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642326

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will make available travel assistance to families who do not meet the criteria of the NHS Low Income Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	54344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to extend help with the cost of travel to receive National Health Service treatment to those families who do not qualify under the NHS Low Income Scheme. Patient Transport Services are available without charge where there is a clinical need.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 25/11/2016 14:43:11 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

641240

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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	Environment Protection: Public Consultation
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 plans her Department has for members of the public to contribute to the consultation on its 25 year plan for the natural environment.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	53904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The first step towards developing the plan will be to publish soon the framework which will be open to all to contribute. We will use the feedback from this to help develop the full plan itself next year.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/11/2016 11:45:26 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

638355

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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	Arable Farming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons field margins have not been included in ecological focus areas on arable farms in England.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	53528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Under the new Common Agricultural Policy we made five options for greening available in England, these include Buffer Strips and Land Lying Fallow. These options allow English farmers to gain credit for uncultivated arable land at field edges</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/11/2016 15:05:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

638356

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much in total was paid under the Basic Payments Scheme in England in 2015 for (a) lowlands, (b) severely disadvantaged areas and (c) moorlands; and for each of those areas, how many farmers received such payments and what the (i) average payment per farmer was and (ii) maximum and minimum payments were in each English county.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	53526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>Please see the tables in the attached.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/12/2016 15:32:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name PQ 53526 BPS 2015.pdf title BPS 2015 previous answer version 22698 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

631824

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on children's well-being of children being taught in different schools on account of their religious background.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	52231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>We want a diverse educational system that provides greater choice for parents and a high quality education. The proposals in our consultation document, “Schools that work for everyone”, aim to increase the number of high quality places and broaden the types of providers of schools, including faith groups. We expect all schools to cater for the well-being of their pupils whatever their background and the type of school they attend.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/11/2016 10:35:09 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

631825

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's proposed change to the requirement for new religious free schools in respect of potential applications from people of other faiths or none represents a change in policy; and what the reasons are for that proposed change.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	52230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The consultation document, Schools that work for everyone, sets out the government’s view that the 50% cap has not been effective in promoting diversity, and in its place, presents a series of strengthened safeguards to ensure that every new faith school operates in a way that promotes fundamental British values and supports inclusivity.</p><p>The consultation also includes a proposal that new faith-designated free schools, should demonstrate that parents of pupils from all parts of their local community, would be happy for their child to attend their school.</p><p>These changes present an opportunity to explore new ways of using the school system to promote greater integration within our society generally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/11/2016 17:18:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

631953

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions she has had with President Santos of Colombia during her recent visit to the UK on (a) access to justice for victims of conflict-related sexual violence, (b) land restitution, (c) securing truth, justice and reparation for victims of conflict and (d) support for human rights and trades union activists in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	52472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>During the State Visit, I discussed the human rights situation in Colombia with President Santos, including reports of increased attacks against human rights defenders. The tenets of our relationship with Colombia are based on shared values of democracy, prosperity, and respect for human rights. President Santos and I reaffirmed this in the Joint Declaration which was issued following our meeting.</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 14/11/2016 13:28:11 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

628125

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the 50 per cent cap on religious selection on ethnic diversity in Church of England and other Christian free schools; and what evaluation has been made of the potential effect on ethnic diversity of removing such a cap.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	51877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The “Schools that work for everyone” consultation document makes clear that, overall, the effectiveness of the 50% cap in faith admission in promoting inclusion and community cohesion is questionable and that it has not led to mixed intakes in many faith-designated free schools.</p><p> </p><p>Many Church of England and Christian faith schools open a proportion of places to children of other faith and none. The Church of England has stated that it is their policy not to apply faith based oversubscription criteria for the free schools which they open in the future.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/11/2016 17:53:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

628131

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's publication, Schools that work for everyone, published in September 2016, whether the figures for ethnic diversity in other Christian free schools presented in that document includes Catholic schools.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	51874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The figures for ethnic diversity in Christian free schools does not include Catholic free schools as there were no open Catholic free schools when this data was collected in January 2016 as part of the School Census.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/11/2016 17:53:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

628132

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils are classified as of Asian ethnic origin at (a) state Catholic schools and (b) Church of England free schools and other Christian free schools.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	51875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of pupils classified as of Asian ethnic origin at (a) state Catholic schools and (b) Church of England free schools and other Christian free schools was 6.3% and 7.1% respectively in January 2016<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>This information has been calculated from the underlying data of the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release[1].</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/11/2016 17:53:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy