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442984

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2015 to Question 20082, what the (a) dates, (b) locations and (c) organisations of the 19 visits and meetings referred to in that Answer were.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	21403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Details of the 19 visits to or meetings with mental health trusts undertaken by Simon Stevens and Sir Bruce Keogh since their appointments as Chief Executive and Medical Director respectively are given on the attached table <em>Details of meetings with and visits to mental health trusts undertaken by Simon Stevens and Sir Bruce Keogh since their appointments as Chief Executive and Medical Director respectively of NHS England. </em></p><br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 11/01/2016 17:00:06 question first ministerially corrected 11/01/2016 20:10:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt attachment 1 file name PQ21403 Details of meetings and visits undertaken - schedule.docx title Mental health trust visits & meetings previous answer version 38200 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

443065

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Bureaucracy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time spent on paperwork by prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are closing ageing and ineffective prisons and investing in a modern, efficient prison estate which rehabilitates criminals.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Parliamentary question answered in error. The correct answer to this question will be updated to reflect this in due course.</del></p><br /><p>We are closing ageing and ineffective prisons and investing in a modern, efficient prison estate which rehabilitates criminals.</p><p>We are exploring how we can provide Governors and front line staff with greater freedom so they can innovate and find new and better ways of rehabilitating offenders. This will include looking for opportunities to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Better rehabilitation will help reduce reoffending, cut crime and improve public safety.</del></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/01/2016 09:39:56 question first ministerially corrected 18/01/2016 17:13:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 39217 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

442843

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the change in the proportion of the working age population employed by the public sector in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland between 2010 and 2015.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	21280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 21280 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Working Age Population 2 file name 21280 table FINAL.xlsx title Table for Member question first answered 11/01/2016 10:41:48 question first ministerially corrected 11/01/2016 16:03:58 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson previous answer version 37930 answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 21280 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Working Age Population
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

443052

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the supply of guns and ammunition at a neighbourhood level.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Perry Barr
	tabling member printed	Mr Khalid Mahmood
	uin	21234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government and police work nationally, and with international partners, to reduce the threat to the UK from the criminal use of firearms. In 2013/14, firearms were used in a small and diminishing proportion of total police recorded crime, 0.2%. The figure for 2009/10 was 0.3%. Following the firearms surrenders in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands in 2013 and 2014, the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) co-ordinated firearms surrenders in the majority of the Police Force areas in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015, resulting in the surrender of over 6000 items.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As of 7th January 2016; 3,864 firearms and over 13,000 items of ammunition have been recovered following the November 2015 firearms surrender, with 934 weapons being recovered prior to the November surrender. Of those items recovered in the November surrender (discounting ammunition, CS Sprays and Stun Guns), items include:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 516 pistols;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 473 revolvers;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 1,226 shotguns;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 243 rifles;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 873 air weapons</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">This brings the total volume of firearms surrendered in the last eighteen months to 4,798. If ammunition, CS Sprays and Stun Guns are included this comes to over 6000.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Following publication of the Law Commission’s report on firearms law published on 16 December we will be reviewing options to strengthen the current legislation to ensure it safeguards against abuse by criminals.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>The Government and police work nationally, and with international partners, to reduce the threat to the UK from the criminal use of firearms. In 2013/14, firearms were used in a small proportion of total police recorded crime, 0.2%. The figure for 2009/10 was 0.3% </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Figures from the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) show that in 2013 and 2014, there were 757 weapons recovered in firearm surrenders undertaken in the Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester and West Midlands Police Force areas. </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Building on the success of these surrenders, NABIS co-ordinated firearms surrenders in the majority of the remaining Police Force areas in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015, resulting in the recovery of 5,468 weapons and over 17,000 items of ammunition. The items recovered included:</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>588 pistols; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>479 revolvers; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>1,850 shotguns; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>416 rifles; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>1,269 air weapons; and,</em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>866 other items including gas guns, stun guns, CS sprays, BB guns and blank firers.</em></ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>The total number of weapons recovered from all forces in England and Wales as a result of these surrenders was 6,225. </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Following publication of the Law Commission’s report on firearms law published on 16 December 2015 we will be reviewing options to strengthen the current legislation to ensure it safeguards against abuse by criminals</em>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/01/2016 16:31:42 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2016 14:13:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 38611 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1392 label Biography information for Mr Khalid Mahmood

442823

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Business: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure greater collaboration between businesses and education to promote skills for potential future careers.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	21179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>We are strengthening business influence in schools, further education, the skills system, higher education and in giving young people a broad experience of the careers options open to them. Our education reforms are ensuring that young people leave school or college with everything they need to get on and succeed in life. The new Careers and Enterprise Company aims to help schools and colleges in England to prepare young people aged 12 to 18 for the world of work, and increase the level of employer engagement in schools and colleges across England.</p><br /><p>In further education we have given employer-led Local Enterprise Partnerships significant local influence over the skills system. National Colleges are being established by employer-led partnerships to design and deliver specific higher level training, and we are working in direct partnership with employers in reforming technical and professional education to ensure the new system provides the skills most needed for the 21st century economy. In trailblazer apprenticeships, employers develop the standards themselves.</p><br /><p>In higher education, the government fully supports and actively encourages collaboration between universities and business. Partnership is needed to ensure graduate skills and employability meet the needs of business, to maximise the university sector’s capabilities in business-led research and innovation, and to realise the benefits of a strong role for Higher Education Institutions in the development of their local economies.</p><br /> <br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/01/2016 17:55:09 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

442824

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to prepare for the outcome of the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	21250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in the United Kingdom - so we get a better deal for our country and secure our future. We are confident that the right agreement can be reached.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/01/2016 14:43:10 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

442825

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	NHS: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their NHS apprenticeship placements.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	21243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.</p><br /><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Frameworks</p></td><td><p>Overall Success Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviation Operations on the Ground</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Transport Engineering</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Body and Paint Operations</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fitting</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Maintenance and Repair</p></td><td><p>67.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Parts Operations</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.</p><p>2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner</p><br /> <br /><p>The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21244 21245 question first answered 13/01/2016 17:30:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442826

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their apprenticeship placements with a five per cent club employer.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	21244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.</p><br /><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Frameworks</p></td><td><p>Overall Success Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviation Operations on the Ground</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Transport Engineering</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Body and Paint Operations</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fitting</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Maintenance and Repair</p></td><td><p>67.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Parts Operations</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.</p><p>2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner</p><br /> <br /><p>The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21243 21245 question first answered 13/01/2016 17:30:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442827

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Transport: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, how many apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their transport-related apprenticeship placements.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	21245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.</p><br /><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Frameworks</p></td><td><p>Overall Success Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviation Operations on the Ground</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Transport Engineering</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Body and Paint Operations</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fitting</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Maintenance and Repair</p></td><td><p>67.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Parts Operations</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.</p><p>2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner</p><br /> <br /><p>The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21243 21244 question first answered 13/01/2016 17:30:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442828

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Transport: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the planned 30,000 transport-related apprenticeships which will be taken up by apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	21246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>Apprenticeships are full time jobs with training. We do not interfere in employers’ recruitment decisions or set specific quotas for the number of apprenticeships to be taken up by people with special educational needs or disabilities.</p><br /><p>All employers must fulfil their duties as set out in the Equality Act 2010 for apprentices as they would for other employees. We believe that the overwhelming majority of young people with special educational needs and disabilities are capable of sustainable, paid employment with the right preparation and support. For many, apprenticeships are the best route into paid employment. To support this, people aged 16 and over can apply for Access to Work funding for adjustments to the workplace. In addition, reasonable adjustments are available for any qualifications within apprenticeships to ensure the apprentice has every opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.</p><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/01/2016 14:52:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West