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348059

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date	02/06/2015
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: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of full maintenance grants to households earning (a) more and (b) less than £17,000 per year was in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student support for each of the UK Government Administrations. Information on English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants is published annually by SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>’.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of Maintenance Grants awarded to English applicants by their household income for the academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 has been provided in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Maintenance Grants <sup>(1)</sup> awarded <sup>(2)</sup> to English applicants by their household income</strong></p><p>Academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 [provisional] <sup>(3)</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Amount awarded (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maintenance Grant level</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Household income</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15 [p]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full</p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>973.6</p></td><td><p>1103.6</p></td><td><p>1076.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>233.3</p></td><td><p>251.7</p></td><td><p>255.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Partial <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>224.6</p></td><td><p>235.0</p></td><td><p>233.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Figures include Special Support Grants, which are payable in place of Maintenance Grants to vulnerable students who may otherwise have their DWP benefits reduced.</p><p>(2) Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC have received confirmation from the student’s provider at the start of the academic year that the student has been registered on the course.</p><p>(3) The data are effective at November following each academic year. Figures for the academic year 2014/15 are provisional, as they are effective at November at the beginning of the academic year, and so will not include applicants who were awarded Maintenance Grants after November 2014. Complete figures for the academic year 2014/15 will be available from November 2015.</p><p>(4) Applicants awarded a partial grant, and whose household income is less than £25,000, are typically those who have suspended study for part of the year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 241 242 243 244 245 766 question first answered 04/06/2015 13:41:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

348060

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of partial maintenance grants to households earning (a) more and (b) less than £17,000 per year was in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student support for each of the UK Government Administrations. Information on English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants is published annually by SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>’.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of Maintenance Grants awarded to English applicants by their household income for the academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 has been provided in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Maintenance Grants <sup>(1)</sup> awarded <sup>(2)</sup> to English applicants by their household income</strong></p><p>Academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 [provisional] <sup>(3)</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Amount awarded (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maintenance Grant level</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Household income</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15 [p]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full</p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>973.6</p></td><td><p>1103.6</p></td><td><p>1076.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>233.3</p></td><td><p>251.7</p></td><td><p>255.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Partial <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>224.6</p></td><td><p>235.0</p></td><td><p>233.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Figures include Special Support Grants, which are payable in place of Maintenance Grants to vulnerable students who may otherwise have their DWP benefits reduced.</p><p>(2) Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC have received confirmation from the student’s provider at the start of the academic year that the student has been registered on the course.</p><p>(3) The data are effective at November following each academic year. Figures for the academic year 2014/15 are provisional, as they are effective at November at the beginning of the academic year, and so will not include applicants who were awarded Maintenance Grants after November 2014. Complete figures for the academic year 2014/15 will be available from November 2015.</p><p>(4) Applicants awarded a partial grant, and whose household income is less than £25,000, are typically those who have suspended study for part of the year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 241 242 243 244 245 765 question first answered 04/06/2015 13:41:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

348087

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) health bodies, (b) youth organisations, (c) local government and (d) the devolved administration on legal highs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), the Government’s independent body of expert drug advisers, has carried out a series of assessments on new psychoactive substances (NPS). In its 2011 report ‘Consideration of the Novel Psychoactive Substances (‘Legal Highs’)’, the ACMD assessed the available evidence on the harms of all NPS. Since then, the ACMD has produced several reports on groups of NPS as well as specific substances. This body of advice has informed Government action and led to the banning of over 500 NPS. All ACMD reports and Government responses are available on GOV.UK. The Government commissioned an Expert Panel to look at ways to tackle NPS and to further enhance our response last year. On 28 May, the Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill in the House of Lords, which provides for a blanket ban on the supply of psychoactive substances. The Bill defines the term psychoactive substance as any substance which is capable of producing a psychoactive effect in a person who consumes it, and is not an exempted substance. Exempted substances include medicines and caffeine. A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person’s central nervous system, it affects the person’s mental functioning or emotional state. We have worked with a range of partners, including with the devolved administrations, as well as other government departments and their agencies over the last few years as we developed our response to NPS. We will continue to do so in order to ensure that the Psychoactive Substances Bill is effectively implemented and enforced.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 720 795 question first answered 04/06/2015 14:51:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

348088

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent research her Department has undertaken to ascertain the safety of legal highs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), the Government’s independent body of expert drug advisers, has carried out a series of assessments on new psychoactive substances (NPS). In its 2011 report ‘Consideration of the Novel Psychoactive Substances (‘Legal Highs’)’, the ACMD assessed the available evidence on the harms of all NPS. Since then, the ACMD has produced several reports on groups of NPS as well as specific substances. This body of advice has informed Government action and led to the banning of over 500 NPS. All ACMD reports and Government responses are available on GOV.UK. The Government commissioned an Expert Panel to look at ways to tackle NPS and to further enhance our response last year. On 28 May, the Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill in the House of Lords, which provides for a blanket ban on the supply of psychoactive substances. The Bill defines the term psychoactive substance as any substance which is capable of producing a psychoactive effect in a person who consumes it, and is not an exempted substance. Exempted substances include medicines and caffeine. A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person’s central nervous system, it affects the person’s mental functioning or emotional state. We have worked with a range of partners, including with the devolved administrations, as well as other government departments and their agencies over the last few years as we developed our response to NPS. We will continue to do so in order to ensure that the Psychoactive Substances Bill is effectively implemented and enforced.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 719 795 question first answered 04/06/2015 14:51:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

348090

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition her Department uses of the term psychoactive substance.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), the Government’s independent body of expert drug advisers, has carried out a series of assessments on new psychoactive substances (NPS). In its 2011 report ‘Consideration of the Novel Psychoactive Substances (‘Legal Highs’)’, the ACMD assessed the available evidence on the harms of all NPS. Since then, the ACMD has produced several reports on groups of NPS as well as specific substances. This body of advice has informed Government action and led to the banning of over 500 NPS. All ACMD reports and Government responses are available on GOV.UK. The Government commissioned an Expert Panel to look at ways to tackle NPS and to further enhance our response last year. On 28 May, the Government introduced the Psychoactive Substances Bill in the House of Lords, which provides for a blanket ban on the supply of psychoactive substances. The Bill defines the term psychoactive substance as any substance which is capable of producing a psychoactive effect in a person who consumes it, and is not an exempted substance. Exempted substances include medicines and caffeine. A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person’s central nervous system, it affects the person’s mental functioning or emotional state. We have worked with a range of partners, including with the devolved administrations, as well as other government departments and their agencies over the last few years as we developed our response to NPS. We will continue to do so in order to ensure that the Psychoactive Substances Bill is effectively implemented and enforced.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 719 720 question first answered 04/06/2015 14:51:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

348128

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Long Service Awards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a Long Service Medal to recognise the contribution of long-serving police officers; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Keir Starmer
uin	839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>There is already a medal available for long service and good conduct in the police, the Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (PLSGCM). King George VI instituted the PLSGCM in June 1951 by Royal Warrant for those who have rendered long and meritorious service as members of the Police Forces of the United Kingdom (UK), the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The PLSGCM is subject to the terms laid down in its Royal Warrant. The medal recognises police officers who have served twenty years and have demonstrated good conduct. There are no plans to change the PLSGCM or to introduce a new long service medal.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/06/2015 14:50:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4514 label Biography information for Keir Starmer

347648

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Sri Lanka: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on official discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>We recognise that more progress needs to be made on Tamil concerns as part of broader reconciliation in Sri Lanka.</p><p>President Sirisena has committed to introduce reforms to address inequalities faced by minority communities. These reforms are intended to improve access to education in Tamil; provide relief to displaced people; establish a democratic civil administration in the North and East; put a stop to racial and religious hatred; and to promote reconciliation between communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 04/06/2015 13:43:47 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347665

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Garden Bridge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates he has met Joanna Lumley to discuss the proposed Garden Bridge project in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Treasury has no record of the Chancellor meeting with Joanna Lumley to discuss the Garden Bridge in any of the last three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/06/2015 14:17:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

347680

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Direct Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that elderly people without sufficient means can block calls from call centres on PPI claims, accident claims and claims against banks without cost.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (as amended) (PECR) it is a legal requirement that companies do not make unsolicited marketing calls to numbers registered on the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). Individuals can register their telephone number with the TPS and there is no charge for doing so. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) enforces the PECR and has powers to issue monetary penalties of up to £500,000 against non-compliant firms.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is ICO’s sponsoring Department. MoJ also has a dedicated unit, which regulates companies offering claim services, including for PPI, accidents and financial products.</p><p> </p><p>While call blockers are available on the open market for consumers to purchase, the government is exploring options to provide free devices to people identified as being at higher risk of financial damage and personal distress as a result of nuisance calls.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/06/2015 11:21:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

347684

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nominations for honours were made through the Northern Ireland Assembly in each year since its inception; and whether the nomination was successful in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 2012, no honours nominations are recorded as being from the Northern Ireland Assembly. For the period 1998 and 2012, the information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/06/2015 07:19:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon