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172865

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date	09/01/2015
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	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he takes to ensure that equipment for which arms export licences to Saudi Arabia have been granted is not used for internal repression.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	220307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK aims to operate one of the most rigorous and transparent export control systems in the world. All export licence applications are rigorously assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking into account all prevailing circumstances at the time of application. Exports to Saudi Arabia continue to be subject to close scrutiny, in particular under Criterion Two which concerns the ‘respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country of final destination as well as respect by that country for international humanitarian law’. The Government will not issue an export licence if there is a clear risk that the proposed export might be used for internal repression.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Export licences are kept under review in the light of changing international circumstances. A cross-government mechanism can suspend or revoke extant licences when a changing situation, such as an outbreak of conflict or acts of internal repression, means the licence would no longer be consistent with the Consolidated Criteria.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/01/2015 12:01:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

172866

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Leasing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with businesses on the effects on vehicle leasing companies of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	220310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>I have had no discussions about vehicle leasing but I do meet with both Accredited Trade Associations in the private parking sector - the British Parking Association and the Independent Parking Committee – as do officials in my Department.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/01/2015 14:28:19 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

172884

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
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	Broadband: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2014 to Question 218397, on broadband: urban areas, to which 28 cities his Department has written.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	220287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The 28 cities invited to participate in the Connection Voucher Scheme are listed below.</p><p> </p><p>We have also invited the current 22 SuperConnected cities to continue with their connection voucher schemes for a further year.</p><p> </p><p>The final list of participating cities will be confirmed before the scheme goes live in April.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Dundee</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Glasgow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>Swansea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>Exeter</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>Gloucester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>Ipswich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke on Trent</p></td><td><p>Southend on Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>Inverness</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/01/2015 08:54:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

172885

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
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	Government Art Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on the Government Art Collection in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	220313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out how much the Department has spent on the Government Art Collection (GAC) since May 2010. I have included figures for 2009-10 for the Hon. Member’s background and wider understanding.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Government Art Collection Administration Costs</p></td><td><p>GAC Collection Purchases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,027,077</p></td><td><p>323,464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>954,237</p></td><td><p>208,527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>923,619</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>942,712</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>937,770</p></td><td><p>116,985</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were no new purchases of artwork for the Collection in 2011-12 and 2012-13.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/01/2015 14:38:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

172888

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
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	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which recommendations in the Independent Library Report for England, published in December 2014, he (a) accepts and (b) rejects.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	220312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>We accept all the recommendations in the Independent Library Report for England. The solutions are practical and will help to continue to build strong, dynamic partnerships across the library sector.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/01/2015 14:10:42 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

172889

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
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	Broadband: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 217969, which four cities were considered and rejected in wave 1; which six cities were considered and rejected in wave 2; and for what reasons each city in each wave was rejected.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	220292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The cities' bids for the SuperConnected Cities Programme (SCCP) were scored according to specific criteria, including governance, project management capacity and project vision. Winning bids were selected on the basis of those scores and the amount of money available.</p><p> </p><p>For wave 1 there were unsuccessful bids from Glasgow, Liverpool, Nottingham and Sheffield.</p><p> </p><p>For wave 2, there were unsuccessful bids from Dundee, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Preston, Sunderland, Swansea and Wolverhampton.</p><p> </p><p>All of these cities have been invited to participate in the Broadband Connection Vouchers Scheme from April 2015</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/01/2015 08:56:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

172890

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
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	Public Libraries: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the recommendations of the Independent Library Report for England, published in December 2014, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing WiFi in all public libraries.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	220293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The cost of providing WiFi in public libraries varies depending on a range of factors including the installation of WiFi only, the number of libraries that require access and the type of equipment needed, as well as the possibility of other organisations contributing resources. We are currently investigating all funding options. We are providing free WiFi in over 1000 public buildings in cities across the UK, including certain libraries as part of the £150m Super Connected Cities</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/01/2015 14:12:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

172894

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 will be published; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish that report.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	220261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s 2013-14 Annual Report and Accounts is due to be laid in Parliament on 19 January 2015 and published on 20 January 2015. The accounts cover three executive agencies (Education Funding Agency, Standards Testing Agency and National College of Teaching Leadership), and two executive non-departmental public bodies (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service and the Office of the Children’s Commissioner). In addition they also consolidate the accounts of 2,585 Academy Trusts, operating 3,905 schools. As the accounts will explain in more detail, this consolidation is a significant piece of work, involving a number of technical accounting challenges, and it is not possible to complete it in time to enable publication within the usual Parliamentary pre-summer recess timeframe.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2015 15:04:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

172895

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Read On. Get On. campaign and (b) members and supporters of that campaign on improving the reading ability of primary school children.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	220283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to eliminating illiteracy and wants all children to read easily, fluently and with good understanding. We have made improving the teaching of reading a priority, and reforms to the education system have been designed to help every child become a confident and enthusiastic reader. We recognise, however, that there is still further to go if we want every child to be reading well by age 11. We are therefore working to ensure that our policies are properly embedded so that they can have the maximum possible impact on the outcomes of our children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have welcomed the <em>‘Read On. Get On.’</em> campaign and its goal of helping all children to be able to read confidently and are pleased to see a wide range of organisations engaging with this vital mission. The Department and ministers have had a number of conversations with members of the ‘Read On. Get On’ coalition during the campaign, and actively support schools to play their part in this work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2015 15:10:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

172896

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that every child can read by the time they finish primary school.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	220284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The new primary national curriculum for English, introduced in September 2014, sets more rigorous and challenging content. It has been designed to ensure that all children can leave primary school fully literate and ready to progress to secondary school.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have strengthened the requirements on learning to read through systematic synthetic phonics as evidence shows this to be the most effective way of teaching all children to read. We have introduced the phonics screening check at age 6 to determine which children require additional support. The result from this year’s phonics screening check show that, three years on from its introduction, 100,000 more six-year-olds (based on 2014 cohort numbers) are now on track to become confident readers. Between September 2011 and October 2013 the Government provided up to £3,000 in match funding to each state funded school with pupils in Years 1 and 2 to enable them to buy effective, systematic synthetic phonics resources and training for their teachers. Through this scheme over 14,000 schools claimed a total of over £23.7 million.</p><p> </p><p>The new national curriculum places a greater focus on the importance of accurate spelling and grammar so we have introduced a new Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test at Key Stage 2. The 2014 Key Stage 2 results show that our reforms are already having an effect; a record proportion of children (89%) reached the expected standard of reading. Attainment in reading has increased for disadvantaged pupils to 78% in 2013, up from 73% in 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 14/01/2015 15:07:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman