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987719

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	What recent changes the Government has made to universal credit to protect the incomes of the most vulnerable claimants.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	907057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We have already spent £1.5 billion on improvements during the first assessment period. We have already committed more money to protect the most vulnerable, including the 500,000 people currently receiving the Severe Disability Premium. A million disabled people will be better off.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/10/2018 16:11:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

984720

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Loneliness: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the costs of social loneliness and isolation in elderly people to the economy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	177589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss a range of policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>Loneliness is an issue that affects many in our society and tackling loneliness can help to address social isolation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care fully supports a Government-wide approach to tackling loneliness led by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Loneliness Strategy was published on 15 October 2018 and will be its first step in tackling the long-term challenge of loneliness. <strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/10/2018 16:36:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

984730

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to close the £760 per student funding gap identified in the report of October 2018 by London Economics on understanding the funding shortfall in sixth form education.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	177670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The London Economics report on funding in sixth form education for the Sixth Form College Assocation includes an assessment of the cost of widening the curriculum for students. All 16 to 19 providers, including Sixth Form Colleges, have a vital role to play in making sure young people have the skills they need to get on in life, and we are currently considering the efficiency and resilience of the further education sector, and assessing how far existing funding and regulatory structures meet the costs of delivering quality further education.</p><p> </p><p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until 2020 and our commitment to the 16 to 19 sector has contributed to the current record high proportion of 16 and 17 year olds who are participating in education or apprenticeships. However, we are aware of the funding pressures and will continue to look carefully at funding for the sector in preparation for the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/10/2018 16:25:28 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

984733

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the validity of the findings of the Institute for Fiscal Studies 2018 annual report on education spending in England that funding for further education has been reduced more than other areas of education since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	177671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies report uses published data on funding and student numbers to derive a trend in real terms expenditure per student. Their report shows that funding for school pupils aged 5 to 16 will be more than 50% higher in real terms per pupil in 2020 than in 2000. The government chose to prioritise pre-16 schooling because that is absolutely fundamental to later learning and achievement.</p><p>We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until 2020. Our commitment to the 16 to 19 sector has contributed to the current record high proportion of 16 and 17 year olds who are participating in education or apprenticeships.</p><p>We are investing in the sector to support providers to deliver the new T level qualifications from 2020. This will mean an additional £500 million every year once they are fully rolled out. We recently announced a further £38 million for the first wave of T level providers to invest in equipment and facilities to support the roll-out of T levels.</p><p>We are currently considering the efficiency and resilience of the further education sector and assessing how far existing funding and regulatory structures meet the costs of delivering quality further education.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/10/2018 16:37:49 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

984745

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2018 to Question 173616, for what reason information on the gender balance of staff in the Government Digital Service is not available.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	177821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Information about the workforce of my department, including diversity statistics, is published as part of this Government's transparency commitment and I refer the honourable member to those sources of information, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</a> . It is not the policy of my Department to publish information about individual business units within the Department.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/10/2018 16:34:37 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

984746

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average salary is for a cyber security specialist employed by the government.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	177822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold centrally information on salaries of cyber security specialists across HMG. However, the Government Security Profession will deliver a Profession Framework outlining the job families, career pathways for specialists and their pay and rewards, by the spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/10/2018 16:36:23 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

984754

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Clinical Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of on-site clinical waste facilities at hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	177615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>There are three hospital sites that own onsite clinical waste incineration facilities, Addenbrookes, Plymouth, and Wolverhampton.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service Trusts have their own contracts for waste removal. In 2017 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs found that there was over 30,000 tonnes of spare operational clinical and hazardous waste capacity.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 15/10/2018 16:36:28 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

984756

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Housing Ombudsman Service
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 the average time taken was for the Housing Ombudsman to complete a case in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	177595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The data available for the period 2012-13 to 2017-18* can be found at the Housing Ombudsman website: <a href="https://www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/about-us/corporate-information/publications/" target="_blank">https://www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/about-us/corporate-information/publications/</a></p><p>The data for the period 2009-10 to 2011-12 can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-housing-ombudsman-limited-annual-report-and-accounts-2009-to-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-housing-ombudsman-limited-annual-report-and-accounts-2009-to-2010</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-housing-ombudsman-limited-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-housing-ombudsman-limited-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-to-2011</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-housing-ombudsman-limited-annual-report-and-financial-statements-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-housing-ombudsman-limited-annual-report-and-financial-statements-2011-to-2012</a></p><p>In their 2017-18 Annual Report the Housing Ombudsman confirmed its commitment to reducing the average case time for a determination to six months. Additionally, in the Green Paper “A new deal for social housing” we are consulting on options for speeding up the complaints process for social housing residents.</p><p>*A casework system change occurred at the end of 2013-14 and the reporting issues continued into 2014-15. There is not a complete set of data for these years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/10/2018 16:20:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

984760

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) men and (b) women are employed at grade 7 in the London pay area in his central Department; and how many of each are on the pay (i) minimum and (ii) maximum for that grade.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	177672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of men and women employed at Grade 7 in the central Department for Transport on the London pay scale as at September 30<sup>th</sup>, 2018, including those at minimum and maximum pay for the grade, is outlined in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>At minimum pay for grade</p></td><td><p>At maximum pay for grade</p></td><td><p>Total staff at all pay</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Numbers of female staff</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Numbers of male staff</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>573</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/10/2018 16:30:27 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

984799

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Cameroon: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the presidential elections that took place in Cameroon on 7 October 2018 (a) were conducted in a free and fair manner and (b) produced a legitimate result.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	177646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>​The African Union's Election Observation Mission found that the elections were conducted in a relatively orderly manner in most of the country, but violence affected polling in the Anglophone regions. The result is due to be announced between 15-22 October. On 8 October I issued a statement making clear that the UK was concerned by reports of violence and casualties on polling day in Anglophone regions, and by how difficult it was for citizens to vote there. I called on all parties to follow proper procedure for tallying results and exercise restraint.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/10/2018 16:20:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry