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437131

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Higher Education: Disability
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 his Department is taking to ensure that the Independent Adjudicator can monitor the implementation by higher education institutions of provision for disabled students who do not have complex needs.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	19505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Higher education institutions have a legal duty under the Equality Act 2010 to provide reasonable adjustments for disabled students and to monitor their compliance with their Equality Act duties. The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 require institutions to publish information as to their compliance with the general public sector equality duty.</p><p>Students who are dissatisfied with the provision of support, and raise their concerns through their institution’s formal complaints procedures, can then also take their case to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator. This is a free service for the student.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/12/2015 14:53:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

437146

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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, what the definition of paper-assisted digital applications is for the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The new Common Agricultural Policy has been widely recognised as being more complex for farmers to understand and harder for Member States to administer. The new schemes have not yet been audited by the European Commission so it is too early to say what the level of any disallowance will be, but complexity tends to increase disallowance risk.</p><br /><p>For the Basic Payment Scheme 2015 the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) sent pre-populated claim forms to farmers and land owners to allow them to submit their applications before the deadline. The RPA provided an unprecedented level of support to farmers and land owners through the Rural Payments Helpline and 50 Drop In Centres that allowed some 88,000 applications to be received within the deadline. ‘Paper-assisted’ means that forms were completed on paper but then entered on to a digital system by RPA staff.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 19642 question first answered 15/12/2015 12:46:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

437166

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons he has not yet announced funding for the Time to Change campaigns beyond March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	19556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>We have provided £3.2 million in funding in 2015/16 to the Time to Change programme to support the excellent work the programme does in reducing the stigma associated with mental illness.</p><br /><p>The Time to Change programme received £16 million in funding from Government between 2011/12 and 2014/15.</p><br /><p>Officials are in discussions with Time to Change, and its other funding partners, about the next phase of the programme.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/12/2015 12:33:57 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

437210

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fraud: Solicitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to raise awareness amongst solicitors of the risks of their clients being targeted in scams by people purporting to operate in the name of their solicitor requesting transfer of funds; and what estimate he has made of the number of such scams that took place in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	19587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), as an independent regulator, is well aware of the risks identified by the honourable member. It regularly issues scam alerts and in July this year published a paper outlining key risks. This paper will be updated again next spring. The SRA has advised that in 2014 it issued 183 scam alerts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/12/2015 13:06:53 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

437212

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisons: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners are taking part in drug and alcohol treatment programmes (a) in total and (b) in each prison in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	19625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England provides local information for performance monitoring in the restricted access section of the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System website, but does not publish national data centrally.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 19690 question first answered 15/12/2015 15:04:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

437225

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisons: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners received treatment for (a) alcohol addiction, (b) drug addiction and (c) any other addiction in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	19690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England provides local information for performance monitoring in the restricted access section of the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System website, but does not publish national data centrally.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 19625 question first answered 15/12/2015 15:04:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

437228

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer grade staff were employed by NOMS on 31 March in each year since 2010; and how many such people were employed on the latest day for which statistics are available.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	19635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers in post, and on the number who joined and left the public sector Prison Service, is published in the National Offender Management Service Workforce Statistics Bulletin. The 30 September edition of the bulletin can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 19636 question first answered 15/12/2015 13:12:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

437239

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of a 50 per cent reduction in air passenger duty in Scotland on Manchester Airport.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	19573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The government is currently undertaking a consultation into options to support regional airports from the impacts of air passenger duty devolution. We are carefully considering the evidence we have received from stakeholders and will respond in due course.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/12/2015 17:27:50 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

436626

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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	Apprentices
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 relationship will be between the new Institute for Apprentices and the industry-led body that will administer the Apprenticeships Levy.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	19485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>It is our intention that the independent Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) will be established by April 2017. The Institute will approve apprenticeship standards and safeguard apprenticeship quality.</p><br /><p>The body will not be responsible for the operational functions associated with funding of apprenticeships and the administration of the levy. These will be fulfilled by the Government’s operational agencies.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/12/2015 14:36:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

436643

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Political Activities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there is, or has been within the last 10 years, a requirement on (a) applicants to the civil service and (b) civil servants upon entry to the civil service to disclose party political membership.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	19367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The restrictions on civil servants’ involvement in political activities are set out in the Civil Service Management Code. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418696/CSMC-_April_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418696/CSMC-_April_2015.pdf</a></p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/12/2015 17:34:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant