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874638

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date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	CarillionAmey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of CarillianAmey.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence remains protected by the Joint Venture Parent Company Guarantee/Indemnity Insurance in place for CarillionAmey. If in the future the contract is novated this will be subject to separate financial control checks.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Department’s contingency planning work a scrutiny of Amey's financial standing was carried out by Price Waterhouse Cooper, and no concerns were raised. Amey's parent company Ferrovial are providing financial backing to their contracts.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 23/04/2018 16:08:34 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874639

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on increasing the size of the welcome to England signs on the English Border with Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has had no discussions with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about the size of boundary signs between England and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The design and size of traffic signs, including those indicating a border, is regulated through the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. It is for the relevant traffic authority to determine the size of signs having regard to the speed of approaching traffic, and they may do so without reference to the Department provided the design meets relevant legislation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/04/2018 16:34:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874640

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
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 make an assessment of the implications for her policies on counter extremism of the report from the organisation Hope Not Hate, The state of hate 2018, published in March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of extremism. The 2015 Counter-Extremism Strategy sets out a four year programme of work for defeating extremism at source by countering extremist ideology; supporting mainstream voices, especially in faith communities and civil society; disrupting the most harmful extremists; and building more cohesive communities by tackling segregation.</p><p>The Government has established an Extremism Analysis Unit (EAU) to support government and the wider public sector to understand the threat from extremism. The EAU will continue to learn from existing capabilities to analyse extremism, including external experts.</p><p>In March 2018 the Government launched an independent Commission for Countering Extremism. The Commission has a clear remit to identify and challenge extremism in all its forms, and it will be engaging widely with stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/04/2018 16:27:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874641

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage private sector landlords to provide longer-term contracts.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting the rights of tenants and giving them more security.</p><p>We have published a model tenancy agreement which landlords and tenants can use as the basis for longer, family friendly tenancies, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-agreement-for-a-shorthold-assured-tenancy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-agreement-for-a-shorthold-assured-tenancy</a></p><p>We will shortly be launching a consultation seeking views on the benefits and barriers to landlords offering longer tenancies in the private rented sector. This work will inform any next steps, including costs, of how we can support landlords to offer more secure tenancies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/04/2018 16:16:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874642

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to make a decision on the roll-out of the 26-30 railcard.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 22 March 2018, to the Hon Member for Tooting (Rosena Allin-Khan), UIN 133282.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/04/2018 10:43:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874643

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Young People
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 make an assessment of the effect on the mental health of 18-year old asylum seekers of their transfer from social care to the National Asylum Support System.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to make such an assessment.</p><p>Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in England are supported by local authorities under the Children Act 1989 and usually remain supported under the same legislation as “care leavers” after they turn 18 years of age.</p><p>The only circumstances in which they would transfer to the asylum support system administered by the Home Office is if they were supported by the local authority for less than 13 weeks before their 18<sup>th</sup> birthday and their asylum claim or appeal was still outstanding.</p><p>Similar arrangements are in place in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:46:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874645

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to simplify the process of applying for tax credits for (a) self employed people and (b) those with portfolio careers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC regularly reviews its processes, simplifying them wherever possible whilst remaining within the relevant legislation.</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>HMRC undertakes activities to support Self Assessment customers who claim Tax Credits to ensure they get their entitlement right, including prompts to ensure they correctly report all necessary information in Self Assessment returns.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>There are no separate processes for ‘portfolio workers’; their claims are handled in the same way as other workers.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/04/2018 11:41:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874854

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the proposal for differential fees for different university courses.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	135155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Leeds North West to the answer I gave on 26 February 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-02-26/129545" target="_blank">129545</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/04/2018 09:42:07 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874856

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Down's Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that there are employment opportunities for people with Down's Syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	135157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is strongly committed to increasing opportunities for disabled people, including those with a learning disabilty, such as Down’s Syndrome. Taking a life course approach, we are working across Government and with local authorities, voluntary organisations and employers in the public and private sectors to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>On Thursday 30 November 2017 we published ‘Improving Lives the Future of Work,</p><p>Health and Disability’, which sets out details of our life course approach to improving employment opportunities for disabled people and people with a health condition. Whilst the initiatives are not all aimed exclusively at people with a learning disability, we expect that many will benefit from them. Our plans include:<br></p><ul><li>A proof of concept for a Tri-work Supported Work Experience offer in schools will be tested in three jobcentre districts and will provide a supported work experience placement of up to two weeks for pupils in Year 10 or 11 who have special educational needs, many of whom are likely to have a learning disability or difficulty. <br></li><li>We have developed a Supported Work Experience aimed at offering young people with a learning disability and other long term conditions a chance to spend time with an employer whilst receiving the support they need to make the most from the opportunity. These young people will be identified by Work Coaches and other professionals who will encourage them to volunteer if it is right for them. The young person may be claiming benefit, or in the latter years of their education<p><p></li><li>A Local Supported Employment proof of concept is being delivered with nine local authorities. DWP is investing £2.7 million to test an approach which delivers Supported Employment, on an outcome-payment basis, to help people with a learning disability or learning difficulty who are known to adult care services<p><p></li><li>We are introducing 200 Community Partners to Jobcentres across Great Britain, to enhance our services to people with a disability or health condition. Community Partners have a lived experience or expert knowledge of disability and provide valuable insight into how disability can affect an individual’s employment outcomes, both in terms of securing and sustaining employment. Many of the Community Partners will have a specialism and 11 will be specialists in learning disabilities and neurodiverse conditions. <br></li><li>Access to Work has put in place a Hidden Impairment Specialist Team that gives advice to help employers support employees with conditions such as a learning disability. It also offers eligible people an assessment to find out their needs at work and help to develop a support plan<br></li><li>Employers signing up to the Disability Confident scheme agree to make specific meaningful offers of opportunities for disabled people such as jobs, apprenticeships, internships and work experience. 5,964 businesses are currently signed up to Disability Confident, and this number continues to grow.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 16/04/2018 13:26:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874859

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a transition training fund to enable employees in the fossil fuel industry to move to the renewable energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	135160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 23rd March 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-03-13/132262/" target="_blank">132262</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/04/2018 13:42:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel