Esther McVey: What progress he has made on establishing a commission on a Bill of Rights.
Esther McVey: I thank the Deputy Prime Minister for his response. In the light of the European Court of Human Rights judgments that have gone against the will of the British public by giving prisoners the right to vote, allowing paedophiles to be removed from the sex offenders register and preventing deportation of those considered dangerous to the country’s national security, specifically when could the...
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1180W, on overseas students: loans, how much has been written off as bad debt from EEA students in arrears; what the monetary value of pending payments is; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many people from (a) EEA countries, Switzerland and Turkey...
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many children of Turkish workers who have received help with tuition fees since 2006 have not made scheduled repayments in each of the last five years; (2) how many students from other EU member states have received living cost support from the Student Loans Company in each of the last five years; (3) pursuant to...
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1180W, on overseas students: loans, what procedures are in place to recoup the outstanding debt of those former students from European Economic Area countries who are in arrears.
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he plans to take to ensure that all student loans eligible for repayment are repaid in full following implementation of the increased maximum chargeable amount in tuition fees.
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the level of value added tax receipts from (a) schools and (b) sixth form colleges in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the costs incurred by the Student Loans Company on prosecuting those from (a) EEA and (b) non-EEA states who did not repay a student loan (i) wholly and (ii) partially in the latest period for which figures are available.
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2011, Official Report, columns 718-19W, on students: loans, how much was owed by those people prosecuted for non-repayment of their student loan; and what the cost to his Department was of raising such judgments.
Esther McVey: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2011, Official Report, column 370W, on voluntary organisations, what recent assessment his Department has made of the progress made in establishing Business Connectors; and if he will make a statement.
Esther McVey: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2011, Official Report, column 370W, on voluntary organisations, what recent assessment his Department has made of the progress made on the Every Business Counts initiative; and if he will make a statement.
Esther McVey: What recent representations she has received on the regulation of airbrushed images of women in the media.
Esther McVey: Is the Minister aware of the petition submitted by Girlguiding UK to the Prime Minister on 4 November that called for compulsory labelling to distinguish between airbrushed and natural images? What steps will she take to ensure that consumers, especially the young, know when images have been altered?
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans his Department has to provide pupil-focused careers advice to pupils of all ages in all schools.
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many non-EU overseas students have not made scheduled student loan repayments in each of the last five years; (2) how many students from European Union member states other than the UK have not made scheduled repayments to the Student Loans Company in each of the last five years.
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what progress his Department has made on its plans to improve discipline in schools by providing alternative provisions in special units for excluded pupils.
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department plans to run boot camp-style pilot schemes for excluded pupils in (a) England and (b) Merseyside.
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department plans to seek tenders from (a) businesses and (b) existing providers to run special units and alternative provision for excluded pupils.
Esther McVey: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students have been prosecuted for non-repayment of student loans in each of the last five years; and how many of those were convicted in each such year.
Esther McVey: What assessment he has made of the role of tourism in stimulating economic growth.