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524419

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date	10/06/2016
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	Skilled Workers: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will make an assessment of the effect of the withdrawal of funding from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills on the Government's analysis of skills shortages in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	40241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>In the context of needing to make savings in non-participation budgets to allow the core adult skills participation budgets to be protected in cash terms, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has consulted the Devolved Administrations and other users of labour market information on future research priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Following these discussions, we have identified the significance of the Employer Skills Survey, the Employer Perspectives Survey and the LMI (Labour Market Information) for All Portal and decided that these products will be maintained. We are currently working with the Commission to transfer the management of these to BIS, and we will work users on how information from these surveys will be disseminated in the future including the provision of regional and local information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/06/2016 08:57:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

524420

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ombudsman Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the remit of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to cover Ombudsman Services provided by the Ombudsman Services Company.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	40236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my Written Ministerial Statement of 1 March 2016 [Hansard reference HCWS566]. There are no current plans to extend the scope of the FOI Act.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/06/2016 07:42:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

524430

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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, whether she has developed proposals that enable academies to be re-brokered with a new sponsor or multi academy trust on the initiative of parents of children in those academies.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	40259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>Our White Paper <em>Educational Excellence Everywhere</em> set out the Government’s intention to engage Multi Academy Trusts (MATs), sponsors, academies, dioceses and the wider schools sector to ensure that the academies legal framework for the future can achieve the right balance of intervention, review and stability. This included a commitment to consider how parents at individual schools might be able to petition Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) for their school to move to a different MAT where the school or its MAT is underperforming or in other exceptional circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>We will be testing and consulting on proposals for the future legal framework with a wide range of stakeholders, including parents, in due course. This engagement will assess the implications of different legal framework models and ensure that any options which are taken forward are fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p>RSCs already take action to move academies to new trusts where necessary and parents should continue to escalate any concerns they have about academies to RSCs where the academy trust has not responded sufficiently to their concerns.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/06/2016 08:53:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

524436

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on taking account of the effect on demand for school places of immigration (a) in general and (b) from nationals from other EEA countries.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	40249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answers provided for PQs 33106 and 33107 on 18 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 40250 40251 question first answered 15/06/2016 08:52:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

524437

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the effect of immigration on demand for school places; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	40250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answers provided for PQs 33106 and 33107 on 18 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 40249 40251 question first answered 15/06/2016 08:52:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

524440

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from (a) local authorities and (b) other bodies on pressures on school places due to immigration from (i) EU and (ii) non-EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	40251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answers provided for PQs 33106 and 33107 on 18 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 40249 40250 question first answered 15/06/2016 08:52:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

524443

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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, whether it is her policy that local stakeholders will be able to express views on proposals to require a school to convert to academy status.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	40256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>Since launching our proposals in the White Paper <em>Educational Excellence Everywhere</em>, the Government has listened to feedback from all stakeholders with an interest in the proposals, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Academies Act 2010, governing bodies of schools who wish to convert to academy status must consult formally about their plans with anyone who has an interest in the school. This will include staff members and parents, but should also involve pupils and the wider local community. Where a school is failing or otherwise eligible for intervention there is no requirement to consult, but the proposed sponsor of the new academy is under a duty to communicate their plans to improve the school to parents.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/06/2016 08:57:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

524445

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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 plans she has to ensure that multi-academy trusts are accountable to the parents of students in those academies.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	40258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>Our White Paper <em>Educational Excellence Everywhere</em> set out the Government’s intention to introduce a new duty on academies to ensure that they listen to the views and needs of all parents, particularly when key decisions are made about their child’s school. For Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) we will expect all academies to engage meaningfully at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring parents have a more significant voice in their child’s school. Through the new Parent Portal, we will ensure parents have access to clear and simple information about the school system and how to support their child. This will work alongside the new performance tables website which is making it easier for parents to find out how well their child’s school is performing and to compare schools across a range of key measures.</p><p> </p><p>We will provide guidance on handling complaints to ensure a common approach for all schools and MATs so that all parents know where they can go if a problem arises. In addition, we will make it simpler for parents to escalate complaints to the Department, and beyond that to a public service ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, we are considering how parents might petition Regional Schools Commissioners for their child’s school to move to a different MAT where there is underperformance or other exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/06/2016 08:56:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

524449

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2016 to Question 39039, how many of the 193 off-payroll contingent staff employed by her Department since May 2015 were paid through limited companies; and what the total amount paid through limited companies was in that period.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	40210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>Contingent workers include contractors, agency workers and interims. Our contingent workers are engaged via approved provider frameworks and not directly through limited companies.</p><p> </p><p>The response to Question 39039 has been revised and reissued. There were 152 contingent workers in core DECC during the period 1 May 2015 to 30 April 2016 (source: legacy HR system).</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 May 2016 core DECC had 39 off-payroll (contingent) workers. All of these are engaged via an approved provider framework and not directly through limited companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/06/2016 09:07:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

524455

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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	Neonicotinoids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of the findings of the University of Dundee study on the use of clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam neonicotinoid pesticides, published on 28 April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	40264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of effective pesticides and believes that they should be authorised if the scientific evidence shows they have no harmful effects on human health and no unacceptable effects on the environment. Good science is therefore essential for good decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will keep evidence on neonicotinoids under close scrutiny. The EU Commission has also initiated a review of the science, which will include evidence to address data gaps identified when restrictions on neonicotinoids were implemented in 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/06/2016 10:01:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown