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178772

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Local Government: Powers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to bring forward proposals for further devolution for England.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	907524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Devolution to local areas is important to this Government and we have a proud record - the Localism Act, the creation of Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Local Government Finance Act, 28 City Deals and the devolution of at least £12bn through Growth Deals which provide the opportunity for all local areas in England to negotiate for freedoms and flexibilities to maximise their economic growth.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 10/02/2015 14:23:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

170518

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of crimes committed by ex-prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	906635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Despite investment, reoffending rates have remained stubbornly high. We are fundamentally reforming rehabilitation services by opening up the market to new providers and incentivising them to focus relentlessly on reducing reoffending. For the first time in recent history virtually every offender released from custody will receive statutory supervision and rehabilitation in the community. We remain on track to deliver these key reforms by 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2014 16:38:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

167191

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	Commonwealth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote trade within the Commonwealth.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	906383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text This Government is committed to working to increase trade across the Commonwealth. Most recently, the Government has provided financial and public support to the new Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council so it can fully establish itself as the leading business representation and trade advocacy organisation in the Commonwealth. answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 02/12/2014 15:17:44 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

225890

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Dyslexia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children and young people with dyslexia receive special access arrangements so that they are not disadvantaged in examinations.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	226688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), regulates the issue of access arrangements to examinations.</p><p> </p><p>Conditions G6 and G7 in Ofqual’s General Conditions of Recognition require exam boards to have access arrangements in place and to publish details.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) publishes the access arrangements on behalf of the exam boards (<a href="http://www.jcq.org.uk/exams-office/access-arrangements-and-special-consideration" target="_blank">http://www.jcq.org.uk/exams-office/access-arrangements-and-special-consideration</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 16/03/2015 16:37:38 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

225888

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department monitors how many teachers receive dyslexia awareness training as part of their continual professional development.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	226687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold figures for the number of teachers receiving dyslexia awareness training. It is for schools to ensure they have an appropriately trained workforce to meet the needs of children with special educational needs (SEN) or disabilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is enabling teachers to develop their ability to support children with SEN and disabilities through its National Scholarship Fund. This provides funding for staff to undertake postgraduate-level qualifications in specific impairments, including Masters-level training in Dyslexia. Since 2011, over 1,800 members of staff in schools have received support through the National Scholarship Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also funding a range of voluntary and community organisations to support school teachers and local authorities to improve the support available to dyslexic pupils. This includes the Primary Literacy Project, aimed at improving the literacy levels of pupils most at risk of literacy difficulties and dyslexia. 736 teachers and teaching assistants have attended school training sessions over the two years of the project. The British Dyslexia Association training department also delivered around 380 courses to approximately 6,500 teachers during 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 16/03/2015 16:43:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

225438

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Beer: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue to the public purse from sales of beer since April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	226465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Receipts from duties on beer that is released for consumption in the UK are published in Table 5 of our monthly alcohol bulletin:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on VAT paid by consumers on beer is not available. HM Revenue &amp; Customs do not collect data on VAT receipts by individual goods or services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/03/2015 17:06:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

223609

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Dangerous Dogs Exemptions Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 does not give full effect to the court's ruling in R (Sandhin) v Isleworth Crown Court; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	225448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>Dangerous dogs law is concerned with protecting the safety of the public. <em>The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 </em>reflects the amendments made by section 107 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. The intention is to remedy the situation created by the High Court decision in R (Sandhu) v Isleworth Crown Court [2012]. The 2015 Order returns the position on ownership of four types of prohibited dogs broadly to where it was before that judgment. The four types of dog are prohibited because they are of a type bred for fighting. The 2015 Order requires a court, when considering whether to exempt a prohibited dog, to take into account whether the intended keeper is a “fit and proper person” and other matters such as suitability of accommodation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 states that no person shall give away, sell, or exchange a prohibited dog. The Sandhu judgment was seen as allowing keepership of exempted prohibited dogs to be transferred to anyone else by the owner with no supervision by the courts or by the Index of Exempted Dogs (which maintains a register of exempted prohibited dogs and liaises with the police.) The 2015 Order prevents exempted prohibited dogs from being transferred in such a way but allows change of keepership where the existing owner has died or has become seriously ill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/03/2015 10:21:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

223607

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Exemptions Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 on the owners of exempted dogs intending to go to university or who serve in the armed forces; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	225447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 recognises that owning and keeping a prohibited dog is a significant responsibility. These dogs are bred for fighting and Parliament has agreed that there should be restrictions and conditions on their ownership in order to protect public safety. The court plays an important role in determining whether a prohibited dog is a danger to public safety and must take into account whether the person intending to be in charge of the dog is a fit and proper person. The expectation of Parliament is that the person approved by the court will have day-to-day responsibility for the dog. There is a limit on how long a prohibited dog can be kept away from its home under the supervision of the person approved by the court. This ensures that the dog is kept in suitable accommodation at premises known to the police and is under the supervision of the court-approved person at all times.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A public consultation exercise on a package of measures aimed at promoting more responsible dog ownership ran from 23 April to 15 June 2012. This included aspects of the 2015 Order including provisions to enable seized suspected prohibited dogs not considered by the police to be a danger to public safety to be returned to their owner, subject to conditions, pending a court judgment on the fate of the dog. These provisions were widely supported. The keepership elements the 2015 Order return the law more closely to the position agreed by Parliament before the judgment in</p><p> </p><p>R (Sandhu) v Isleworth Crown Court [2012] and address issues of public safety. The police were consulted on these provisions. Dogs Trust was consulted on the changes relating to insurance of owners of prohibited dogs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In its response to the EFRA Committee pre-legislative scrutiny report of the Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Bill, the Government made clear it would be bringing forward an Order to prescribe the limited circumstances when transfer of keepership of a prohibited dog is permitted. The issue was also covered in the fact sheets accompanying the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Bill during its passage through Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 225446 question first answered 03/03/2015 13:58:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

223608

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she consulted with (a) the British Veterinary Association, (b) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, (c) Dogs Trust, (d) Blue Cross and (e) the Kennel Club in drawing up the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Exemptions Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	225446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 recognises that owning and keeping a prohibited dog is a significant responsibility. These dogs are bred for fighting and Parliament has agreed that there should be restrictions and conditions on their ownership in order to protect public safety. The court plays an important role in determining whether a prohibited dog is a danger to public safety and must take into account whether the person intending to be in charge of the dog is a fit and proper person. The expectation of Parliament is that the person approved by the court will have day-to-day responsibility for the dog. There is a limit on how long a prohibited dog can be kept away from its home under the supervision of the person approved by the court. This ensures that the dog is kept in suitable accommodation at premises known to the police and is under the supervision of the court-approved person at all times.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A public consultation exercise on a package of measures aimed at promoting more responsible dog ownership ran from 23 April to 15 June 2012. This included aspects of the 2015 Order including provisions to enable seized suspected prohibited dogs not considered by the police to be a danger to public safety to be returned to their owner, subject to conditions, pending a court judgment on the fate of the dog. These provisions were widely supported. The keepership elements the 2015 Order return the law more closely to the position agreed by Parliament before the judgment in</p><p> </p><p>R (Sandhu) v Isleworth Crown Court [2012] and address issues of public safety. The police were consulted on these provisions. Dogs Trust was consulted on the changes relating to insurance of owners of prohibited dogs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In its response to the EFRA Committee pre-legislative scrutiny report of the Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Bill, the Government made clear it would be bringing forward an Order to prescribe the limited circumstances when transfer of keepership of a prohibited dog is permitted. The issue was also covered in the fact sheets accompanying the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Bill during its passage through Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 225447 question first answered 03/03/2015 13:58:10 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

223260

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: West Sussex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated for additional school places in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) West Sussex in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	225168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on capital funding allocations for the creation of new school places, including for financial years 2013-14 and 2014-15, is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations-2015-to-2018" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-need-allocations-2015-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>West Sussex was allocated over £54 million for new school places between 2013 and 2015 (£25.5 million of basic need funding and a further £28.7 million of targeted basic need funding). This funding was allocated to West Sussex as the local authority with statutory responsibility for the provision of sufficient school places in the area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/03/2015 14:20:36 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith