along with other Government Departments, is not considered a ‘public body’ under the provisions of the Welsh Language Act (section 21), meaning that it is not required to prepare Welsh language schemes. No such scheme has therefore been published.</p><p>The FCO did, however, produce a small number of marketing materials in Welsh as part of the GREAT campaign in 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 04/02/2015 09:36:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

389488

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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	Leasehold: Service Charges
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to protect leaseholders who are not protected under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 or Mobile Homes Act 2013 from compound increases in service charges.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	6606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>We are considering the Supreme Court judgment (Arnold v Britton) given on 10 June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/07/2015 15:08:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 15433 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

626674

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing the recommendations of the Bradley Report on liaison and diversion of people with mental vulnerability in the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	51510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Police forces work closely with local health and criminal justice partners to identify and deal appropriately with those taken into custody who may have mental ill health issues. Liaison and diversion schemes in police custody suites currently provide coverage for around 50% of the population of England. The Government recently announced provision of a further £12 million to extend this coverage to 75% of the population by 2017/18.</p><p>The Government has also committed £15 million to provide for additional health based places of safety to ensure that those detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act are not taken to police cells for want of a more appropriate place. Police cells were used as a place of safety on 2,100 occasions in 2015/16, a reduction of 54% on the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/11/2016 17:07:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

420941

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days were taken to process and grant each application for readmission of employment tribunal fees that have been (a) granted and (b) partially granted since the introduction of those fees.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	11620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>I have treated your question as asking for the average number of days taken to process remission applications since the introduction of fees. The information on remissions granted both fully and partially is available within the Ministry of Justice Official Tribunal Statistics and can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 21/10/2015 10:02:18 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

654440

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2016 to Question 51510, on criminal proceedings: mental illness, if she will ensure that appropriate places of safety are extended to people with autism.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	56458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>If a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder appears to be suffering from a mental disorder and is deemed in need of immediate care and control, a police officer may remove that person to a place of safety under sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. If a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder does not appear to be suffering from a mental disorder and is not in need of care and control, a place of safety as defined in the Mental Health Act 1983 would not be an appropriate environment. In these cases appropriate alternative measures of support should be sought in line with the needs of that individual.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/12/2016 16:40:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

487112

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2016
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the top five reasons were for imposing sanctions on jobseeker's allowance claimants in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	32501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The available information for the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance sanction decisions, by referral reason, is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/04/2016 12:36:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

487127

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance sanctions imposed by his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	32546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not make an estimate of the value of benefit withdrawn as a result of benefit sanctions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/04/2016 10:51:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

443421

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on Israeli products in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	21683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>This information is not held centrally in the format requested. However, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has made the total value of payments below against contracts where the MOD Commercial teams have identified Israel as the location of some or all of the work required for the completion of the overall contract.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Payments (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p><strong>18.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p><strong>25.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p><strong>15.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures may not include all subcontracted components of Israeli manufacture and may include subcontracted components manufactured in countries other than Israel. The analysis is based on Location of Work codes and does not relate to the billing address of companies nor is it based on ownership of the companies involved in the production of the product.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2016 17:12:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

519033

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's contracts in the last five years used the largest proportion of British steel.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	37176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The largest defence equipment procurement project during this period has been the construction of the two Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. Updated figures show that the vast majority of structural steel used, some 95,000 tonnes, was manufactured in the UK.</p><p>In the main, defence requirements for steel are sourced by our prime contractors taking into account cost, time and quality. UK suppliers have made a significant and valuable contribution to the supply of steel for our major defence programmes. New Government guidelines, which have been implemented in the Ministry of Defence, will also help them compete for future defence projects.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/05/2016 15:40:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

93026

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department requires charities, non-charitable companies and individuals who control appointments to academy trusts to produce succession plans in the event of the closure of that charity or company or the death of the individual sponsor.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	210121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education places no specific requirements on trusts to produce succession plans. Members and trustees are expected to act in the best interests of the trust, which would include where appropriate plans to ensure the continuation of effective governance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 20/10/2014 16:48:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

93028

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy to approve articles of association for academy trusts which provide for a single sponsor to appoint all company members other than company members appointed by her.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	210119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The articles of association for an academy trust need to ensure that the trust has strong and effective governance, which may include arrangements where a single sponsor appoints all the company members.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 20/10/2014 16:46:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

93029

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many academy trusts are all company members, other than those appointed by her, a single sponsor.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	210120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold statistics on which academy trusts have all company members appointed by a single sponsor. The model articles of association for academies require at least three members. The members could all be appointed by the sponsor of the academy trust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 20/10/2014 16:47:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

93033

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy trust articles of association provide for a quorum of one director to conduct business when there are only three directors in post.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	210118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The model articles of association for academy trusts require a minimum of three directors to be present to be quorate. The Department does not hold centrally statistics on which academy trusts’ articles provide for a quorum of less than three.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 20/10/2014 16:46:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

93539

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014 to Question 204028, how many requests for directions to admit a child to an academy the Education Funding Agency has received from councils; and how many such directions were issued in the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	210695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency was created on 1 April 2012. Since then, it has received 76 requests for directions to admit a child to an academy from councils. Formal directions to admit were issued in five of these cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 20/10/2014 16:44:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

156226

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Religion: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received on proposed content for the new religious studies GCSE.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	214915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has spoken to a number of representatives from the religious and non-religious communities about proposed content for the new religious studies GCSE, which was published for consultation on 7 November and closes on 29 December.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 21/11/2014 11:57:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

156227

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent representations she has received on the teaching of British values as they relate to same sex marriage and relationships; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	214916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has had many representations on the question of same sex marriage and relationships, but none relate to the teaching of British values because that is a different matter. All schools have an important part to play in preparing their pupils for life in modern Britain by promoting the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. In addition, all schools are already required to abide by the Equality Act 2010 and promote principles which encourage respect for other people, with particular regard to protected characteristics. It is right to respect other people, even if you do not agree with their way of life. This is a fundamental part of preparation for life in modern Britain, and a principle with which all schools should agree.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 21/11/2014 12:38:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

168007

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Primary Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the resources on the Primary Language Training Zone website continue to be available following the decision to close the site.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	217165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Since 2011, CfBT Education Trust has hosted the Primary Language Training Zone website from its charitable funds without any maintenance or updates to the resources. When CfBT decided to cease hosting the site they advised users that the site’s content was freely available under the government open source licence and encouraged users to download any resources of continuing interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education arranged with CfBT Education Trust for copies of the archived content to be provided to both the Association of Language Learning and the University of Roehampton. We understand that these two organisations are considering how to make some of the resources available via their own websites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/12/2014 15:05:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

225461

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Permanent Secretary of her Department plans to respond to the letter from the Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts of 12 February 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	226499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education will respond before Parliament is dissolved.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 10/03/2015 13:59:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348749

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of free schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1283 1284 1285 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348750

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of converter academy schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1282 1284 1285 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348751

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of sponsored academy schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1282 1283 1285 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348752

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of maintained schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1282 1283 1284 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

349014

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which have remained as maintained schools following an inadequate Ofsted grade and been subsequently re-inspected have been graded (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requires improvement and (d) inadequate.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/06/2015 15:27:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

350060

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maintained schools which were found to be inadequate since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors have remained as maintained schools; and how many such schools have been converted to academy status.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	2136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/06/2015 14:55:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

381416

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the staffing complement is of the office of each regional schools commissioner; and what the staff grade is of each post in each such office.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	2659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The staffing complement in each regional schools commissioner’s office is listed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Office and regional schools commissioner</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SEO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HEO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>EO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AO</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands and the Humber – Jennifer Bexon-Smith</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire and West Yorkshire – Paul Smith</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North of England – Janet Renou</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England and North East London – Dr Tim Coulson</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central England and North West London – Martin Post</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South East England and South London – Dominic Herrington</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands – Pank Patel</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>South West England – Sir David Carter</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/06/2015 14:26:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

381417

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Regional Schools Commissioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the regional schools commissioners (a) are employed under a contract of employment as part of the establishment of her Department, (b) are employed under a contract of employment to an Academy Trust, (c) are employed under a contract of employment to another third party and (d) use a personal service company.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	2635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>All regional schools commissioners are employed under a contract of employment with the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>None of the regional schools commissioners are employed under a contract of employment to an Academy Trust. None of the regional schools commissioners uses a personal service company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pank Patel has a third party contract to deliver leadership training services abroad for the British Council. The contract expires in August this year. No other regional schools commissioner has a contract of employment to a third party.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/06/2015 15:27:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

381928

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority areas which have no maintained secondary schools; and when she plans to implement the commitment given in paragraph 5.39 of the White Paper, The Importance of Teaching, Cm 7980, published in November 2010, to consult with local authorities and academy sponsors on what role local authorities should play as strategic commissioners when all schools in an area have become academies.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	2886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>There are six local authorities in which all maintained secondary schools have become academies. These are Bexley, Bournemouth, Darlington, Doncaster, North East Lincolnshire, and Rutland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are two further local authorities which do not have any maintained secondary schools. These are the Isles of Scilly which only has a maintained all-through school for pupils up to age 16, and the City of London, which only has a primary school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At present there are no local authorities where all schools have become academies. The timescales in which this may happen depends upon the decisions of local school governing bodies as to whether they wish to apply to convert to become academies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/06/2015 15:25:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

383834

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	English Baccalaureate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the expectation that all students should take Ebacc subjects applies to university technical college and studio school students.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	3191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>We want all pupils to study rigorous academic subjects which give them the best start in life and help to keep their options open. We acknowledge that the EBacc will be inappropriate for a small minority of pupils, and we will work with the sector to identify them and consider what is expected for them. We plan to consult on detailed proposals in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/06/2015 14:39:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

381437

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers
	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 change in the number of teachers that will be required in each subject by 2020 as a result of making the Ebacc compulsory.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	2801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>Each time a teaching or curriculum-related policy change is announced, the Department for Education considers the resulting change in teacher demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department does this, in part, by adding policy assumptions into the Teacher Supply Model (TSM), which informs the initial teacher training targets each year. We will factor the compulsory Ebacc commitment into future TSMs as required, and publish on GOV.UK in line with our usual approach to forecasting teacher supply requirements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More details as to how the policy assumption process is managed within the TSM itself, along with some previous examples, can be found in both the 2015/16 TSM and the accompanying user guide, which are published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/06/2015 15:11:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

418413

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the findings of her Department's review into the status and professionalism of teaching assistants announced in October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	10004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have considered the latest evidence on the effective deployment and professional development of teaching assistants, together with a summary of the call for evidence and the draft teaching assistant standards submitted by the expert panel.</p><p> </p><p>In the light of this evidence, the Government believes that schools are best placed to decide how they use and deploy teaching assistants, and to set standards for the teaching assistants they employ. The Secretary of State has therefore decided not to publish the draft standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2015 09:40:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 21854 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

514758

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Members
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests to meet with hon. Members she has received from each of the political parties represented in the House since her appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	35059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Education frequently meets Hon Members from across the political spectrum in the performance of her duties.</p><p> </p><p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/04/2016 15:28:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 57660 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

514759

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Members
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hon. Members of each party she has met as a result of a request for such a meeting since her appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	35100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Education frequently meets Hon Members from across the political spectrum in the performance of her duties.</p><p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/04/2016 15:29:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 57694 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

519062

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Members
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2016 to Question 35059, how many requests to meet with hon. Members she has received from each of the political parties represented in the House since 1 February 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	37292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Education frequently meets Hon Members from across the political spectrum in the performance of her duties.</p><p> </p><p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/05/2016 16:55:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

581982

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the differences are in the requirements for proposed new grammar schools and existing grammar schools for fairer access.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	45920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>On 12 September, the department launched the consultation ‘Schools that work for everyone’, which sets out proposed requirements that could be placed on new and existing selective schools to ensure fair access. This can be found at <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/school-frameworks/schools-that-work-for-everyone" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/school-frameworks/schools-that-work-for-everyone</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/09/2016 14:00:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

420929

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget is for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	11789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The budget for the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate for 2015-16 is £0.5m.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 13:55:23 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

420939

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	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	Employment Tribunals Service: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a scheme for naming and shaming employers who fail to pay an employment tribunal award.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	11618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government believes that naming schemes can be a useful tool for encouraging compliance with legislation. For example, a naming scheme for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage has been in place since October 2013 and has named 285 employers to date.</p><p>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 introduced a new financial penalty for non-payment of employment tribunal awards to encourage the full and prompt payment of awards. The Government is considering what other levers could be used to support the effectiveness of this measure, including the potential of a naming scheme.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 13:54:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

420940

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	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	Employment Tribunals Service: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to date; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	11619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Eight financial penalties have been imposed on employers for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, since its introduction on 6 April 2014.</p><br /><p>To date, two penalties have been paid and six remain unpaid although all penalties were imposed this year and further action is being considered.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/10/2015 14:43:17 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

436628

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	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	Apprentices: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the distribution and use of funds raised by the proposed Apprenticeship Levy.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	19462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Skills policy is a devolved area so the devolved administrations will continue to have control over how to support businesses through training and apprenticeships.</p><br /><p>We are working closely with the Welsh Government and other devolved administrations to ensure they get their fair share of the levy and can work out how best to use it to complement their own apprenticeships and skills policies.</p><br /><p>We will engage with skills ministers in the devolved administrations, including Julie James AC/AM, to do all we can to make the levy work for employers and would-be apprentices across the UK.</p><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/12/2015 14:19:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

433908

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	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	Labour Party: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of legislative proposals in the Trade Union Bill on the finances of the Labour Party.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	18667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The proposals in the Bill are not about party funding. The Trade Union Bill is about employment and industrial relations. We are introducing a greater level of transparency into union activities by requiring union members to make an active decision to contribute to a union’s political fund.</p><br /><p>If union members want a political fund, this will not necessarily lead to a reduction in the funds available. Therefore no assessment has been made in relation to the impact on the finances of any political party.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 20324 question first answered 05/01/2016 16:28:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan