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43527

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on encouraging computer science and programming in UK schools.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	192351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>As part of the reforms to the national curriculum, the Department for Education is strengthening the teaching of computing in schools by replacing information and communications technology with computing. The new programmes of study for computing, which will be taught in maintained schools from September 2014, have a much greater emphasis on computer science. For example, pupils at key stage 1 will be taught to create and debug simple programs and key stage 3 pupils will be taught to use two or more programming languages.</p><p>We also working with exam boards and sector experts to review the computer science GCSE and A level so that they reflect and build upon the changes made to the curriculum. The inclusion of computer science in the English Baccalaureate will provide further encouragement for pupils to take up the subject at GCSE level. We are also providing funding for several projects to help teachers acquire the necessary subject knowledge and skills to teach the new computing curriculum.</p><p>We are funding the British Computer Society to build a network of 400 ‘Master Teachers', create online teach-yourself resources and deliver 800 in-school workshops to help primary school teachers improve their subject knowledge. A further £500,000 competitive match-funded scheme was announced on 4 February to support excellent computing teaching and lever additional investment and engagement from business.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

968408

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	New Enterprise Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the dynamic effect on tax receipts of the New Enterprise Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	170735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) supports people on eligible benefits who want to move into self-employment. The NEA, alongside all government policies, are costed with a central estimate of the impact on the Exchequer where possible. In the case of the NEA, responsibility for this assessment is with the Department for Work and Pensions as the lead department who are also responsible for evaluating the impact of the policy.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2018 09:37:09 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

969164

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to allocate additional resources to the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority to monitor the new seasonal workers scheme and help protect migrant workers from (a) modern slavery and (b) other abuses.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	171432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Home Office. Full details of how the seasonal workers pilot will operate will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2018 12:51:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

795841

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.46, page 52 of the Autumn Budget 2017, whether his Department will fund discounted rail travel for people aged between 26 and 30.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	116175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>As announced at Budget, the government will work with industry to extend the benefits of discounted rail travel through the introduction of a new railcard for ages 26-30. Further details will be announced in agreement with the industry and will be implemented from Spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/12/2017 13:15:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

851572

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Transport of 27 February 2018, Official Report, column 794, what methodology is used to allocate revenue raised from vehicle excise duty to (a) road construction projects and (b) roads maintenance; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	130335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Future roads investment in England will be underpinned by a new Roads Fund paid for directly from the revenues of Vehicle Excise Duty from 2020-21. The split between operations, renewals and maintenance on the strategic road network will be decided as part of Roads Investment Strategy 2. The Government is currently consulting on the scope of and process for investment decisions on the Major Road Network.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive will receive Barnett consquentials on this funding in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/03/2018 11:40:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

855615

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Railways: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Transport, Official Report, column 943, what the funding methodology is for the allocation of rail funding to the Scottish Government for Control Period 6.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	130922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Scottish Government will receive the equivalent spend by Network Rail in Scotland in Control Period 5, plus a population share of the equivalent change in spend in England and Wales between Control Period 5 and Control Period 6. The Scottish Government will also receive usual Barnett consequentials on any additional enhancements committed for England and Wales in due course at future fiscal events. This is consistent with current funding arrangements under the Barnett Formula.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/03/2018 14:07:24 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

867404

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2018 to Question 130335, what proportion of Vehicle Excise Duty is to be allocated to the proposed new Roads Fund from 2020-21 onwards.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	133379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>As Vehicle Exercise Duty is a UK wide duty, an English share of VED revenues will be allocated to the road fund. The Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive will receive Barnett consquentials on this funding in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/03/2018 13:14:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

873713

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Railways: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2018 to Question 130922, what the funding methodology was for the allocation of rail funding to the Scottish Government for Control Period 5.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	134827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Scottish Government received Barnett Consequentials of the grant funding for England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/04/2018 13:42:52 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

873714

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Railways: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2018 to Question 130922, on Railways: Scotland, if he will publish the (a) criteria and (b) methodology for the Barnett Consequential element of the Control Period 6 rail funding allocation to the Scottish Government.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	134828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>I set out the methodology for Control Period 6 rail funding for the network in Scotland in my answer to Question 130922.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/04/2018 13:40:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

873716

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Railways: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the funding methodology is for the allocation of rail funding within England and Wales for Control Period 6.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	134830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The methodology for allocation of rail funding within England and Wales for Control Period 6 is summarised by the ORR’s Periodic Review 2018 documentation, available on the ORR’s website: <a href="http://orr.gov.uk/rail/economic-regulation/regulation-of-network-rail/price-controls/periodic-review-2018/timetable-and-process" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/rail/economic-regulation/regulation-of-network-rail/price-controls/periodic-review-2018/timetable-and-process</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/04/2018 13:41:40 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown