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99712

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend Sharia financing within the UK banking system.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	210980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to extend shari'ah compliant financing into the UK banking system, but the Government will continue to work with the financial services industry to broaden the range of shari'ah compliant products and services available in the UK, and encourage the industry to play its part. The Government welcomes, for example, the recent creation of an Islamic Account by Lloyds Bank. This account allows customers who cannot receive credit or debit interest due to their religious beliefs to hold a bank account in the UK and is available to all UK citizens regardless of background or faith.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, The Bank of England has recently announced that it will be commencing work to assess the feasibility of establishing a shari'ah compliant facility next year, which the Government welcomes. Any such facility will help Islamic banks in the UK to better meet their obligations under the liquidity rules, bringing Islamic finance further into the mainstream.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/10/2014 13:56:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

99713

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to prevent banks within the UK banking system being used for funding domestic or international terrorism.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	210981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK has a comprehensive anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism regime and the Government is committed to ensuring our financial system is a hostile environment for illicit finances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The international money laundering and counter financing of terrorism standards are incorporated into various pieces of UK law, predominantly the Money Laundering Regulations (2007) and the Proceeds of Crime Act (2002) and also the Terrorism Act 2000. All banks within the UK banking system must comply with that legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is also responsible for implementing financial sanctions in the UK and for making designations under the Terrorist Asset Freezing etc. Act 2010. We are committed to ensuring that our terrorist asset freezing powers continue to be used and administered in an effective and proportionate way to help protect the public from the threat of terrorism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/10/2014 13:20:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

99714

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Rent a Room Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost was of providing the rent-a-room tax scheme for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Love
uin	210995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have published information on estimates of the cost of the relief. For the year 2009-10, HMRC estimated the relief cost £120 million. For the years 2010-11 through to 2013-14 HMRC estimate the cost of the relief to be £90 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are particularly tentative and subject to a wide margin of error.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/10/2014 16:31:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	164 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Love

99721

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools have received a net reduction in funding between 2013-14 and 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	210964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>A school’s total Schools Block funding will change between the two years depending on the number of pupils registered at the school and their characteristics as well as the schools funding formula determined by the local authority.The minimum funding guarantee ensures that no school should see a reduction in their Schools Block per-pupil funding in 2014-15 of more than 1.5% compared to the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/10/2014 12:45:02 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

99722

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what figures her Department holds on pupil intake changes of schools founded before 2010 ranked by those which have experienced the most rapid growth in pupil numbers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	210965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Data on the pupils enrolled at all maintained schools, academies (including free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges) and non‑maintained special schools, is collected via the school census. Data is collected for all schools regardless of growth in pupil numbers or date of opening of the school. The school census captures a wide range of information including pupil headcount, special educational needs, eligibility for free school meals, first language and ethnicity (though not pupil nationality).</p><p>Data for individual schools is included within the underlying data of the series listed below: ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’[1] and ‘Special educational needs in England’.[2]</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-special-educational-needs-sen</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/10/2014 11:32:47 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

99723

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
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 children were taught in schools rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted in (a) 2010 and (b) the last date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	211002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/10/2014 10:08:31 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

99725

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Engineers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many professional chartered engineers his Department employs.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	David Mowat
uin	210984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not record centrally the professional qualifications of its staff and is therefore unable to answer this question without incurring disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/10/2014 13:36:28 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat

99729

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
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	Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the case of Asia Bibi and the death sentence she has received in Pakistan for an alleged offence of blasphemy; what representations he has made to the government of Pakistan about that country's blasphemy laws; and whether he has received any representations on the possibility of excluding Pakistan from the Commonwealth on human rights grounds.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Mr James Clappison
uin	210994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>I am concerned to hear about the case of Asia Bibi and reports that a court has upheld the imposition of the death penalty. We regularly raise at the highest levels the misuse of blasphemy laws in Pakistan both against Muslims and against religious minorities. We have consistently pressed the government of Pakistan on the issue of the death penalty and our principled opposition to it in all cases and I will ensure that we continue to do both of these things. The FCO has not received any representations on the possibility of excluding Pakistan from the Commonwealth on human rights grounds. However, we consistently strive to foster debate on the death penalty to achieve a change in attitude on this issue within the Commonwealth.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/10/2014 15:02:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	67 label Biography information for Mr James Clappison

99731

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost would be of awarding all NHS staff the annual increment plus a one per cent pay rise; and what the actual cost is of the Government's current proposals on pay for NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	210971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has had to make difficult decisions this year on pay but staff will be receiving an award worth at least 1% either through annual incremental progression or a non-consolidated payment for those at the top of the payscales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Just over half of Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) staff would be expected to receive incremental pay progression worth an average of around 3.5%. This is estimated to cost nearly £800 million, or around 1.75% of paybill, in 2014-15. Some of this cost would be expected to be offset by the net effects of joiners and leavers on the mix of staff across incremental pay points, but it remains the case that paybill pressures would be nearly £800 million lower without incremental progression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For 2014-15, the cost of the Pay Review Bodies’ recommendations of a 1% pay uplift for all HCHS staff would have been around £450 million, or 1% of paybill. By contrast, the headline cost of non-consolidated awards worth 1% of basic pay for those at the top of their pay band, as actually awarded, is estimated at around £150 million, or around 0.35% of paybill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to a National Health Service that provides safe, compassionate care. The choice we faced was either to invest more in pay or to protect the front line; we cannot afford to do both. The Government believes the decision to protect the front line, whilst a difficult decision to make, was the correct one.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 23/10/2014 15:16:47 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

99732

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue a response from his Department to the comments of the British Medical Association in its press release on government guidance on abortion on the grounds of gender of 27 May 2014 entitled Abortion guidance ignores gender complexity; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	210985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>We have noted the views of the British Medical Association on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/10/2014 11:20:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce