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78425

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date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library a copy of the service level agreement between the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust and the schools in which it operates.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	206166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Trust reported to the Education Funding Agency (EFA) that a theft had occurred. The Trust undertook a full independent review, and the EFA monitored their response. The Department for Education’s most recent discussion with the Trust has been to confirm progress with the recovery of funds and the police investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not had recent discussions with the Trust’s auditors. The EFA reviewed the most recent audited accounts in early 2014.</p><p>The Department does not hold a copy of the service level agreement between the Federation Trust and its schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 206165 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:27:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78433

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust and (b) that Trust's auditors on possible fraud within the Trust.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	206165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Trust reported to the Education Funding Agency (EFA) that a theft had occurred. The Trust undertook a full independent review, and the EFA monitored their response. The Department for Education’s most recent discussion with the Trust has been to confirm progress with the recovery of funds and the police investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not had recent discussions with the Trust’s auditors. The EFA reviewed the most recent audited accounts in early 2014.</p><p>The Department does not hold a copy of the service level agreement between the Federation Trust and its schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 206166 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:27:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78434

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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, what checks the Education Funding Agency makes on the quality of auditors and others taking professional fees for services provided to academies.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	206234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>As companies and charitable trusts, academy trusts are required to appoint independent auditors to report on their financial statements. It is for the academy trust to manage the contract for their services.</p><p> </p><p>Auditors are qualified accountants and regulated by their professional institutes. The institutes undertake a programme of quality assurance visits to ensure firms are operating in accordance with expected professional standards. The outcomes of these reviews are publically available.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) supplements the various institute regulatory regimes with:</p><p> </p><p>· reviews of academy trusts’ audited financial statements, the associated audit reports on these and auditor management letters. The EFA follows up significant issues with individual trusts and their auditors;</p><p>· regular attendance at sector training events and delivery of online presentations/webinars for auditors on the key issues arising from reviews, to help ensure they are aware of the requirements expected of them and key risk areas; and</p><p>· responding to auditor queries received through the academy questions mailbox. <br><br></p><p>Other professional services provided to academy trusts will also be regulated by their relevant institute body, e.g. the Law Society.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:25:33 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78109

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None. Our London office stands on the only land owned by the Wales Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 17/07/2014 13:58:23 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78216

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not own any land and has not done so since its creation in 1999.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 21/07/2014 13:22:12 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77510

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much land the Law Officers' Departments have released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments have not released any land for this purpose since 2010. The Crown Prosecution Service is the only Department which actually owns any property and its estate is very small.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:26:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77519

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government Property Unit, based in the Cabinet Office, has helped the Government reduce the size of its estate by over 2 million square metres. As at March 2014 Government had released land with capacity for 76,000 homes under the current public sector land programme, towards a target of 100,000 by end March 2015.</p><p>The Cabinet Office has two land holdings: (i) an operational site at Hannington; and, (ii) the Sunningdale Park site, which is subject to a Private Finance Initiative contract. The Sunningdale Park site is not subject to a lease break until 2017.</p><p>Therefore the Cabinet Office has not been in a position to release any land since May 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 21/07/2014 13:55:54 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77544

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been made to his Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14 against landlords and letting agents by tenants in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have extensive powers to take action against landlords who do not fulfil their legal obligations to tenants, or who fail to maintain their properties adequately. All complaints about landlords should be directed towards the relevant local authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Letting agents are required to comply with Consumer Protection Legislation, and anyone who has concerns about a letting agent can raise this with Trading Standards.</p><p> </p><p>However, to strengthen the hand of consumers, we have introduced new legislation which will require all letting and managing agents in England to belong to an approved redress scheme. The Government is also introducing legislation which will ban letting agents from charging hidden fees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/07/2014 16:41:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 11027 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77546

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As of the end of March 2014 the Public Sector Land Programme had disposed of land capable of delivering over 76,000 homes in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government, through the Homes and Communities Agency, has contributed land capable of delivering over 14,000 homes to the Programme. We are continuing to rationalise our estate, delivering cost savings and better value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the final year of this programme we are continuing to dispose of land capable of delivering much needed homes and are on course to meet our ambition to dispose of land capable of delivering 100,000 homes by April 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/07/2014 14:28:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77550

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department has not released any land for housing development.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 18/07/2014 11:27:26 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander