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176351

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date	28/01/2015
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Bishops
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Commissioners have had with Church of England bishops on the laying on of hands during the consecration of (a) female and (b) male bishops; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p><strong>The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York have always had the power to delegate to another bishop their role as chief consecrator. The five guiding principles of the House of Bishops’ declaration which underpinned General Synod’s agreement to women bishops clearly provided a framework to make it possible for arrangements to develop for the Church of England to maintain the highest possible degree of communion and contribute to mutual flourishing across all the diverse traditions that exist. Paragraph 30 of the House of Bishops’ declaration gave a very clear commitment to continuing the supply of traditionalist Catholic Bishops and Headship Evangelical Bishops.</strong></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 02/02/2015 14:38:00 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

176518

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	War on Want
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department allocated to War on Want in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	222413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>War on Want has received DFID funding through competitive grants via the Civil Society Challenge Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2009/10 £109,542.58</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 £114,033.07</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £181,398.18</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £236,411.36</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £191,601.19</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 03/02/2015 17:52:15 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

176519

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	War on Want
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects War on Want promotes on behalf of her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	222414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>War on Want does not promote projects on DFID’s behalf.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 03/02/2015 17:52:32 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

176526

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Central African Republic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Bekou Trust Fund to date; and whether she plans to contribute to it.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	222369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>We welcome the leadership of the EU on the humanitarian response in CAR and on programmes linking relief, recovery and development. The UK is not a current contributor to the EU Trust Fund in CAR. The UK has committed £33 million in humanitarian funds to CAR and CAR refugees since July 2013, funding a range of NGOs and UN agencies to provide protection, water, health and food security.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 04/02/2015 17:09:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

176528

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Central African Republic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her assessment is of the implications of the current security situation in the Central African Republic for the delivery of humanitarian assistance in that country.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	222421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>DFID regularly monitors the security and humanitarian situation in CAR. High levels of violence continue across the country, and a million people have been displaced since December 2013. The security situation impacts not only communities but humanitarian workers. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported 142 security incidents directed at humanitarian workers since January 2014 and 18 humanitarian workers killed. In 2014 DFID provided £18 million to the ICRC, UN agencies and international NGOs to support communities who have suffered from the violence in CAR.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 04/02/2015 17:11:24 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

176530

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Employment Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	222521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>DFID workforce management information, containing detail on consultant, temporary staff and contingent labour, is available on the government website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-workforce-management-information-public-body/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-workforce-management-information-public-body/</a> . This includes information from 2010-11 up to and including August 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 03/02/2015 17:52:48 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

176242

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the proposed closure of Durham Free School, how they ensure that Ofsted complies strictly with all the provisions of the new Independent School Standards designed to combat extremism and in respect of the application of its equality and diversity provisions to the assessment of Christian and Jewish schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL4500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofsted is an independent body, accountable directly to Parliament. It reports twice a year to the Education Select Committee. It is for Ofsted to decide on how inspections are conducted. The framework for inspection is published by Ofsted reflecting Government policy and statutory requirements and sets out how inspections are to be conducted and what will be inspected. Academies and maintained schools are all inspected against the same framework. Independent schools which do not receive public funding are inspected against a different framework which reflects the different statutory requirement placed upon those schools in the independent school standards.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 03/02/2015 14:38:13 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

176282

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to encourage highly-qualified teachers to relocate to rural, coastal and more disadvantaged areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is taking action in a number of different ways. The pay reforms that we have introduced since September 2013 give schools greater autonomy and more freedom to decide how much they pay teachers and how quickly pay progresses. Schools may also choose to use their pupil premium funding to attract or retain the best teachers. This increased flexibility gives schools in disadvantaged areas more scope to attract and recruit the high-quality teachers that they need to deliver outstanding education in the most challenging circumstances.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also increasing the number of high-achieving graduates teaching in disadvantaged schools by supporting the geographical expansion of Teach First into every region of England. This gives Teach First the scope to reach 90% of eligible schools by 2016, boosting the Government’s commitment to recruit more top teachers across England, including in more rural, coastal and disadvantaged areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the next two years the Government-funded Talented Leaders programme aims to match up 100 of the nation’s best school leaders with challenging schools in areas of the country that will benefit the most – predominantly in rural, coastal or deprived areas that are finding it difficult to attract great leaders. The School Direct programme also addresses local shortages by enabling schools to attract, train and develop the high-quality teachers and potential leaders that will drive school improvement.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 03/02/2015 18:01:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

176274

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further the Written Answers by Baroness Randerson on 27 January (HL4283) and 19 January (3949), why they have not answered the original question; and whether they will now answer it.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The involvement of the Irish Government in the talks leading to the Stormont House Agreement was consistent with the three stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs and the 1998 Belfast Agreement. The Irish Government did not participate in negotiations on strand one matters which, as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has made clear, including at the Ulster Unionist Party conference in October, are for the United Kingdom Government and the Northern Ireland parties alone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 04/02/2015 15:30:25 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

176256

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Broadband: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many premises or households in Wales benefit from superfast broadband; and what was the figure 12 months previously.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>According to Ofcom's UK Infrastructure Report published in December 2014, superfast broadband was available to 55% of premises in Wales. There are no comparable figures available for superfast broadband availability in 2013, but according to Ofcom’s 2013 UK Infrastructure Report, 48% of the premises in Wales had access to Next Generation Access networks.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/02/2015 14:31:52 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley