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1085844
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Home Education more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text When his Department plans to publish a response to its call for evidence on home education. more like this
tabling member constituency East Renfrewshire more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Masterton more like this
uin 909689 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answer text <p>There were more than 3000 responses to the call for evidence which are still being considered. Many dedicated families are doing a very good job educating their children at home, taking on heavy responsibilities in doing so.</p><p>We are concerned, however, that overall numbers of children said to be being educated at home are rising, the reasons for which are complex. We need to help local authorities deal effectively with children who are not in school. We will publish the Government’s response soon.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-11T16:47:25.63Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-11T16:47:25.63Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
4625
label Biography information for Paul Masterton more like this
1085845
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Truancy: Fines more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text What recent assessment he has made of the effect of fines for unauthorised school absence on school attendance levels. more like this
tabling member constituency St Austell and Newquay more like this
tabling member printed
Steve Double more like this
uin 909690 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answer text <p>Parents have a duty to ensure their child of compulsory school age, who is registered at school, attends regularly.</p><p>We have not formally assessed the impact of penalty notices but comparable data shows overall absence rates have remained fairly stable across recent years, following a downward trend since 2006/07 (4.7% in 2016/17, compared to 6.5% in 2006/07).</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-11T16:51:47.62Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-11T16:51:47.62Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
4452
label Biography information for Steve Double more like this
1085846
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Schools: Rural Areas more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding for rural schools. more like this
tabling member constituency Lewes more like this
tabling member printed
Maria Caulfield more like this
uin 909694 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State meets Her Majesty's Treasury Ministers regularly to discuss matters of shared interest, including funding for schools.</p><p>The Department provides additional support aimed at rural schools. For example, the sparsity factor in the National Funding Formula allocates £25 million specifically to schools that are both small and remote.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-11T16:57:34.183Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-11T16:57:34.183Z
answering member
111
label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
tabling member
4492
label Biography information for Maria Caulfield more like this
1085847
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Children: Day Care more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text What recent progress his Department has made on helping families to access childcare. more like this
tabling member constituency Sittingbourne and Sheppey more like this
tabling member printed
Gordon Henderson more like this
uin 909697 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answer text <p>By 2020 this government will be spending £6 billion on supporting families with childcare. All 3 and 4 year olds, and the most disadvantaged 2 year olds, can access 15 hours a week of early education. From September 2017, this government doubled the childcare entitlement for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds to 30 hours a week.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that parents’ working patterns vary significantly and want to ensure that the free entitlements deliver childcare to meet their needs, as well as being high quality early education to support the development needs of children. We are also encouraging partnerships between providers to support flexible provision.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, we want 30 hours to continue to build on the flexible provision that we were already seeing across the country with the universal 15 hours. All the free entitlements can be “stretched” by taking fewer hours per week over up to 52 weeks of the year to cover term-time and the school holidays, for example 23 hours for 48 weeks of the year, and free places can be delivered at weekends.</p>
answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon more like this
answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-11T17:01:50.723Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-11T17:01:50.723Z
answering member
4113
label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi more like this
tabling member
4050
label Biography information for Gordon Henderson more like this
1086313
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Terrorism: Finance more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recommendations in the Addendum to the 2015 Madrid Guiding Principle 10(29)(e) to "increase the use of financial intelligence and financial footprints as a tool to detect networks of terrorists, financiers and sympathizers". more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
uin HL14357 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-25more like thismore than 2019-03-25
answer text <p>Investigating authorities have access to a broad range of investigative tools and financial intelligence which can be easily shared between relevant agencies. Since 2015, investigators may also share and obtain information from other Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) and financial institutions through the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Task Force, a public-private collaboration.</p><p>The UK’s capacity for undertaking terrorist financing investigations was extended by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 which now permits the financial investigation powers in the Terrorism Act 2000 to be exercised by civilian accredited financial investigators employed by LEAs and allows for these orders to be recognised across different UK jurisdictions.</p><p>The international Financial Action Task Force, in their December 2018 report on the UK’s measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, concluded that ‘the UK has been highly effective in investigating, prosecuting and convicting a range of terrorist financing activity’.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-25T17:47:19.99Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-25T17:47:19.99Z
answering member
4311
label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
tabling member
738
label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
1086315
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Money Laundering more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recommendations in the Addendum to the 2015 Madrid Guiding Principle 10(29)(g) to "enhance the traceability and transparency of financial transactions, including by ensuring that financial institutions can share information, domestically and internationally within the same financial group, for the purposes of managing money-laundering and terrorism-financing risks and supplying the competent authorities with comprehensive information on criminal schemes; and identifying and registering unregulated money remitters, and assess and address the risks associated with the use of cash, unregulated remittance systems (including hawalas) and other financial products including prepaid cards". more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
uin HL14358 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-25more like thismore than 2019-03-25
answer text <p>The sharing of information on suspicions of money laundering and terrorist financing within a group is permitted under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.</p><p><br>In the Criminal Finances Act 2017 the Government introduced provisions that will allow certain regulated sector entities to share information between themselves, and with the NCA, where there is a suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing. Enabling firm-to-firm information sharing through a legal gateway encourages the reporting sector to share information to detect and prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-25T17:28:06.09Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-25T17:28:06.09Z
answering member
4311
label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
tabling member
738
label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
1086316
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Terrorism: Organised Crime more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recommendations in the Addendum to the 2015 Madrid Guiding Principle 10(29)(j) to "support initiatives and domestic mechanisms to effectively identify and address the linkages between terrorism and transnational organized crime". more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
uin HL14359 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-25more like thismore than 2019-03-25
answer text <p>The UK supports UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2396 and the as-sociated Madrid Guiding Principles, and contributed to the drafting of both. We encourage Member States to fully implement UNSCR 2396. . <br> <br>The government has undertaken a wide range of work to maximise the linkag-es between our work to counter both serious and organ-ised crime and terrorism. This is reflected in CONTEST, the United Kingdom’s strategy for counter-terrorism (June 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-terrorism-strategy-contest-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-terrorism-strategy-contest-2018</a>) and the Serious and Organised Crime Strategy (November 2018, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-and-organised-crime-strategy-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-and-organised-crime-strategy-2018</a>). <br> <br>Counter-terrorism policing, the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs’ Council are implementing a counter-terrorism and serious and organ-ised crime collaboration strategy. Its immediate priorities include joint working across a broad range of areas from prisons, intelligence, firearms through to borders.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
attachment
1
file name 140618_CCS207_CCS0218929798-1_CONTEST_3.0_WEB.pdf more like this
title Counter Terrorism Strategy - 2018 more like this
2
file name SOC-2018-web.pdf more like this
title SOC 2018 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-25T17:44:36.843Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-25T17:44:36.843Z
answering member
4311
label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford more like this
tabling member
738
label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
1086317
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading China: Prisoners more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether forced organ harvesting remains legal in China. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
uin HL14360 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-19more like thismore than 2019-03-19
answer text <p>We are aware of reports that allege that organ harvesting may be taking place in China, including suggestions that minority and religious groups are being specifically targeted.</p><p>We consider the Kilgour, Gutmann and Matas report to be important sources of information about China’s organ transplant system. These reports rightly question the lack of transparency in China’s organ transplant system, whilst acknowledging that it is very difficult to identify the source of those organs and verify the number of organ transplants conducted in China.</p><p>However, as the Minister for Europe and the Americas said in a Westminster Hall debate in October 2016: “Although I do not doubt the need to maintain close scrutiny of organ transplant practices in China, we believe that the evidence base is not sufficiently strong to substantiate claims about the systematic harvesting of organs from minority groups. Indeed, based on all the evidence available to us, we cannot conclude that this practice of “organ harvesting” is definitely happening in China.”</p><p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) collates global data on organ donations and works with China. The WHO view is that China is implementing an ethical, voluntary organ transplant system in accordance with international standards, although the WHO does have concerns about overall transparency.</p><p>The British Government is aware of the technique to plastinate human bodies exported from China for exhibition and for medical research. We have not made inquiries with the Chinese government or Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co. Ltd on this matter, but continue to monitor media coverage.</p><p>We will continue to review any new evidence that is presented to us.</p>
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-19T16:23:39.11Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-19T16:23:39.11Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
738
label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
1086318
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading China: Falun Gong more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comments by Doctor Lu for Minzu Hospital in China in the report by David Mata and David Kilgour Bloody Harvest: the killing of Falun Gong for their organs, published on 31 January 2007, that organs were forcibly taken from healthy Falun Gong practitioners, normally in their thirties, who were unaware that their organs would be removed. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
uin HL14361 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-19more like thismore than 2019-03-19
answer text <p>We are aware of reports that allege that organ harvesting may be taking place in China, including suggestions that minority and religious groups are being specifically targeted.</p><p>We consider the Kilgour, Gutmann and Matas report to be important sources of information about China’s organ transplant system. These reports rightly question the lack of transparency in China’s organ transplant system, whilst acknowledging that it is very difficult to identify the source of those organs and verify the number of organ transplants conducted in China.</p><p>However, as the Minister for Europe and the Americas said in a Westminster Hall debate in October 2016: “Although I do not doubt the need to maintain close scrutiny of organ transplant practices in China, we believe that the evidence base is not sufficiently strong to substantiate claims about the systematic harvesting of organs from minority groups. Indeed, based on all the evidence available to us, we cannot conclude that this practice of “organ harvesting” is definitely happening in China.”</p><p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) collates global data on organ donations and works with China. The WHO view is that China is implementing an ethical, voluntary organ transplant system in accordance with international standards, although the WHO does have concerns about overall transparency.</p><p>The British Government is aware of the technique to plastinate human bodies exported from China for exhibition and for medical research. We have not made inquiries with the Chinese government or Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co. Ltd on this matter, but continue to monitor media coverage.</p><p>​</p>
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-19T16:24:27.397Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-19T16:24:27.397Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
738
label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
1086319
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-03-11more like thismore than 2019-03-11
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading China: Dalian Hoffen Bio-technique more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what investigations they have conducted into Dalian Hoffen Bio-technique Co. Ltd, based in Dalian, China, who advertise plastinated corpses, including pregnant females, and in particular, into the origins and amounts of such bodies they have access to and their statement that they have partners on every continent, including throughout Europe; and what conclusions they have reached from any such investigations. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
uin HL14362 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-03-19more like thismore than 2019-03-19
answer text <p>We are aware of reports that allege that organ harvesting may be taking place in China, including suggestions that minority and religious groups are being specifically targeted.</p><p>We consider the Kilgour, Gutmann and Matas report to be important sources of information about China’s organ transplant system. These reports rightly question the lack of transparency in China’s organ transplant system, whilst acknowledging that it is very difficult to identify the source of those organs and verify the number of organ transplants conducted in China.</p><p>However, as the Minister for Europe and the Americas said in a Westminster Hall debate in October 2016: “Although I do not doubt the need to maintain close scrutiny of organ transplant practices in China, we believe that the evidence base is not sufficiently strong to substantiate claims about the systematic harvesting of organs from minority groups. Indeed, based on all the evidence available to us, we cannot conclude that this practice of “organ harvesting” is definitely happening in China.”</p><p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) collates global data on organ donations and works with China. The WHO view is that China is implementing an ethical, voluntary organ transplant system in accordance with international standards, although the WHO does have concerns about overall transparency.</p><p>The British Government is aware of the technique to plastinate human bodies exported from China for exhibition and for medical research. We have not made inquiries with the Chinese government or Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co. Ltd on this matter, but continue to monitor media coverage.</p><p>We will continue to review any new evidence that is presented to us.</p>
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-03-19T16:23:23.747Zmore like thismore than 2019-03-19T16:23:23.747Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
738
label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this