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100362

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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 guidance her Department issues on the circumstances in which parent governors at academy trusts should be (a) elected and (b) selected; and what the process is in each case.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The model articles for academies set out the governance arrangements which we expect academy trusts to follow. They include the arrangements for appointing and electing members, directors and parent directors/governors. The Department for Education provides additional guidance on academies governance through the governors’ handbook and the academies financial handbook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211474 211475 question first answered 27/10/2014 17:52:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100364

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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 guidance her Department issues on the circumstances in which trust members at academy trusts should be (a) elected and (b) selected; and what the process is in each case.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The model articles for academies set out the governance arrangements which we expect academy trusts to follow. They include the arrangements for appointing and electing members, directors and parent directors/governors. The Department for Education provides additional guidance on academies governance through the governors’ handbook and the academies financial handbook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211475 211476 question first answered 27/10/2014 17:52:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100365

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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 guidance her Department issues on the circumstances in which directors of the board at academy trusts should be (a) elected and (b) selected; and what the process is in each case.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The model articles for academies set out the governance arrangements which we expect academy trusts to follow. They include the arrangements for appointing and electing members, directors and parent directors/governors. The Department for Education provides additional guidance on academies governance through the governors’ handbook and the academies financial handbook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211474 211476 question first answered 27/10/2014 17:52:25 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100147

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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, in which academy trusts have parent governors been (a) elected and (b) selected.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The model articles for academies provide that most directors are appointed by the trust members. They also set out that parent directors – and local parent governors who sit on local governing bodies in multi academy trusts – shall be elected. Where fewer parents stand for election than there are vacancies, the number of parent directors required shall be made up by parent directors appointed by the directors. The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of directors and parent governors.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211234 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:30:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100148

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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, in which academy trusts have members been (a) elected and (b) selected.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of members. The model articles of association for academy trusts set out the arrangements for the composition of the members. Members may be appointed by a foundation or sponsor body, or by a special resolution of the existing members.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/10/2014 13:33:26 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

100149

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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, in which academy trusts have directors of the board been (a) elected and (b) selected.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	211234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The model articles for academies provide that most directors are appointed by the trust members. They also set out that parent directors – and local parent governors who sit on local governing bodies in multi academy trusts – shall be elected. Where fewer parents stand for election than there are vacancies, the number of parent directors required shall be made up by parent directors appointed by the directors. The Department for Education does not collate centrally information on what arrangements academy trusts have for the election or appointment of directors and parent governors.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211249 question first answered 24/10/2014 13:30:34 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

78122

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans next to update the RAB charge on student loans.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	205774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The next update of the RAB charge will happen when the Student Loans Company provides the Department with updated loans data. This typically takes place in early autumn each year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 29/08/2014 08:32:46 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

76819

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Self-Harm: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged under 18 have presented at accident and emergency departments in need of treatment for self-harm at hospitals in the Greater Birmingham area in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	204952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances for 0-17 year olds, with a patient group of deliberate self harm and with a primary care trust (PCT) of treatment within Greater Birmingham in each of the last five years, is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>PCT of Treatment</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14 (provisional)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham East and North PCT</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley PCT</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart of Birmingham PCT</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Birmingham PCT</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Teaching PCT</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton PCT</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Self-harm:</p><p>A&amp;E Patient Group<strong> - </strong>a code that indicates the reason for the A&amp;E episode. Group 30 indicates those attending because of intentional self-harm. There were no A&amp;E attendances recorded with a patient group for deliberate self-harm for Wolverhampton PCT in 2009-10. Patient group is a non-mandatory field and nil entry may indicate that the PCT did not submit any data for patient group for this year.</p><p>2. PCT of main provider:</p><p>This indicates the PCT area within which the organisation providing treatment was located. The following PCTs were identified as having an A&amp;E department located within Greater Birmingham:</p><p>5PG - Birmingham East and North PCT</p><p>5PE - Dudley PCT</p><p>5MX - Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT</p><p>5M1 - South Birmingham PCT</p><p>5M3 - Walsall Teaching PCT</p><p>5MV - Wolverhampton City PCT</p><p>Data for Sandwell and Solihull PCTs is not included due to the PCTs not submitting A&amp;E data to Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) for the time period covered.</p><p> </p><p>3. PCT of treatment 2013-14 data:</p><p>Although PCTs ceased to exist after 31 March 2013, HES A&amp;E data for 2013-14 still contains data for PCT of treatment. The relationship between providers and their respective PCTs as at the end of 2012-13 has been propagated through to 2013-14 data to allow the relevant PCT to be reported, continuing a time series.</p><p>4. Provisional data:</p><p>The data is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made. Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, ie November from the (month 9) April to November extract. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.</p><p>5. Accessing growth through time (A&amp;E):</p><p>HES figures are available from 2007-08 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage and changes in National Health Service practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p>6. Official Source of A&amp;E data:</p><p>HES is not the official source of total A&amp;E activity, this is the NHS England situation reports collection:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/</p><p> </p><p>However, HES permits further analysis of A&amp;E activity as there are a range of data items by which HES can be analysed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Source: </em>Hospital Episode Statistics (HES),Health and Social care Information Centre (HSCIC)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 14/07/2014 12:59:36 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

66055

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Bees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the decline in the bee population; what steps he is taking to tackle such a decline; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	204117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Changes in our bee and pollinator populations are due to a range of environmental pressures, including intensification of land use and loss of good quality habitat; pests and diseases; invasive species; use of pesticides; and climate change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013 Defra's Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Ian Boyd, commissioned a report on the ‘Status and Value of Pollinators and Pollination Services' to review the current evidence on the impact of environmental pressures on pollinators. A copy of this report will be placed in the House Library. We have just begun a two year project to develop a framework and test methods for monitoring pollinator abundance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the autumn we will publish our National Pollinator Strategy, which includes a series of policy actions to safeguard pollinators. In the meanwhile, we will continue to raise public awareness through the launch this July of our call to action, ‘Bees' Needs: Food and a Home'. This is a simple message for all land managers on the essential needs of pollinators and how to fulfil them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We want to see a thriving bee and pollinator population in the UK, to enhance biodiversity and support our food production.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 204118 question first answered 14/07/2014 15:59:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

66056

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Bees
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 place in the Library a summary of his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser's latest analysis of the decline in the bee population.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	204118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Changes in our bee and pollinator populations are due to a range of environmental pressures, including intensification of land use and loss of good quality habitat; pests and diseases; invasive species; use of pesticides; and climate change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013 Defra's Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Ian Boyd, commissioned a report on the ‘Status and Value of Pollinators and Pollination Services' to review the current evidence on the impact of environmental pressures on pollinators. A copy of this report will be placed in the House Library. We have just begun a two year project to develop a framework and test methods for monitoring pollinator abundance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the autumn we will publish our National Pollinator Strategy, which includes a series of policy actions to safeguard pollinators. In the meanwhile, we will continue to raise public awareness through the launch this July of our call to action, ‘Bees' Needs: Food and a Home'. This is a simple message for all land managers on the essential needs of pollinators and how to fulfil them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We want to see a thriving bee and pollinator population in the UK, to enhance biodiversity and support our food production.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 204117 question first answered 14/07/2014 15:59:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne