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1088239

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to advocate a unilateral approach to airport staff screening at the International Civil Aviation Organization in 2019 as opposed to the mutual recognition approach discussed at the Transatlantic Aviation Security Industry Roundtable in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	232006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has consistently advocated, in the International Civil Aviation Organization and in other forums, a global approach to tackling insider threat at airports based on 100% screening of staff, randomness and unpredictability as part of that screening, and background checks of staff working in secure areas or with access to sensitive security information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2019 13:39:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1088336

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish statistics by (a) age and (b) gender of prison officers recruited in each of the last three years; and what the retention rate has been of prison officers in that same time period.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	232019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of band 3-5 prison officers that were recruited in the last three years, by age and gender are provided in table 1 below. The leaving rate of band 3-5 officers for the same period is provided in table 2.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Band 3-5 prison officers<sup>1</sup> joiners, by age and gender, 2016-2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2017</p></td><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>519</p></td><td><p>1,243</p></td><td><p>1,885</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>1,018</p></td><td><p>2,989</p></td><td><p>3,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 30</p></td><td><p>1,004</p></td><td><p>2,525</p></td><td><p>3,432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-39</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td><td><p>1,446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40-49</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>482</p></td><td><p>627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60+</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,537</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,232</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,710</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Underlying leaving<sup>2</sup> rate of permanent<sup>3</sup> band 3-5 officers<sup>1</sup>, 2016-2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Leavers<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Average staff in post</p></td><td><p>Leaving rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>1,786</p></td><td><p>18,860</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2017</p></td><td><p>1,967</p></td><td><p>19,590</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 December 2018</p></td><td><p>2,406</p></td><td><p>22,229</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2. Movements due to machinery of Government changes or due to staff transferring to or from the private sector as a result of changes in the management of establishments are not included in these tables. Such movements are 151 FTE staff transferring with Medway Secure Training Centre when HMPPS took over running it in July 2016 and 59 FTE transferring in to the newly created Youth Custody Centre in September 2017.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>3. Staff with a permanent contract of employment with HMPPS.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>4. Does not include voluntary early departure or redundancy.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p><p> </p><p>We want prison officers to stay and progress their careers. We’ve improved induction processes to ease transition into the job, provide care and support for our staff and offer additional training. These measures are part of the work we are doing directly with Governors to address local issues and ensure experienced staff and new recruits remain in the service.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2019 16:43:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1088359

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Work and Health Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been referred onto the Work and Health programme by her Department's work coaches.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	231941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on the Work and Health Programme referral figures by contract package area are published and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-experimental-statistics-to-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-experimental-statistics-to-november-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All Work Coaches have the ability to refer people to the Work and Health Programme; however, on the question of how many work coaches have referred people - this information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 231942 231943 question first answered 20/03/2019 15:08:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1088361

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Work and Health Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people have been referred to Remploy through her Department's Work and Health programme.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	231942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on the Work and Health Programme referral figures by contract package area are published and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-experimental-statistics-to-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-experimental-statistics-to-november-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All Work Coaches have the ability to refer people to the Work and Health Programme; however, on the question of how many work coaches have referred people - this information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 231941 231943 question first answered 20/03/2019 15:08:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1088362

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Work and Health Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of her Department's work coaches have referred people to the Work and Health programme.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	231943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on the Work and Health Programme referral figures by contract package area are published and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-experimental-statistics-to-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-and-health-programme-experimental-statistics-to-november-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All Work Coaches have the ability to refer people to the Work and Health Programme; however, on the question of how many work coaches have referred people - this information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 231941 231942 question first answered 20/03/2019 15:08:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1088392

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Algeria: 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 discussions he has had with his Algerian counterparts on the postponed presidential elections in that country.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	231912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>We have discussed recent developments in Algeria with Algerian officials at a variety of levels.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/03/2019 16:31:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1088394

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Algeria: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential for civil unrest as a result of the postponed Algerian presidential elections.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	231913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>​We are aware of the ongoing demonstrations in Algeria and President Bouteflika’s announcement that elections are to be postponed. We are following developments.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/03/2019 16:34:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1088432

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what penalty clauses are in place in the Dart Charge operator’s contract in relation to penalty charges not issued on a timely basis.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	231990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The DFFC (Dartford Free Flow Charging) contract includes a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) which measures timely issuance of enforcement documentation. This KPI covers the issuance of the following documentation: Penalty Charges; Charge Certificates; Order for Recovery and Warrant of Execution. Enforcement documentation which does not meet set times can attract service points which equate to a financial penalty to the operator</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2019 13:50:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

1088434

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the protocol is for the annual write-off of irrecoverable Dart Charge debts; and whether there is ministerial sign-off of those debts.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	231991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Irrecoverable cases have been written off in accordance with a defined set of agreed business rules which were reviewed and agreed with the National Audit Office as the auditing authority. Only cases that are assessed to be beyond likely recovery at economic cost are written off. The Minister does not formally approve the write-off of these cases but is required to review and approve the annual accounts prior to formal sign-off by Highways England’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Finance Officer.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2019 14:00:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

1088454

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Creative Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the financial benefit of the EU's Creative Europe programme to the UK creative arts industries.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	232060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Creative Europe is a competitive-bid EU fund that supports the cultural and audiovisual sectors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The department has worked closely with the Creative Europe Desk UK to understand the financial benefit of the programme. Their recent report, The Impact of Creative Europe in the UK, concludes that the UK receives an average of €18.4 million a year and we understand that participants enjoy additional benefits such as networking and partnership opportunities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The next generation of EU programmes are due to begin in 2021, and are currently under negotiation in the EU. The UK is exploring continued participation in EU programmes where it is in the EU and UK's mutual interest.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Political Declaration Setting out the Framework for the Future Relationship between the EU and the UK sets out (at paragraph 11) that the UK and EU will establish general principles, terms and conditions for the UK’s participation in Union programmes and that these should include a fair and appropriate financial contribution. Any ongoing participation would need to be value for money for the UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 232061 question first answered 20/03/2019 14:45:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft