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982526

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date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve financial transparancy in academy trusts.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	176650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The department requires a high level of transparency of academy trusts. All academy trusts must have an annual independent audit of their annual accounts by a registered statutory auditor and academy trusts must be open and transparent and publish their accounts. This is not a requirement of local authority maintained schools.</p><p> </p><p>Academy trusts must prepare annual accounts. This provides considerably more information than other schools and provides a far higher level of public scrutiny than is required of local authority schools. Their financial performance is instead summarised within the authorities’ accounts. In addition, academy trusts are audited externally to international auditing standards, again this is not required of local authority schools.</p><p> </p><p>The department also publishes the ‘Consolidated Annual Report and Accounts’, based on returns from all academies in England. The reports are available for public scrutiny at GOV.UK. The most recent report covering 2015/16 is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academies-consolidated-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a>. We aim to publish the report for 2016/17 in October.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/10/2018 16:38:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

982648

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Amazon: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will publish statistics on the number of employees of Amazon who have been in receipt of (a) working tax credits and (b) universal credit in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will publish the total amount paid to such employees in (a) working tax credits and (b) universal credits in that same period.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	175919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/10/2018 16:25:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

982766

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Brain: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of people with an acquired brain injury.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	176030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>These data are not available in the format requested and no estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Reference costs are the mandatory collection of costs data from all National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts. Whilst there is a very wide coverage of services delivered across the NHS collected in reference costs, the diagnosis and treatment of acquired and traumatic brain injuries are excluded.</p><p> </p><p>This is as per table 39 of the national cost collection guidance which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/approved-costing-guidance-collections/" target="_blank">improvement.nhs.uk/resources/approved-costing-guidance-collections/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 176029 176031 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:38:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

982767

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Brain: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money was spent from the public purse by his Department on the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of the effects of acquired and traumatic brain injuries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	176031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>These data are not available in the format requested and no estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Reference costs are the mandatory collection of costs data from all National Health Service trusts and NHS foundation trusts. Whilst there is a very wide coverage of services delivered across the NHS collected in reference costs, the diagnosis and treatment of acquired and traumatic brain injuries are excluded.</p><p> </p><p>This is as per table 39 of the national cost collection guidance which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/approved-costing-guidance-collections/" target="_blank">improvement.nhs.uk/resources/approved-costing-guidance-collections/</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 176029 176030 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:38:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

982769

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Concussion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of incidents of concussion in schools in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	176033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>It is important that children with medical conditions, such as acquired brain injury, are supported to receive a full education.</p><p>To be awarded qualified teacher status, trainees must meet the Teachers’ Standards, which include a requirement that they adapt teaching to meet the strengths and needs of all pupils. The performance of all existing teachers in maintained schools must be assessed every year against the Teachers' Standards. It is the responsibility of school leaders to determine the training needs of their staff, within their approach to school improvement, professional development and performance management.</p><p>Under Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014, governing boards are required to make arrangements to support pupils with medical conditions and to have regard to statutory guidance. The guidance is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions--3</a>, and covers a range of areas including staff training. Staff training is critical in enabling school staff to provide the support needed to pupils with medical conditions. The statutory guidance is clear that governing boards should ensure that any member of school staff providing support to a pupil with medical needs has received suitable training. It also states that training should be sufficient to ensure that staff are competent and have confidence in their ability to support pupils with medical conditions, and to fulfil the requirements as set out in individual healthcare plans.</p><p>The information requested on number of incidents of concussion in schools is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 176032 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:44:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

982813

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Drugs: Counterfeit Manufacturing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on independent pharmacies of the implementation of the Falsified Medicines Directive by February 2019.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	176164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to work with stakeholders to inform our understanding of the potential costs of the different IT solutions and approaches to the implementation of the Falsified Medicines Directive, including in respect to independent pharmacies.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/10/2018 16:39:51 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

983092

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have applied for universal credit advance loan payments in the last 12 months; and how many of those applications were successful.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	176262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the reply to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-07-11/162992/" target="_blank">162992</a> on 16 July.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, our latest internal management information data as of July 2018 shows that over 60% of new claims currently receive either a ‘New Claim’ or ‘Benefit Transfer’ advance which shows claimants are getting the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/10/2018 16:11:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

983243

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to support civil society in Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	176537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>DFID Sudan primarily engages and supports civil society through the Local Partnership and Dialogue Programme (LPDP) with a total support of £12 million which aims to build the capacity of non-state actors to demand and deliver more inclusive, democratic &amp; accountable governance. Over the past 3 years, the programme has delivered the following:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Institutional capacity building </strong>- tailored to specific needs of 25 Civil Society Organisations (CSO).</p></li><li><p><strong>Funding CSOs</strong> to pursue governance issues such as basic service delivery (e.g. health and education), environment and rule of law.</p></li><li><p><strong>Empowerment of Youth Leaders</strong> - through training and mentoring for their empowerment, training more than 60 activists from civil society, political parties and youth-led organisations/initiatives, by raising their awareness of democratic values and practices.</p></li><li><p><strong>Facilitation of dialogue </strong>among and within 20 political groups with focus on those with social and political divides to enhance political dialogue processes such as the National Dialogue and the Peace negotiation process in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan States.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/10/2018 16:13:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

983281

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurses: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many mental health nursing students have started degree apprenticeships in the 2018-19 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	176370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>In the 2017/18 academic year reported to date (from August 2017 to April 2018), 260 apprenticeship starts were recorded for the standard ‘Registered Nurse’. This is the level 6 degree apprenticeship approved for delivery on 9 May 2017. Mental health nursing remains an optional element within the nursing apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, there have been 640 apprenticeship starts reported to date (from August 2017 to April 2018) for the standard ‘Nursing Associate’ (level 5 apprenticeship standard, approved for delivery on 20 November 2017; note that we class apprenticeships at level 6 and above as ‘degree-level’). There were no starts on these standards in the 2016/17 academic year. Full final year data for the 2017/18 academic year will be available in November 2018 and data covering 2018/19 will be available in January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In England, there have been 64,830 apprenticeship starts in the Health, Public Services and Care sector subject area reported to date in the first three quarters of the 2017/18 academic year (August 2017 to April 2018). This data can be accessed at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/further-education-and-skills-statistical-first-release-sfr</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We want to increase the number of nursing apprenticeships and now have a complete apprentice pathway from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice in nursing. This will support people from all backgrounds to enter a nursing career in the National Health Service (NHS).</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with employers, Health Education England and ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure the NHS is fully supported to recruit apprentices, both in nursing and in a range of various occupations.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 11/10/2018 16:39:46 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff