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774330

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date	20/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether pupil nationality data is used to match pupil or family records in order to process data requests by the Home Office, for purposes including immigration enforcement as part of the ongoing monthly data transfers to the Home Office; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	108863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The National Pupil Database (NPD) is a longitudinal research database that provides evidence on educational performance to inform independent research, as well as studies commissioned by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Department may legally share the NPD (or elements of it) with third parties, using powers set out in Section 537A of the Education Act 1997 and the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) Regulations 2009. Organisations requesting access under those powers must show how it will be used to promote pupils' education, through evidence or research.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the provisions within the Education Act 1997, in line with the Data Protection Act 1998, where the police or Home Office have clear evidence that a child may be at risk or evidence of criminal activity, limited data including a pupil’s address and school details may be requested from the NPD. It is right that we share this data if it helps to keep a child safe from harm or to disrupt a crime.</p><p> </p><p>This data does not include nationality or country of birth information. These data items are not processed into the NPD. Thus they are not used in any matching work associated with provision of data to the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The current Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and the Home Office is in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 108864 question first answered 30/10/2017 16:15:47 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

774332

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mersey Gateway Bridge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding for the Mersey Gateway Bridge is included in the responsibilities of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	108873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is responsible for public expenditure, including transport and infrastructure spending. The Secretary of State for Transport is responsible for assessing the business cases of transport schemes, including the Mersey Gateway Bridge. Once assessed, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury is responsible for the approval of funding of transport schemes, which includes the Mersey Gateway Bridge.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/10/2017 13:19:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

774335

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the value of the Equitable Life contingency fund.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	108913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Up to £1.5bn has already been allocated to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme to pay to policyholders. There are no plans to allocate further funds to it.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 25/10/2017 16:58:01 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

774336

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pool Re: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department was first notified of the need to update Pool Reinsurance to cover knife, vehicle and cyber terrorism; and what the timetable is for its reform.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	108926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Reinsurance (Acts of Terrorism) Act 1993 established the government-backed terrorism reinsurer, Pool Reinsurance. The scheme reinsures against business losses caused by physical damage after an act of terrorism, in recognition of the specific challenges in relation to a lack of insurance for industrial and commercial property at that time. It was not designed to cover personal injury claims, such as those caused by a knife or vehicle attack, or non-physical damage, such as data theft.</p><p> </p><p>Within the remit of providing this type of reinsurance, the scheme was recently amended to remove the cyber exclusion. This means that physical damage caused remotely, e.g. by a “cyber trigger”, is included in the scope of cover. This change will come into effect on 1 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The government is in regular discussion with the insurance industry, Pool Re and other interested parties to make sure that the Reinsurance Act 1993 continues to enable appropriate terrorism cover to be available for businesses.</p><p>I have also met the hon Member to discuss this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 25/10/2017 16:58:26 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

774337

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which criteria his Department uses to assess the effectiveness and value for money of the troubled families programme.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	108916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The current Troubled Families Programme is subject to a comprehensive national evaluation which will assess its effectiveness and value for money. This will report at intervals during the lifetime of the programme.</p><p>The evaluation data published alongside the programme’s first annual report to Parliament (published in April 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-evaluation-of-the-troubled-families-programme-2015-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-evaluation-of-the-troubled-families-programme-2015-to-2020</a> ) provides baseline data for future impact and economic evaluation.</p><p>The assessment of the current programme’s effectiveness will be based on reductions in problems experienced by families. These problems relate to the eligibility criteria for entering the programme. The eligibility criteria are listed in the document “Financial Framework for the Expanded Troubled Families Programme” on page 8 (published April 2015:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/409682/Financial_Framework_for_the_Expanded_Troubled_Families_Programme_april_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/409682/Financial_Framework_for_the_Expanded_Troubled_Families_Programme_april_2015.pdf</a>).</p><p>A cost savings calculator which local authorities use to upload local costs will enable a national cost benefit analysis to be undertaken later in the programme using unit costs attached to outcomes from national administrative datasets and locally submitted costs data. Cost benefit analysis at local authority level will show any costs avoided and savings through the troubled families programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/10/2017 16:26:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

774338

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department works with the (a) Department for Work and Pensions, (b) Ministry of Justice, (c) Home Office, (d) Department for Education and (e) Department of Health to deliver the troubled families programme.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	108917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Governance structures are in place to ensure my officials work closely with those in other Government departments, including, but not limited to, the five highlighted here. This is underpinned by extensive informal contact. Officials work together to identify and agree actions to support the delivery of the Troubled Families Programme. This also ensures that other policy areas can share in the learning from the Troubled Families Programme.</p><p>In addition, I am in contact with my opposite numbers in other departments, including the Secretary of State for Education, through our attendance at the Social Reform (Home Affairs) sub-Committee and a number of Inter-Ministerial Groups which oversee policy areas relevant to the programme, such as on mental health, gangs, and violence against women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 108915 question first answered 30/10/2017 16:30:39 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

774339

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds his Department has allocated to the troubled families programme for (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	108918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The budget for the Troubled Families Programme for 2017-18 is £239 million; for 2018-19 £180 million; and for 2019-20 £180 million. £171 million was made available for the programme in 2016/17. Additional funding was brought forward from the previous Spending Review. A total of £920 million has been committed to the programme over its lifetime of 2015 – 2020.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/10/2017 16:27:59 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

774340

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2016 to Question 49444 on families: disadvantage, how many families have been turned around in 2017 to date; and how many families his Department plans to turn around in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	108919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>As set out in my answer to the Hon Member for Denton and Reddish to Question UIN 49444 on 27 October 2016, ‘turning around’ a family was a phrase used in the first Troubled Families Programme (2012 – 2015). In the current programme (2015-2020), local authorities can claim results payments for families when they can demonstrate that significant and sustained progress has been made against every problem a family is facing, or that continuous employment has been achieved.</p><p>The programme aims to achieve significant and sustained improvement for up to 400,000 complex families with multiple high-cost problems families over its lifetime (2015-2020). The programme’s first annual report to Parliament (published in April 2017 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-evaluation-of-the-troubled-families-programme-2015-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-evaluation-of-the-troubled-families-programme-2015-to-2020</a>) reported that almost 53,000 families had already made significant and sustained progress, with 3 years of the programme left to run. The next update of these figures will be published at the end of this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/10/2017 16:29:28 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

774343

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what non-governmental organisations the Department (a) currently works with and (b) has worked with in the last five years to deliver the troubled families programme.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	108914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Delivery of the Troubled Families Programme is led by local authorities. They engage with a wide range of local partners, both governmental and non-governmental, such as health, the police, schools, youth justice, JobCentre Plus and organisations from the voluntary and community sector. It is up to each local authority to decide how best to do this; no two local Troubled Families Programmes are identical.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/10/2017 16:31:12 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

774344

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to improve the consumer rights of freeholders purchasing new build homes.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	108901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>It is vital that as housing supply increases, the quality of new build homes continues to improve. In our Housing White paper, published earlier this year, we set out our ambition for a housing market that works for everyone. We expect all housing developers to deliver good quality housing, to deliver it on time, and to treat house buyers fairly.</p><p>Where something goes wrong, house builders and warranty providers should fulfil their obligations to put this right. The industry-led Consumer Code for Homebuilders, where applicable, also provides protection to purchasers of new homes.</p><p>Last year the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment produced a report called <em>More Homes, Fewer Complaints</em>, which made a series of recommendations to improve quality and redress. One of their recommendations was to establish a New Homes Ombudsman. We are considering this as part of our wider ambition to improve redress arrangements in all parts of the housing market.</p><p>We also want to make the homebuying process cheaper, faster and less stressful. In October we launched a call for evidence on the home buying and selling process in order to gather views from industry about areas for improvement, and from the public about parts of the process they find most difficult to navigate.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/10/2017 16:56:14 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan