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1134803

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Northern Ireland Borders Steering Group, run by the Borders Delivery Group has met since 7 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	269656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Borders Steering Group, run by the Border Delivery Group met on 27 February 2019. Members of the Steering Group were also included in a wider stakeholder call on 15 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/07/2019 15:47:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1134804

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation paper entitled, Infrastructure Finance Review, published by his Department in March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	269744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Infrastructure Finance Review consultation closed on 5 June. The government is currently reviewing responses, and intends to conclude the review alongside the National Infrastructure Strategy at the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/07/2019 15:00:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1134806

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of local authorities franchising of bus services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	269657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Bus Services Act 2017 introduced new bus franchising powers for local authorities as well as providing other tools such as Enhanced Partnerships to improve bus services.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have met with a number of interested local authorities to help them understand the opportunities in the Act to improve bus services in their area. It is up to individual local authorities to decide what powers in the act to use and the Department has published guidance and continues to provide advice when requested to those that are taking plans forward.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/07/2019 11:47:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1134809

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time first degree undergraduates his Department estimates will be studying in higher education institutions in England in (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22, (iv) 2022-23 and (v) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	269745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not forecast the total number of full-time and part-time first-degree undergraduates studying in higher education institutions (HEIs) in England from 2019/20 to 2023/24. However, the department does publish forecasts for number of loan borrowers and entrants for full-time and part-time undergraduates who are English domiciled and attend UK HEIs, and who are EU domiciled and attend higher education institutions in England.</p><p> </p><p>The latest forecast figures are publicly available in the Student loan forecasts, England: 2018 to 2019 available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2018-to-2019</a>. The table below summarises the published figures.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Student entrants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full-time<strong><strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>397,000</p></td><td><p>390,000</p></td><td><p>390,000</p></td><td><p>394,000</p></td><td><p>399,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part-time[2]</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>125,000</p></td><td><p>135,000</p></td><td><p>135,000</p></td><td><p>135,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total loan borrowers<strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Full-time</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fee loans</p></td><td><p>1,110,000</p></td><td><p>1,110,000</p></td><td><p>1,115,000</p></td><td><p>1,115,000</p></td><td><p>1,125,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance loans</p></td><td><p>1,025,000</p></td><td><p>1,025,000</p></td><td><p>1,025,000</p></td><td><p>1,025,000</p></td><td><p>1,035,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Part-time</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fee loans</p></td><td><p>95,000</p></td><td><p>105,000</p></td><td><p>125,000</p></td><td><p>135,000</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance loans</p></td><td><p>45,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>105,000</p></td><td><p>125,000</p></td><td><p>135,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000 students and include undergraduates to HEIs only.</p><p>[2] Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5,000 students and include undergraduates to HEIs only.</p><p>[3] Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5,000 students and include undergraduates to HEIs and alternative providers, as well as PGCE students. Borrowers receiving both tuition fee and maintenance loans for their courses are included in both.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 15:35:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1134812

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has paid in compensation and settlement to persons wrongfully held in immigration detention in each of the past five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	269746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Compensation costs for wrongful detention are published and can be found via the following links</p><p>FY 2018-19 - page 105<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF</a></p><p>FY 2017-18 – page 97<br><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF</a></p><p>For FY 2016 and earlier financial periods <br><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-03-06/131262/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-03-06/131262/</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/07/2019 15:34:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1134813

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres: Operating Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the operating cost of the immigration detention estate has been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	269747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p /><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p> </p><p>Detention costs are published in the Home Office’s Annual Report and Ac-counts and they can be found via the following links</p><p><br />FY 2018-19 – page 135:<br /><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF</a></p><p><br />FY 2017-18 – page 124:<br /><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF</a></p><p><br /> FY2016/17 - page 115:<br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p><br />FY2015/16 - page 132:<br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p><p><br />FY2014/15 – page 124<br /><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes attachment 1 file name HO_Annual_Report_2018-19.pdf title HO Annual Report 2018-19 2 file name HO_Annual_report 2017-18.pdf title HO Annual Report 2017-18 3 file name ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf title HO Annual Report 1016-17 question first answered 01/07/2019 15:36:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1134814

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has paid in legal costs in cases relating to wrongful immigration detention in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	269748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office, and in the format requested, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/07/2019 15:37:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1134822

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Russia: Council of Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the Council of Europe’s decision allowing Russia to return to the human rights watchdog.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	269658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The decision to adopt rules changes that saw the return of the Russian delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly was a matter for the Assembly, which is independent from the intergovernmental Committee of Ministers. Russia's membership of the Council of Europe provides access, valued by Russian citizens and human rights NGOs, to the European Court of Human Rights and is one of the few ways available to the international community to hold Russia to account for its human rights violations. The British government did not, however, support Russia's unconditional return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. We consistently called on Russia to fulfil all its obligations as a Member State, including payment of all debts to the Council of Europe, and to adhere to Council of Europe standards on human rights, democracy and rule of law. We will continue our efforts in the Council of Europe to ensure Russia is answerable for its actions. We will also continue to make clear that we do not and will never recognise Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 01/07/2019 15:48:18 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1134834

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals before the summer recess to maintain the rights of EU citizens living in the UK; and what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on maintaining the rights of UK citizens rights in the EU.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	269729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear and steadfast in our commitment to protecting citizens' rights. The Government is already implementing its offer to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK and the EU Settlement Scheme opened fully on 30 March and to date, over 800,000 citizens have made an application.</p><p>The EU Settlement Scheme, has been implemented by the changes to Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules, which are made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971. These legislative measures are consistent with the Government’s commitment that in any scenario, EU citizens resident in the UK by exit day will be able to stay and continue living their lives broadly as they do now.</p><p>On 27 February, the House supported an amendment tabled by Alberto Costa MP to seek a joint UK-EU commitment to adopt Part II of the Withdrawal Agreement whatever the outcome of negotiations. The Government has since written to Michel Barnier twice on this matter. On 21 June Michel Barnier responded to the Secretary of State’s most recent letter of 17 June and we are carefully considering our response.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 01/07/2019 15:12:17 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1134835

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent steps he has taken with the European Commission to ensure that there is not a hard border on the island of Ireland in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	269730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union has regularly met with the EU Commission to discuss preparations for leaving the EU.</p><p>The Government has been clear that the unique social, political and economic circumstances of Northern Ireland must be reflected in any arrangements that apply in a no deal scenario. We are absolutely committed to upholding the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, and would do everything possible to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.</p><p>In a no deal scenario, the UK Government is committed to entering into discussions urgently with the European Commission and the Irish Government to jointly agree long-term measures to avoid a hard border and to limit the impact of a no deal exit on life on the island of Ireland.</p><p>We have confirmed a unilateral approach to checks, processes and tariffs to do all we can to avoid a hard border. The UK Government would not introduce any new checks or controls on goods crossing from Ireland to Northern Ireland, including any new customs declarations for nearly all goods.</p><p>The UK temporary tariff regime would therefore not apply to goods crossing from Ireland into Northern Ireland.</p><p>We would need to apply a small number of measures strictly necessary to comply with international legal obligations, protect the biosecurity of the island of Ireland, or to avoid the highest risks to Northern Ireland businesses - but these measures would not require checks at the border.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 01/07/2019 15:10:51 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom