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902110

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date	11/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing Ombudsman Service: Judicial Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Housing Ombudsman decisions were sent for judicial review between March 2016 and March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	143227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>There were no claims for judicial review issued against the Housing Ombudsman in the period of March 2016 to March 2017. This information is published in the Housing Ombudsman’s Annual report and accounts 2016-17 available on-line at:</p><p><a href="http://www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/media/34738/housing-ombudsman-annual-report-2016-17.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/media/34738/housing-ombudsman-annual-report-2016-17.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 21/05/2018 15:36:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

902111

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle the attainment gap among BAME students.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	143228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Our education policies are intended to ensure that all young people, whatever their background or circumstances, have the opportunity to reach their potential.</p><p> </p><p>There is no single picture of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) attainment, but rather substantial variation between different groups.</p><p> </p><p>Students from some BAME groups attain at or above the national average for all pupils at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4. This includes pupils of Chinese, Indian, Mixed White and Asian, Irish, Bangladeshi, Mixed White and Black African, and Black African origin. Attainment for Pakistani, Mixed White and Black Caribbean pupils, whilst still below the national average, has increased at a faster rate than for other groups over the last four years, and consequently attainment gaps have narrowed.</p><p> </p><p>Teachers and school leaders are best placed to understand and respond to the specific needs of their pupils and increase opportunity and attainment for all their pupils, including particular barriers faced by BAME pupils. We have, therefore, focused our efforts on creating an environment whereby teachers and leaders have the autonomy to do the best for their pupils, backed by robust accountability and funding.</p><p> </p><p>Given the clear influence of economic circumstance on pupil attainment, we have continued to provide schools with additional funding through the pupil premium to support their disadvantaged pupils. BAME pupils disproportionately benefit from the pupil premium.</p><p> </p><p>The data that we gather on the educational outcomes of children and young people from BAME groups will continue to be published on the Cabinet Office’s ‘Ethnicity Facts and Figures’ website (<a href="https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/</a>). This website publishes, in one place, data from across government on how outcomes from public services vary for people of different ethnicities.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 21/05/2018 16:17:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

902112

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the attainment gap between students from the North and South of England.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	143229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The department is working to improve education standards right across the country. 1.9 million more children are in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, record numbers of young people are in education or training and more disadvantaged pupils are going to university. Furthermore, the attainment gap between 16-year-olds who are disadvantaged and those who are not has closed by 10% since 2011.</p><p>There is more to do, which is why the government’s Northern Powerhouse Strategy is investing over £70 million in education outcomes in the north. This includes £12 million as part of a commitment to establish a national network of English Hubs with a specific focus on improving early language and literacy, expanding the reach of the Maths Hubs network to spread excellence in maths teaching and a £5 million scheme trialling projects to provide practical tools and advice to help parents improve children’s vocabulary.</p><p>Furthermore, through the £72 million Opportunity Areas programme, the department is targeting local and national resource in five areas in the north - Blackpool, Bradford, Doncaster, North Yorkshire Coast and Oldham - facing social mobility challenges to drive improved outcomes for children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/06/2018 16:26:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 59210 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

902113

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
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	Horses: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that the statutory enforcement of the identification of horses be compiled by the Central Equine Database once that database is fully launched.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	143230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Central Equine Database is fully launched. Local authorities are responsible for the enforcement of equine identification and regulations to be laid before Parliament will provide further options for effective enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/05/2018 16:30:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

902114

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
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	Hungary: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the EU on triggering Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty against the Government of Hungary on freedom of the press and the judiciary in that country.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	143231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Constitutional arrangements are primarily a matter for national governments, within the framework of international norms. British Ministers and officials discuss these matters in private with the Hungarian Government, as part of our regular dialogue, as we do with many others.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/05/2018 12:59:58 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

902115

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the law on abortion to make it easier for women with complex medical conditions to access abortion services.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	143232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Parliament decided the circumstances under which abortion can be legally undertaken. As with other matters of conscience, abortion is an issue on which the Government adopts a neutral stance. It is accepted Parliamentary practice that proposals for changes in the law on abortion come from back-bench members and that decisions are made on the basis of free votes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that some women with complex medical needs face challenges in accessing timely abortion care and is working with NHS England to ensure there are sufficient facilities in the National Health Service to provide abortions for women who have medical conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Currently clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning NHS-funded termination of pregnancy services in England. Ministers have agreed that in 2018/19 NHS England will become the responsible commissioner for a small number of terminations, estimated at between 2,500 and 3,000, where the woman has significant comorbidities, which require critical care and/or medical support that would only be available in co-located NHS facilities. A national service specification will be developed to formally commission this service.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/05/2018 16:09:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

902116

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions for social security benefit fraud was for an individual convicted of a further social security benefit fraud in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	143128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The highest number of previous convictions for a person convicted of a further offence in 2014-2016 who was not given a sentence of immediate custody, and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case, broken down by offence, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 143129 143130 143131 143132 143133 143134 question first answered 21/05/2018 16:09:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 143128 - 143134 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

902117

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions for breaching an antisocial behaviour order was for an individual convicted of a further breach of an antisocial behaviour order in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	143129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The highest number of previous convictions for a person convicted of a further offence in 2014-2016 who was not given a sentence of immediate custody, and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case, broken down by offence, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 143128 143130 143131 143132 143133 143134 question first answered 21/05/2018 16:09:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 143128 - 143134 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

902118

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions for taking, permitting to be taken, distributing or publishing indecent photographs of children was for an individual convicted of a further taking, permitting to be taken, distributing or publishing indecent photographs of children offence in each of the last 3 years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	143130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The highest number of previous convictions for a person convicted of a further offence in 2014-2016 who was not given a sentence of immediate custody, and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case, broken down by offence, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 143128 143129 143131 143132 143133 143134 question first answered 21/05/2018 16:09:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 143128 - 143134 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

902119

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions for fraud was for an individual convicted of a further fraud offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	143131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The highest number of previous convictions for a person convicted of a further offence in 2014-2016 who was not given a sentence of immediate custody, and what the sentence was for the most such recent offence in each such case, broken down by offence, can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 143128 143129 143130 143132 143133 143134 question first answered 21/05/2018 16:09:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 143128 - 143134 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies