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At present 15-17 year olds in young offender institutions (YOIs) receive an average of only 12 hours contracted education a week. We have recently set out our plans for transforming youth custody and putting education at the heart of detention, and at the same time launched a competition for new education contracts in public sector YOIs which will more than double the time spend young people spend in education. In addition, we are seeking to put education at the heart of the YOI regime by bringing the head teacher overseeing education into the senior management team of the establishment.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1560", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kenilworth and Southam"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jeremy Wright"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-05-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : ""} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to increase the average hours a week of contracted education provided for 15 to 17 year olds in custody.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4006", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hendon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr Matthew Offord"} ], "uin" : "187126"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/34720", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/34720/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
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Labour's legacy<\/em><\/p> The last Labour Government had a policy of actively pushing fortnightly bin collections and hitting hard-working families with new bin charges.Their \u2018Household Waste Prevention Policy Side Research Programme' advocated \u201ccollection limitations in terms of rubbish bin size or the interval between collections\u201d, and sought to \u201cnationalise this policy among local authorities\u201d. Cutting weekly rubbish collections was not a locally-led initiative, but an explicit Whitehall mission pursued with the zeal of a convert.<\/p> Legislation in 2005 allowed the introduction of bin fines for minor breaches of complex and confusing bin rules; further legislation in 2008 watered down councils' legal duties to collect rubbish. Guidance issued in 2005 advised town halls that councillors should be bullied to stop them opposing the axing of collections or proposing to restore weekly collections. It also recommended that cutting collections should be done after local elections \u2013 to avoid the nuisance of democratic opposition. The Government funded the covert imposition of \u201cbin brother\u201d microchips into families' bins. The 2009 Pre-Budget Report made clear that a further wave of bin cuts were being planned. In short, the \u201cTown Hall Talibin\u201d doubled council tax and halved bin collections.<\/p> We disagree. This Government believes that households deserve a frequent and comprehensive rubbish and recycling service in return for the £122 a month in council tax that a typical household pays (Band D), especially given the typical refuse collection service only costs councils £6 to £7 per month to provide.<\/p> What we've done<\/em><\/p> We have taken a series of steps to help households:<\/p> <\/p> · Issued the first ever Whitehall guidance on weekly bin collections, demolishing the myths that fortnightly bin collections are needed to save money or increase recycling;<\/p> <\/p> · Stopped the Audit Commission inspections which marked down councils who do not adopt fortnightly rubbish collections, and rejected the Audit Commission guidance which advocated fortnightly collections (Waste Management: The Strategic Challenge<\/em> and Waste Management Quick Guide<\/em>).<\/p> <\/p> · Abolished the Local Area Agreements and National Indicator 191 imposed by Whitehall which created perverse incentives to downgrade waste collection services;<\/p> <\/p> · Scrapped the Whitehall requirement for municipal Annual Efficiency Statements, which allowed a reduction in the frequency of a household rubbish collection service to qualify as a \u201cvalid efficiency\u201d and allowed revenue from bin fines to classed as a \u201ccashable efficiency gain\u201d;<\/p> <\/p> · Scrapped the imposition of eco-towns which would have had fortnightly bin collections and/or bin taxes as part of the \u201ceco-standards\u201d;<\/p> <\/p> · Safeguarded weekly collections for 6 million households through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme as well as championing innovation and best practice;<\/p> <\/p> · Supported over 40 innovative reward schemes to back recycling through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme (as pledged in the Coalition Agreement);<\/p> <\/p> · Through the Localism Act, revoked the 2008 legislation that allowed for the imposition of new bin taxes;<\/p> <\/p> · Issued guidance to stop the imposition of illegal \u2018backdoor bin charging' on households bins;<\/p> <\/p> · Stopped funding the \u2018Waste Improvement Network' which told councils to adopt fortnightly collections as best practice;<\/p> <\/p> · Challenged the incorrect interpretation by some bodies that European Union directives require fortnightly collections, and resisted the imposition of bin taxes by the European Union;<\/p> <\/p> · Removing powers of entry and snooping powers from \u201cBinquisition\u201d inspectors and scrapped guidance telling councils to rifle through families' bins;<\/p> <\/p> · Changing building regulations to tackle \u2018bin blight'; and<\/p> <\/p> · Changing the law through the Deregulation Bill to scrap unfair bin fines.<\/p> In short, this has been a fundamentally different approach from the Labour Government: we are working with families to help them go green, but believe in proper, regular and comprehensive collections for taxpaying households.<\/p> The configuration of services is complex. The table below, based on available estimates from WRAP, provide the most detailed information held on the breakdown of refuse and recycling collections of \u2018smelly' rubbish across councils in England.<\/p> Weekly collections of smelly rubbish<\/em><\/p> <\/p> Councils<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + Separate Weekly Food Waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + Weekly mixed food and garden waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + fortnightly mixed food and garden waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual and no separate food waste collection<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Food Waste + Fortnightly Residual<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jun-11<\/p><\/td> 33<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 19<\/p><\/td> 189<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-11<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 190<\/p><\/td> 52<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jan-12<\/p><\/td> 33<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 189<\/p><\/td> 54<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feb-12<\/p><\/td> 33<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 182<\/p><\/td> 58<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aug-12<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 181<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-12<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 179<\/p><\/td> 62<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/em><\/p> <\/p> Households<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + Separate Weekly Food Waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + Weekly mixed food and garden waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Residual + fortnightly mixed food and garden waste<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly collection and no separate food waste collection<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly Food Waste + Fortnightly Residual<\/em><\/p><\/td> Weekly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual <\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jun-11<\/p><\/td> 1,296,296<\/p><\/td> 405,719<\/p><\/td> 718,292<\/p><\/td> 10,480,876<\/p><\/td> 1,750,654<\/p><\/td> 353,001<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-11<\/p><\/td> 1,079,984<\/p><\/td> 479,151<\/p><\/td> 998,017<\/p><\/td> 9,694,524<\/p><\/td> 2,197,166<\/p><\/td> 542,695<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jan-12<\/p><\/td> 1,141,584<\/p><\/td> 441,151<\/p><\/td> 998,017<\/p><\/td> 9,341,759<\/p><\/td> 2,426,531<\/p><\/td> 602,695<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feb-12<\/p><\/td> 1,124,040<\/p><\/td> 441,151<\/p><\/td> 861,447<\/p><\/td> 9,064,454<\/p><\/td> 2,571,575<\/p><\/td> 602,695<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aug-12<\/p><\/td> 1,378,876<\/p><\/td> 440,812<\/p><\/td> 851,915<\/p><\/td> 8,239,673<\/p><\/td> 2,896,107<\/p><\/td> 747,024<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-12<\/p><\/td> 1,386,876<\/p><\/td> 440,812<\/p><\/td> 747,915<\/p><\/td> 7,885,321<\/p><\/td> 2,981,513<\/p><\/td> 747,024<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Fortnightly collections<\/em><\/p> <\/p> Councils<\/em><\/p><\/td> Fortnightly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual<\/em><\/p><\/td> Fortnightly residual and no separate food waste collection<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead> Jun-11<\/p><\/td> 36<\/p><\/td> 143<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-11<\/p><\/td> 41<\/p><\/td> 142<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jan-12<\/p><\/td> 41<\/p><\/td> 144<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feb-12<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td> 149<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aug-12<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td> 145<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-12<\/p><\/td> 49<\/p><\/td> 147<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Households<\/em><\/p><\/td> Fortnightly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual<\/em><\/p><\/td> Fortnightly residual and no separate food waste collection<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead> Jun-11<\/p><\/td> 1,668,211<\/p><\/td> 5,879,808<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-11<\/p><\/td> 1,838,632<\/p><\/td> 6,014,336<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jan-12<\/p><\/td> 1,860,532<\/p><\/td> 6,032,245<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Feb-12<\/p><\/td> 2,034,102<\/p><\/td> 6,145,050<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Aug-12<\/p><\/td> 2,170,143<\/p><\/td> 6,173,402<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-12<\/p><\/td> 2,319,143<\/p><\/td> 6,389,348<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Note: Some councils may have a combination of the categories in the table below and have been counted under each one that they provide.<\/p> This shows that 14 million households in England have some form of weekly collection of smelly rubbish. Had the Government not taken the actions it had, weekly collections would have disappeared in England by 2015. This simple assertion can be illustrated by the extinction of weekly collections in most of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, which have devolved Administrations and policies of supporting fortnightly bin collections. Indeed, in Wales, the Labour-led Welsh Government now has a policy of supporting monthly bin collections (Welsh Government, Municipal Sector Plan Part 1<\/em>, March 2011 and Welsh Government, Cabinet decision, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, Additional Funding for Zero Waste Gurnos<\/em>, February 2012).<\/p> We have stopped the rot, but there is more to do to support weekly bin collections. Many town hall jobsworths, over-zealous NGOs and vested interests in the waste industry remain blindly obsessed with restricting bin collections as a perverse policy goal in itself, and this is reflected in the figures in the table above. Indeed, even Keep Britain Tidy \u2013 which one would think would want regular rubbish collections to keep the streets clean \u2013 has been taken over by a NGO (Waste Watch) which campaigns for fortnightly bin collections. Bin collections are not viewed as a public service \u2013 but as a policy tool to deliver other arbitrary policy goals.<\/p> More to do<\/em><\/p> One option which should be considered is a minimum service standard \u2013 for example, the Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 already lays down minimum service requirements for recycling, and indeed, the Public Health Act 1875 introduced a duty on local authorities to collect rubbish; this duty was enhanced by the Public Health Act 1936 obliging them to collect household waste weekly which existed until 1974.<\/p> Moving forward, we are open to representations on how best to support frequent and comprehensive rubbish and recycling service; stand up for taxpayers' interests from arbitrary state charges and taxes; and protect the local environment, public health and local amenity from the nuisance of stinking rubbish.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/34369/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> I have placed in the Library of the House, a table showing affordable and social rents as a proportion of market rents, for each London borough.<\/p> The affordable rent model allows for more new affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and by levering in more private investment. The programme is helping deliver £15 billion of private investment in new affordable housing over the current spending review, alongside £4.5 billion of public investment. Social rent and affordable rent go hand in hand; both help provide accommodation for those on low incomes.<\/p> As the National Audit Office has observed: \u201cthe Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available\u201d and \u201cthe Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding\u201d (National Audit Office, \u201cFinancial viability of the social housing sector: introducing the Affordable Homes Programme\u201d, 4 July 2012, HC465,<\/em> pp.6-7).<\/p> I note in his recent Fabian Society pamphlet, the rt. hon. Member has complained that affordable rent would result in rents of 80 per cent of market rents in London. Whilst it varies by borough, as the table shows, for example, affordable rent levels are 38 per cent of average local market rents in Camden, 48 per cent in Islington, 54 per cent in Southwark and 35 per cent in Westminster, reflecting local circumstances.<\/p> I also observe that the housing policy announced at the Labour Party Conference in October 2012 also endorsed the use of affordable rents to build new homes; albeit this point is frequently lost on many Labour hon. Members who proceed to attack the basic principle of affordable rent in allowing more new affordable homes to be built using taxpayer capital subsidy.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/34652/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " HMRC are not able to provide the information in the manner requested. HMRC do not record the nationality of the claimant receiving Child Benefit for children living in another member state.<\/p> <\/p> Published Child Benefit statistics provide annual estimates of the number of families and children claiming. The latest available (August 2012) show that there were 7.92 million families, responsible for 13.77 million children and qualifying young people receiving Child Benefit.<\/p> The main purpose of Child Benefit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.<\/p> <\/p> Nevertheless, Child Benefit is a family benefit under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.<\/p> <\/p> HMRC holds information on the number of Child Benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004. As at 31 December 2013, there were 20,400 ongoing Child Benefit awards under the EC Regulation in respect of 34.268 children living in another member state.<\/p> <\/p> This is a fall of 3,682 (15.3%) awards in respect of 5,903 (14.7%) fewer children since 31 December 2012.<\/p> <\/p> The breakdown by member state is as follows:<\/p> <\/p> *We have withheld the number where it is fewer than 5, as there is risk that the information could be attributed to an identifiable person, which would prejudice their right to privacy and would therefore be a breach of Principle 1 of the Data Protection Act.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Child Benefit<\/p> Country of residence of children<\/p><\/td> Number of awards<\/p><\/td> Number of children<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Austria<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td> 37<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Belgium<\/p><\/td> 75<\/p><\/td> 140<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bulgaria<\/p><\/td> 186<\/p><\/td> 245<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Croatia<\/p><\/td> *5<\/p><\/td> *5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cyprus<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Czech Republic<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td> 203<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Denmark<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Estonia<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td> 65<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Finland<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td><\/tr> France<\/p><\/td> 789<\/p><\/td> 1429<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Germany<\/p><\/td> 283<\/p><\/td> 495<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greece<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td> 69<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hungary<\/p><\/td> 136<\/p><\/td> 196<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Iceland<\/p><\/td> *5<\/p><\/td> *5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Italy<\/p><\/td> 156<\/p><\/td> 273<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Latvia<\/p><\/td> 797<\/p><\/td> 1091<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Liechtenstein<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lithuania<\/p><\/td> 1215<\/p><\/td> 1712<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Luxembourg<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Malta<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norway<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Poland<\/p><\/td> 13174<\/p><\/td> 22093<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Portugal<\/p><\/td> 202<\/p><\/td> 309<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Republic of Ireland<\/p><\/td> 1231<\/p><\/td> 2505<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Romania<\/p><\/td> 230<\/p><\/td> 392<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Slovakia<\/p><\/td> 692<\/p><\/td> 1232<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Slovenia<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Spain<\/p><\/td> 600<\/p><\/td> 1019<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sweden<\/p><\/td> 49<\/p><\/td> 95<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Switzerland<\/p><\/td> 77<\/p><\/td> 150<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Netherlands<\/p><\/td> 142<\/p><\/td> 288<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Totals<\/p><\/td> 20400<\/p><\/td> 34268<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> As announced in the 2014 Budget, to prevent EEA migrants claiming benefits they are not entitled to, the Government will increase compliance checks to establish whether EEA migrants meet the entitlement conditions to receive Child Benefit<\/p> <\/p> Under domestic law, in order to claim Child Benefit EEA Migrants must be present in the UK, ordinarily resident and have a right to reside in the UK and their children must live in the UK.<\/p> <\/p> The recent changes to migrants' access to benefits announced by the Government sends a strong message that the UK benefit system is not open to abuse, as well as deterring those who may seek residence in the UK primarily to claim benefits.<\/p> Strengthening compliance checks will help prevent EEA migrants from claiming, and continuing to claim, benefits they are not entitled to. Checks will be applied to both new claims and existing awards.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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