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99720

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which primary schools in each local authority area have more than 600 pupils.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	210963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Data on the number of pupils enrolled at all maintained schools, academies (including free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges) and non‑maintained special schools, is collected through the school census.</p><p>Pupil numbers for individual schools are included within the underlying data of the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014’[1] statistical first release.</p><p>A table listing all primary schools with more than 600 pupils is attached to this answer.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/10/2014 13:49:27 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name SchoolsPupils2014_PupilNumbersOver600.xlsx title Primary schools with more than 600 pupils
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

93734

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the implications for the National Health Service of a successful outcome to the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations between the European Union and the United States.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will not affect the way the United Kingdom Government runs the National Health Service. It has been made clear by negotiators from both the United States and the European Union that it is up to the UK alone to decide how the NHS is run and any assertion that TTIP will undermine the Government’s control of the NHS is a red herring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The TTIP could offer great benefits to British business and for British jobs. Greater consistency in existing and new regulatory requirements would make it easier for companies - especially small and medium enterprises - to access markets and, for patients, potentially help to increase access to new medicines and medical devices.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/10/2014 11:09:44 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

93738

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to make the National Health Service more efficient and to reduce mistakes in practice.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>National Health Service funding has risen in each year of this parliament and is £12.7 billion higher in cash terms in 2014-15 than in 2010-11. The NHS is on track to make up to £20 billion efficiency savings this parliament to reinvest into frontline care. We are confident that it will continue to make the efficiency improvements necessary to meet rising demand and protect the quality of the services delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In a recent report commissioned by the Department, Frontier Economics has estimated that poor care could be costing the NHS up to £2.5 billion every year. In order to focus attention on the harms contributing to these costs and the savings that could be reinvested, a poster and leaflet will go out to all NHS hospitals to display this vital information to their staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have introduced a wide range of measures, including the Sign Up to Safety Campaign, Patient Safety Collaboratives, a new tougher inspection regime for providers and a reformed National Patient Safety Alert System to reduce mistakes in practice. In order to promote a culture of openness and transparency, that will enable organisations to learn from their mistakes, there will be the duty of candour in the event of serious harm. We are also publishing information on hospital performance, including staffing levels, as part of the new MyNHS website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 21/10/2014 11:10:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

93757

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department are working on the Scottish rate of income tax project.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	210915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to the answer that I gave her on 13 June 2013 (OR,WA, COL: 390W).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130613/text/130613w0001.htm#13061354000143" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130613/text/130613w0001.htm#13061354000143</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 10:01:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

93799

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Priority School Building Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether factors additional to geography, commercial viability and condition need are assessed by her Department when selecting schools in the Priority School Building Programme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	210856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>On 24 May 2011, the then Secretary of State confirmed that 261 schools would be rebuilt, or have their condition needs met through the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP). These schools were selected on the basis of their condition need.</p><p>For delivery purposes, the 261 schools have been grouped into batches taking geography and commercial viability into consideration. We have sought to prioritise the delivery of those batches containing schools in the worst condition.</p><p>In June 2014, a second phase of the PSBP was launched. The schools to be included in this second phase of the PSBP will again be determined solely on the basis of their condition need.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 21/10/2014 13:44:28 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

93812

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
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	Iraq
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of access by ISIS to chemical weapons in Iraq; and what assistance his Department plans to give directly and through the international community to assist the government of Iraq in (a) safeguarding its citizens, (b) retrieving those materials and (c) preventing the use of those materials in the region.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	210894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of the use of industrial chemicals as weapons by ISIL in Iraq, and encourage the Government of Iraq to bring to the attention of the OPCW any such incidents. We welcome its report to the OPCW Executive Council in October regarding the use of chlorine by terrorist groups.</p><p>We are also aware that the Al Muthanna military site is now in the control of ISIL. We continue to monitor the situation. However, we do not believe that the site contains chemical weapons-related materials of military value. Bunkers at the Al Muthanna site did contain hazardous chemical weapons-related materials used in Iraq’s Chemical Weapons programme. The materials were made safe by the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) between 1992-1994.</p><p>While the Government of Iraq has kept the international community informed of incidents, and has reiterated its commitment to all international treaties and conventions aimed at preventing the use or spread of chemical weapons, it has made no requests for assistance to the international community.</p><p>We condemn unreservedly all and any use of chemical weapons by anyone. Use is a breach of international norms. Any party using any toxic chemical in this way should be brought to justice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/10/2014 13:55:50 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

93814

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
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	Morocco
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 (a) raise with the Moroccan ambassador to the UK and (b) instruct the HM Ambassador in Rabat to investigate the death of Hasena Luali on 28 September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	210891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>We were saddened to hear of the death of Hassan El Wali in a military hospital in Dakhla. According to the Moroccan Ministry of Justice, this was a result of undiagnosed diabetes complicated by Mr El Wali’s recent hunger strike. The British Ambassador discussed the matter with the president of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) on 10 October. Mr El-Yazami told us that he had called for an immediate investigation. A CNDH medical examiner had been sent to Dakhla, who had confirmed the official version of events.</p><p>It is clearly important that Morocco ensures prisoners have access to appropriate medical care, a point we will be stressing in our future dialogue with the Moroccan government on human rights. The Ambassador also discussed human rights more generally with the Moroccan Foreign Minister on 11 October.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/10/2014 13:57:00 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

93817

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
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	South Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) there is no impunity for perpetrators of rape and abuse and (b) women are represented in peace talks in South Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
uin	210925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>We are deeply concerned by the number of cases of sexual violence during the current conflict in South Sudan. The UK invited South Sudan to the Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London in June, and successfully lobbied for it to sign the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. We welcome that the joint communiqué by President Kiir and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Zainab Bangura on 11 October explicitly recognised the need to address impunity for sexual violence crimes, and we will work to support and monitor implementation of this commitment. Accountability for human rights violations, including sexual and gender based violence, will be an important component of any peace deal in South Sudan, and the UK has offered strong and sustained support to the AU Commission of Inquiry and other organisations seeking to monitor human rights abuses during the conflict. We also continue to underline both in public and in private the need for the regionally mediated South Sudan peace talks to be inclusive and representative of all the people of South Sudan, especially women. For example, the UK’s statement in a discussion on South Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council on September 24th emphasized the importance of the participation of women in the peace process, in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 21/10/2014 13:51:53 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

93867

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what public appointments her Department has made in each of the last five years; and what payments each person so appointed is entitled to claim.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Public appointments made by the Government Equalities Office in the last five years have been to the Equality and Human Rights Commission:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EHRC public appointments</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the last five years EHRC Commissioners have received fees at a rate of £400 per day (except for the Chair and Deputy Chair who are salaried). Commissioners also receive expenses for travel and subsistence in the course of their EHRC duties. Payments made vary considerably depending on each Commissioner’s role and the amount of time that each contributes. The table shows the range of remuneration paid to Commissioners during the period:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range of EHRC Commissioner salary or fees paid</p></td><td><p>£2,366 to £124,000</p></td><td><p>£7,000 to £124,000</p></td><td><p>£10,808 to £147,000</p></td><td><p>£2,167 to £65,000</p></td><td><p>£10,000 to £55,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range of EHRC Commissioner expenses paid</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£2 to £1,574</p></td><td><p>£1 to £1,580</p></td><td><p>£1 to £1,260</p></td><td><p>0 to £1,718</p></td><td><p>0 to £7,679</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 21/10/2014 11:03:47 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93869

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what information the Government Equalities Office holds on the number of sub-contracted staff servicing that Office who were not paid at or above the rate of the London Living Wage in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government Equalities Office has not been serviced by any sub-contracted staff over the last five years. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 21/10/2014 11:04:31 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero