Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time between application to initial decision was for awards issued by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
Answered by Mike Penning
The average time taken for CICA to reach an initial decision in the years 2013-14 and 2014-15 were as follows. Note that this time includes cases where no compensation was payable within the terms of the Scheme. Comparable data going back to financial year 2010-11 is included.
2010-11 | 7.2 months |
2011-12 | 7.8 months |
2012-13 | 8.8 months |
2013-14 | 10.4 months |
2014-15 | 10.9 months |
The average time taken for CICA to reach an initial decision where compensation was offered, during the years 2013-14 and 2014-15 were as follows. Comparable data for the average time taken to make a decision where a monetary award was offered is not held.
2013-14 | 14 months |
2014-15 | 16 months |
In the last year, CICA have focused on clearing the older cases from its caseload, which has allowed CICA to reduce the proportion of cases which are more than two years old. However, this has contributed to longer average clearance times.
Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority have been made in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
We sympathise with all victims of violent crime. The latest scheme, introduced in November 2012, focuses awards on those who have suffered the most serious injuries. The figures for the past 5 financial years are given in the table below.
| Applications made to CICA |
2010 - 2011 | 61,292 |
2011 - 2012 | 58,195 |
2012 - 2013 | 47,889 |
2013-2014 | 33,688 |
2014 -2015 | 32,595 |
Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were enrolled in (a) school sixth forms, (b) academy sixth forms and (c) 16 to 19 years free schools which have been established since September 2011 in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Boles
The 2014 to 2015 academic year is the most recent year for which full-year enrolment figures are available.
The following enrolment figures are based on institutions that were established on or after 1 August 2011 as this is the start of the school allocation year.
There were 5,825 students enrolled at 54 newly established School Sixth Form institutions
There were 17,118 students enrolled at 159 newly established Academy Sixth Form Institutions (Including Studio School’s and UTC’s)
There were 3,289 students enrolled at 29 newly established 16-19 Years Free School institutions
Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to increase parliamentary engagement in the implementation of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.
Answered by Amber Rudd
My Rt Hon Friend, the role of Parliamentarians in helping ensure delivery of nationally determined commitments is very important. We will continue to take every opportunity to encourage other countries, including members of their Parliaments, to take action to deliver on their commitments and consider how they might increase ambition further. I recognise the valuable part that my Rt Hon Friend plays as the Chairman of the Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE).
Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to make the certification process for the Basic Payment Scheme more efficient for farmers; and if she will include further accountability bodies who are able to certify active farmer status to improve efficiency of that scheme.
Answered by George Eustice
We are considering what changes are required to the administration of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) next year, taking into account the feedback we have received from farmers and experience from the first year of implementation.
Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK students attend universities in Latin America.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
The UNESCO Institute of Statistics estimates for every country the number of outbound tertiary students studying in different regions of the world. Their most recent figures refer to 2013 and are published at the link: http://data.uis.unesco.org/
The estimated number of UK students attending universities in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2013 was 234.
Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what trade missions to Latin America the Government has organised in the last 12 months; and what such trade missions are planned in the next 12 months.
Answered by Anna Soubry
In the last 12 months, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has organised the following trade missions to Latin America;
Multi-Sector Mission to Colombia and Peru – November 2014
Multi-Sector Mission to Mexico and Colombia – November/December 2014
Automotive Mission to Mexico - December 2014
Oil & Gas Mission to Colombia - March 2015
Trade Mission to Mexico – March 2015
Trade Mission to Brazil – March 2015
Global Sports Mission to Brazil - August 2015
Northern PowerHouse Mission to Mexico/Colombia – September/October 2015
Water Mission to Brazil (visiting FITABES Trade Show) – October 2015
MSB (Medium Size Business) to Brazil (led by Lord Maude) – November 2015
Broadcast Mission to Mexico – November 2015
Multi- Sector Mission to Colombia and Peru – November 2015
Information relating to planned missions from April 2016 onwards is not available at this time. UKTI is currently undertaking business planning for the period in question. The 2016-2017 Events Programme will be available by end of March 2016.
Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to increase the number of students studying Spanish in schools.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Since September 2014, maintained primary schools in England must teach a modern or ancient foreign language to pupils at key stage 2 (ages 7 to 11). According to the annual language trends surveys conducted by the Centre for British Teachers, 20 per cent of primary schools taught Spanish in 2014, up from 16 per cent in 2012. In order to support the new curriculum, the government is funding nine projects across the country providing continued professional development for primary and secondary teachers, including training and resources for the teaching of Spanish.
The government took action in 2010 to halt the decline in the number of school children taking language GCSEs by introducing the English Baccalaureate. This has had a positive effect on the take up of languages in schools. The proportion of the cohort in state funded schools entered for a modern foreign language has risen from 40 per cent in 2010 to 49 per cent in 2015. Over the same period, there has been a 46 per cent rise in the number of entries for Spanish GCSE in schools in England.
The government’s goal is that, in time, at least 90 per cent of pupils enter GCSEs in the EBacc subjects of English, maths, science, humanities and languages.
Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils took a GCSE in Spanish in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Information on the total entries for GCSEs in Spanish is published at national level as part of the “GCSE and equivalent results in England” statistical first release [1],[2],[3],[4],[5]
[1] 2014/15 provisional table can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/467610/SFR37_2015_Subject_Timeseries.xls. (Years: 2009/10 - 2014/15)
[2] 2008/09 revised table 8 can be found at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00196306/ks4-results-in-england-2008-09-(revised). (Year: 2008/09)
[3] 2007/08 revised table 10 can be found at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195931/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england. (Year: 2007/08)
[4] 2006/07 revised table 10 can be found at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195692/dcsf-gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-en. (Year: 2006/07)
[5] 2005/06 revised table 10 can be found at: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00195387/gcse-and-equivalent-examination-results-in-england. (Year: 2005/06)
Asked by: Graham Stuart (Conservative - Beverley and Holderness)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) pupil premium and (b) pupil premium plus funding each local authority (i) received in the most recent year for which figures are available and (ii) will receive in (A) 2015-16 and (B) 2016-17.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Allocations for the pupil premium and pupil premium plus for each English local authority for financial years 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016 are published at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2014-to-2015-final-allocations; and
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations.
The allocations for the pupil premium plus for 2015- 2016 will be updated in December 2015 to take account of the numbers of children looked after for at least one day, as recorded on the children looked after data return (SSDA903) completed by local authorities in March 2015.
Allocations for financial year 2016-2017 will be published in June 2016 following the receipt of pupil number data from the spring 2016 schools and alternative provision censuses. The pupil premium per pupil amounts for 2016-2017 will be protected at the current rates, which are:
Pupils | per pupil rate |
Disadvantaged pupils: Primary | £1,320 |
Disadvantaged pupils: Secondary | £935 |
Pupil Premium Plus: Looked After Children (LAC) 1 and those adopted from care or who leave care under a Special Guardianship Order or Child Arrangements Order (formally known as a residence order). | £1,900 |
Service children | £300 |
1. A looked after child is defined in the Children Act 1989 as one who is in the care of, or provided with accommodation by, an English or Welsh local authority.